Association Board

"Houston Grand Opera is the jewel in the cultural crown.” - The New York Times

Houston Grand Opera Board of Directors 2011 - 2012

Beth Madison - Chairman of the Board
Lynn Wyatt* - Vice Chairman of the Board
Glen A. Rosenbaum - Senior Chairman of the Board; Chair, Finance Committee
John S. Arnoldy - Chairman Emeritus; Chair, Governance Committee

Shahzad Bashir
Astley Blair - Chair, Audit Committee
Mrs. Daniel A. Breen
Mrs. Robert J. Bruni - Chair, Special Events Committee
Robert L. Cavnar
Albert Chao
N.A. (Neil) Chapman - Vice Chair, Finance Committee
Mrs. Bobbie-Vee Cooney
Albert O. Cornelison, Jr.
Franci Crane
James W. Crownover
David Duthu - Co-Chair, Studio and Training Committee
Steve Fulgham
Morris Gelb
Robert C. Hunter
Eugene Isenberg
Janet Langford Kelly - Chair, Development Committee
Alfred W. Lasher III
Perryn Leech
Dr. John Mendelsohn
Sara Morgan - Chair, HGOco Committee
Terrylin G. Neale - President, Houston Grand Opera Endowment, Inc.
Rod Nelson
Ward Pennebaker - Chair, Marketing and Communications Committee
Cynthia Petrello
Gloria M. Portela
Mark R. Spradling - General Counsel and Secretary; Co-Chair, Audit Committee
Harlan C. Stai
Patrick Summers
John G. Turner - Co-Chair, Studio and Training Committee
Margaret Alkek Williams

Honorary Director
Frederica von Stade

Houston Grand Opera Trustees 2011 - 2012

Samuel Abraham
Richard E. Agee
Mrs. Anthony G. Aiuvalasit *
Thomas Ajamie
Robin Angly
Denise Bush Bahr
Philip A. Bahr
Dr. Saúl Balagura
Dr. Barbara Lee Bass
Michelle Beale
Kathryn Berg
Linda Bertman
Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar
Dr. Michael Bloome
James G. Bogues
Nana Booker
Margaret Anne Boulware
Ron Brandt
Walter Bratic
Hon. Peter H. Brown
Ralph Burch
S. R. Burzynski, M.D.
Marjorie Capshaw
Martha Carnes
Juan M. Carreon
Sylvia J. Carroll
Grace R. Cavnar
Theresa Chang
Mrs. James M. Clepper
Mathilda Cochran
Phil Conway
Christa M. Cooper
Renee Danziger *
Danny David
Joshua Davidson
Sasha Davis
Gislar R. Donnenberg
David Dorenfeld
Connie Dyer
Brad Eastman
Richard E. Evans
Mauro Ferrari
Carol Sue Finkelstein *
Katie Flaherty

Richard Flowers
William Colin Fulton
Scott Gaille
Wm David George
Mrs. Lee Godfrey
Mrs. Joe M. Green Jr.
John S. Griffin
Dr. Ellen R. Gritz
Lynn Guggolz
Sten L. Gustafson
Don Haley
A. John Harper III
Brenda Harvey-Traylor
Nancy Haywood
Keith C. Hennessee
Robert C. Hewell *
Jackson D. Hicks
Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth
Kristina Hornberger
Eileen Hricik *
Lee M. Huber
Richard Husseini
Joan B. Johnson
Marianne Kah
Stephen M. Kaufman
Michele LaNoue
Jerry Lasco
The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee
Dr. Mike Lemanski
J. Colter Lewis
Jose Alberto Lima
April Little
Monica Lorenz
Margaret Love
Dr. Jo Wilkinson Lyday
Nancy MacKimm
Michele Malloy
Jeffrey M. Manley
Beau Mann
B. Lynn Mathre
R. Davis Maxey
Dennis McErlean
Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan *
J. Douglas McMurrey Jr.

Robert C. McNair
Ginger C. Menown
Mrs. Catherine Jane Merchant *
Jerry Metcalf
Virginia Miller
Alexandra Mitch
Karen Settle Newton
Tassie Nicandros
Charlene Nickson
Kevin O’Gorman
Beverly Ogilvie
Jimmy Olguin
Maria Papadopoulos
Terry Pruden
Marion Roose Pullin *
T. Ray Purser
Jill Risley
Jean B. Rowley *
Thomas Rushing
Jill A. Schaar
Andrew C. Schirrmeister III
Nan Schissler *
John M. Seidl
Helen Shaffer
Jennifer Sickler
Hinda Simon
Richard Sindelar
C. Richard Stasney, M.D.
Rhonda Sweeney
Ann Thompson
Becca Cason Thrash
Dr. John F. Thrash
Paul Turner
Betty Tutor
Sheila Tweed
Birgitt Van Wijk
Helen Vollmer
Bob Wakefield
Michael A. Weill
Beth Williams
Margarida Williamson
Elsa Wolf *
Bonnie Sue Wooldridge *
Mark R. Yzaguirre

* Life Trustee