Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel A
November 2, 2023

Michelle Krisel (Layperson)
Arts Patron
Alexandria, VA

David T. Little
Chair of Composition, Composer
Mannes School of Music
The New School
New York, NY

Jimmy López Bellido
Freelance Composer
Berkeley, CA

Sahar Nouri
Chorus Master and Cover Conductor
Opera Colorado
Assistant Professor and Music Director of Opera
University of Denver, Colorado Seminary
Denver, CO

Fred Owens
President and CEO
Opera in the Rock
President and CEO
Unity Fellowship Breaking Ground
Little Rock, AR

David Portillo
Opera Singer
Minneapolis, MN

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel B
November 2, 2023

Jack Firestone (Layperson)
Founding Partner
Firestone Capital Management
Miami, FL

Andrea Joy Pearson
CEO 
Joy Brings Light
Omaha, NE

Casey Robards
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois
Chair
Sacred in Opera Initiative
National Opera Association, Inc.
Champaign, IL

Karen Slack
Opera Singer 
Artistic Advisor
Portland Opera Association, Inc.
Drexel Hill, PA

Thor Steingraber
Executive Director and Producer
The Soraya 
(Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts)
Santa Monica, CA

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel A
June 13, 2023

Barbara Lynne Jamison
General Director and CEO
Kentucky Opera Association, Inc.
Louisville, KY

Mark Kalow (Layperson)
Managing Director
Soquel Group
Santa Cruz, CA

Elizabeth G. Long
Executive Director
Finger Lakes Opera, Inc.
Rochester, NY

Kevin Maynor
Executive Director and Artistic Director
Trilogy An Opera Company
Newark, NJ

Karen Slack
Opera Singer
Artistic Advisor
Portland Opera Association, Inc.
Drexel Hill, PA

Deborah Vandergrift
Director of Production
Chicago Opera Theater
Northfield, IL

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel B
June 13, 2023

Steven Aguilo-Arbues
Artistic Director
Opera Fort Collins
Westminster, CO

Aliana M. de la Guardia
Artistic Director
Guerilla Opera
Haverhill, MA

Ben Makino
Conductor/Pianist
Assistant Professor at Porterville College
Kern Community College District
Porterville, CA

David Mead (Layperson)
Attorney (Retired)
Washington, DC

Casey Robards
Chair
Sacred in Opera Initiative
National Opera Association, Inc.
Champaign, IL

Danielle Ward-Griffin
Assistant Professor of Musicology
Shepherd School of Music
Rice University
Houston, TX