Board of Directors


FORT WORTH OPERA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Fort Worth Opera trustees enjoy a uniquely personal relationship with the company by supporting the company with their talents and their gifts, setting policy with the general director and assisting in making sure that the company has financial backing.

Contact Suzy Williams, Director of Development,at 817.731.0833 ext. 14 or suzy@fwopera.org for more information.


ADVISORY COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2011-2012

Chairman EmeritusJill Fischer
ChairpersonKris Lindsay
PresidentNatalie Murray
President - Elect, Vice President
John Sutton
SecretaryLucy Darden
TreasurerKenny Fischer

Education Mary Pencis
FinanceKenny Fischer
RepertoryWhit Smith
NominatingJohn Forestner
LeadershipSteve Davis
DevelopmentRita O´Farrell
Strategic PlanningDick Fahy
MarketingBret Starr
By-LawsJohn Sutton
Opera BallSandy Cook
Human ResourcesJoAnn Patton
Opera GuildJan Aziz
Festival CommitteeMarianne Williamson
EndowmentJohn Forestner

At LargeLouise Carvey
 Rob Stephenson
 Gail Cooke
 Al Saenz
 Joseph Lesly
 Anne Bass
 Phil Cook
 Emily Fine (Ball co-chair)
  
  
  

Van Cliburn
Leontyne Price

FOUNDERS

Mrs. August Spain
Mrs. F. L. Snyder
Mrs. Jeanne Axtell Walker

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS

Mrs. Ahdel Chadwick

DISTINGUISHED
HONORARY TRUSTEES


Mr. J. Stephen Beckman
Mr. William A. Massad
Mr. James L. Murray
Mrs. Rae Schollmaier




















BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Catherine Jane Alder
William R. Allen
Anne T. Bass
Marcela Berg
Kathy Blackmon
Louise B. Carvey
Donald M. Cohen, M.D.
Philip Cook
Juana Rosa Daniell
Lucy Darden
Jill Fischer
Kenny Fischer
Lee B. Freese
Scott W. Green
Cathy Hirt
Kevin D. Kaufman
Joseph Lesley
Kris Lindsay
Olivia Mason
Jarrell R. Milburn
Natalie Murray, M.D.
Rita V. O´Farrell
Mary B. Pencis
Al Saenz
Maxwell C. Scarlett, M.D.
Timothy Sear
G. Whitney Smith
Bret M. Starr
Robert Stephenson, M.D.
David Stueckler
John O. Sutton
K. P. Wilska
ADVISORY BOARD
Bernard S. Appel
Jan Aziz
Marlene Beckman
Melissa Brandon
Becky Brooks
Jeanette Bunting
Louise T. Canafax
Janet Cappuccio
John P. Carson
Gordon Cizon
Judith S. Cohen
Sandy Cook
Gail Cooke
Asad Dean, M.D.
R. Nowell Donovan
Richard Fahy
John E. Forestner
Jack Huff
Chuck Johnson
Hugh Lamensdorf, M.D.
Carol Jane Lawrence
Eddie Lesok
Sandy Liser
Carolyn Lynch
Haddy Manuel
Crystal Marra
Melinda Mason
Dan Morton, M.D.
Myrtis Parker
Jo Ann Patton
Olive B. Pelich
Jeffrey C. Poster
Mohan Sathyamoorthy, M.D.
Gary Silman
Kelly Sorokolit
Azilee Stephenson
Paul Stumbo
Martin Tobey, M.D.
Steven J. White
Lee Wilkirson
Marianne Williamson
Pauline Wittenberg
PAST PRESIDENTS
1946-1948
Web Maddox
1948-1950
Julian Meeker
1950-1952
Web Maddox
1952-1958
James H. Snowden
1958-1960
O.C. Armstrong
1960-1963
Serge Saxe
1963-1966
Hubert G. Foster
1966-1968
Marion L. Hicks
1968-1970
Fred A. Elliston
1970-1972
Mrs. F. L. Snyder
1972-1974
W. P. Cranz, Jr.
1974-1976
Rice M. Tilley, Jr.
1976-1979
Lee Freese
1979-1981
C. A. Mitts III
1981-1983
Robert Kolba
1983-1985
Albon O. Head, Jr.
1985-1987
Lee W. Marshall
1987-1989
Ronald E. Moore
1989-1991
Gerson B. Bernstein
1991-1993
Jack F. Hardwick, M. D.
1993-1995
James L. Murray
1995-1996
Ericson Berg
1996-1998
John E. Forestner, M. D.
1998
J. Stephen Beckman
1998
Ronald E. Moore
1998-1999
Jack F. Hardwick, M. D.
1999-2003
G. Whitney Smith
2003-2005
T. Pollard Rogers
2005-2007
Jill Fischer
2007-2009
Robert Bolz, Jr.