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Board of Directors and Advisory Boards

Officers
Leslie Bendtsen, President
Elizabeth Balay, Vice President
Gail Onan, Treasurer
Susanne I. Haas, Secretary


Board of Directors
Elizabeth Balay
Communications, Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies
 
Leslie Bendtsen
Sr. Manager, Marketing & Communications, Ameriprise Financial
 
Deborah Carbaugh
Singer Representative
 
Scott Chamberlain
Singer Representative
 
Don Davies
Co-founder (ret.), Sun Country Airlines
 
Gary Gardner
Former Executive, Valspar Inc.
 
Susanne I. Haas
VP & General Counsel, Honeywell International
 
K. Dennis Kim
President, EVS, Inc.
 
Gloria Olsen
Partner, Kennedy & Graven Law Firm
 
Gail Onan
Former Executive, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
 
Marilyn Patasky
Former VP, US Bank
 
Daniel G. Pederson
Director, Community & Distribution Marketing, Thrivent Financial
 
Robert C. Shoemake
Director of Programs & Membership, Center for Ethical Business Cultures, University of St. Thomas
 
Susan Tarnowski
Dean of Academic Affairs, Art Institutes International Minnesota
 
Robert A. Peskin
Executive Director, Minnesota Chorale, ex officio
 
Barbara Prince
Contracted Singer Representative, ex officio
 
Kathy Saltzman Romey
Artistic Director, Minnesota Chorale, ex officio


Minneota Chorale Advisory Board
Joanna Cortright
Music Curriculum Specialist
 
Rick Glasgow
Vice President, The Hays Groups
 
John Hoffacker
Founding Director, Mississippi Valley Chorale
 
Karen Larsen
Community Volunteer
 
Louise M. Miner
Organization Development Consultant
 
Peter B. Myers
Myers Communications Group LLC
 
William Opsahl
Consultant, Opsahl Ransom LLC
 
Stephen Paulus
Composer
 
Doreen Rao
Professor of Conducting, University of Toronto
 
Hal C. Ransom
Minnesota Chorale Charter Member, Community Volunteer
 
Helmuth Rilling
Conductor; Founder and Director, International Bach Academy, Stuttgart
 
Daniel M. Satorius
Entertainment Attorney, Lommen & Abdo
 
Sue Tuthill Schiess
Community Volunteer
 
Kristen Smith Wenker
Vice President – Investor Relations, General Mills


Minneapolis Youth Chorus Advisory Board
Joanna Cortright
music educator
 
Gabriela Diaz-Alatriste
conductor
 
David Lauth
attorney
 
Christine Maefsky
liaison to Minneapolis Public Schools
 
Charlotte Morey
music educator
 
Francisco Nuñez
Young People's Chorus, New York City
 
Tina Puente
marketing
 
Susan Tarnowski
Minnesota Chorale board
 
Pat Teske
Fine Arts Coordinator, Minneapolis Public Schools
 
Yolanda Williams
performer and educator




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