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Doug Hagerman was the Board Chair of the League of American Orchestras from 2017 to 2024. He led the League board during a period of growth and renewal, as the League grew its member service, helped secure significant COVID-related funding for orchestras, built a strong board, stabilized its finances, and navigated a CEO transition. He continues to serve in a variety of roles – currently chairing the Governance Committee as well as convening a series of roundtables for orchestra board chairs. He teaches Governance annually at the League’s Essentials of Orchestra Management program at the Juilliard School.
From 2011 to 2014, he served as Board Chair of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. His roles with the MSO after stepping down as Board Chair include chairing the Music Director Search Committee, chairing the Campaign Cabinet for the MSO’s campaign to create its new concert hall, serving on the steering committee for the MSO’s new hall project, serving on the EDI Committee, and serving as an endowment trustee.
Doug retired as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary at Rockwell Automation, a global technology company. In addition to handling the company’s legal affairs, Doug and his team were responsible for compliance, government affairs, environmental, safety, security, and product safety. He played a leading role in the company’s risk management, especially in relation to information security.
Active in his profession and other organizations, Doug served as chair of both the MAPI Law Council and the Council of Chief Legal Officers. In Milwaukee, he has served stints as a director and officer of the local United Way and the Hunger Task Force.
Doug graduated from Drake University and from Harvard Law School. He is also a certified public accountant. Doug resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Naples, Florida. His passion is music history, which he expresses through individual and group study as well as attending as many concerts as possible. A music omnivore, you can find him listening to and studying everything from blues to country to hip hop, with a lot of reggae and R&B in the mix.