Board of Directors

Ben King, DMA | Chair
Professor Emeritus and former director and associate dean
Greatbatch School of Music, Houghton College

George Dupere, DMA | Executive and Artistic Director
Chief Musician, Redeemer Presbyterian Church
Consultant in Architectural Acoustics, Dupere Consulting LLC

Gerson V. Brisola | Treasurer
Program Director, NextGen Cloud Development, IBM Corporation

Barry McBee, JD | Secretary
Principal, McBee Ventures LLC
Former Vice Chancellor for Government Relations at The University of Texas System

Carolyn Ahrens | Member-at-Large
Business Manager, Madrone Landscape Architecture

Dewayne Perry, PhD | Member-at-Large
Professor Emeritus, Motorola Regents Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin

Brenda Simms | Member-at-Large
Education Program Manager, Texas Performing Arts
The University of Texas at Austin


Staff

Grace Einkauf | Assistant to the Artistic Director and House Manager

Katherine Grobey | Social Media Coordinator

Rick Hoobler | House Manager

Marla Johnson | Development Associate

James Krizan | Information Technology Manager

Clair LaVaye | I.T. and Media Liaison

Kelly Peacock | Festival Housing and Transportation Coordinator