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Board of Directors
Robert Grayson, General and Artistic Director – Chair, Voice/Opera Division at LSU
Carole M. Marshall, Chair* - CEO, Traffic Scan Network and Shadow Broadcasting
Annette Rhodes Seng, Chair-Elect* - Louisiana Department of Justice
Peter Barrios - CPA
Annette Douthat, Secretary - Owner, AllBrands.com

Board of Directors

Ned Borie – Walk, Haydel & Associates, Inc.
Edward R. Clark - Lohengrin Group
Dr. Ron Garay – Manship School of Mass Communications, Louisiana State University
Dr. Peter Grant - Albemarle Corporation, retired
Enrique Hurtado – Smith Barney
Deidra Jackson*- Marketing Chair - Diversified Market Solutions
Abba J. Kastin, M.D. – Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Dr. Howard Kisner – Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Dr. Joe Morgan – Bone and Joint Clinic of Baton Rouge
Ken Nelson, Treasurer* - Engineer, Dow Chemical, retired/consultant
Sue Rainer* – Education Chair -Past President, Board of Directors for LPB
Rita Satawa – Community Volunteer
Todd Schexnayder*- Governance Chair - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
Jeffrey Stafford* – Development Chair - Fundraising Professional
George P. Thompson, III* - IT Chair – Waddell and Reed, Inc.
Deborah Dunlevy Todd – The Deborah Todd Agency
Doug Van Nostran - Director Grant Development & Administration, LA Community &Technical College System
Benn Vincent – Kean Miller Law Firm
Michael D. Williams – CEO, Merrill Lynch, retired

Advisory Board
Beth Courtney – President and CEO, Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Jennifer Eller - Director of Development, LSU Department of Theatre
Kori Jennings – Young Artist Representative
Laurence D. Kaptain - Dean, College of Music and Dramatic Arts, Louisiana State University
Edith Kirkpatrick – Music Educator, Louisiana Board of Regents, retired
Alice Kronenberger – Past President, The Baton Rouge Music Teachers Association
Timothy Muffitt – Music Director, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra
Huel Perkins – Past Member, Board of Advisors, J.W. Fulbright Foreign Scholarship
Program; Professor Emeritus of Humanities, LSU, retired
Freddie Pitcher –Chancellor, Southern University Law Center; Judge, retired
Harvey Schwartzberg – Treasurer, Foundation for Historic Louisiana & The Old State
Capitol Associates
John Turner – President, Baton Rouge Area Volunteers for Opera; Board, Houston Grand
Opera; Turner Industries
Dr. Richard Webb – Dean, Southern University College of Arts and Humanities, retired





Opera Louisiane’s 09 - 10 Season is made possible by The Mayor’s Office & the City Parish of East Baton Rouge,
The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge & The Louisiana Division of the Arts.