Hannah Ross is the Assistant Director for Community Engagement at the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School, where she cultivates joyful musical experiences and sustainable education opportunities for thousands of youth throughout Rhode Island. As a former educator, Hannah has worked in public and private school settings as well as community-based programs across 3 continents. Hannah earned her BM and MM degrees in viola performance from The Juilliard School and has performed in the viola sections of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Boston Pops Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, RI Philharmonic Orchestra, and the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra. Hannah is a member of Sphinx LEAD (Leaders in Excellence, Arts & Diversity) Cohort 6, a national cohort of BIPOC arts administrators through the Sphinx Organization. Hannah is also a proud graduate of the Rhode Island Foundation’s Equity Leadership Initiative and the RIBBA Emerging Leaders Development Program.