Lyric Opera 2021-2022 Special Issue: Verdi Voices

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 3 Board of Directors OFFICERS The Honorable J.B. Pritzker The Honorable Lori Lightfoot Honorary Chairs of the Board Edgar D. Jannotta Co-Chair Emeritus Allan B. Muchin Co-Chair Emeritus David T. Ormesher Co-Chair Emeritus & Chair of the Executive Committee Sylvia Neil Chair of the Board Anthony Freud General Director, President & CEO The Women’s Board Endowed Chair James L. Alexander Vice Chair Enrique Mazzola Vice Chair Shirley Welsh Ryan Vice Chair Eric S. Smith Vice Chair William C. Vance Vice Chair Donna Van Eekeren Secretary Dan Grossman Treasurer Elizabeth Hurley Assistant Secretary Roberta Lane Assistant Treasurer LIFE DIRECTORS Gilda R. Buchbinder Richard J. Franke Ronald J. Gidwitz Howard L. Gottlieb Dietrich M. Gross Edgar D. Jannotta George E. Johnson Susan Kiphart Robert W. Lane James J. O’Connor Gordon Segal Robert E. Wood II DIRECTORS Katherine A. Abelson • James L. Alexander * John P. Amboian Paul F. Anderson Larry A. Barden Julie Baskes * Laurie Bay Allan E. Bulley, III John E. Butler Marion A. Cameron-Gray * Amy Carbone David W. Carpenter Jane Chu * Richard W. Colburn *+ Michael P. Cole Francesca Cornelli Vinay Couto Scott Cozad Lester Crown * Marsha Cruzan * Laura DeFelice Dan Draper + Allan Drebin + Charles Droege + Chaz Ebert Lois Eisen James E. Fellowes Matthew A. Fisher Sonia Florian * Steven L. Fradkin * Karen Freeman-Wilson Anthony Freud * Ruth Ann M. Gillis * • Ethel C. Gofen Melvin Gray Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel Maria C. Green + Dan Grossman * Elliot E. Hirsch Eric L. Hirschfield * J. Thomas Hurvis Gregory K. Jones Stephen A. Kaplan • Vikram Karnani Kip Kelley II Lori Ann Komisar Josef Lakonishok * Craig C. Martin * Enrique Mazzola * Robert J. McCullen Blythe J. McGarvie Andrew J. McKenna Mimi Mitchell Frank B. Modruson *+ Susan E. Morrison Allan B. Muchin * Linda K. Myers Jeffrey C. Neal H. Gael Neeson Sylvia Neil * John D. Nichols • Gregory J. O’Leary Sharon F. Oberlander Olufunmilayo I. Olopade David T. Ormesher * William A. Osborn Anna Paglia Matthew J. Parr Jane DiRenzo Pigott * Richard Pomeroy Jose Luis Prado Don M. Randel Elke Rehbock * Brenda Robinson * Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr. * Richard O. Ryan Shirley Welsh Ryan * E. Scott Santi * Claudia M. Saran Christine Schyvinck Nancy S. Searle Marsha Serlin Brenda M. Shapiro * Richard W. Shepro + Eric S. Smith * Kevin Smith Michael Strautmanis * Penelope Steiner Pam Friend Szokol * Franco Tedeschi Nasrin Thierer * Cherryl T. Thomas * Bryan Traubert Olivia Tyrrell * Donna Van Eekeren * William C. Vance * Roberta L. Washlow Miles D. White William Mason General Director Emeritus + Audit Committee * Executive Committee • National Member