Washington Performing Arts Board of Directors
Washington Performing Arts has a dynamic and deeply engaged Board of Directors, Junior Board, and Women’s Committee, comprised of members from varied backgrounds, generations, professional expertise, and life experience.
Board Leadership
Rudy Burwell*
Gary Yacoubian*
Tom Gallagher*
Joseph May*
Burton J. Fishman, Esq.*
Board Members
Her Excellency Shaikha Aisha AlKhalifa
Dina Al Sabah
Sunny Alsup*
Jeffrey Bauman*
Jenny Bilfield*
Nici Bush
Christina Co Mather
Michele Cober
Trista L. P. Colbert*
Debbie Driesman
Robert S. Feinberg*
Brad Figel*
Ellen Stark Gold
Luanne S. Gutermuth*
Ana R. Harvey
Lucia Hill
Albert Hunt
Deidra L. Jackson
Vinetta C. Jones
Dina Lassow*
André O. Lewis
Gigi Maniyatte
Benjamin Martin*
Lynn Parseghian*
W. Stephen Piper*
Olwen Thorpe Pongrace
Tafaya Ransom
Gordon Rush*
Marc Schlosberg
Kerrien Suarez
Ebony D. Thomas
Douglas H. Wheeler*
Zaminah D. Williams
Kevin Yen
* Executive Committee
Honorary Directors
Nancy G. Barnum
Arturo Brillembourg
Hans Bruland
Charlotte Cameron
Josephine Cooper
Kelly Dibble
The Honorable Debbie Dingell
Roselyn Payne Epps, M.D.†
Sophie P. Fleming†
Eric R. Fox
Norma Lee Funger†
Peter Ladd Gilsey†
Barbara W. Gordon†
France K. Graage
Felecia Love Greer, Esq.
James M. Harkless, Esq.
Susan B. Hepner
ViCurtis G. Hinton†
Jake Jones
Steven Kaplan, Esq.
Sherman E. Katz, Esq.
Marvin C. Korengold, M.D.†
Peter L. Kreeger
Robert G. Liberatore
Jerome B. Libin, Esq.†
Dennis G. Lyons†
Dr. Gary D. Mather†
Gilbert D. Mead†
Gerson Nordlinger†
John F. Olson
Susan Porter†
Frank H. Rich†
James J. Sandman
Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan and
Veronica Valencia Sarukhan
Charlotte Schlosberg†
Samuel A. Schreiber
Jon Sedmak
Albert H. Small†
Shirley Small
The Honorable James W. Symington
Stefan F. Tucker, Esq.
Mary Jo Veverka
Philip R. West
Carol Wilner
Paul Martin Wolff†
Past Chairs, Board of Directors
Todd Duncan† , Past Chairman Laureate
William N. Cafritz†
Aldus H. Chapin†
Kenneth M. Crosby†
Jean Head Sisco†
Kent T. Cushenberry†
Harry M. Linowes†
Edward A. Fox
Hugh H. Smith
Alexine Clement Jackson†
Lydia Micheaux Marshall
The Honorable Stephen W. Porter†
Elliott S. Hall
Lena Ingegerd Scott
James F. Lafond
Bruce E. Rosenblum
Daniel L. Korengold
Susan B. Hepner
Jay M. Hammer
Reginald Van Lee
Tom Gallagher
† deceased