Orchestra names new president News-Chronicle The Green Bay Symphony Orchestra has chosen Robert G. Bush as the GBSO's next president. Bush succeeds Ken Ciak, president and CEO of American Express Property Casualty, who has served as GBSO president for the last four years. Bush and his wife Carol have a long list of community activities. He is chairman of the board emeritus of Schreiber Foods, Inc., where he served as CEO from 1978 through 1989. He also serves on the corporate boards of Horizon Partners and Universal Blanchers and is a board member emeritus of the Green Bay Packers. He serves on the volunteer boards of the Brown County Library, the Encompass Foundation, and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He has been involved with countless not-for-profit organizations in Northeast Wisconsin including the Allouez School Board, Bellin Hospital, the Dudley Birder Chorale, Junior Achievement, NEW Clinic, St. Norbert College, Union Congregational Church, United Way, UW-Madison and the YMCA. He has been honored with the Green Bay Rotary Free Enterprise Award, the W. Hearley McDonald Community Leader Award, the St. Norbert College President's Medal, the United Way De Tocqueville Award, the University of Wisconsin Award of Distinction, the UWGB Chancellor's Medal and the YMCA Leadership Award. Bush joins with the symphony's 14-person board of directors, new executive director Margie Shurgot, and music director Bridget-Michaele Reischl to lead the orchestra into its 91st concert season, which commences Oct. 9.