As she began her job as CEO of the Stockton Symphony, Jane Kenworthy’s plate was full: it was 2008, the nation was sinking into the worst depression since 1929, and Stockton was hard hit by the sub-prime mortgage crisis and double digit unemployment. It was not an optimum time to take the reins of California’s third oldest continuously operating symphony, but anyone who knows Kenworthy appreciates her dynamism, managerial prowess, and long-term commitment to symphonic music.