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Board of Trustees

Chairmen Emeritus
William P. Gerberding
Chairman
John F. Nesholm
President
Steven C. Phelps
President-Elect
Dr. William T. Weyerhaeuser
Treasurer
Jeffrey Hanna
Executive Vice-President
Rosemarie Anderson
Secretary
Gary Houlahan
Vice-Presidents
  • Richard Albrecht
  • Thomas H. Allen
  • Steven A. Clifford
  • Tracy B. Edgers
  • James R. Faulstich
  • Diana Gale
  • Max E. Gellert
  • Jerry Landeen
  • Louise Miller
  • James David Raisbeck
  • Dana A. Rasmussen
  • Stephen A. Sprenger
  • Muriel Van Housen
Trustees
  • Willie C. Aikens
  • Kim A. Anderson
  • Virginia Anderson
  • Cynthia Bayley
  • Patricia L. Bostrom
  • Dr. Brenda Bruns *
  • Ron Cathcart
  • Gregory Chan, M.D. **
  • Janice C. Condit
  • Charles B. Cossé
  • James D. Cullen
  • Susan Detweiler
  • Sandra B. Dunn
  • Karl J. Ege
  • Robert Fries *
  • Paul Goodrich *
  • Jim L. Hodge
  • Phyllis Hollingsworth
  • Ron Hosogi *
  • Janet Wright Ketcham
  • Jay Lapin *
  • Thomas A. Lemly
  • Laura Lundgren *
  • Bruce R. McCaw
  • JJ McKay
  • Tom McQuaid
  • Edward L. Miles
  • Vicky Oxley
  • Rosemary W. Peterson
  • Jonathon Rosoff *
  • Walter E. Skowronski
  • A. McNair Smith, M.D.
  • Delphine Stevens
  • Russell F. Tousley
  • James Uhlir
  • Moya Vazquez
  • Joan S. Watjen
  • Judith A.Whetzel
  • Kathleen P. Wilcox
  • Scott Wyatt
Representatives to the Board
  • Marlene Holbrook - Seattle Opera Guild
  • Craig Grayson - Seattle Opera Chorus
  • Stephen Hilbert - Bravo! Club
  • Tim Hale - Seattle Symphony and Opera Players' Association
Honorary Life Members
  • Beverly Brazeau
  • Donald L. Johnson
  • Michael M. Scott
Advisory Board
  • Claire Bloom
  • John M. Bloxom Jr.
  • J. Tobias Bright
  • Lawrence W. Clarkson
  • Vinson Cole
  • Norma B. Croco
  • Jane Davis
  • Mildred K. Dunn
  • Marion O. Garrison
  • Susanne F. Hubbach
  • Laura Ingham
  • Victoria Ivarsson
  • Ralph Kaminsky
  • Duff Kennedy
  • Lynn J. Loacker
  • Wah Lui
  • Betty McCurdy
  • Terrence McNally
  • Karen W. Morse
  • Linda Nordstrom
  • Marianna B. Price
  • Eulalie Schneider
  • Judy Schuchart
  • Kate Van Ness
  • Virginia Wright
Past Presidents
  • Norma B. Croco
  • Albert O. Foster ***
  • Max E. Gellert
  • Harold H. Heath
  • H. Dewayne Kreager ***
  • Frances A. LeSourd
  • James M. McDonald, Jr.
  • Stanley N. Minor
  • John F. Nesholm
  • Sheffield Phelps
  • Russell F. Tousley
  • Richard S. Twiss
  • Howard S. Wright ***
Seattle Opera Foundation
  • Kenneth L. Schubert, Jr., President
  • Frank S. Bayley
  • James D. Cullen
  • Max E. Gellert
  • Jeffrey Hanna
  • Ev Loyd
  • Steven C. Phelps (ex officio)
  • Anne M. Redman
  • Ev Trout
  • Craig Watjen
* Indicates new Board member
** On leave of absence
*** Deceased

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