Board of Directors and Advisory Boards

Officers
Elizabeth Balay, President
K. Dennis Kim, Vice President
Karen M. Touchi-Peters, Treasurer
Tené Wright, Secretary

Board of Directors
Karen Bair
Senior associate, Heidrick & Struggles

Elizabeth Balay
Communications consultant
 
Don Davies
Co-founder (ret.), Sun Country Airlines

K. Dennis Kim
President, EVS, Inc.
 
Jon Lahann
Contracted Singer Representative, ex officio
 
Wendy Lukaszewski
Singer Representative
 
Gilah Mashaal
Owner and designer, Save the Date
 
Bryan J. Mechell
Attorney; Robins, Kaplan, MIller & Ciresi

Sue Melrose
Senior Recruiter, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
 
Gloria Olsen
Partner, Kennedy & Graven Law Firm
 
Robert A. Peskin
Executive Director, Minnesota Chorale, ex officio
 
Barbara Prince
Singer Representative
 
Kathy Saltzman Romey
Artistic Director, Minnesota Chorale, ex officio

Karen Touchi-Peters
Certified Public Accountant

Rachel Wright
Marketing Manager
College of Continuing Education, University of Minnesota

Tené Wright
Attorney

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
 
John Nuechterlein
President & CEO, American Composers Forum
 
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
 
David Lauth
attorney
 
Christine Maefsky
liaison to Minneapolis Public Schools
 
Charlotte Morey
music educator
 
Francisco Nuñez
Young People's Chorus, New York City
 
Tina Sherman
marketing
 
Dr. Eugene Rogers
Associate Director of Choirs, University of Michigan
 
Dr. Susan Tarnowski
Dean of Academic Affairs, Art Institutes International of Minnesota
 
Yolanda Williams
performer and educator