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Board of Directors

Our Board

  • Founded by R. Crosby Kemper, Jr. + in 1982
  • Board of Trustees established in 1983

Board of Directors

Officers

Patrick McCown
Chair

Michael D. Fields
Vice Chair

William B. Taylor
Vice Chair and Secretary/Treasurer

 

 

 

Abigail M. Wendel
Vice Chair

Gena M. Williams
Vice Chair

 

Directors

Dr. Valerie Chow

Dr. Andrea Feinberg

Shannon Finney

Kristina Lynn Fulton

Michael M. Gentry

Kenneth V. Hager

Spence Heddens

Porter Wyatt Henderson III

 

 

 

 

Liz Hjalmarson

Bebe Kemper Hunt

Jill Marchant

Susan Newburger

Jim Reed

Marny Sherman

Ursula Terrasi

Kristin Velicer

 

Ex-Officio

Shirley Bush Helzberg
Chair Emerita

Michael Stern
Music Director

Daniel E. Beckley
President and CEO

Past Board Chairs

Paul H. Henson +
1983-85

R. Crosby Kemper, Jr. +
1985-87

Paul H. Henson +
1987-88

George E. Powell, Jr. +
1988-90

David W. Hunerberg
1990-95

Shirley Bush Helzberg
1995-2013

William M. Lyons
2013-2019

Foundation Board of Directors

Christine Kemper
President

Julia Irene Kauffman
Vice President

Russell W. Baker, Jr.
Secretary

George E. Powell III
Treasurer

 

Stephen H. Hill

Michael A. Schultz

Don F. Dagenais
Auxiliary Representative

Lori Feek
Foundation Coordinator

Founding Directors

Henry W. Bloch +

George C. Dillon +

Donald J. Hall

R. Crosby Kemper, Jr. +

George A. Russell +

Richard J. Stern +

William N. Deramus III +

James H. Hale +

Paul H. Henson +

George E. Powell, Jr. +

Richard H. Spencer +

Current as of July 27, 2022
+ In memoriam