Board of Directors

CHAIR
Carol F. Henry
Trustee, Los Angeles Opera
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Timothy O’Leary
General Director, Washington National Opera
CO-CHAIR
C. Graham Berwind, III
Trustee, The Metropolitan Opera
CO-CHAIR
Wayne S. Brown
President and CEO, Detroit Opera
CO-CHAIR
Annie Burridge
General Director and CEO, Austin Opera
CO-CHAIR
L. Michelle Smith
CEO/Founder, no silos communications
VICE-CHAIR
Héctor Armienta
Composer and Artistic Director, Opera Cultura
Council Co-Chair, Civic Practice
VICE-CHAIR
Susan G. Marineau
Board Chair, The Santa Fe Opera
Committee Chair, Governance
VICE-CHAIR
Lee Anne Myslewski
Vice President, Opera and Classical Programming, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Council Co-Chair, Artistic Services
TREASURER
Ian Rye
CEO, Pacific Opera Victoria
Committee Chair, Finance
SECRETARY
Michael Egel
General and Artistic Director, Des Moines Metro Opera
Council Co-Chair, Membership and Development
PRESIDENT/CEO
Marc A. Scorca
OPERA America
Members
Ana De Archuleta
Director of Artistic Operations, National Sawdust
President and CEO/Founder, ADA Artist Management
James M. Barton
Board Advisor, The Glimmerglass Festival
Chair, National Opera Center Board
Afton Battle
Vice President, Artistic Operations, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Council Co-Chair, Membership and Development
Astrid Baumgardner
Teacher, Coach
Council Co-Chair, Learning and Leadership
Alejandra Valarino Boyer
Director, Ravinia's Steans Music Institute
Council Co-Chair, Civic Practice
Tassio Carvalho
Senior Manager, Customer and Data Science, American Airlines
Khori Dastoor
General Director and CEO, Houston Grand Opera
Council Co-Chair, Learning and Leadership
Anthony Davis
Composer and Pianist
Rena M. De Sisto
Former Global Executive for Arts and Culture and Women's Programs, Bank of America
David B. Devan
General Director and President, Opera Philadelphia
Sue Dixon
General Director, Portland Opera
Carol E. Domina
Trustee, The Metropolitan Opera
Trustee, Opera Omaha
Peggy Kriha Dye
General Director and CEO, Virginia Opera
Council Co-Chair, Marketing and Communications
Anthony Freud
General Director, President, and CEO, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Denyce Graves-Montgomery
Mezzo-Soprano
Virginia Croskery Lauridsen
Board Chair, Des Moines Metro Opera
Carol Lazier
Trustee, San Diego Opera
Anh Le
Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Council Co-Chair, Marketing and Communications
Beth Morrison
President and Creative Producer, Beth Morrison Projects
John Nesholm
Board Chair, Seattle Opera
Marilyn Pearson
Former Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Estevan Rael-Gálvez
Trustee, The Santa Fe Opera
Kamala Sankaram
Composer, Singer, Teacher
Council Co-Chair, Artistic Services
Gene Scheer
Librettist
Matthew Shilvock
General Director, San Francisco Opera
Nadege Souvenir
Board Chair, Minnesota Opera
Council Co-Chair, Trustees
Ryan Taylor
President and General Director, Minnesota Opera
Roger Weitz
Carole Yaley
Trustee, Central City Opera
Council Co-Chair, Trustees
Emeritus Members
Wayne S. Brown
David Gockley
Frayda B. Lindemann, Ph.D.
Charles MacKay
Susan F. Morris
Ex Officio
Christina Loewen
Executive Director, Association for Opera in Canada
Alejandra Martí
Executive Director, Ópera Latinoamérica
Karen Stone
Executive Director, Opera Europa
National Opera Center Board
Mont Levy, Chair
James M. Barton
John E. Baumgardner Jr.
C. Graham Berwind, III
Larry Bomback
Todd Calvin
L. Henry Cox III
Margee M. Filstrup
Jeanne Goffi-Fynn, Ed.D.
Jane A. Gross
Karen Kriendler Nelson
Frederick W. Peters
Jane A. Robinson
Anthony Rudel
Jeri Sedlar
Thurmond Smithgall
Shoshana Tancer
Barbara Augusta Teichert
Council Members
Jen Benoit-Bryan
Vice-President and Co-Director of Research, Slover Linett Audience Research
Learning and Leadership Council
Stacy Brightman
Executive Director, The Ebell of Los Angeles
Learning and Leadership Council
Jessica Burton
Board Governance and Nominating Committee Chair, Opera Columbus
Trustee Council
Antonio C. Cuyler
Director of the M.A. Program and Associate Professor of Arts Administration, Florida State University
Learning and Leadership Council
Patrick Dailey
Countertenor; Faculty, Tennessee State University
Learning and Leadership Council
Aliana de la Guardia
Artistic Director, Guerilla Opera
Membership Council
Kim Eberlein
Chair of the Board, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Trustee Council
Randall Eng
Composer
Membership Council
Aiden Feltkamp
Emerging Composers and Diversity Director, American Composers Orchestra
Communications 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
Julie Grady Heard
Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Board Member, Cincinnati Opera
Trustee Council
Carleen Graham
Dean of Vocal Arts Division, Manhattan School of Music
Learning and Leadership Council
Liz Grubow
Vice-President and Managing Creative Director, LPK
Communications Council
Piper Gunnarson
Executive Director, On Site Opera
Trustee Council
Patrick Hansen
Director of Opera Studies, McGill University
Membership Council
Ruth Harper
Trustee, Pensacola Opera
Trustee Council
Rebecca Hass
Director of Community Engagement, Pacific Opera Victoria
Communications Council
Eiki Isomura
Artistic and Interim General Director, Opera in the Heights
Artistic Services Council
Jessica Jahn
Costume Designer
Membership 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
Ryan Krause
Board Chair, Fort Worth Opera
Trustee Council
Sharon Landis
Trustee, Arizona Opera
Trustee Council
Steven Lankenau
Senior Director of Promotion, Boosey & Hawkes
Membership Council
Peter Leone
Chairman of the Board, Opera Philadelphia
Trustee Council
Chevalier Lovett
Trustee, Opera Orlando; Chief Operating Officer, Florida Rising
Trustee Council
Lucia Lucas
Singer — Heldenbaritonistin
Artistic Services Council
Robert Milne
Trustee, Pacific Opera Victoria
Trustee Council
Marion Newman
Mezzo-Soprano
Artistic Services Council
Andrew Ousley
President and Founder, Unison Media
Communications Council
David Salerno Owens
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant, Portland Metropolitan; Committee Chair, Portland Opera
Trustee Council
Andrea Puente-Catán
Director of Major Gifts and Hispanic Initiatives, San Diego Opera
Trustee Council
Miguel Rodríguez
President and Founder, Athlone Artists
Membership Council
Arlene Palmer Schwind
President, Opera Maine
Trustee Council