Leadership
Artistic Leadership
Paul Watkins
Artistic Director
Staff
Maury Okun
President
okun@art-ops.org
Sofia Carbonara
Arts Administration Associate
Carbonara@art-ops.org
Jennifer Laredo Watkins
Artistic Liaison
Ted Miklas
Program Manager
miklas@art-ops.org
Development
Anne Ruffley
Director of Institutional Giving
ruffley@art-ops.org
BethAnne Kunert
Development Officer
kunert@art-ops.org
Marketing
Tom Hitchman
Director of Marketing
hitchman@art-ops.org
Taylor Johnson
Associate Creative Director
johnson@art-ops.org
Priya Mohan
PR and Marketing Associate
mohan@art-ops.org
Events and Operations
Chloe Tooson
Artistic Operations Manager
Tooson@art-ops.org
Sabrina Rosneck
Patron Engagement Associate
rosneck@art-ops.org
Finance
Virginia and Michael Geheb, Board Chairs
Virginia is a retired opera education teacher
Michael is Senior Consulting Director, IBM-Watson Health
Kathleen Block
Volunteer
Nicole Braddock
Nicole is a Store Director at Tappers Diamonds & Fine Jewlery
Frederick Morsches and Kareem George
Frederick is Chief Community Officer, Honigman LLP
Kareem is Founder and Principal, Culture Traveler LLC
Christine Goerke
Soprano
Marguerite Munson Lentz
Partner, Bodman PLC
Janelle McCammon
Janelle is a Retired development professional
Judith Greenstone Miller
Partner, Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, P.C.
Gail and Ira Mondry
Gail is a private and group yoga instructor
Ira is a Principal of MGroup
Bridget and Michael Morin
Bridget is a Special Education Consultant in the Macomb County Intermediate School District
Michael is President of Yaffe & Company
Sandra and Claude Reitelman
Sandra is an arts administrator and co-founder of Cabaret 313
Claude is a retired pediatric urologist
Raymond Rosenfeld
Retired Professor, Eastern Michigan University
Randolph Schein
Investor
Franziska Schoenfeld
Retired dentist
Jill and Steven Stone
Jill is an amateur pianist
Steven owns Stone Soap Company, Inc.
Everton Swearing and Arthur White
Everton is Director of Sales, Vitesco Technologies
Arthur is Director of External Affairs at Michigan Opera Theatre
Michael Turala
Account Executive, DXC Technology
Gwen and Evan Weiner
Gwen is a civic volunteer.
Evan is COO of Edw. C. Levy Co
Benson Woo
Private equity CFO and board director
Advisory Board
Rachel & Billy Ben Baumann
Dr. Baumann us a retired pathologist. Rachel is a retired musician.
Virginia and Laurence Biehl
Mr. & Mrs. Biehl are volunteers.
Aviva & Dean Friedman
The Friedman’s own Real Integrated, an advertising agency.
Patricia & Robert Galacz
Dr. Galacz is an anesthesiologist and an attorney and Mrs. Galacz is a volunteer.
Maria & Ron Hewson
The Hewson’s are building contractors.
Maureen & Frank Jerneycic
Frank is a retired CFO. Maureen is a volunteer.
Nancy Olin
Nancy Olin is the retired owner of Olin Securities.
Stephanie and Richard Ranney
Stephanie is the owner of a web hosting/design company and Richard is a Senior Manager with Capgemini.
Carolyn Ross
Ms. Ross is a volunteer.
Alan Schwartz
Mr. Schwartz is an attorney.
Melodie & Alan Solway
Dr. Solway is an ophthalmologist and Ms. Solway is an attorney.
Ex-Officio Members
Cantor Rachel Gottlieb Kalmowitz
Ms. Kalmowitz is the Cantor at Temple Beth El.
Glenn Miller
Mr. Miller is the Music Director at Kirk in the Hills.
Rabbi Mark Miller
Senior Rabbi at Temple Beth El.
Maury Okun
Mr. Okun is the President of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, ArtOps, and Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings.
Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Phillips
Pastor, Kirk in the Hills
John Sittard
Director of Music, St. Hugo of the Hills
Rev. Msgr. Anthony Tocco
Rev. Msgr. Tocco is one of the founders of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival and is the Pastor at St. Hugo of the Hills.