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.

2022-23 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

Albert Chao, Westlake Chemical Corporation

Adam Cook, Tokio Marine HCC

Joshua Davidson, Baker Botts L.L.P.

Frederic Dyen, Schlumberger Limited

Susan Eisenberg, Kirkland & Ellis

Warren Ellsworth, MD, Houston Methodist

John C. Harrell, Truist

Michael Hilliard, Winstead PC

Richard Husseini, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Michelle Huth, Frost Bank

Beth Jarlock, EY

Patrick Keller, Truist

Bill Kroger, Baker Botts L.L.P.

Richard Leibman, FROSCH

David LePori, Frost Bank

Bryce Lindner, Bank of America

Claire Liu, LyondellBassell (Retired)

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

Silvia Salle, Bank of America

Manolo Sánchez, Spring Labs

Peter Seltz, Principal Financial 

Apurva Thekdi, MD, Houston Methodist

Ignacio Torras, Tricon Energy

Tom Van Arsdel, Winstead PC

Alfredo Vilas, Novum Energy

Allison Young, Wells Fargo

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 †

Vinson & Elkins LLP † *

Grand Underwriters – $50,000 or more

Ajamie LLP

Alto

Bank of America

Nana Booker and David Lowe/ Booker · Lowe Gallery *

Frost Bank

Kirkland & Ellis

Shell †

Underwriters – $25,000 or more

Baker Botts L.L.P. †

Boulware & Valoir

Norton Rose Fulbright †

Principal Financial Securities

Tokio Marine HCC

Truist

Wells Fargo †

Westlake Chemical Corporation †

Winstead PC

Sponsors – $10,000 or more

CenterPoint Energy

Locke Lord LLP †

Members – $1,000 or more

Patterson & Sheridan LLP

Maovor, Inc.

Union Pacific

FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Premier Guarantors – $1,000,000 or more

The Brown Foundation, Inc. †

Houston Grand Opera Endowment, Inc.†

The Wortham Foundation, Inc. †

Anonymous

Principal Guarantors – $500,000 or more

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

City of Houston †

The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts†

Grand Guarantors – $250,000 or more

The Alkek and Williams Foundation †

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation †

The Cullen Foundation †

The Elkins Foundation

The Humphreys Foundation †

M.D. Anderson Foundation †

Texas Commission on the Arts †

Guarantors – $100,000 or more

National Endowment for the Arts †

The Robert & Jane Cizik Foundation

The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation †

The Sarofim Foundation

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation

Grand Underwriters – $50,000 or more

City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board †

John P. McGovern Foundation †

Miller Theatre Advisory Board

The Powell Foundation †

Underwriters – $25,000 or more

Carol Franc Buck Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts †

Ruth and Ted Bauer Family Foundation †

Stedman West Foundation †

Vivian L. Smith Foundation

Sponsors – $10,000 or more

Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation †

Cockrell Family Fund

OPERA America

Sterling-Turner Foundation

The Vaughn Foundation

William E. and Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust †

Members – $1,000 or more

George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation †

Houston Endowment Inc.

Houston Saengerbund

Houston Grand Opera Guild †

Houston Saengerbund

The Nathan J. Klein Fund

* Contribution includes in-kind support;

† Ten or more years of consecutive support