Board & Staff
Board of Directors
Executive Committee Officers
H. William Swanstrom, Board Chair
Vijay D’Cruz, Board Vice Chair
Curt D. Karges, Treasurer, Vice President, Finance & Audit
Tymothi O. Tombar, Secretary
Willie C.W. Chiang, Vice President, Nominating & Governance
Melanie Gray, Vice President, Special Projects
G. Mark Jodon, Vice President, Development
Emily T. Kuo, Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Theresa Mallett, Vice President, Education & Community Engagement
Executive Committee Members
Jeffrey A. Ball
Leah R. Bennett
Meg Booth, Ex Officio
Charles C. Boettcher
Charles D. Davidson
Theresa A. Einhorn
Stephen M. Gill
Deborah C. Gordon
Michael D. Hatfield
Eileen Lawal
Scott S. Nyquist
Marisol Salazar
Stephen M. Trauber
Saul Valentin
Directors
Norah G. Adams
S. Kris Agarwal
Brian Bravo
Michael Cannon
Mary Fischer
Sean Gorman
Shawn K. Jackson
Joel Lambert
Ginni Mithoff
Katherine Easterby Murphy
Michaelene Lusk Norton
Salvador Pareja
Armando A. Perez
Amy Marlyse Plato
Lance G. Reynolds
Ann V. Rogers
Melanie B. Rother
Omar Samji
Leslie Elkins Sasser
Andrew B. Smith
Kristina H. Somerville
Fernando Vizcaino
Margaret Alkek Williams
Directors Emeriti
James J. Postl
Robert B. Tudor III
Marcus A. Watts
Founder
John T. Jones, Jr. (1917-1994)
Performing Arts Houston Foundation
Jesse H. Jones II, President
Robert B. Tudor III, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary
Willie C.W. Chiang, Trustee
Melanie Gray, Trustee
Charles D. Davidson, Trustee
Theresa A. Einhorn, Trustee
James J. Postl, Trustee
Stephen M. Trauber, Trustee
Marcus A. Watts, Trustee
Performing Arts Houston Representatives, Foundation for Jones Hall
Meg Booth, Ex Officio
Vijay D’Cruz
Charles D. Davidson
Stephen M. Gill
James J. Postl
Staff
Meg Booth, President & Chief Executive Officer
Leslie Nelson, Chief Financial Officer
Raie Crawford, Director of Education & Community Engagement
Jordan Drum, Director of Development
Brian Glass, Director of Marketing
Caroline McCain, Development Associate
Brenda Oliveira, Board Liaison & Executive Assistant
Helena Oliver, Development Manager, Individual Giving & Events
Michelle Pacheco, Patron Services Manager
Caroline Senter, Public Relations Associate
Jennifer Steiner, Director of Operations
Lee Strickland, Director of Artistic Programming
Phoebe Vo, Accounting Manager