Our Boards
Board of Directors

Officers 
  • Mariellen Jacobson, President
  • Laura Amos, Vice President
  • Elizabeth Barchenger, Treasurer 
  • Paige Winebarger, Secretary 

Board of Directors 
  • Laura Amos - Senior Business Analyst, RBC Wealth Management
  • Jaime Anthony - Chorale Singer Representative 
  • Elizabeth F. Barchenger - Certified Public Accountant, Mahoney CPAs and Advisors
  • Sara Boykin - Strategic Account Director, Litmus
  • Elwyn Fraser - Senior Front End Software Developer, Thrivent and Webmaster, Sounds of Blackness
  • Cheryl Friedrichs - Retail Marketing Manager, Bose Corporation
  • John Henrich - Chorale Singer Representative 
  • Mariellen Jacobson - Information Technology & Project Management Professional (Ret.)
  • Jena Menke - Choral Director Grades 6-8 and Vocal Department Chair, Minnetonka Public Schools
  • Gustavo Rodriguez - Sr. Revenue Science Advisor, FedEx Services, Commercial Insights and Forecasting
  • ​Paige Winebarger - Attorney (ret.)
  • Alyssa K. Breece - Executive Director, Minnesota Chorale, ex officio 
  • Nathan Petersen-Kindem - Contracted Singer Representative, ex officio 
  • Kathy Saltzman Romey - Artistic Director, Minnesota Chorale, ex officio
Minnesota 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
  • Doreen Rao - Professor of Conducting, University of Toronto 
  • Helmuth Rilling - Conductor; Founder, International Bach Academy, Stuttgart 
  • Daniel M. Satorius - Entertainment Attorney, Lommen & Abdo 
  • Sue Tuthill Schiess - Community Volunteer 
  • Dale Warland - Conductor and composer 
  • Kristen Smith Wenker - Vice President – Investor Relations, General Mills

In Memoriam:
  • Stephen Paulus - Composer
  • Hal C. Ransom - Minnesota Chorale Charter Member, Community Volunteer 
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 - Director of Choirs, University of Michigan
 Yolanda Williams - performer and educator