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Taos Opera Institute
Board of Directors
Mark Craig
General Director
Kandace Nachtrab - Chair
Audris Griffin - Secretary
Sidney Bender - Member
Mary McPhail Gray - Member
Renee Shortlidge - Member
Kay Anderson - Member
Molly Steinbach - Member
Christine Riveles - Member
From Left to Right Above: Sidney, Molly, Kay,
Audris, Mary & Kandace
Honorary Board
Mary Jane Johnson
Founder - Director Emerita
Linda Poetschke
Founder - Director Emerita
Charles MacKay
Former General Director-Santa Fe Opera
Elizabeth Crittenden
Artists Manager - Columbia Artists
Carol Isaac
Assistant conductor - Metropolitan Opera
Jacque Trussell
Singer - Professor
Jay Hunter Morris
Singer
Kathleen Clawson
Singer - Stage Director
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