Board of Directors

Officers

Chair, C. Wells Hall, III, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw
Assistant Treasurer, Steven Hershfield, Time Warner Cable
Secretary, Kay Allison Norris, Arts Advocate
Vice Chair, Thomas Hughes, The Hearst Corporation
Treasurer, Catherine M. Connor, CPA
Immediate Past Chair, Emily Smith, Arts Advocate

Members

Joseph F. Andolino, The Goodrich Corporation
Ian Banwell, Arts Advocate
Dr. Nini Bautista, Asian Chamber of Commerce
Stewart P. Blake, Arts Advocate
Gay Boswell, Arts Advocate
David Brown, TIAA CREF
Natalie Brown, Bank of America
Jeffrey Brown, Deloitte Consulting
Brooks Carey, Deutsche Bank
James Carroll, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Dr. Ki-Hyun Chun, Chun Group, Inc.
Jane Conlan, Arts Advocate
Hillary Cooper, Arts Advocate
Ernie Dehnert, BB&T
Georgette Dixon, Wachovia Corporation
Peggy Dreher, Arts Advocate
Mary Tabor Engel, Arts Advocate
Ronni Fridman, Crosland
Deidre Grubb, Arts Advocate
Janet Haack, Donald Haack Diamonds
Bernard Hargadon, Arts Advocate
Dr. Neil Howell, Charlotte ENT
William F. Johnson, Jr., Arts Advocate
D. Gilbert Lee, Arts Advocate
Moses Luski, Shumaker Loop & Kendrick
Janet Malzone, Grant Thornton
Holly Maurer, Assoc. Professor of Music
Marjorie McDorman, Arts Advocate (Life Member)
Alexandra Paliyenko, Metropolitan Opera National Council
Charlotte Payne, Arts Advocate
Sarah Pearce, Arts Advocate
Laura Vinroot Poole, Arts Advocate
Jonathan Pullin, The Environmental Group of the Carolinas
Albert A. Stanley, SunGard Availabililty Services
David Trusty, Piedmont Natural Gas
Craig Weisbruch, National Gypsum Company

Ex Officio

Laura Collinge, Bravo!
Janice Davidson, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Sarah Dockery, President, Friends of the Opera
Peg Povinelli, President, Opera Guild of Charlotte
Jennifer Reid, President, Opera Carolina Chorus Assoc.

Board of Advisors

Sarah Belk Gambrell, Belk Stores
Pepper Dowd
Joseph Hall
Fred Lowrance
Michael Marsicano
Philip W. Norwood, Chair
Emily Smith
William J. Taggart
The Honorable Sydnor Thompson, Chair Emeritus

Board of Visitors

Dede Reid Blackburn, Arts Advocate
Natalie Cohen, Arts Advocate
Carlisle Floyd, Internationally Acclaimed Opera Composer
Mrs. Richard V. Lee, Arts Advocate
Dr. Michael L. Lomax, President United Negro College Fund
The Honorable Sue Myrick, U.S. House of Representatives