SearchThe Board of Directors governs The Dallas Opera through five meetings each opera season including three with the Trustees, its supervision of the General Director and CEO, the work of its standing committees, and its review and approval of the company’s annual budget. To learn more about this volunteer opportunity, please contact Board and Volunteer Engagement Officer Lindsey Simmons at lindsey.simmons@dallasopera.org.
The Dallas Opera Executive Committee
Board Chairman
Ann Stuart, Ph.D.
Immediate Past Chairman
Mark H. LaRoe
Treasurer
Stephen B. L. Penrose
Secretary
Susan Geyer
Michael Baker
Randall C. Brown
Scott Chase
Cindy Feld
David Genecov, M.D.
J. Davis Hamlin
Thomas Maddrey
Holly Mayer
Thomas H. McCasland, Jr.
Richard Schulze
James R. Seitz, Jr.
Steve Suellentrop
Kern Wildenthal, M.D., Ph.D.
Donald Winspear
Board Committee Chairmen and Special Representatives
Chair, The Dallas Opera Foundation
Holly Mayer
Chair, Education Committee
Susan Geyer
Chair, Audit Committee
Randall C. Brown
Chair, Finance Committee
Stephen B. L. Penrose
Chair, Governance and Nominating Committee
Scott Chase
Co-President, The Dallas Opera Guild
Patsy Brooks
Co-President, The Dallas Opera Guild
Bob Brooks
The Women’s Board of The Dallas Opera
Liz Bremond
Liaison, Office of Arts and Culture
Leland Burk
Board of Directors
- Martha Allday
- Michael Baker
- Alice W. Bass
- Ruth Bison
- Liz Bremond (ex officio)
- Patsy Brooks (ex officio)
- Bob Brooks (ex officio)
- Randall C. Brown
- Leland Burk (ex officio)
- Julie Buschman
- Tassio Carvalho, Ph.D.
- Scott Chase
- Bela Cooley (ex officio)
- Chase Cooley (ex officio)
- Ian Derrer (ex officio)
- Cindy Feld
- Cynthia Floyd
- Mariana Fonseca Medina
- David Genecov, M.D.
- Susan Geyer
- J. Davis Hamlin
- Deborah G. Hankinson
- Linda W. Hart
- Myra Barker Hull
- Mark H. LaRoe
- Fred Lehman
- Thomas Maddrey
- Joy S. Mankoff
- Holly Mayer
- Tom G. Mayer, M.D.
- Thomas H. McCasland, Jr.
- Geraldine “Tincy” Miller
- Marla C. Muns
- Stephen B. L. Penrose
- Michael E. Phillips
- Martha Rochelle
- Stephen H. Sands
- Enika Schulze
- Richard Schulze
- James R. Seitz, Jr.
- Brian Shivers
- Linda VanSickle Smith
- Darren Speir
- Ann Stuart, Ph.D.
- Betty Suellentrop
- Steve Suellentrop
- Greg Swalwell
- Daniel Terrell
- T. Peter Townsend
- John Ward
- Bobbi Wedlan Weil
- Martha Wells
- Kern Wildenthal, M.D., Ph.D.
- Marnie Wildenthal
- Donald Winspear
- Debra Witter
- Joseph A. I. Worsham
Honorary Directors
- Susie Bell
- Cecile P. Bonte*
- Diane Brierley
- John T. Cody, Jr.
- John W. Dayton
- Patsy M. Donosky
- James R. Erwin
- Ruben E. Esquivel
- Marilyn Halla
- Kaki Hopkins
- Connie Klemow*
- Richard Massman
- Joyce Mitchell
- Pat Rosenthal
- Martin J. Weiland
- Ann Williams
* denotes deceased
