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Contact: Chris Guerre, Director, Public Relations
(703) 255-4096 or chrisg@wolftrap.org   

Vienna, VA

The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts is proud to announce that thirteen new members from diverse business and philanthropic sectors have been elected to serve on its 2008-2009 Board of Directors. Gerald L. Kohlenberger will serve as Chairman of the Board. Other officers include Wolf Trap Foundation President and CEO Terrence D. Jones, Vice Chairman and Secretary Leo C. Tucker of Northwestern Mutual Financial Network - The Washington Group, and Vice Chairman Stanley J. Gutkowski. Mrs. Laura Bush is the Honorary Chair.

New members who have made a commitment to advance the Foundation’s mission, goals, and financial stability include Keith N. Cole, Director, Legislative and Regulator Affairs, General Motors, Washington, D.C.; Lisa Collis, Director, Collis-Warner Foundation; Alan J. Kelly, President, Lubricants and Specialties, ExxonMobil Corporation, Fairfax, VA; Shiv Krishnan, President and CEO, INDUS Corporation, Vienna, VA; Lester L. Lyles, General U.S. Air Force (Retired); Phebe N. Novakovic, Senior Vice President, Planning and Development, General Dynamics, Falls Church, VA; Robert Pence, President, Pence-Friedel Developers, Inc.; Arnold L. Punaro, Executive Vice President, SAIC; Norma Ramsey, Director, The Ramsey Foundation; Chris Simmons, Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, McLean, VA; Dennis Stolkey, Vice President and General Manager, EDS, Herndon, VA; Anthony Syme, Co-Founder and former CEO, NLX Corporation; and Lydia Thomas.

Juliana E. May, Vice President, The Staubach Company, has been elected Chair of the Wolf Trap Associates Board of Directors and Lesli Rotenberg, Senior Vice President, PBS and PBS KIDS, has been elected Vice Chair.

“As Wolf Trap continues to grow, we are grateful that these leaders are so deeply committed to nonprofit service. I am confident that their guidance will help advance our mission to present and create innovative performing arts programs for the enrichment, education, and enjoyment of people throughout the region and beyond,” said Terrence D. Jones, President and CEO of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.

Wolf Trap’s emeriti directors are Mary Frances Pearson, Elizabeth Taylor, Earle C. Williams, and The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta.

Additional officers are Ann McPherson McKee, Senior Vice President, Performing Arts and Education, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts; Beth C. Brummel, Vice President for External Affairs, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts; and Richard A. Newman, General Counsel, Arent Fox, LLP.

The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts is a nonprofit organization founded in 1971 by Catherine Filene Shouse (1896-1994) that presents and produces a full-range of performance and education programs in the greater Washington, D.C. area, as well as nationally and internationally. Wolf Trap is home to two performance venues: the Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts and The Barns at Wolf Trap. It also programs and operates the Wolf Trap Opera Company and year-round education programs for children and adults of all ages. The Foundation is headquartered at the Center for Education at Wolf Trap. Located in Vienna, Virginia, the Center is a national arts-in-education resource hub for children, parents, educators, and performing artists. Visit the Wolf Trap website at www.wolftrap.org for more information.