Leadership
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Chairman
Kim Eberlein
Vice-Chairmen
Lelia J. Farr
V. Raymond Stranghoener
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
Robert L. Scharff, Jr.
Linda Seibert^
Rex Sinquefield
Stephen L. Trampe
Tim Wentworth
Members
Tania Beasley-Jolly
Ashley Budde^
Dr. Jane Clark
Robert H. Craft^
Jamison F. Craft^
Crystal Allen Dallas
Arnold W. Donald
Mrs. Irl F. Engelhardt
Edes P. Gilbert
David Hagee
Dr. Lannis Hall
Mrs. Ronald A. Holtman
Heather Hunt-Ruddy
Frank Jacobs
Bettie Johnson
Barry Kirk
Eugene Kornblum
Kenneth Kranzberg
J. David Levy
Mabel L. Purkerson, M.D.
Winthrop B. Reed, III
Allison W. Roberts
Lori Winters Samuels
Joseph Shepard
Amber Simpson
Thelma Steward
Dr. Elizabeth Stroble^
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
Joanne Kohn
Charles MacKay
Gene W. Spector, M.D.
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
