Prior to joining Bernstein Shur, Ari provided ten years of leadership to symphony orchestras, including service as Executive Vice President of The Philadelphia Orchestra and Executive Director of the Portland Symphony Orchestra (Maine). Ari is a 2010 graduate of the Aspen Institute Fellowship for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders and the Orchestra Management Fellowship Program of the League of American Orchestras. Ari holds a bachelor’s degree in classical languages from the University of California, Berkeley and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Maine School of Law. At Maine Law, Ari earned the 2015 Law School Alumni Association Award and the Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Awards in Business & Commercial Law and Labor & Employment Law. Ari lives with his wife and son in Portland, Maine.