Donor Profile

Cathy and Mark Adams, proud members of the Barbara D. Stewart Legacy Society. Originally from Lyons, Georgia, The Atlanta Opera board member Cathy Callaway Adams is well known in Atlanta as a remarkable leader and passionate advocate for arts and education.

Cathy studied piano performance and business administration at Tift College. She went on to earn an MBA from Georgia State University and then established an extraordinary threedecade career with Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, where she recently retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer.

Alongside her full-time job focused on finance, Cathy has always made time to pursue her love of music. Cathy is active as a collaborative pianist throughout the Atlanta region, accompanying singers, instrumentalists, choral groups, churches, and musical theatre. In addition to The Atlanta Opera, she serves on the boards of South Arts, Mercer University, and Atlanta Baroque Orchestra.

Cathy and her husband Mark are proud members of the Barbara D. Stewart Legacy Society, having included the Opera in their estate plans.

“Establishing our legacy gift to The Atlanta Opera is one of the most joy-filled financial arrangements we have made, as our confidence in this Opera leadership team — for its artistic courage and innovation and its fiscal stewardship and discipline — has never been stronger. Our vision is that The Atlanta Opera will outlast Mark and me by generations and centuries, so we joyfully do our part to make it so.”

We are grateful to receive support from our faithful legacy donors like Cathy and Mark Adams. To find out how to become a member of the Barbara D. Stewart Legacy Society, contact Jonathan Blalock at jblalock@atlantaopera.org.