Who’s Who & Committees

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