NOA Leadership

Current Officers

Christopher Pfund
President

University of Florida
()

Shelby
VanNordstrand
President-Elect

Iowa State University
()

Ann Marie Wilcox-Daehn
VP for Conferences

Missouri State University
()

Joshua May
VP for Regions

Columbus State University
()

Jen Stephenson
Recording Secretary

Baylor University
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Rebecca Renfro
Treasurer

Sam Houston State University
()

Isaí Jess Muñoz
Immediate Past President

Boston Conservatory at Berklee
()

Christy Thomas Adams
Editor-in-Chief, Opera Journal

University of Alabama
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Emily Heilman
Advertising Manager

Sam Houston State University
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Staff

Kirk Severtson
Executive Director

University of Michigan
()

Jourdan Laine Howell
Communications Associate

University of Texas at San Antonio
()

Board of Directors

Robert Breault

University of Utah, Salt Lake City
()

Marc Callahan

Chapman University
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Michael Ching

Consultant, EC Schirmer Music Publishers & 
Composer-in-Residence, Taos Opera Institute, Ames, IA
()

Patrick Hansen

McGill University & Tri-Cities Opera
()

Emily Howes Heilman

Sam Houston State University
()

Leigh Holman

University of Colorado Boulder
()

Brandon McShaffrey

Temple University
()

Theo Popov

Composer
()

Casey Robards

University of Illinois & Ensemble Concept 21
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Cynthia Stokes

University of Arizona
()

Lisa Sylvester

University of Southern California
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Sahoko Sato Timpone

University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
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Regional Governors

NOA is comprised of eleven regions, each with a regional governor, to foster regional activities and collaboration among members.

Past Presidents of NOA

Leonard Treash (1955-56)
Daniel Harris (1957-58)
Peter Paul Fuchs (1959-60)
Howard Groth (1961-62)
Hubert Kockritz (1963-64)
Robert Gay (1965)
Richard Collins (1966-67)
David W. Scott (1968-69)
Clifford Reims (1970-71)
Arthur Schoep (1972-73)
Mary Elaine Wallace (1974-75)
Larry Day (1976-77)
Clifton Ware (1978-79)
Natalie Limonick (1980-81)
Marajean Marvin (1982-83)
Carl Zytowski (1984-85)
Jerome V. Reel, Jr. (1986-88)
Randall Holden (1988-90)
Leland Fox (1990-92)
Robert J. Murray (1992-94)
Randall Holden (1994-95)
Robert Hansen (1995-98)
Arvid Knutsen (1998-2000)
Pat Heuermann (2000-02)
Ryan Edwards (2002-04)
Penelope Speedie (2004-06)
JoElyn Wakefield-Wright (2006-08)
John Pfautz (2008-10)
Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Vrenios (2010-12)
Julia Aubrey (2012-14)
David Holley (2014-16)
Reginald Pittman (2016-18)
Paul Houghtaling (2018-20)
Benjamin Brecher (2020-22)
Lisa Fauntleroy Moore (2022-24)