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

Ana De Archuleta
Managing Director, National Sawdust
Strategic Advisor and Partner, UIA Talent Agency

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, Kentucky Opera

Christopher Koelsch
President and CEO, LA Opera
Trustee Council

Karen J. Kubin
Trustee, San Francisco Opera
Trustee Council

Virginia Croskery Lauridsen
Trustee, Des Moines Metro 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

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

Karen Tiller
Stage Director
Former Executive Director, Hawaiʻi Opera Theatre
Council Co-Chair, Trustees
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

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