Leadership
Executive Leadership
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Chairman
Kim Eberlein
Vice Chairmen
Lelia J. Farr
Vice Chairmen
Lori Winters Samuels
Treasurer
Mont Levy
Secretary
Ann McFarland Sullins
Executive Committee Members
Jim Berges
Cindy Brinkley
Spencer Burke**
Adrienne Davis
Gina G. Hoagland
Marcela Manjarrez
Noémi K. Neidorff*
John H. Russell
Janice Seele^
Robert L. Scharff, Jr.
Rex Sinquefield
Stephen L. Trampe
Tim Wentworth
Members
Gabe Angieri
Tania Beasley-Jolly
Ashley Budde^
Dr. Jane Clark
Richard J. Cote, M.D.
Robert H. Craft^ +
Jamison F. Craft^
Crystal Allen Dallas
Arnold W. Donald
Edes P. Gilbert
David Hagee
Dr. Lannis Hall
Mrs. Ronald A. Holtman
Frank Jacobs
Barry Kirk
Eugene Kornblum+
Kenneth Kranzberg
J. David Levy
Dr. David Meiners
Dwight A. McBride, PhD.
Mabel L. Purkerson, M.D.
Winthrop B. Reed, III
John D. Rhea
Ellen von Seggern Richter^
Allison W. Roberts
Mary Schoolman
Dr. David Sewall
Joseph Shepard
Amber Simpson
Thelma Steward
Dr. Donald M. Suggs
Mary Susman
Maria Guadalupe Taxman
Mark Throdahl
Franklin F. Wallis
Phoebe Dent Weil
Robin Wentworth
Life Members
Mrs. Stephen F. Brauer
Robert M. Feibel, M.D.
Mrs. William B. Firestone
Richard Gaddes +
Bettie Johnson
Joanne Kohn +
Charles MacKay
Gene W. Spector, M.D.
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
