The Board

Taos Opera Institute

Board of Directors

Mary Jane Johnson

Founder - Artistic Director

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Linda Poetschke

Founder - Program Director

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Kandace Nachtrab - Chair

David S. Johnson - Co-Treasurer

Edward Poetschke - Co-Treasurer

Sidney Bender - Member

Rusty Gaston - Member

Mary McPhail Gray - Member

Joyce Herring - Member

Mark Jackson - Member

Molly Steinbach - Member

Vicky Zillioux - Member

Catherine Guynes - Emeritus Member

 

Honorary Board

 

Charles MacKay 

Former General Director-Santa Fe Opera

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Elizabeth Crittenden

Artists Manager - Columbia Artists

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Carol Isaac 

Assistant conductor - Metropolitan Opera

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Jacque Trussell

Singer - Professor

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Richard Stilwell

Singer - Professor

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Jay Hunter Morris

Singer

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Kathleen Clawson

Singer - Stage Director