Lyric Opera 2023-2024 Issue 2 - Audra McDonald/Gala

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 4 OFFICERS The Honorable J.B. Pritzker The Honorable Brandon Johnson Honorary Chairs of the Board Sylvia Neil Chair of the Board Edgar D. Jannotta Allan B. Muchin Co-Chairs Emeritus David T. Ormesher Co-Chair Emeritus & Chair of the Executive Committee 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 Vincente F. Milianti Assistant Treasurer LIFE DIRECTORS Gilda R. Buchbinder Ronald J. Gidwitz Howard L. Gottlieb Dietrich M. Gross Edgar D. Jannotta George E. Johnson Susan Kiphart Robert W. Lane Gordon Segal Robert E. Wood II DIRECTORS Katherine A. Abelson • James L. Alexander * Paul F. Anderson Julie Baskes * Mrs. James N. Bay Allan E. Bulley, III John E. Butler + Marion A. Cameron-Gray * Amy Carbone Orit Carpenter Jane Chu * Richard W. Colburn * + 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 * Robert B. Ford Steven L. Fradkin * Karen Freeman-Wilson Anthony Freud * Ethel C. Gofen Melvin Gray Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel Maria C. Green Dan Grossman * Gary Haase Ralph Hasbun Elliot E. Hirsch Jodi Hochberger Rubenstein J. Thomas Hurvis Gregory K. Jones Stephen A. Kaplan • Vikram Karnani Neil T. Kawashima Kip Kelley II Lori Ann Komisar Josef Lakonishok * Jonathan Lewis Craig C. Martin * Samir Mayekar * Enrique Mazzola * Robert J. McCullen Blythe J. McGarvie Mimi Mitchell Frank B. Modruson * + Allan B. Muchin * Linda K. Myers + Jeffrey C. Neal H. Gael Neeson Sylvia Neil * Gregory J. O’Leary Sharon F. Oberlander Olufunmilayo I. Olopade David T. Ormesher * William A. Osborn Anna Paglia Matthew J. Parr Jane DiRenzo Pigott * Tanya Polsky * Jose Luis Prado Don M. Randel Brenda Robinson * Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr. * Richard O. Ryan Shirley Welsh Ryan * E. Scott Santi * Nancy Santi Christine Schyvinck Nancy S. Searle Marsha Serlin Brenda M. Shapiro * Richard W. Shepro + Eric S. Smith * Kevin Smith Penelope Steiner * Pam Friend Szokol * Nasrin Thierer * Cherryl T. Thomas * Bryan Traubert * Olivia Tyrrell * Donna Van Eekeren * William C. Vance * Roberta L. Washlow Sir Andrew Davis Music Director Emeritus William Mason General Director Emeritus + Audit Committee * Executive Committee • National Member Board of Directors