Elizabeth S. Condic has been named Interim Executive Director and CEO at the Houston Symphony.
The Houston Symphony has announced that Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth S. Condic will become Interim Executive Director and CEO beginning in October. John Mangum will remain CEO through the end of September, when he leaves to become general director, president, and CEO of Lyric Opera of Chicago. Condic joined the Houston Symphony as CFO in 2017, overseeing finance, human resources, and information technology. She worked closely with the finance and audit committees of the orchestra’s Board of Directors and with the Endowment Board. She participated in the 2030 Strategic Planning process, the orchestra’s diversity, equity, and inclusion team, and led the finance team to obtain federal funding during the COVID pandemic. Prior to the Houston Symphony, Condic, a Houston native, was vice president for finance and CFO at the University of St. Thomas and the University of Mary. Her professional background includes working in public accounting and with NASA aerospace subcontractors. Condic holds a bachelor’s degree in finance and a master’s degree in accounting from the University of Houston, Clear Lake, and completed the Institute for Educational Management program at Harvard University. She is a Certified Public Accountant.
