Rochelle Skolnick was appointed Director of Symphonic Services and Special Counsel in October of 2016. Prior to her appointment, Rochelle practiced union-side labor law for 10 years at the law firm of Schuchat, Cook & Werner in St. Louis. She has served as SSD Counsel since 2009. Rochelle graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy and the Eastman School of Music and worked as a symphonic and recording violinist, performing with the Syracuse Symphony, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Florida Philharmonic and Palm Beach Opera. She served as Orchestra Committee Chair and ROPA delegate for the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra. In 2003 she left full-time work as a musician to attend law school at Washington University in St. Louis, where she served as Executive Notes & Projects Editor of the Journal of Law & Policy. She received the Mary Collier Hitchcock Prize for her article, Control, Collaboration or Coverage: