Board of Trustees
Quad City Symphony Orchestra utilizes the board to supervise the affairs of the organization and to advance the mission and vision throughout the community.
Annette Tephly, President* | Assistant General Counsel, Modern Woodmen of America
R. Hovey Tinsman III, Executive Vice President* | President, Twin State
Katie Marchik, Treasurer* | Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, UnityPoint Health-Trinity
Darlene Steffen, Secretary* | Certified Financial Planner
Tom Spitzfaden, Past President* | Retired from Deere & Company
Julie Abramowski | Vice President, Corporate Controller, HNI Corporation
Victor Almgren | President and CEO, Moline Forge, Inc.
Steven C. Bahls | President, Augustana College
Kay Basham* | Music Educator
Brian Baxter (Ex-officio)* | Executive Director, Quad City Symphony Orchestra
Seneca Black | Chemist, Exelon Generation
Alana Carroll | Senior Manager, Deloitte Tax LLP
Carl Cartwright | Executive Director for Acquisition and Integration Management, U.S. Army Sustainment Command
Allie Conklin | Director of First-Year Admissions, St. Ambrose University
Chris Connolly* | Branch Manager, Wells Fargo Advisors
Patricia Duffy* | President, Personal Marketing Research, Inc.
Shirley Gusta | Director, Business Intelligence Center, Genesis Health System
Susan Hippler | ExxonMobil Corporation (Retired)
Maitreyi Janarthanan | Medical Director, Muscatine Urgent Care
Erie Johnson | Vice President/Trust Officer, First Community Trust
Darlene Link (Ex-officio)* | President, QCSO Volunteers for Symphony
Robert Lelonek | Chief Technology Officer, Sedona Technologies
Joseph Lohmuller | Chair, Surgical Division of the Genesis Health Group
Jill McLaughlin (Ex-officio)* | Chair, Board of Directors of the Trust
Ann McNamara | Retired
Katelyn Flynn Medina* | Attorney, Deere & Company
Ryan Morency | Co-Owner, Bright Bat Design
Charlotte Morrison | VP, Mktg. & Comm., QC Convention and Visitor’s Bureau
Zachary Morton | Director of Instrumental Music, Moline High School
Jim Niedelman | News Anchor, WHBF and Fox 18
Susan Quail | Retired Educator, Arts Advocate
Marysue Salmon | Owner, Cuisine Cooking School
Gregory P. Schermer* | GPS Holdings, LLC
Mark Russell Smith (Ex-officio) | Music Director, Quad City Symphony Orchestra
R. Scott Van Vooren* | Partner, Lane and Waterman LLP
Melissa von Maur | Community Volunteer
Archana Wagle* | Anesthesiologist, UnityPoint Pain Management Clinic
David C. Waterman | Attorney, Lane and Waterman LLP
Aaron Wetzel | Vice President, Global Crop Care Platform, John Deere
Mindy Zumdome | Vice President, Talent & Culture, Elliott Aviation
*Executive Committee
Honorary Trustees
Mr. William Appier*
Mrs. Louis C. Arp, Jr.*
Mr. Tom Bates*
Joyce Bawden
Miss Margaret C. Becker*
Mrs. Stuart Briggs*
Charles W. Brooke*
Mrs. Carl Budelier*
Mr. John M. D. Burrows*
Mrs. Ben Butterworth*
Mrs. Henry Carlson*
James Chamberlin*
Daniel Churchill
Mrs. George Coin
Mrs. Grace Hepburn Croff*
James D. Davis
Mrs. Shirley Drake*
Mrs. Raymond Dutro*
Mrs. Dick Evans*
Mr. Ted Ewing
Mr. George French*
Karen Getz*
Mr. William Getz*
Mrs. William Getz*
Mrs. Glen Gierke*
Mrs. Mildred Good*
Mrs. David Gottlieb*
Mrs. George Green*
Marvel Green
Mrs. J. Paul Green*
Carolyn Hamilton
Mr. Earl Hanson*
Robert A. Hanson*
Diane Harris
Mrs. Zeivel Harris*
Mrs. Ben Harrison*
Rose Ann Hass
Mrs. Leon Hass*
Mr. William K. Henigbaum*
Mrs. Ralph Heninger*
Mrs. Eugene Hippler*
Susan Honsey
Jim Horstmann
Mrs. Albert Hyink*
Miss Leila Jorgensen*
Mrs. Isador I. Katz, Honorary Chairperson*
Mark J. Kleinschmidt
Mrs. George Koivun*
Mrs. Harry Kutsunis*
Miss Meta Lerch*
Pierre E. Leroy
Mrs. George Lewthwaite*
Mrs. Paul R. Linden*
Mrs. Albert Livingston*
Mrs. A. B. Lundahl*
Helen E. Maes*
Mrs. Terry Marsh*
Alice Von Maur McDonald
Donald F. McDonald*
Julie McHard-Shike
Jill N. McLaughlin
Judy McNamara*
Mrs. Walter Mogler*
Mrs. Charlotte Mohr*
Mrs. Charles Munson*
Marion Murphy*
Mr. George F. Neiley, Jr.*
Robert J. Nixon, Jr.*
Mr. Thomas O. Nobis*
Mrs. John O’Donnell*
Nancy L. Oppenheimer
Dr. David Palmer*
Mr. Howard Parkhurst*
Mrs. Willard S. Pheteplace*
Mrs. Charles Pierce
Mr. Dudley Priester*
Mr. Thomas Priester*
Mrs. O. E. Schauland*
Mr. John F. Schuette*
Mrs. Barbara Searles*
Mr. Otto Seiffert*
Mrs. Otto Seiffert*
Mr. Richard G. Silliman*
Eloise A. Smit
Jean Steffenson*
Mr. Richard Stibolt*
Mrs. Kay Stegmiller Tarr
Mrs. Sara Thoms
R. Hovey Tinsman, Jr*
Mary Ann Tyler*
Mrs. Richard B. von Maur, Sr.*
Mrs. Vonnie Wallander*
Mr. Robert V. P. Waterman*
Mrs. Robert V. P. Waterman*
Mrs. C. D. Waterman, Jr.
Mr. William Waterman*
Kathleen B. Wilson
Don Wooten
Former Board of Trustees Presidents
1919-21 Mrs. Frank Gates Allen*
1921-22 Robert Wagner*
1922-23 John S. Dow*
1923-24 Charles Rosenfield*
1924-26 Kalman Spelletich*
1926-29 D. M. King*
1929-30 Henry C. Priester*
1930-32 Fred L. Strieter*
1932-33 Kuno H. Struck*
1933-34 Meredith Ostrom*
1934-36 James Chamberlin*
1936-39 Otto Seiffert*
1939-41 John Shenk*
1941-42 William B. Waterman*
1942-46 Howard Weis*
1946-48 William Getz*
1948-50 John M. D. Burrows*
1950-51 George French*
1951-53 Donald Colvin*
1953-55 Donald F. McDonald*
1955-57 Thomas O. Nobis*
1957-60 George F. Neiley, Jr.*
1960-62 H. Thomas Bates*
1962-63 David Palmer*
1963-65 Thomas Priester*
1965-67 Robert V. P. Waterman*
1967-69 Howard Parkhurst*
1969-71 Richard A. Stibolt*
1971-73 Dudley B. Priester*
1973-75 Richard G. Silliman*
1975-77 John F. Schuette*
1977-79 Eugene C. Hawkinson*
1979-81 John R. Strieter
1981-83 Charles W. Brooke*
1983-85 Jill N. McLaughlin
1985-87 Ted B. Ewing
1987-89 Polly N. Hippler*
1989-91 James D. Davis
1991-93 Joyce G. Bawden
1993-95 John L. Kindschuh*
1995-97 Robert J. Nixon, Jr.*
1997-99 Nancy L. Oppenheimer
1999-01 R. Hovey Tinsman, Jr.*
2001-03 Patricia E. Duffy
2003-04 Dan Churchill
2004-05 Patricia E. Duffy
2005-07 Sara J. Thoms
2007-09 Gregory P. Schermer
2009-11 Mark J. Kleinschmidt
2011-13 Julie McHard
2013-15 Scott Van Vooren
2015-17 Sue Honsey
2017-20 Tom Spitzfaden
*Deceased
Board of Directors of the Trust
Jill McLaughlin, Chair
Dan Churchill
John Hayes
Don Pedersen
Gregory Schermer
Annette Tephly, QCSO Board President
Katie Marchik, QCSO Board Treasurer
QCSO Music Directors
1916-1933 Ludwig Becker
1933-1936 Frank Kendrie
1936-1937 Frank Laird Waller
1937-1949 Oscar Anderson
1949-1954 Harry John Brown
1954-1956 Piero Bellugi
1956-1965 Charles Gigante
1965-1994 James Dixon
1995-1997 Kim Allen Kluge
1999-2007 Donald Schleicher
2008-Present Mark Russell Smith