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Officers
  • President  – Mary Belle McCorkle, Ed.D, Lead faculty, University of Phoenix; former TUSD Governing Board
  • Secretary – Rene Downing, writer, Canyon Ranch
  • Treasurer – Jason Zeider, Marketing Director, Tucson Federal Credit Union
  • Founder and Past President for Life – H. Eugene Jones, OMA Founder; retired
  • President Elect – Carolyn Kemmeries, Former OMA Project Director & TUSD Governing Board
Board Members
  • Damien Alameda, KOLD Channel 13
  • Laura Baldasano, Director of Education, Arizona Opera
  • Julia Barwell, Northern Arizona University
  • Renee Downing, marketing writer, Canyon Ranch
  • Dan Eckstrom, consultant
  • George Garcia, Ph.D., former Superintendent, TUSD
  • Marilyn Heins, M.D., Pediatrician; parenting columnist
  • Jim Hensley, Director of Scholarships, Dorrance Foundation
  • Kelly Langford, President/CEO, Tucson Urban League
  • Ruth Jones
  • Judith Meyer, attorney
  • Norma Patrick, Retired Educator
  • Elaine Rice, retired educator; consultant
  • Carroll Rinehart, Ph.D., Retired Educator
  • Julia Strand, Ed.D., Retired Educator
  • Dr. Leslie Tolbert, Vice President, University of Arizona
  • Sally Trattner, former Executive Director, Educational Enrichment Foundation, retired
  • Jan Vesely, Deputy Superintendent, Sunnyside School District
  • Rex Woods, Professor/Vice-Director, UA School of Music
  • Jason Zeider, Marketing Director, Tucson Federal Credit Union
Staff
  • Shirley Kiser, OMA Foundation
Advisory Board
  • Joan Ashcraft, DMA, Director of Fine Arts & Performing Arts/OMA, Tucson Unified School District
  • Joyce Dillon, Principal, Corbett Elementary School
  • Pat Flores, Principal, Lynn Urquides Elementary School
  • Joan Gilbert, Principal, Peter Howell Elementary School
  • Kathleen Halstead, Arts Integration Specialist, Duffy Elementary School 
  • Gus Hulkower, Active Volunteers for the Arts
  • Peggy Johnson, Executive Director, The Loft Cinema
  • Katie Maass, OMA Parent Council
  • Rosanne Neal, Principal, Booth Fickett Magnet School
  • Augustine Romero, Coordinator, Mexican-American/Raza Studies, TUSD
  • David Ross, Principal, Vail Middle School
  • Ross Sheard, Principal Supervisor, Tucson Unified School District
  • Sharon Voida, Tucson Unified School District
  • Rick Wamer, Program Coordinator/Artist, Tucson Unified School District
  • Dan Weisz, Principal, Johnson Elementary School

    Honorary Board

  • Jean-Paul Bierny, M.D., Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
  • Anne Hampton Callaway, Entertainer/Musician
  • Mike Chihak, Publisher, Tucson Citizen
  • Dorothy Finley, Finley Distributing
  • David Fitzsimmons, Editorial Cartoonist, Arizona Daily Star
  • Rodney Glassman, President, Glassman Foundation
  • George Hanson, Music Director and Conductor, Tucson Symphony Orchestra
  • Ellen Hargis, CEO, Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona
  • Kasey Havas 
  • Chuck Huckelberry, Pima County Adminstrator
  • Dr. Henry Koffler, President Emeritus, University of Arizona
  • Phyllis Koffler, community activist
  • Robert Knight, Director, Tucson Museum of Art
  • Cress Lander, Retired, City of Tucson
  • Dr. Patti Lopez, Deputy Superintendent, TUSD
  • Dr. Ron Marx, Dean, College of Education
  • Dr. Peter McAlllister, Director, University of Arizona School of Music
  • Roger Pfeuffer, Superintendent, TUSD
  • Tom Philabaum, Artist and Owner, Philabaum Glass Studios
  • Joel Revzen, Artistic Director, Arizona Opera
  • Dr. Helen Schaefer, Co-Founder, Women's Foundation of Southern Arizona
  • Dr. John Schaefer, President, LSST Corporation
  • Dr. Maurice Sevigny, Dean, University of Arizona College of Fine Arts
  • Ruth Solomon, Arizona State Legislator, retired 

Parent Council

  • Kathy Campbell
  • Kim Collins
  • Patsy Cook
  • Patsy Corday
  • Kira Geddes
  • Nancey Giesen
  • Eileen Gow
  • Bonnie Haness
  • Diane Hicks
  • Katie Maass
  • Yvonne MacNeely
  • Jennifer Maxwell
  • Bettie Molina
  • Maria Morris
  • Angelina Muniz
  • Mike Norrix
  • Sharon O'Brien
  • Tracy Pitt
  • Bob Rodriguez
  • Beverly Tidwell
  • Eileen Weizenbaum



 
 


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