Board of Directors
CHAIR
Lee Anne Myslewski
Vice President, Opera and Classical Programming, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Trustee Council
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Carol F. Henry
Trustee, Los Angeles Opera
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Susan G. Marineau
Board Chair, The Santa Fe Opera
Trustee, San Francisco Opera
VICE CHAIR
Héctor Armienta
Composer and Artistic Director, Opera Cultura
Council Co-Chair, Civic Practice
VICE CHAIR
Khori Dastoor
General Director and CEO, Houston Grand Opera
Council Co-Chair, Learning and Leadership
VICE CHAIR
Estevan Rael-Gálvez
Trustee, The Santa Fe Opera
Executive Director and Project Investigator, Native Bound-Unbound: Archive of the Indigenous Enslaved
Committee Chair, Governance
TREASURER
Ian Rye
CEO, Pacific Opera Victoria
Committee Chair, Finance
SECRETARY
E. Loren Meeker
General and Artistic Director, OPERA San Antonio
Council Co-Chair, Membership
Trustee Council
PRESIDENT/CEO
Marc A. Scorca
OPERA America
Members
James M. Barton
Board Advisor, The Glimmerglass Festival
Afton Battle
Founder, BMG Consulting
Council Co-Chair, Membership
Astrid Baumgardner
Executive Coach and Trainer, University Lecturer
Alejandra Valarino Boyer
Director, Ravinia's Steans Music Institute
Council Co-Chair, Civic Practice
Cheryl Slay Carr
Professor of Music Business, Belmont University
Council Co-Chair, Trustees
Antonio C. Cuyler
Professor of Music, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership, University of Michigan
Anthony Davis
Composer and Pianist
Wayne Davis
Board President, Boston Lyric Opera
Sue Dixon
General Director, Portland Opera
Ryan Speedo Green
Bass-baritone
Jason Hardy
General Director and CEO, Knoxville Opera
Jessica Jahn
Costume Designer
Barbara Lynne Jamison
General Director and CEO, Opera Colorado
Christopher Koelsch
President and CEO, LA Opera
Trustee Council
Karen J. Kubin
Trustee, San Francisco Opera
Trustee Council
Anh Le
Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Council Co-Chair, Communications
Mont Levy
Trustee, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Chair, National Opera Center Board
Timothy Long
Artistic and Music Director of Opera, Eastman School of Music
Shawna Lucey
General Director and CEO, Opera San José
Council Co-Chair, Artistic Services
Karen Molleson
Vice President of the Board, Long Beach Opera
President of the Board, Wild Up
Andrew Morgan
General Director, Hawai'i Opera Theatre
Michael Hidetoshi Mori
General Director and Artistic Director, Tapestry Opera
Sylvia Neil
Board Chair, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Julia Noulin-Mérat
General Director and CEO, Opera Columbus
Council Co-Chair, Learning and Leadership
Timothy O'Leary
General Director, Washington National Opera
Maggey Oplinger
General Director and CEO, Florentine Opera
Council Co-Chair, Communications
Karen Tiller Polivka
Stage Director
Former Executive Director, Hawaiʻi Opera Theatre
Council Co-Chair, Trustees
Kamala Sankaram
Composer, Singer, and Teacher
Council Co-Chair, Artistic Services
Nadege Souvenir
Past Chair, Minnesota Opera
Trustee Council
Barbara Augusta Teichert
Trustee, Los Angeles Opera and Opera Philadelphia
Trustee Council
Emeritus Members
Wayne S. Brown
Retired President and CEO, Detroit Opera
Anthony Freud
Retired General Director, President, and CEO, Lyric Opera of Chicago
David Gockley
Retired General Director, San Francisco Opera and Houston Grand Opera
Frayda B. Lindemann, Ph.D.
President Emerita and Managing Director, The Metropolitan Opera
Charles MacKay
Retired General Director, The Santa Fe Opera and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Susan F. Morris
Honorary Chair, The Santa Fe Opera
Ex Officio
Christina Loewen
CEO, Association for Opera in Canada
Paulina Ricciardi
Executive Director, Ópera Latinoamérica
Karen Stone
Director, Opera Europa
National Opera Center Board
Mont Levy
CHAIR
Trustee, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; Chair, Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis
James M. Barton
Board Advisor, The Glimmerglass Festival
John E. Baumgardner Jr.
Of Counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Lawrence Bomback
Consultant and CFO/Principal, ProCFO Partners
Todd L. Calvin
Board Member, Long Beach Opera; Vice President, Board of Directors, Opera League of Los Angeles
Margee M. Filstrup
Immediate Past Chair, Music Advisory Board, Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University
Andrew Gaines
Business Analyst, Digital Platforms Technology, Bank of America
Jeanne C. Goffi-Fynn
Professor, Columbia University
Carleen Graham
Dean of the Vocal Arts Division, Manhattan School of Music
Jane A. Gross
Trustee, On Site Opera
Nicholas King
CEO, After Arts
Alan E. Muraoka
Scenic Designer
Frederick W. Peters
Chair Emeritus, New Music USA; CEO, Warburg Realty
Anthony Rudel
General Manager, GBH Music; Station Manager, WCRB-FM
Jeri Sedlar
Consultant; Author, Don’t Retire, Rewire
Thurmond Smithgall
Philanthropist
Shoshana Tancer
Trustee, Arizona Opera
Barbara Augusta Teichert
Trustee, Los Angeles Opera; Trustee, Opera Philadelphia
Council Members
Jayme Alilaw
Artist, Coach, Manager, Activist, and Educator
Civic Practice Council
Flavia Bastos
Trustee, Cincinnati Opera
Trustee Council
Jen Benoit-Bryan
Research Director, SMU Data Arts
Learning and Leadership Council
Cheryl Blalock
Consultant
Membership Council
Anne-Marie Blancquaert
Trustee, Kentucky Opera
Membership Council
Stacy Brightman
Executive Director, The Ebell of Los Angeles
Learning and Leadership Council
Annie Burridge
General Director & CEO, Austin Opera
Communications Council
Patrick Dailey
Countertenor; Faculty, Tennessee State University
Learning and Leadership Council
Kathleen Dean
Director of Administration and Governance, Washington National Opera
Trustee Council
Carol Denson
Trustee, OperaDelaware
Trustee Council
Kim Eberlein
Chair of the Board, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Trustee Council
Randall Eng
Composer
Membership Council
Aiden Feltkamp
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant
Communications Council
Sarah Fraser
Vice President, Fletcher Artist Management
Membership Council
Damien Geter
Composer and Singer; Interim Music Director and Artistic Advisor, Portland Opera
Communications Council
Susan Geyer
Secretary of the Board, The Dallas Opera
Trustee Council
Barbara Glauber
Trustee, New England Conservatory
Learning and Leadership Council
Carleen Graham
Dean of the Vocal Arts Division, Manhattan School of Music
Learning and Leadership Council
Liz Grubow
Vice President and Managing Creative Director, LPK
Communications Council
Aliana de la Guardia
Artistic Director, Guerilla Opera
Membership Council
Thérèse-Marie Esperdy
Trustee, Heartbeat Opera
Trustee Council
Patrick Hansen
Director of Opera Studies, McGill University
Membership Council
Ruth Harper
Trustee, Pensacola Opera
Trustee Council
Rebecca Hass
Director of Engagement Programs and Partnerships, Pacific Opera Victoria
Communications Council
Julie Grady Heard
Advisory Trustee, Cincinnati Opera
Trustee Council
Eiki Isomura
Artistic and Interim General Director, Opera in the Heights
Artistic Services Council
Givonna Joseph
Founder and Director, OperaCréole
Membership Council
Laura Kaminsky
Composer
Artistic Services Council
Kathleen Kelly
Coach, Conductor, Educator, and Librettist
Artistic Services Council
Sean Kelly
Founder, Vatic
Communications Council
Ryan Krause
Professor, Texas Christian University
Trustee Council
Steven Lankenau
Senior Vice President, Boosey & Hawkes
Membership Council
Virginia Croskery Lauridsen
Trustee Council
Peter Leone
Trustee, Opera Philadelphia
Trustee Council
Carol Logan
Trustee, Austin Opera
Trustee Council
Chevalier Lovett
Trustee, Opera Orlando; Chief Operating Officer, Florida Rising
Trustee Council
Lucia Lucas
Singer — Heldenbaritonistin
Artistic Services Council
Frank Luzi
Founder, Luzi Media
Communications Council
Nicole Malcolm
Director of Marketing and Communications, Pacific Opera Victoria
Communications Council
Robert Milne
Trustee, Pacific Opera Victoria
Trustee Council
Beth Morrison
President and Creative Producer, Beth Morrison Projects
Artistic Services Council
Marion Newman
Mezzo-Soprano
Artistic Services Council
Kerriann Otaño
Vice President of Engagement, OperaDelaware
Communications Council
Kenneth Overton
Baritone
Membership Council
Elkhanah Pulitzer
Director
Artistic Services Council
Laurie Nelson Randlett
Trustee, Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera
Trustee Council
Miguel Rodríguez
President and Founder, Athlone Artists
Membership Council
Jerome Roth
Trustee, Opera Parallèle
Trustee Council
Randy Sabbagh
Trustee, Fort Worth Opera
Trustee Council
Kara C. Sax
CEO, The Sax Agency
Communications Council
Meaghan Smallwood
Director of Development, Chicago Opera Theater
Membership Council
Linda Spuck
President, San Diego Opera
Trustee Council
Tamara Vallejos
Director of Marketing, The Juilliard School
Communications Council
George Yip
Trustee, Boston Lyric Opera
Trustee Council
Tracy Galligher Young
Senior Director, Marketing and Audience Development, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Communications Council