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
Spencer Burke**
Adrienne Davis
Sara Fabick^
Gina G. Hoagland
Mrs. Ronald A. Holtman
Marcela Manjarrez
Noémi K. Neidorff*
John H. Russell
Robert L. Scharff, Jr.
Rex Sinquefield
Stephen L. Trampe
Tim Wentworth
Donna Wilkinson***
Members
Tania Beasley-Jolly
Barbara Bridgewater
Cindy Brinkley
Thriess Britton
Ashley Budde^
Dr. Jane Clark
Robert H. Craft^
Jamison F. Craft^
Crystal Allen Dallas
Arnold W. Donald
Mrs. Irl F. Engelhardt
Edes P. Gilbert
Heather Hunt-Ruddy
Frank Jacobs
Bettie Johnson
Barry Kirk
Joanne Kohn
Eugene Kornblum
Kenneth Kranzberg
James A. Krekeler
J. David Levy
Michael Neidorff
Mabel L. Purkerson, M.D.
Winthrop B. Reed, III
Allison W. Roberts
Lori Winters Samuels
Joseph Shepard
Thelma Steward
Dr. Elizabeth Stroble^
Dr. Donald M. Suggs
Mary Susman
Maria Guadalupe Taxman
Franklin F. Wallis
Phoebe Dent Weil
Robin Wentworth
Life Members
Mrs. Stephen F. Brauer
Richard W. Duesenberg
Robert M. Feibel, M.D.
Mrs. William B. Firestone
Richard Gaddes
Sally S. Levy
Charles MacKay
Mrs. Robert S. McDorman
Gyo Obata
Gene W. Spector, M.D.
Roma B. Wittcoff
Past Board Chairmen
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
