Board of Directors

CHAIR
Timothy O’Leary
General Director, Washington National Opera
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Frayda B. Lindemann, Ph.D.
Trustee, The Metropolitan Opera
VICE-CHAIR
Wayne S. Brown
President and CEO, Michigan Opera Theatre
VICE-CHAIR
Annie Burridge
General Director, Austin Opera
VICE-CHAIR
Laura Kaminsky
Composer
TREASURER
Evan J. Hazell
Trustee, Pacific Opera Victoria
SECRETARY
Perryn Leech
General Director, Canadian Opera Company
PRESIDENT/CEO
Marc A. Scorca
OPERA America
Members
Héctor Armienta
Composer and Artistic Director, Opera Cultura
John E. Baumgardner Jr.
Trustee, On Site Opera
C. Graham Berwind, III
Trustee, The Metropolitan Opera
Ned Canty
General Director, Opera Memphis
Tassio Carvalho
American Airlines
Rena M. De Sisto
Bank of America
Larry Desrochers
General Director, Manitoba Opera
David B. Devan
General Director, Opera Philadelphia
Carol E. Domina
Trustee, The Metropolitan Opera
Trustee, Opera Omaha
Peggy Kriha Dye
General Director, Virginia Opera
Michael Egel
General Director, Des Moines Metro Opera
Robert Ellis
Trustee, San Francisco Opera
Anthony Freud
General Director, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Barbara Glauber
Trustee, New England Conservatory
Denyce Graves-Montgomery
Mezzo-Soprano
Carol F. Henry
Trustee, Los Angeles Opera
Carol Lazier
Trustee, San Diego Opera
Susan G. Marineau
Trustee, The Santa Fe Opera
Beth Morrison
President and Creative Producer, Beth Morrison Projects
Zizi Mueller
Boosey & Hawkes
Ricordi NY
Lee Anne Myslewski
Vice President, Opera and Classical Programming, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
John Nesholm
Trustee, Seattle Opera
Bill Palant
Étude Arts
Marilyn Pearson
Former Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Jane DiRenzo Pigott
Trustee, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Ian Rye
CEO, Pacific Opera Victoria
Matthew Shilvock
General Director, San Francisco Opera
L. Michelle Smith
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Jill Steinberg
Trustee, Heartbeat Opera
Trustee, National Sawdust
Ryan Taylor
General Director, Minnesota Opera
Dona D. Vaughn
Artistic Director, Opera Maine
Roger Weitz
General Director, Opera Omaha
Carole Yaley
Trustee, Central City Opera
Emeritus Members
David Gockley
Charles MacKay
Susan F. Morris
Ex Officio
James M. Barton
Chair, National Opera Center Board
Trustee, The Glimmerglass Festival
Christina Loewen
Executive Director, Opera.ca
Alejandra Martí
Executive Director, Ópera Latinoamérica
Nicholas Payne
Executive Director, Opera Europa
National Opera Center Board
James M. Barton, Chair
John E. Baumgardner Jr.
Larry Bomback
Todd Calvin
L. Henry Cox, III
Douglas Cuomo
Margee M. Filstrup
Jeanne Goffi-Fynn, Ed.D.
Jane A. Gross
Virginia Lauridsen
Mont Levy
Karen Kriendler Nelson
Frederick W. Peters
Jane A. Robinson
Anthony Rudel
Michael Scimeca, M.D.
Jeri Sedlar
Thurmond Smithgall
Shoshana Tancer
Barbara Augusta Teichert