Aubrey Bergauer is a results-driven arts executive widely recognized for transforming struggling performing arts organizations into financially thriving ones. As CEO of the California Symphony, she doubled audience size and nearly quadrupled the donor base — and has brought the same customer-centric, data-informed approach to work with hundreds of organizations ranging from startups to those with $300 million budgets.

Called "the Steve Jobs of classical music" by the Observer and "the Sheryl Sandberg of the symphony" by the LA Review of Books, Aubrey founded Changing the Narrative to bring her proven strategies to arts leaders everywhere. Her bestselling book, Run It Like a Business, was published in 2024.