EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
BOB PHILIPSBoard President
Community Advocate
ALLISON STEINERVice President + Finance Chair
Accenture
GERARD BASALLA
Development Co-Chair + Secretary
The Columbus Partnership
CAROLINE ROCCODevelopment Co-Chair
Community Advocate
CHARLES C. WARNERPorter, Wright, Morris and Arthur LLP
ANDREW KING
Board Governance Co-Chair
Squire Patton Boggs
FEMI ADEYANJU
Past President
Ernst & Young
JULIA NOULIN-MÉRATGeneral Director + CEO
Opera Columbus
TRUSTEES
GEORGE ARNOLDCommunity Advocate
MARY AUCH
PNC Bank
ELLIANA K. DEVORE, MD
The Ohio State University Wexner Center Voice Center
KRIS FOLEY
iHeartMedia
DONELL R. GRUBBSJobsOhio
MATTHEW HALL
Community Advocate
SHAWN HOMANLegal & General America
VIJAY KUDITHIPUDI, MDOhioHealth
TODD MAJIDZADEHResource International, Inc
DOUG MCINTYRECult Marketing
JOHN P. MILLERBailey Cavalieri
FABIAN PADAMADANJ.P. Morgan Private Bank
EVAN SPENCERKBK Enterprises
BENJAMIN TRACY
Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office
LIFE TRUSTEES
ARTHUR G.H. BING, MD, FACSBing MD
JOHANNA DESTEFANO, PhD
The Ohio State University, retired
WILLIAM T. GROVÉUBS Financial Services, Inc.
BILL MILLER
KPMG LLP
Past President
PATRICIA B. MORRISONCardinal Health, Inc., retired
Past President
STANLEY D. ROSSAttorney at Law
SHELDON A. TAFTVorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, retired
CHARLES C. WARNERPorter, Wright, Morris & Arthur
- Significant for-profit creative business representation
- Increased rural community representation
- Or the following skills:
- Architecture
- Legal
- Fundraising
- Finance
- HR
- Nonprofit Governance
- Tech
- Copywriting
If you know someone particularly interested in advocating for our community, or arts community building, we are also seeking to build more excellent representation in traditionally marginalized communities to ensure we accurately represent opera in Central Ohio. You do not need to be an avid opera lover, just opera-curious
