Vancouver Opera Guild Executive
President – Nancy Wu
Vice-President – Elaine Petersen
Secretary – Jennifer Cote
Treasurer – Bernadette Cheung
Board of Directors
Regina Boxer – Co-Chair, Special Events
Lis Dawson – Co-Chair, Tours
Pat Hancock – Co-Chair, Education
Lore Hoffman – Co-Chair, Education
Lorna Mochinski – Co-Chair, Special Events
Gwen Murray – Chair, Awards
Patricia Plackett – Co-Chair Guild Centre
David Plackett – Co-Chair Guild Centre
Linda Siegel – Chair, Membership
Renate Siekmann – Chair, Marketing
David Steiner – Chair, Newsletter
Committees – Chairs
Awards: responsible for the Career Development Grant program, Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition for the Western Canada region, scholarships and bursaries to promising students, financial support for the Spring opera production at the University of British Columbia.
Chair: Gwen Murray, Co-Chair: Nicolas Krusek (Laffont)
Education: assists with rehearsal receptions for VOIS, organizes a Christmas fundraiser and judges children’s artwork contest.
Co: Lore Hoffmann, Co-Chair: Pat Hancock
Guild Centre: staffs the VOG table in the theatre lobby prior to the performance and during intermission to promote Guild activities and encourage membership.
Co-Chairs: Patricia & David Plackett
Membership: oversees membership activities such as recruitment, recognition and maintenance of databases.
Chair: Linda Siegel
Newsletter: publishes a newsletter three times a year, obtains, edits and collates materials and arranges distribution.
Chair: David Steiner
Marketing: helps publicize the Guild and its events and tour etc.
Chair: Renate Siekmann
Special Events: plans and oversees events and other initiatives to raise funds for the Guild.
Co-Chairs: Regina Boxer & Lorna Mochinski
Tours: plans and organizes interesting opera tours as Guild fundraisers.
Chair: Lis Dawson, Co-Chair: Ellen Doise