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Board of Directors

The business of the Opera is managed by the Board of Directors, which is comprised of influential community leaders. They have shown their commitment to the Opera by donating at the major gift level. Subject to the approval of the Nominating Committee, they are invited to become members of the Board. The Board of Directors meets six times annually (three times with the Trustees) to receive reports from the working committees, to vote on the annual budget, and to attend to other matters of governance.


Board of Directors Executive Committee

Board ChairmanKern Wildenthal, M.D., Ph.D.
Immediate Past ChairmanJay Marshall
Chairman ElectDonald Winspear
Vice ChairmanJoy S. Mankoff
Vice President – AuditWilliam Blaylock
Vice President – DevelopmentHolly Mayer
Vice President – TreasurerT. Peter Townsend
Vice President – NominatingCarol Glendenning
Vice President – Strategic PlanningMyra Barker Hull
SecretaryJohn T. Cody, Jr.
Officer-at-LargeDiane Brierley
Officer-at-LargeTom H. McCasland, Jr.
Officer-at-LargeJames R. Seitz, Jr.

Board Committee Chairmen and Special Representatives

Chairman, The Dallas Opera FoundationMyra Barker Hull
Chairman, Education CommitteeLynn Mock
Presidents, The Dallas Opera GuildJane & David McGinnis
President, The Women’s Board of the Dallas OperaSusan Robinson
Liaison, Office of Cultural AffairsRoger Carroll

Board of Directors

Alice Bass
Jim Berry
Stephen Birch
William Blaylock
Diane Brierley
Harold M. Brierley
Cindy G. Brown
Robert L. Carrel, Ph.D.
Roger Carroll (ex officio)
Tassio Carvalho, Ph.D.
Keith Cerny, Ph.D.
John T. Cody, Jr.
Roberto Cortez
Nicole Dabbert
Arlene Dayton
John W. Dayton
Peter J. Denker
Ruben E. Esquivel
Nicholas Even
Amy Faulconer
Mark R. Flagg
Carol Glendenning
J. Davis Hamlin
Jack Harrod
Linda W. Hart
Myra Barker Hull
Joy S. Mankoff
Jay Marshall
Richard A. Massman
Holly Mayer
Tom G. Mayer, M.D.
Tom H. McCasland, Jr.
Don J. McDermett, Jr.
David McGinnis (ex officio)
Jane McGinnis (ex officio)
Tincy Miller
Joyce Mitchell
Lynn Mock
Nancy A. Nasher
Martha Peak
Michael E. Phillips
Susan Robinson (ex officio)
Richard H. Schulze
James R. Seitz, Jr.
Shannon B. Skokos
Ted C. Skokos
Stephen Suellentrop
T. Peter Townsend
Martin J. Weiland
Kern Wildenthal, M.D., Ph.D.
Donald Winspear
Ellen Winspear