Board of Directors
2026-2027 Executive Committee
Chesley Kennedy, Chair
Gigi Renaud, Chair-Elect
Charles Calkins, Immediate Past Chair
Doug Boike, Vice Chair-Strategic Initiatives
Robert Green, Vice Chair-Development/Asst. Treasurer
Garson Rice, Vice Chair-Artistic Advisory
Jonathan Smith, Chair of GSO Endowment Fund Trustees
Shawn Houck, Vice Chair-Community Relations
Myrna Carlock/Peggy Hamilton, Vice Chair-Hospitality
Cliff Thompson, Secretary
Cheryl Feltgen, Treasurer
Robert Green, Asst. Treasurer
Laura Lorenz*, Guild President
Deborah Friedman*, Guild President-Elect
Lisa Crawford**, President & CEO
Christopher Dragon**, Music Director
Board of Directors
Brian Bernhardt
Nick Blackwood
Doug Boike
Charles Calkins
Myrna Carlock
Darren Cossaart
Lisa Crawford**
Bert Davis, Jr.
Christopher Dragon**
Eric Eley
Cheryl Feltgen
Peggy Follin
Deborah Friedman*
Derek Gracey
Brian Graham
Laura Green
Robert Green
Marilyn Green
Peggy Hamilton
Valencia Hill
Ryan Homer
Shawn Houck
DK Jeong
Suzanne Johnson
Orton Jones
Chesley Kennedy
Jessica Ketner
Katie Klod
Matt Libera***
Bernie Mann
Carole L. Moore
David F. Parker
George Pass
Chris Peele
Dale Phipps
Carol Rauch
Gigi Renaud
Garson Rice
Sylvia Samet
Rebecca Schlosser
Susan Schwartz
Jonathan Smith
Dennis Stearns
Cliff Thompson
Maggie Triplette
Wally West
Corey Williams
*** Orchestra Representative
** Ex-Officio
* Guild Appointment
PAST BOARD CHAIRS
Miles H. Wolff 1959-67
Douglas M. Orr 1967-72
L.L. Weltner 1972-74
Charles L. Weill 1974-75
Miles H. Wolff 1975-76
Samuel G. Wilson 1976-80
Joy Morrison 1980-83
Bernard Mann 1983-85
Albert S. Lineberry, Sr. 1985-87
Anne Daniel 1987-89
Lewis R. Ritchie 1989-91
Robert E. Lavietes 1991-93
Robert O. Klepfer, Jr. 1993-95
David F. Parker 1995-97
Joyce Kiser 1997-98
John O.H. Toledano 1998-00
David Routh 2000-02
Ann E. Kroupa 2002-04
Carole Lineberry-Moore 2004-06
Robert Braswell 2006-08
Dennis Stearns 2008-10
Robert Harris, Jr. 2010-12
Susan Schwartz 2012-14
Robert Green 2014-16
Garson Rice Jr. 2016-18
Charles Compton 2018-20
Doug Boike 2020-22
Laura Green 2022-24
Charles Calkins 2024-26