Board of Directors
Executive Committee CHAIRMAN
TREASURER
VICE-CHAIRMEN
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN
Noémi K. Neidorff Lelia J. Farr William C. Rusnack V. Raymond Stranghoener
Jim Berges
MEMBERS
Donna Wilkinson
Gailya Barker* Kim Eberlein John H. Ferring IV Patricia G. Hecker Gina G. Hoagland Debra Hollingsworth
Mrs. Ronald A. Holtman John H. Russell Robert L. Scharff, Jr. Rex Sinquefield Ann McFarland Sullins Stephen L. Trampe
Mrs. Irl F. Engelhardt Edes P. Gilbert Heather Hunt-Ruddy Frank Jacobs Bettie Johnson Mrs. Alan C. Kohn Eugene Kornblum Kenneth Kranzberg James A. Krekeler J. David Levy, Jr.
Mont S. Levy Danny Ludeman Steven C. Mizell Michael Neidorff Gyo Obata Mabel L. Purkerson, M.D. Winthrop B. Reed, III Allison W. Roberts Mrs. William H. Sheffield Torbjorn Sjögren
Gene W. Spector, M.D. Frank L. Steeves Thelma Steward Dr. Elizabeth Stroble* Dr. Donald M. Suggs Mary Susman Maria Guadalupe Taxman Franklin F. Wallis Phoebe Dent Weil W. David Wells
Richard Gaddes Patricia G. Hecker Mrs. W. R. Konneker Joseph Losos Charles MacKay
Mrs. Robert S. McDorman Matthew Newman, M.D.† Roma B. Wittcoff
Spencer B. Burke
CHAIRMAN EMERITA
SECRETARY
Sally S. Levy
Board of Directors Peter F. Benoist Holly Benson* Mrs. Stephen F. Brauer Barbara Bridgewater Thriess Britton Jane Clark Jamison F. Craft* Robert H. Craft, Jr.* Adrienne Davis Arnold W. Donald
FAC I N G PAG E
Nathaniel Mahone | Harry Moppins | Deanna Breiwick
PHOTO © KEN HOWARD
Life Members Mrs. Eugene C. Adam Phyllis Brissenden Richard W. Duesenberg Robert M. Feibel, M.D. Mrs. William B. Firestone
Chairmen of the Board
Chairmen terms align with Opera Theatre’s fiscal year (October 1 – September 30).
Dr. Leigh Gerdine† Laurance L. Browning, Jr.† Josephine C. Throdahl † David W. Mesker†
1976–1978 1979–1986 1987–1995 1996–2001
Janet McAfee Weakley† Donna Wilkinson Spencer B. Burke Noémi K. Neidorff
2002–2003 2004–2008 2009–2015 2016–present
*Ex-Officio Member †In Memoriam
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