The 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
Cynthia Floyd
David Genecov, M.D.
Thomas Maddrey
Holly Mayer
Thomas H. McCasland, Jr.
Quincy Roberts
Martha Peak Rochelle
Richard Schulze
Steve Suellentrop
Linda VanSickle Smith
Martha Wells
Kern Wildenthal, M.D., Ph.D.
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
Susan Geyer
Co-President, The Dallas Opera Guild
Mark Geyer
Liaison, Office of Arts and Culture
Augustine Jalomo
Board of Directors
- Martha Allday
- Michael Baker
- David Bauman
- Ruth Bison
- Randall C. Brown
- Julie Buschman
- Tassio Carvalho, Ph.D.
- Scott Chase
- Ian Derrer (ex officio)
- Cindy Feld
- Cynthia Floyd
- Antony Francis
- David Genecov, M.D.
- Mark Geyer (ex officio)
- Susan Geyer
- Deborah G. Hankinson
- Linda W. Hart
- Myra Barker Hull
- Augustine Jalomo (ex officio)
- Mark H. LaRoe
- Thomas Maddrey
- Joy S. Mankoff
- Holly Mayer
- Tom G. Mayer, M.D.
- Thomas H. McCasland, Jr.
- Marla C. Muns
- Stephen B. L. Penrose
- Michael E. Phillips
- Quincy Roberts
- Martha Peak Rochelle
- Stephen H. Sands
- Enika Schulze
- Richard Schulze
- Linda VanSickle Smith
- Darren Speir
- Ann Stuart, Ph.D.
- Betty Suellentrop
- Steve Suellentrop
- Greg Swalwell
- T. Peter Townsend
- John Ward
- Bobbi Wedlan Weil
- Martha Wells
- Kern Wildenthal, M.D., Ph.D.
- Marnie Wildenthal
- Joseph A. I. Worsham
Honorary Directors
- Alice W. Bass
- 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
- J. Davis Hamlin
- Kaki Hopkins
- Connie Klemow*
- Richard Massman
- Geraldine “Tincy” Miller
- Joyce Mitchell
- Pat Rosenthal
- James R. Seitz, Jr.
- Martin J. Weiland
- Ann Williams
* denotes deceased