Staff and Board

Officers

Wendi Kushner
Chairman

Ernest Auerbach
President

Jo Anne Christian
Vice President Advocacy

Colleen Cole
Vice President Development

Curby Conoley Tableriou
Vice President Community Program

Michael Erspamer
Vice President Education

Jerry Gatlin
Vice President Trustees

Stephen S. Jeffrey
Vice President Finance

Michael Erspamer
William W. Krumpack

Internal Audit

Michael S. Metteauer
Legal Counsel

Jon Nash
Vice President Special Funds

Kyle Penrose
Vice President Strategic Planning

Marilyn Davis Rabkin
Secretary

Bruce Stuckman, Ph.D.
Vice President Governance

Eva Womack
Vice President Advocacy

Trustees

Janice Miller Abrams
Betsy Ashcraft
Sandy Ball
Polly Barbaro
Frances E. Blank
Holly A. Bohart
Mary Ellen Borgelt
Tana Christie
Paula Damore
Michael Erspamer
Jim Green
Laura Gutierrez-Witt
Rob Hagelberg
Jerry Harris
Andrew Heller
David Jabour
Bryce Johnson
Jeffrey Kodosky
Carol Logan
Carlos Lowenberg, Jr.
Marcy Melanson
Jane Parker
Graydon Parrish
Brian H. Powell
Ted Reutz, Ph.D.

Martha Rochelle
The Honorable Amalia
Rodriguez-Mendoza
David N. Tobey, Jr., M.D.
Elisabeth Juen Waltz
Jim Whorton
Cornelia Foster Wood

Advisory Trustees

Ray Benson
Thomas B. Martin
Robert Mettlen, Ph.D.
William B. Mitchell
Andrew Schwartz

Trustees Emeritus

Frederick S. Addy
Ada Anderson
James C. Armstrong
Suzannah Cox Barnebey
Philip W. Barnes
Helen Baxter
Amelia Bullock
Paul Burns, M.D.
Nell Dale, Ph.D.
Harvey Evans, D.D.S.

Doyle M. Fellers
Dave Harrington
Betty King
Edythe Kruger
Lloyd Lochridge
Susan Lubin
The Honorable Lyndon
Olson, Jr.
William B. Paddock
H. Robert Powell

Gay Ratliff
Dotty Rutishauser
Harriet Rutland
Katharine Shields
Suzanne Shore
R. Clint Smith
Philip Spertus
Connie Webb
Catherine Wildermuth, Ph.D.

Mailing Address

Austin Lyric Opera
3009 Industrial Terrace, Suite 100
Austin, TX 78758

Offices 512.472.5927
Box Office 512.472.5992

Joseph SpecterJoseph Specter

General Director
512.610.7689

Maestro BuckleyRichard Buckley

Artistic Director
512.610.7689

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Eva Kuhlman
Director of Administration and Finance
512.610.7667

Holton Johnson
Associate Director of Administration
512.610.7666

Erin Hanson
Executive Assistant & Guild Liaison
512.610.7689

DEVELOPMENT
Angela M. Bonnici
Director of Individual Giving
512.610.7668

Meredith Morrow, Ph.D.
Institutional Gifts Manager
512.610.7686

Dianne Van Hulle
Patron Services Manager
512.610.7684

MARKETING
Manager of Marketing & Communications
512.610.7689

PRODUCTION
Education & Production Coordinator
512.610-.7683

Vincent E. Herod
Technical Director
512.610.7673

Elden Little, Ph.D.
Music Administrator
512.610.7675