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 2009-2010

ChairpersonJill Fischer
PresidentKris Lindsay
President - ElectNatalie Murray
SecretaryLucy Darden
TreasurerKenny Fischer

Education – AdultGail Cooke
Education – ChildrenMary Pencis
FacilitiesMaxwell Scarlett
FinanceKenny Fischer
RepertoryWhit Smith
NominatingJohn Forestner
LeadershipJoseph Lesley
DevelopmentEddie Lesok
Strategic PlanningPhil Cook
MarketingBret Starr
By-LawsJohn Sutton
Opera BallKelly Sorokolit
Opera Ball TreasurerJo Ann Patton
Opera GuildJan Aziz
Festival CommitteeRita O'Farrell
EndowmentJarry Milburn

At LargeStu Arledge
 Dan Morton
 Louise Carvey
 LueAnn Claypool
 Rob Stephenson
 Lucy Hyden
 Lee Freese

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
Greta Beckerman
Marcela Berg
Kathy Blackmon
Robert Bolz
Jeanette Bunting
Louise Carvey
Lue Ann Claypool
Donald Cohen, M.D.
Phil Cook
Juana Rosa Daniell
Lucy Darden
Asad Dean
Jill Fischer
Kenny Fischer
John Forestner, M.D.
Lee Freese
Matthew Haddock
Brent Hyder
Pamela Johndroe
Chuck Johnson
Nick Kliewer
Joseph Lesley
Kris Lindsay
Sandra Liser
Crystal Marra
Melinda Mason
James R. McCarty, M.D.
Carl A. McLaughlin
Larry Meeker
Linda Metcalf
Berlene Milburn
Jarrell Milburn
Marsland Moncrief
Natalie Murray, M.D.
Rita O'Farrell
Tim Sear
G. Whitney Smith
Bret Starr
Robert Stephenson
David Stueckler
John Sutton
C. Victor Thornton
Lee Wilkirson
K. P. Wilska
ADVISORY BOARD
Bernard Appel
Stu Arledge
Deb Baker
Fran Blanton
Becky Brooks
Louise T. Canafax
Janet Cappuccio
John Carson
Gordon Cizon
Gail Cooke
Sally A. House
Sam Hulsey
Lucy Hyden
Pamela Johndroe
Moselle Kouri
Hugh Lamensdorf, M.D.
Carol Jane Lawrence
Eddie Lesok
Jo Ann Patton
Olive B. Pelich
Mary Pencis
Jeffrey C. Poster
Joel Sawyer
Gary Silman
Jan Upchurch
Steven J. White
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.