Board of Directors

Officers

Elizabeth F. Rice - Chairperson of the Board 
Charles H. Owens - President & CEO 
Patrick C. Burke - Vice Chairperson
Patrick Fulford - Vice Chairperson 
Ingrid A. Stanlis - Vice Chairperson
Steven Hess - Treasurer 
Jules L. Smith - Secretary
Suzanne D. Welch - Immediate Past Chairperson

Board of Directors

(Term Expires Jan. 2013)
Patrick C. Burke
William E. Cherry
Dr. Steven E. Feldon
Patrick Fulford
Marie Kenton
Dawn F. Lipson
Dr. Kishan Pandya
Ingrid A. Stanlis
Keith M. Wilson

(Term Expires Jan. 2014)
Susan E. DiMarco
Ilene L. Flaum
Steven Hess
Patrick J. Kelly
Nannette P. Nocon
Paula H. Pattison
John K. Purcell
Gregory W. Smith
Jules L. Smith
Jeffrey A. Wadsworth

(Term Expires Jan. 2015)
David W. Ackroyd
Dr. John M. Bennett
William D. Eggers
Megan Henry
La Marr J. Jackson
Ross P. Lanzafame
Elizabeth F. Rice
Dr. Gwen K. Sterns
Robert B. Stiles
Deborah Wilson

Ex-Officio

Erik Behr - RPO Orchestra Representative
William L. Cahn - Chairperson, Honorary Board
Douglas Lowry - Dean, Eastman School of Music 
Charles H. Owens - President & CEO 
Paula H. Pattison - Chairperson, Volunteer Services Committee 
Douglas Prosser - RPO Orchestra Representative
Suzanne D. Welch - Immediate Past Chairperson 

Honorary Board

William L. Cahn - Chairperson 
Dr. James E. Koller - Vice Chairperson
Dr. John Bouyoucos
Paul W. Briggs 
Catherine B. Carlson
Louise Epstein
Harold & Joan Feinbloom
Jay M. Friedman 
Mary M. Gooley
David C. Heiligman
A. Thomas Hildebrandt
Robert H. Hurlbut
Robert D. Hursh
Dr. Jacques M. Lipson
Cricket & Frank Luellen
I.A. Morris
Dr. Paul F. Pagerey
Nathan J. Robfogel
Jon L. Schumacher
Katherine T. Schumacher
Norman M. Spindelman
Betty Strasenburgh 
Josephine S. Trubek
Patricia C. Wilder
The RPO expresses its gratitude to all those who have served as Honorary Board members in the past.

Past Chairs

1930-32 - Edward G. Miner*
1932-34 - Simon N. Stein*
1934-38 - George E. Norton*
1938-41 - Leroy E. Snyder*
1941-42 - Frank W. Lovejoy*
1942-43 - Bernard E. Finucane*
1943-46 - L. Dudley Field*
1946-48 - Edward S. Farrow, Jr. *
1948-51 - Joseph J. Myler*
1951-52 - Joseph F. Taylor*
1952-55 - Raymond W. Albright*
1955-57 - Arthur I. Stern*
1957-59 - Thomas H. Hawks*
1959-61 - Walter C. Strakosh*
1962-63 - Ernest J. Howe*
1963-65 - O. Cedric Rowntree*
1965-67 - Frank E. Holley *
1967-69 - Thomas C. Taylor*
1969-71 - Thomas H. Miller*
1971-72 - Mrs. Frederick J. Wilkens *
1972-73 - Edward C. McIrvine
1973-74 - Robert J. Strasenburgh*
1974-75 - John A. Santuccio
1975-76 - Robert J. Strasenburgh*
1976-78 - Dr. Louis Lasagna*
1978-80 - Edward C. McIrvine
1980-82 - Peter L. Faber
1982-84 - Paul F. Pagerey
1984-85 - Peter L. Waasdorp
1986-89 - Robert H. Hurlbut
1989-91 - Paul W. Briggs
1991-93 - Karen Noble Hanson
1993-95 - Ronald E. Salluzzo
1995-98 - A. Thomas Hildebrandt
1998-00 - Harold A. Kurland
2000-04 - David C. Heiligman
2004-06 - Ingrid A. Stanlis
2006-09 - James M. Boucher
2009-11 - Suzanne D. Welch

* Deceased