Board of Directors

Carol DeFore, Chair
Ann Baltz
Patty Kirby
Joe Montgomery
Julie Reinfrank
Mel Spitz
Julia Torgovitskaya

Advisory Board

Alexandra Bacon: Vice President, Vocal Division - Barrett Vantage Artists
Stacy Brightman, PhD: Director of Community Programs, Los Angeles Opera
John M. Clark: Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico
Marianne Cornetti:* Mezzo-soprano; international career
Michael Egel: Director of Artistic Operations, Des Moines Metro Opera
Martha Gerhart: Vocal Coach and Translator
Ruth Golden: Dir of Vocal Studies-Long Island Univ; Voice-Acad of Vocal Arts
Christopher Hahn: General Director, Pittsburgh Opera
Daniel Helfgot: Opera Director; Author of The Third Line
Wendy Hillhouse:* Mezzo Soprano; Faculty - Stanford University
G. Paul Howes: Law Partner - Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
Joy McIntyre:* Associate Professor Emerita - Boston University
Bill McKelvey: Professor - UCLA Anderson School of Management
Shigemi Matsumoto:Soprano; Voice Teacher, USC, CSU-Long Beach
Erie Mills:English Diction: MET, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Santa Fe Opera
Ron Peluso: Artistic Director - History Theatre in St. Paul
Hila Plitmann:* Soprano; Grammy Award winner; international career
Laura Brooks Rice: Prof-Westminster Choir College; Dir-CoOPERAtive Program
Jessica Rivera:*Soprano; Grammy Award winner; international career
Rita Shane: Soprano, international career; faculty Eastman School of Music
Molly Siefert: Western Regional Chair - Metropolitan Opera National Council
Margaret Singer: International Pianist, Accompanist, Coach
Martin J Stark:International businessman; former VP of Columbia Artists
Joan Wall:* Professor Emerita - Texas Women's University; Author
Patricia Wise:Professor of Voice, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Darren K. Woods:General and Artistic Director - Fort Worth Opera
Doris Yarick-Cross:Head of Voice and Opera - Yale University

* denotes OperaWorks singer or voice teacher alumni