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.
Tom Spitzfaden, President* | Vice President & Treasurer, Deere & Company
Rick Johnson, Executive Vice President* | Vice President & Chief Information Officer, HNI Corporation
Darlene Steffen, Treasurer* | Certified Financial Planner
Annette Tephly, Secretary* | Counsel, Modern Woodmen of America
Sue Honsey, Past President* | Chief Financial Officer, The Sedona Group
Steven C. Bahls | President, Augustana College
Kay Basham | Music Educator
Brian Baxter (Ex-officio)* | Executive Director, Quad City Symphony Orchestra
Allie Conklin | Director of First-Year Admissions, St. Ambrose University
Chris Connolly | Branch Manager, Wells Fargo Advisors
Charlotte Doehler-Morrison | VP, Mktg. & Comm., QC Convention and Visitor’s Bureau
Patricia Duffy* | President, Personal Marketing Research, Inc.
Carolyn B. Hamilton | Arts Advocate
Michael Harring | Retired
Michael Hutchison | Deputy to the Commanding General, U.S. Army Sustainment Command
Ann McNamara | Counselor, Wood Intermediate School
Katelyn Flynn Medina | Attorney, Deere & Company
Ryan Morency | Co-Owner, Bright Bat Design
Marsha Pedersen | Arts Advocate
Susan Quail | Retired Educator, Arts Advocate
Marysue Salmon | Owner, Cuisine Cooking School
David & Julie Scott (Ex-officio)* | Co-Presidents, QCSO Volunteers for Symphony
Gregory P. Schermer* | GPS Holdings, LLC
Mark Russell Smith (Ex-officio) | Music Director, Quad City Symphony Orchestra
R. Hovey Tinsman III* | CEO, Twin State
R. Scott Van Vooren* | Partner, Lane and Waterman LLP
Melissa von Maur | Community Volunteer
Archana Wagle* | Anesthesiologist, UnityPoint Pain Management Clinic
Aaron Wetzel* | Vice President – Global Crop Care Platform John Deere
Susan Zude* | Director of Business Outreach – Quad Cities Chamber
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*
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*
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*
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*
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
*Deceased
Board of Directors of the Trust
Jill McLaughlin, Chair
Dan Churchill
John Hayes
Don Pedersen
Greg Schermer
Tom Spitzfaden, QCSO Board President
Darlene Steffen, QCSO Board Treasurer
Scott Van Vooren, Of Counsel
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