Board of Directors

Since the beginning of the Cincinnati May Festival in 1873, the Board of Directors and an Advisory Committee have overseen the financial aspects of the May Festival and served as the organization’s governing body. This is an important task—guiding Cincinnati’s longest-running cultural project and one of the largest and most prestigious choral festivals in the world.

Mike Curran, Chair
Eric Combs, Vice Chair
René McPhedran, Treasurer
Teresa Ernst, PharmD, Secretary
Christy Horan, Immediate Past Chair

Drew Abbott
Patricia Borger
David Boyles
William Henry Caldwell
Chris Canarie
Kelly Craver
Barbara Feldmann
Lesley Gilbertson
Bryan Hafertepe
J. Mark Holcomb
Christy Horan
William Hurford
Isaiah Hyman, Jr.
Anthony Lazzeri
Robert K. Lomax
Andrew Nordquist
Manisha Patel
Kathleen Rambo
Katy Sheehan
Eileen Stanisic

Advisory Committee
(Past Chairs)

Rhoda A. Brooks
Melanie M. Chavez
Eric K. Combs
Nancy Heffner Donovan
Kelley J. Downing
Gregory L. Ebel
Jerold A. Fink
J. Mark Holcomb
Susan S. Laffoon
Sherie Lynch Marek
Charles S. Mechem
Thomas L. Neyer, Jr.
Charles Powers
Carole Tyler Rigaud
J. Shane Starkey
Robert E. Stautberg
Timothy E. Stautberg
Frank H. Stewart
Gust Totlis
Ronald H. Yocum

Directors Emeriti

Susan S. Laffoon
Geraldine B. Warner

Honorary Trustee

Steven Monder