Board of Directors

Officers

Elizabeth F. Rice - Chairperson of the Board 
Dawn F. Lipson - Chair-Elect
Charles H. Owens - President & CEO
Patrick Fulford - Vice Chairperson 
Marie Kenton - Vice Chairperson
Ingrid A. Stanlis - Vice Chairperson
Steven Hess - Treasurer 
Jules L. Smith - Secretary
James M. Boucher - Immediate Past Chairperson

Board of Directors

(Term Expires Jan. 2014)
Ilene L. Flaum
Steven Hess
Patrick J. Kelly
Marie Kenton
John K. Purcell
Jules L. Smith
Jeffrey A. Wadsworth

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

(Term Expires Jan. 2016)
William E. Cherry
Patrick Fulford
Dawn F. Lipson
Mark Siwiec
Ingrid A. Stanlis
Dr. Eugene P. Toy

Ex-Officio

Erik Behr - RPO Orchestra Representative
James M. Boucher - Immediate Past Chairperson
William L. Cahn - Chairperson, Honorary Board
Douglas Lowry - Dean, Eastman School of Music
Charles H. Owens - President & CEO
Douglas Prosser - RPO Orchestra Representative

Honorary Board

William L. Cahn - Chairperson 
Dr. James E. Koller - Vice Chairperson
Nancy & Harry Beilfuss
James M. Boucher
Dr. John Bouyoucos
Paul W. Briggs 
Catherine B. Carlson
Louis & Allis D'Amanda
Louise Epstein
Harold & Joan Feinbloom
Jay M. Friedman 
Mary M. Gooley
David C. Heiligman
A. Thomas Hildebrandt
Robert D. Hursh
Harold A. Kurland
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