NOA Leadership

Current Officers

Isai Jess Muñoz
President

Boston Conservatory at Berklee
()

Christopher Pfund
President-Elect

University of Florida
()

Shelby
VanNordstrand
VP for Conferences

Iowa State University
()

Joshua May
VP for Regions

Columbus State University
()

Jen Stephenson
Recording Secretary

Baylor University
()

Rebecca Renfro
Treasurer

Sam Houston State University
()

Lisa Moore
Immediate Past President

Indiana Wesleyan University
()

Christy Thomas Adams
Editor-in-Chief, Opera Journal

University of Alabama
()

Emily Heilman
Advertising Manager

Sam Houston State University
()

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
()

Michael Ching

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

Darryl Cooper

University of Nevada, Las Vegas
()

Leigh Holman

University of Colorado Boulder
()

Brandon McShaffrey

Temple University
()

Theo Popov

Composer
()

Kristin Roach

Lawrence University
()

Cynthia Stokes

University of Arizona
()

Lisa Sylvester

University of Southern California
()

Jon Truitt

Ball State University
()

Ann Marie Wilcox-Daehn

Missouri State University
()

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)