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.
Darlene Steffen, President* | Certified Financial Planner
Chris Connolly, Executive Vice President* | Branch Manager, Wells Fargo Advisors
Alana Carroll, Treasurer* | Senior Manager, Deloitte Tax LLP
Archana Wagle, Secretary* | Anesthesiologist, UnityPoint Pain Management Clinic
R. Hovey Tinsman III, Past President* | President, Twin State
Julie Abramowski | Vice President, Corporate Controller, HNI Corporation
Victor Almgren* | President and CEO, Moline Forge, Inc.
Brian Baxter (Ex-officio)* | Executive Director, Quad City Symphony Orchestra
Seneca Black | Chemist, Exelon Generation
Meena Brandt | Attorney, Bush, Motto, Creen, Koury & Halligan, PLC
Carl Cartwright | Executive Director for Acquisition and Integration Management, U.S. Army Sustainment Command
Patricia Duffy | President, Personal Marketing Research, Inc.
Kendra Elledge | Orchestra Director, Central High School
William Garrett | Financial Representative, Transamerica
Shirley Gusta* | Director, Business Intelligence Center, Genesis Health System
George Hesse (Ex-officio)* | President, QCSO Volunteers for Symphony
Susan Hippler | ExxonMobil Corporation (Retired)
Maitreyi Janarthanan | Medical Director, Muscatine Urgent Care
Erie Johnson | Vice President/Trust Officer, First Community Trust
Malik Khaliq | Senior Financial Advisor, Wells Fargo Advisors
Robert Lelonek | Chief Technology Officer, Sedona Technologies
Katie Marchik* | Chief Operating Officer, ImpactLife
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
Amy Novak | President, St. Ambrose University
Sara Pennington | HR Director & Facility Security Officer, Fontaine Consulting
Marysue Salmon | Owner, Cuisine Cooking School
Gregory P. Schermer | GPS Holdings, LLC
Mark Russell Smith (Ex-officio) | Music Director, Quad City Symphony Orchestra
Annette Tephly* | Assistant General Counsel, Modern Woodmen of America
R. Scott Van Vooren* | Partner, Lane and Waterman LLP
Melissa von Maur | Community Volunteer
David C. Waterman | Attorney, Lane and Waterman LLP
Zachary Weatherspoon* | Director, Global Internal Audit, Deere & Company
Mindy Zumdome | Director of Human Resources, Augustana College
*Executive Committee
Honorary Trustees
Mrs. Philip D. Adler*
Mr. William Appier*
Mrs. Louis C. Arp, Jr.*
Steve Bahls
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*
Susan Quail
Mrs. O. E. Schauland*
Mr. John F. Schuette*
Mrs. Barbara Searles*
Mr. Otto Seiffert*
Mrs. Otto Seiffert*
Mr. Richard G. Silliman*
Eloise A. Smit
Tom Spitzfaden
Kay Stegmiller Tarr
Sara Thoms
R. Hovey Tinsman Jr.*
Mary Ann Tyler*
Elsie von Maur*
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
2020-22 Annette Tephly
Board of Directors of the Trust
Tom Spitzfaden, Chair
Sue Honsey
Don Pedersen
Gregory Schermer
R. Scott Van Vooren
Darlene Steffen, QCSO Board President
Alana Carroll, 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