SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
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ASSOCIATION
Officers of the Board John A. Gunn Karl O. Mills George H. Hume
Chairman Vice Chairman Vice Chairman
Steve Menzies Vice Chairman Reid W. Dennis Chairman Emeritus Franklin P. Johnson, Jr. Chairman Emeritus
Officers of the Association Keith B. Geeslin Matthew Shilvock Paul M. Crane Dorfman
President General Director & Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice President
Vice President Treasurer Secretary Chief Financial Officer
Lisa Erdberg George H. Hume Thomas A. Larsen Michael Simpson
Board of Directors Susan Anderson-Norby Dawn Yates Black Timothy Blackburn Carol Franc Buck Jack Calhoun + Annette Campbell-White Carlyn Clause, Merola Opera Program President ▴ William M. Coughran, Jr. Paul M. Crane Dorfman + Mrs. Peter W. (Jayne) Davis Ira D. Dearing Jerome Dodson Carol Pucci Doll Shannon Eliot, BRAVO! President ▴ Robert A. Ellis + Lisa Erdberg + Peter Fenton Sally Fenton Kristina Johnson Flanagan Margarita Gandia Keith B. Geeslin + Nicholas M. Graves Louise Gund + John A. Gunn + Jane M. Hartley + I. Craig Henderson, M.D. John Hendrickson Doreen Woo Ho Charles Edward Hudson III George H. Hume +
Bruce W. Hyman J. Burgess Jamieson Dorothy M. Jeffries Philip M. Jelley Franklin P. Johnson, Jr. + Susan Graham Johnston Timothy F. Kahn Stephen S. Kahng Joseph D. Keegan, Ph.D. Lawrence A. Kern Mark R. Kroll Karen J. Kubin Thomas A. Larsen + Sylvia R. Lindsey J. Patterson McBaine Patrick McCabe Anne G. McWilliams Mrs. Mark A. (Teresa) Medearis Steven Menzies + Helen Meyer Karl O. Mills + Justin Moore Jane Mudge, Guild President Nancy S. Mueller Ben Nelson J. Boyce Nute + Masashi Oka Bernard Osher + Anne Popkin Mary A. Powell Karthik Rau
Presidents 1923 1924–31 1932–36 1937–44 1945–51 1952–68 1969–70 1971–73
Timothy Healy Robert I. Bentley Wallace M. Alexander Robert Watt Miller Kenneth Monteagle Robert Watt Miller Prentis Cobb Hale William H. Orrick, Jr.
Randall Reynoso Richard J. Rigg, Ph.D. C.P. Russell Bill Russell-Shapiro + Jack Schafer Matthew Shilvock + ▴ Ruth A. Short Mrs. George P. (Charlotte) Shultz Mrs. Tad (Dianne) Taube Mrs. David T. (Joan) Traitel Soo Venkatesan + Mrs. Alfred S. (Dede) Wilsey + Sharon Winslow Barbara A. Wolfe Barbara Ward Wonder Melinda Yee-Franklin S. Shariq Yosufzai + + Executive Committee Member Ex Officio
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CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL: Reid W. Dennis William W. Godward Barbara K. Jackson Franklin P. Johnson, Jr., Chairman Bernard Osher
1974–84 1985–90 1990–93 1993–95 1995–2002 2002–06 2006–13 2013–
Walter M. Baird Tully M. Friedman Thomas Tilton David M. Chamberlain William W. Godward Karl O. Mills George H. Hume Keith B. Geeslin
1985–99 1999–2008 2008–
Reid W. Dennis Franklin P. Johnson, Jr. John A. Gunn
Chairmen of the Board 1969 1971–82 1983–84
Robert Watt Miller R. Gwin Follis Richard K. Miller
San Francisco Opera General Directors The Opera Shop is located on the South Mezzanine/Box level and open before curtain, at intermissions and 30 minutes after final curtain. Visit us any time at shop.sfopera.com.
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Gaetano Merola Kurt Herbert Adler Terence A. McEwen Lotfi Mansouri Pamela Rosenberg David Gockley Matthew Shilvock
1923–53 Artistic Director, 1953–57; General Director, 1957–81; General Director Emeritus, 1982-1988 1982–88; General Director Emeritus, 1988-1998 1988–2001; General Director Emeritus, 2001-2013 2001–05 2006–16; General Director Emeritus, 20162016–