Trey Devey

Trey Devey was named President of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in January 2009. Devey, 38, a former consultant with The Boston Consulting Group, is also the Executive Director of the Cincinnati May Festival, a dual role established in the 1960s.

As CSO President, Devey is charged with operating the $35 million organization in a sustainable way, bringing value to the Greater Cincinnati community. Devey provides visionary leadership to the complex arts organization and works in close collaboration with the CSO Board of Directors and artistic leadership.

A past president and executive director of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, Devey also worked in the Development departments of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and in the Production department at Lake Forest Symphony Orchestra. As an American Symphony Orchestra League Orchestra Management Fellow, he completed assignments at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.

Devey holds an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania where he achieved the highest honor as a Palmer Scholar, graduating in the top 5 percent of his class. He graduated summa cum laude from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Music.