Honorary Trustees
James Conlon
Honorary Trustee2011 -
Stephen E. Davis
Honorary Trustee2012 - 2024
HK Gruber
Honorary Trustee2018 -
Teresa Stratas
Honorary Trustee2006 -
Emeritus Trustees
Milton Coleman
Trustee EmeritusTrustee 1970 - 2008 / Emeritus 2009 - 2021
Joanne Hubbard Cossa
Trustee EmeritaTrustee 2008 - 2022 / Emeritus 2023 -
Paul Epstein
Trustee EmeritusTrustee 1996 - 2010 / Emeritus 2011 - 2022
Walter Hinderer
Trustee EmeritusTrustee 1995 - 2012 / Emeritus 2013 -
Henry Marx
Trustee EmeritusTrustee 1979 - 1994
Harold Prince
Trustee EmeritusTrustee 1979 - 2005 / Emeritus 2006 - 2019
Julius Rudel
Trustee EmeritusTrustee 1979 - 2008 / Emeritus 2009 - 2014
Guy Stern
Lifetime TrusteeTrustee 1979-2020 / Lifetime Trustee 2020-2023
Lys Symonette
Trustee EmeritusTrustee 1977 - 2005
Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Awardees
Maurice Abravanel
Lifetime Distinguished Achievement AwardeeAwarded 1990
David Drew
Lifetime Distinguished Achievement AwardeeAwarded 1996
Teresa Stratas
Lifetime Distinguished Achievement AwardeeAwarded 1998
Lys Symonette
Lifetime Distinguished Achievement AwardeeAwarded 1998
Julius Rudel
Lifetime Distinguished Achievement AwardeeAwarded 2000
Ronald Freed
Lifetime Distinguished Achievement AwardeeAwarded 2002
James Holmes
Lifetime Distinguished Achievement AwardeeAwarded 2018
HK Gruber
Lifetime Distinguished Achievement AwardeeAwarded 2019
Board of Trustees
Naomi André
Trustee2021 -
André Bishop
Trustee2010 -
Theodore S. Chapin
Chair of the Board2017 - / Chair 2019 -
Victoria Clark
Trustee2012 -
Susan Feder
Trustee2008 -
Corey Field
Trustee2012 -
Philip Getter
Executive Vice Chair of the Board1990 -
James Holmes
Trustee2015 -
Welz Kauffman
Trustee2003 -
Kim H. Kowalke
President and CEO1981 -
Jeanine Tesori
Trustee2019 -
Tazewell Thompson
Trustee2015 -
Staff
Ed Harsh
Director of Strategic Initiatives and Vice President of the Foundation1992 - 2000 / 2018 -
Elmar Juchem
Managing Editor, Kurt Weill Edition and Associate Director for Publications and Research1998 -
Kim H. Kowalke
President and CEO1981 -
Brady Sansone
Director of Programs and Business Affairs and Secretary of the Foundation2005 -
Dave Stein
Archivist1993 -