Staff & Board

Wichita Grand Opera productions would not be possible without a large group of highly accomplished people including our general staff, management, creative team, production team and board of directors.

Our Team

General Staff & Management
- Whitney Reader, General and Music Director
- Andrew Hernandez, Director of Operations
- Lisa Klaskin, CPA, Director of Finance
Board of Directors
- Lionel D. Alford, Jr., Ph.D.
- Lily K. Ashcom
- Thomas L. Ashcom, M.D., Ph.D.
- Georges Ausseil *
- Grant Bauserman, Chairman *
- Mitchell Born
- John E. Boyer, IV, Treasurer *
- Sam Catanese
- Noreen M. Carrocci, Ph.D. *
- Sue Doonan
- Joseph Galichia, M.D.
- Ray Gans
- John K. Garvey
- Gary D. Harms
- Scott Hatchett
- Herbert Klaskin, CPA*
- Lisa Klaskin, CPA*
- George E. Laham, II *
- Jeremy Machain
- Bassam Mattar, M.D.
- Nassim Nabbout, M.D.
- Jacqueline Nagel
- Imad I. Nassif, M.D.
- Gary Oborny
- Rhea Rogers-Knowles, M.D.
- Dennis Ross, M.D., Chairman Emeritus *
- Matthew Schippers, Secretary and Legal Counsel *
- LewJene Schneider *
- Sierra Scott
- Trent Sebits
- Mike Steven
- Patricia Thompson
- George Tung
- Antoine Wakim, D.D.S.
- Sveta Yakubovich
- London Younger
- Lyle Zepick, M.D.
* Denotes Executive Board Member
Board of Directors Emeritus
- Shaker Dakhil, M.D.
- Carolyn Dillon
- William L. Oliver, Jr.
- Patrick Gearhart
Past Chairmen of the Board of Directors
- Dennis Ross, M.D., 2002-2005
- John K. Garvey, 2005-2007
- William L. Oliver, Jr., 2007-2009
- Dennis Ross, M.D., 2009-2010
- Joseph Galichia, M.D., 2010-2011
- William L. Oliver, Jr., 2011-2012
- George E. Laham, II, 2012-2014
- Dennis Ross, M.D., 2014-2016
- Patrick Gearhart, 2016-2017
- Georges Ausseil, 2017-2020