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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 five 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 Chairman
Mark LaRoe
Immediate Past Chairman
Holly Mayer
Chairman-Elect
Ann Stuart, Ph.D.
Vice Chairman
Cindy Feld
Secretary
Lynn Mock
Vice President – Marketing
Thomas Maddrey
Vice President – Planning & Governance
Kern Wildenthal, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice President – Audit
Randall C. Brown
Vice President – Development
David Genecov, M.D.
Vice President – Treasurer
Stephen B. L. Penrose
Vice President – Nominating
Scott Chase
Officer-at-Large
Michael Baker
Officer-at-Large
J. Davis Hamlin
Officer-at-Large
Thomas H. McCasland, Jr.
Officer-at-Large
James R. Seitz, Jr.
Officer-at-Large
Steve Suellentrop
Board Committee Chairmen and Special Representatives
Chair, The Dallas Opera Foundation
Steve Suellentrop
Chair, Education Committee
Susan Geyer
Co-President, The Dallas Opera Guild
Patsy Brooks
Co-President, The Dallas Opera Guild
Bob Brooks
President, The Women’s Board of The Dallas Opera
Liz Bremond
Liaison, Office of Cultural Affairs
Leland Burk
Board of Directors
- Martha Allday
- Michael Baker
- Alice W. Bass
- Ruth Bison
- William Blaylock
- 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
- Ian Derrer (ex officio)
- Cindy Feld
- Antony Francis
- Mariana Fonseca Medina
- David Genecov, M.D.
- Susan Geyer
- J. Davis Hamlin
- Deborah G. Hankinson
- Linda W. Hart
- Kim Hext (ex officio)
- Greg Hext (ex officio)
- Myra Barker Hull
- Jonathan Joselove
- Mark H. LaRoe
- Fred Lehman
- Thomas Maddrey
- Joy S. Mankoff
- Holly Mayer
- Tom G. Mayer, M.D.
- Lynn McBee
- Tom H. McCasland, Jr.
- Don J. McDermett, Jr.
- Geraldine “Tincy” Miller
- Lynn Mock
- Marla C. Muns
- Stephen B. L. Penrose
- Michael E. Phillips
- Gene 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
- T. Peter Townsend
- Sandy Tucker
- John Ward
- Kathy Ward
- 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
