Leadership
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Chair
Kim Eberlein
Vice Chair
Lelia J. Farr
Vice Chair
Lori Winters Samuels
Treasurer
Mont Levy
Secretary
Ann McFarland Sullins
Executive Committee Members
Jim Berges
Spencer Burke**
Crystal Allen Dallas
Adrienne Davis
Gina G. Hoagland
Marcela Manjarrez
Noémi K. Neidorff*
John H. Russell
Janice Seele^
Robert L. Scharff, Jr.
Rex Sinquefield
Mark Throdahl
Stephen L. Trampe
Members
Benjamin Angelette
Gabe Angieri
Mariquita L. Barbieri
Tania Beasley-Jolly
Ashley Budde-Taylor
Paul J. Cambridge
Dr. Jane Clark
Richard J. Cote, M.D.
Jamison F. Craft^
Arnold W. Donald
Edes P. Gilbert
David Hagee
Dr. Lannis Hall
Linda Hunter
Frank Jacobs
Barry Kirk
Kenneth Kranzberg
Joyce LaFontain^
Dwight A. McBride, PhD.
Carol Nie
Mabel L. Purkerson, M.D.
Winthrop B. Reed, III
Ellen von Seggern Richter^
Allison W. Roberts
Mary Schoolman
Annemarie Schumacher
Glen Schuster
Dr. David Sewall
Joseph Shepard
Amber Simpson
Thelma Steward
Danna Stone
Dr. Donald M. Suggs
Maria Guadalupe Taxman
Franklin F. Wallis
Phoebe Dent Weil
Life Members
Mrs. Stephen F. Brauer
Robert M. Feibel, M.D.
Mrs. William B. Firestone
Bettie Johnson
Charles MacKay
V. Raymond Strangehoener
Roma B. Wittcoff
Past Board Chairs
Chairman terms align with Opera Theatre’s fiscal year (October 1 – September 30)
Dr. Leigh Gerdine + (1976-1978)
Mr. Laurance L. Browning, Jr. + (1979-1986)
Josephine Throdahl + (1987-1995)
David W. Mesker + (1996-2001)
Janet McAfee Weakley + (2002-2003)
Donna Wilkinson + (2004-2008)
Spencer Burke** (2009-2015)
Noémi K. Neidorff* (2016-2021)
^Ex-Officio Member
* Immediate Past Chairman
**Previous Chairman
***Chairman Emerita
+ In memoriam
