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Joseph
R. Bankoff
President &
Chief Executive Officer
Woodruff Arts Center
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Beauchamp
C. Carr
Executive Vice President
Woodruff Arts Center
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Stephen
P. Merz
Executive Vice President
for Strategic Planning & Capital Projects
Woodruff Arts Center
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Michael Flood
Vice President
Operations
Woodruff Arts Center
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Eleanor
Tarvin
Vice President
Human Resources
Woodruff Arts Center
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Tom
Pechar
Managing Director
Alliance Theatre Company
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Susan
Booth
Artistic Director
Alliance Theatre Company
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Robert
Spano
Music Director
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
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Donald
Runnicles
Principal Guest Conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
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Allison
Vulgamore
President and Managing Director
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
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Michael
E. Shapiro
Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director
High Museum of Art
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Tony Kimbrell
Executive Director
Young Audiences
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2007-08 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OFFICERS (Voting)
Chair Neil Williams
President & CEO (Elect) Joseph R. Bankoff
Vice Chair - WAC Administration Ann W. Cramer
Vice Chair - Investments Richard D. Shirk
Vice Chair - Alliance Theatre (Elect) Robert Walker
Vice Chair - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Margaret C. Reiser
Vice Chair - High Museum of Art F. Terry Stent
Vice Chair – Young Audiences A.H. Chip Conrad
Treasurer Thomas I. Barkin
Secretary J. Veronica Biggins
Executive Vice President Beauchamp C. Carr (non-voting)
Executive Vice President & Assistant Secretary Stephen P. Merz (non-voting)
TRUSTEES (Voting)
Peter M. Abreu
F. Duane Ackerman
Judy M. Anderson
Sylvia Anderson
James S. Balloun
Edward H. Bastian
Thomas D. Bell, Jr.
Barry Berlin
Jane C. Black
Kenny Blank
James R. Borders
Guy F. Budinscak*
Stephen Carter
Thomas H. Coley
Charles Cornelius
Alston D. Correll, Jr.
Lynda Courts*
Jesse C. Crawford
Cari K. Dawson
Jere A. Drummond*
Michael J. Egan, III
Frank Fernandez
Henry D. “Greg” Gregory
David J. Harris
Douglas J. Hertz
R. Glenn Hilliard
Thomas M. Holder
Edwin J. Holman
G. Thomas Hough
Mary Ellen B. Imlay
M. Douglas Ivester
Philip S. Jacobs
Ingrid Saunders Jones*
Muhtar Kent
Philip I. Kent*
Lowry F. Kline
Kurt Kuehn
Joseph B. Leonard
William H. Linginfelter
Walter E. Massey
Paul G. Matsen
Carolyn C. McClatchey*
James F. McDonald
Frank S. McGaughey III
Thomas E. Noonan
Robert C. O’Leary
Solon Patterson
Gary Peacock, Jr.
Gary R. Pell
J. Craig Ramsey
Albert A. Rayle
John G. Rice
Joe W. Rogers, Jr.
Michael Russell
Karl Sachsenmaier
Judge Leah Ward Sears
Robert L. Silverman
Richard F. Smith
Beverly Daniel Tatum
G. Kimbrough Taylor
Isaiah Tidwell
Sue Wieland
D. Richard Williams*
George B. Wirth
David Yu
EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES (Voting)
Four Division Vice-Chairs plus:
Ms. Lynn Ayers, Vice Chair
Alliance Theatre Volunteers
Ms. Marilyn Troup, President
Arts Partners, High Museum of Art
Ms. Leslie Petter, President
Atlanta Symphony Associates
LIFE TRUSTEES (Non-Voting)
Mrs. Anne P. Berg
Mr. Albert J. Bows
The Hon. Anne Cox Chambers
Mr. Hugh M. Chapman
Mr. John Clendenin
Mrs. Emory L. Cocke
Mr. Bradley N. Currey, Jr.
Mr. Richard A. Denny, Jr.
Mr. Donald H. Gareis
Mrs. Mary D. Gellerstedt
Mr. Joel Goldberg
Mr. Jennings M. Hertz, Jr.
Mrs. W. Barrett Howell
Mr. Lynn H. Johnston
Mr. James H. Miller, Jr.
Mr. Manning M. Pattillo, Jr.
Mrs. Rhodes L. Perdue
Mr. C. B. Rogers, Jr.
Mrs. Charles B. Smithgall
Mr. John W. Spiegel
Mr. Neil Williams
Mr. Erwin Zaban
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