Central City Opera Guild
Executive Board

President – Nancy Hemming
President Elect – Katie Grassby
Co-VPs Membership – Susan Stiff & Heidi Burose
VP Education – Kristin Bender
Co-VPs Historic Properties – Cathy Groene & Kay Fiege
Treasurer – CCO Administration
Secretary – Marilyn Rhodes
CCO Liaison – Aidan Furlong

Past President 2022 - Louise Atkinson

COMMITTEE CHAIRS & MEMBERS

Annual Meeting & Installation of Officers – Louise Atkinson &
Karen Ritz
Young Artists’ Program Picnic – Lisa Curwen & Karen Ritz
CCOG Belle Award – Cindy Koch, Karen Ritz, Kristin Bender, Edie
Bell, & Louise Atkinson
Fall Membership Coffee Co-Chairs – Susan Stiff & Heidi Burose
Gardens – Nancy Parker, Christina Dinegar & Sally Scott
Grapevine Newsletter Co-Editors – Christy Darling & Priscilla Mead
Greet-a-Singer – Bette Poppers
Historian – Karen Ritz
Historic Properties – Cathy Groene & Kay Fiege
L’Esprit de Noel Chair – Lauren Crist-Fulk
Nominating - Louise Atkinson
Opera Teaser Chair – Karen Ritz & Christina Dinegar
Christina Dinegar, Nancy Hemming, Karen Ritz
Photography - Kathy Wells
Spring Membership Party Co-Chairs – Susan Stiff, Heidi Burose
Strategic Partnerships – position open
Young Artists Program Auditions – Linda Clark, Gray Clark &
Christina Dinegar
Youth Education Chair – Kristin Bender, Christina Dinegar & Ericka McDaniel

CCOG PAST PRESIDENTS

Mary McGlone, Founder*
Janet Phipps, Honorary President*

2022 Louise Atkinson

2021 Cindy Koch
2020 Karen Ritz
2019 Karen Ritz
2018 Kristen Bender
2017 Edie Bell
2016 Suzie Erzinger
2015 Margaret Baker
2014 Christina Dinegar
2013 Denise Sanderson
2012 Anne McGonagle
2011 Anne McGonagle
2010 Madeline Collison and Missy Eliot
2009 Madeline Collison and Missy Eliot
2008 Pam Bansbach
2007 Susan Stiff
2006 Cathy McClean
2005 Jan Sandhouse Hurst
2004 Susan Hiatt
2003 GeorgeAnn Victor
2002 Chris BearmanVonWald
2001 Linda Schenkein
2000 Sandy Wischmeyer
1999 Betsy Jones
1998 Beth Ladd
1997 Pam Riebesell
1996 Pam Powell
1995 Alice Stephens