BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ERIC MARGIORE
Board President
Founder - Premiere Opera Foundation

CONSTANTINE ORBELIAN
Board Member
Executive Director & Music Director - New York City Opera

BRANDON SIK
Board Member
Senior Consultant - Ernst & Young People Advisory Services

DARREN TIPTON
Board Member
Chief Executive Officer - Paris Baguette America

MEGAN WESTON
Board Member
General Director - Athena Music Foundation

HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS

MME. SACHI LIEBERGESELL
Former Board President - Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation

JACK MASTROIANNI
Media & Special Projects Consultant - IMG Artists

ADVISORY COUNCIL

KEN BENSON Founder & President - Ken Benson Artists

BEATRICE BENZI  Master Vocal Coach & Accompanist - Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Accademia Teatro alla Scala, IYDV Institute for Young Dramatic Voices

DANIEL BIAGGI Artistic Advisor - Atkins Young Artist Program Mariinsky Theater, former General Director - Palm Beach Opera

DAVID BLACKBURN Founder & President - NYIOP

JANE EAGLEN World Renowned Soprano & Voice Professor - New England Conservatory of Music

ALAN FISCHER  Tenor & Stage Director, former Chair of Vocal Music - The Governor's School for the Arts

BARBARA FRITTOLI World Renowned Soprano

MATTHEW A. HORNER  Senior Vice President - IMG Artists 

ADA MEI Artist Liaison - Hawaii Opera Theatre & San Francisco Opera

APRILE MILLO  World Renowned Soprano, Founder - Operavision Academy

GERALD MARTIN MOORE Director of Opera & Voice Professor - Yale School of Music, Ravinia Festival, Music Academy of the West, SongStudio Carnegie Hall, Decca Records

NELLY MIRICIOIU World Renowned Soprano & Voice Professor - Royal Opera House, Jette Parker Young Artist Programme

KRISTIN SAMPSON Internationally Acclaimed Soprano & Operations Director - New York City Opera

SUNG SHIN Founder & Director - Opera Under The Arch & President - Lucky Supply Inc

EVE QUELER Artistic Director Emeritus - Opera Orchestra of New York

LENORE ROSENBERG  Music Administrator - Spoleto Festival USA, former Associate Artistic Administrator - Metropolitan Opera

TIMOTHY SHAINDLIN Internationally Renowned Conductor, Music Director, & Vocal Coach

NEIL SHICOFF  World Renowned Tenor, former Chief of Opera - Mikhailovsky Theatre

CHERYL STUDER World Renowned Soprano & Voice Professor - University of Music in Würzburg

CAROL VANESS World Renowned Soprano & Voice Professor - Indiana University

DENNIS ZHENG  Board Director - Merola Opera Program & Asian Performing Arts Council

(In Memoriam)

LUIGI CAIOLA   8-time Tony Award® Winning Producer - Caiola Productions

STEPHEN DEMAIO President - The Gerda Lissner Foundation 

ED ROSEN Opera Recording Producer & Legendary Opera Fan