Staff & BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Staff
Leadership
- Deborah Sandler Kemper, General Director and CEO, Full Bio
Administration & Finance
- Jeffrey Walker, Chief Financial Officer
- Danny Boteler, Controller
- Amy Tungol, HR & Payroll Specialist
- Melanie Chapman, Staff Accountant
- Melissa Roberts, Executive Assistant & Board Liaison
Artistic Administration
- Brad Trexell, Director of Artistic Administration
- Piotr Wiśniewski, Head of Music Staff/Chorus Master
Learning
- Neal Long, Director of Learning
- Emily Bridges, Manager of School Programs
- Laura Blankenship, Manager of Community Programs
Production
- Tracy Davis-Singh, Director of Production
- Rafael Toribio, Technical Director
- Selena Gonzalez-Lopez, Assistant Technical Director and Lighting Supervisor
- Sarah Zsohar, Artist Services Manager
Development
- Ashley Parks, Chief Development Officer
- Rebecca Ballinger Clark, Manager of Institutional Giving
- Laurie Eck, Manager of Development Operations & Donor Research
Marketing & Communications
- Gregory Campbell, Director of Marketing and Communications
- Amanda Schuster, Senior Manager of Ticketing and Patron Services
- Emily Stott, Manager of Marketing Operations
- Mason McBride, Manager of Digital Communications
- Enrique Zabala, Graphic Design Specialist
- Gabriella Swoboda, Assistant Manager of Ticketing and Patron Services
- Catherine Cone, Ticketing and Patron Services Representative
- Rowan Frazier, Ticketing and Patron Services Representative
- Josephine Meyers, Ticketing and Patron Services Representative
- Dennis Pearson, Ticketing and Patron Services Representative
- Brianna Volkmann, Ticketing and Patron Services Representative
- Ellen McDonald, Publicity Consultant
Board Of Trustees
Officers
- Anthony Durone, President
- Richard English, Vice President
- Scott Blakesley, Secretary
- Mark Benedict, Treasurer
Trustees
- Dr. Iván Batlle
- Richard P. Bruening
- Tom Butch
- Casey Claps
- Rita Cortés
- Dr. Melinda Estes
- Michael D. Fields
- Christina Hager
- Kenneth V. Hager
- Mary Leonida
- Mira Mdivani
- Edward P. Milbank
- Thomas E. Nanney
- Andrew Robb
- Jug Stanovcic
Ex-Officio Members
- Pam Bruce, President, Lyric Opera Circle
- Lisa Pruch, Ball Chair, Lyric Opera Circle
- Drewbie Price, President, Orpheus KC
Legal Counsel
- Wade Kerrigan, Husch Blackwell, LLP, Counsel
