Corporate Giving

Join our exclusive Corporate Council

Corporate supporters at the $25,000 level and above are invited to join HGO’s Corporate Council, a fantastic network of Houston’s top business leaders. 

The Corporate Council is comprised of over 50 HGO Trustees and Board members who represent corporations that support HGO. Members are asked to represent their companies at HGO events and to help make key introductions to colleagues, business contacts, and other companies that might be interested in joining HGO as corporate supporters.

2021-22 Corporate Council

Thomas R. Ajamie, Ajamie LLP

J. Scott Arnoldy, Triten Corporation

Christos Angelides, Shell

Christopher V. Bacon, Vinson & Elkins LLP

C. Mark Baker, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

Astley Blair, Marine Well Containment Company

Meg Boulware, Boulware & Valoir

Thierry Caruso, EY

Albert Chao, Westlake Chemical Corporation

Beth A. Colle, EY

Adam Cook, Tokio Marine HCC

Joshua Davidson, Baker Botts L.L.P.

Frederic Dyen, Schlumberger Limited

Warren Ellsworth, MD, Houston Methodist

Brannon Fitch, BB&T

Michael Hilliard, Winstead PC

Marco Basso, Baker McKenzie

Richard Husseini, Baker Botts L.L.P.

Rick Jaramillo, Bank of America

William Kopp, Scott & Stringfellow LLC

Richard Leibman, FROSCH

David LePori, Frost Bank

Claire Liu, LyondellBassell (Retired)

Mark Metts, Sidley Austin LLP

Arcy Muñoz, Wells Fargo

Ward Pennebaker, Pennebaker

Gloria M. Portela, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Allyn Risley, GTT North America

Susan Rivera, Tokio Marine HCC

Kelly Rose, ConocoPhillips

Glen Rosenbaum, Vinson & Elkins LLP

Manolo Sánchez, Spring Labs

Denmon Sigler, Baker McKenzie

Apurva Thekdi, MD, Houston Methodist

Ignacio Torras, Tricon Energy

Tom Van Arsdel, Winstead PC

De la Rey Venter, Shell

Alfredo Vilas, Novum Energy

Allison Young, Wells Fargo

David Young, Union Pacific

Houston Grand Opera’s Institutional Supporters

CORPORATIONS

Guarantors – $100,000 or more

ConocoPhillips †

H-E-B †

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo ^TM †

Houston Methodist † *

Novum Energy

Schlumberger †

Shell †

United Airlines † *

Vinson & Elkins LLP † *

Grand Underwriters – $50,000 or more

Ajamie LLP

Baker Botts L.L.P. †

Bank of America

BBVA † *

Nana Booker and David Lowe/ Booker · Lowe Gallery *

Frost Bank

Underwriters – $25,000 or more

Baker Botts L.L.P. † 

Baker McKenzie

Boulware & Valoir

Norton Rose Fulbright †

Tokio Marine HCC

Wells Fargo †

Westlake Chemical Corporation †

Sponsors – $10,000 or more

EY

Locke Lord LLP †

Truist

Winstead PC

Members – $1,000 or more

Alliance Bernstein

CHANEL

Patterson & Sheridan LLP

Maovor, Inc.

FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Premier Guarantors – $1,000,000 or more

The Brown Foundation, Inc. †

Houston Grand Opera Endowment, Inc.†

The Wortham Foundation, Inc. †

Principal Guarantors – $500,000 or more

City of Houston †

The Cullen Foundation †

The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts†

Grand Guarantors – $250,000 or more

Albert and Anne Chao/Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation †

The Alkek and Williams Foundation †

The Elkins Foundation

The Humphreys Foundation †

The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation †

Texas Commission on the Arts †

Anonymous

Guarantors – $100,000 or more

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation †

John P. McGovern Foundation †

M.D. Anderson Foundation †

The Powell Foundation †

The Sarofim Foundation

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation

Grand Underwriters – $50,000 or more

Carol Franc Buck Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts †

Underwriters – $25,000 or more

Anchorage Foundation of Texas

Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation

City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board †

Eleanor Searle Whitney McCollum Foundation

Miller Theatre Advisory Board

OPERA America

Ruth and Ted Bauer Family Foundation †

Stedman West Foundation †

Sterling-Turner Foundation

Vivian L. Smith Foundation

Sponsors – $10,000 or more

Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation †

Cockrell Family Fund

Houston Grand Opera Guild †

The Vaughn Foundation

William E. and Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust †

Members – $1,000 or more

George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation †

Kinder Morgan Foundation

Houston Endowment Inc.

Houston Saengerbund

The Nathan J. Klein Fund

* Contribution includes in-kind support;

† Ten or more years of consecutive support