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*

Chair

Sunny Alsup*

Co-Vice Chair

Trista L. P. Colbert*

Co-Vice Chair

Tom Gallagher*

Treasurer

Joseph May*

Secretary

Burton J. Fishman, Esq.*

General Counsel

Board Members

Her Excellency Shaikha Aisha Al Khalifa

Dina Al Sabah

Jeffrey Bauman*

Jenny Bilfield*

President & CEO

Nici Bush*

Christina Co Mather

Michele Cober

Debbie Driesman

Robert S. Feinberg*

Brad Figel*

Ellen Stark Gold

Luanne S. Gutermuth*

Ana R. Harvey

Albert Hunt

Friday Morning Music Club

Deidra L. Jackson*

Vinetta C. Jones

André O. Lewis

Mary Mahle

Gigi Maniyatte

Benjamin Martin*

Junior Board

Lynn Parseghian*

W. Stephen Piper*

Olwen Thorpe Pongrace

Denise Rollins*

Women's Committee

Gordon Rush*

Marc Schlosberg

Kerrien Suarez

Ebony D. Thomas

Douglas H. Wheeler*

President Emeritus

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