Fort Worth Opera Board of Directors

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 817.288.1214 or suzy@fwopera.org for more information.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2011-2012

Chairman Emeritus	Jill Fischer
Chairperson	Kris Lindsay
President	Natalie Murray
President - Elect, Vice President	John Sutton
Secretary	Rita O'Farrell
Treasurer	Kenny Fischer

Education	Mary Pencis
Finance	Kenny Fischer
Repertory	Whit Smith
Nominating	John Forestner
Leadership	Steve Davis
Development	Rita O'Farrell
Strategic Planning	Dick Fahy
Marketing	Bret Starr
By-Laws	John Sutton
Opera Ball	Sandy Cook
Opera Guild	Jan Aziz
Festival Committee	Marianne Williamson
Endowment	John Forestner

At Large	Anne Bass
	Louise Carvey
	Phil Cook
	Gail Cooke
	Lucy Darden
	Emily Fine (Ball co-chair)
	Joseph Lesley
	Jarrell Milburn
	JoAnn Patton
	Al Saenz
	Rob Stephenson

Van Cliburn
Leontyne Price

FOUNDERS

Mrs. August Spain
Mrs. F.L. Snyder
Mrs. Jeane Axtel Walkser

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS

Mrs. Kelroy Chadwick
Mr. Lee B. Freese
Mrs. Frank Darden
Jill and Charles Fischer
Louise B. Carvey

DISTINGUISHED
HONORARY TRUSTEES

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

BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Bernard S. Appel
Anne T. Bass
Marcela Berg
Kathy Blackmon
Jeanette Bunting
Louise B. Carvey
Donald M. Cohen
Philip Cook
Juana Rosa Daniell
Lucy Darden
Inga Dow
Elizabeth Elgie
Jill Fischer
Kenny Fischer
John E. Forestner
Lee B. Freese
Mary Lynn Garrett
Scott W. Green
Cathy Hirt
Kevin D. Kaufman
Joseph Lesley
Kristen Lindsay
Olivia Mason
Jarrell R. Milburn
Robin Millman
Scott Mitchell
Natalie G. Brand Murray, M.D.
Rita V. O'Farrell
Mary B. Pencis
Alfred Saenz
Maxwell C. Scarlett
Timothy Sear
G. Whitney Smith
Bret M. Starr
G. Robert Stephenson, M.D.
David Stueckler
John O. Sutton, Jr.
K.P. Wilska

ADVISORY BOARD
William R. Allen
Jan Aziz
Marlene Beckman
Melissa Brandon
Becky Brooks
Louise T. Canafax
Janet L. Cappuccio
John P. Carson
Gordon Cizon
Judith S. Cohen
Sandy Cook
Gail Cooke
Jenny and Steve Davis, M.D.
R. N. Donovan, M.D.
Richard J. Fahy
Jack Huff
Hugh Lamensdorf
Carol J. Lawrence
Eddie Lesok
Carolyn Lynch
Haddy Manuel
William A. Massad
James L. Murray
Myrtis Parker
Jo Ann Patton
Olive B. Pelich
Jeffrey Poster
Mohan Sathyamoorthy, M.D.
Azilee Stephenson
Paul Stumbo
Martin Tobey, M.D.
Steven J. White, M.D.
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.
2009-2011
Kristen Lindsay
2011-2013
Natalie Murray, M.D.