Board of Directors
2025-2026 Executive Committee
Charles Calkins, Chair
Chesley Kennedy, Chair-Elect
Laura Green, Immediate Past Chair
Doug Boike, Vice Chair-Strategic Initiatives
Peggy Hamilton, Vice Chair-Development
Garson Rice, Vice Chair-Artistic Advisory
Jonathan Smith, Chair of GSO Endowment Fund Trustees
Shawn Houck, Vice Chair-Community Relations
Myrna Carlock, Vice Chair-Hospitality
Cliff Thompson, Secretary
Cheryl Feltgen, Treasurer
Robert Green, Asst. Treasurer
Gigi Renaud*, Guild President
Laura Lorenz*, Guild President-Elect
Lisa Crawford**, President & CEO
Christopher Dragon**, Music Director
Board of Directors
Nick Blackwood
Doug Boike
Charles Calkins
Myrna Carlock
Darren Cossaart
Lisa Crawford**
Bert Davis Jr.
Christopher Dragon**
Eric Eley
Cheryl Feltgen
Peggy Follin
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
Bob Klepfer, Jr
Katie Klod
Lisa Lloyd
Laura Lorenz
Bernie Mann
Carole L. Moore
David F. Parker
George Pass
Chris Peele
Dale Phipps
Carol Rauch
Gigi Renaud*
Garson Rice
Lee Richey***
Sylvia Samet
Susan Schwartz
Jonathan Smith
John Speckhard
Dennis Stearns
Cliff Thompson
Maggie Triplette
Corey Williams
* Guild Appointment
** Ex-Officio
*** Orchestra Representative
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