Cincinnati Opera Announces New Board Members
By Francisco SalazarThe Cincinnati Opera has announced the election of officers for its board of trustees for the 2025–2026 fiscal year, as well as the addition of eight trustees and seven Cincinnati Opera Board Associates.
The company said that the officers were elected at the Annual Meeting on Sept. 17, 2025.
The following offers were elected for a one-year term in September 2024 and were all re-elected to serve another one-year term as of the Annual Meeting. They include:
- President Ronald T. Bates, Managing Director, 1919 Investment Counsel
- Chair Melanie M. Chavez, Partner, Chavez Properties
- Treasurer and Executive Vice President Robert Bitter, Partner, Deloitte
- Secretary Charles E. Baverman III, Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl
The following are the new trustees:
- Amy Bixel, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Fifth Third Bank
- Josh Blatt, President, John Henry Homes
- Michael T. Dean, Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl
- Michelle Goret, Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Cintas
- Brandon R. Jones, Audit Partner, Deloitte
- David Paredes, Director of Marketing, Standard Textile
- Buffie Rixey, community volunteer
- Heather Z. Vecellio, Director of Brand, Design, and Production, HiNOTE
And here are the new Board Associates include:
- Alicia DeVore, Marketing and Public Relations, Castellini Management Company
- Caressa Layne Miles, Operations Coordinator and Gallery Director, Xavier University
- Cara Nicolas, Marketing Coordinator, SHP, and Owner/Writer, Caniche Communications
- Maddie Shanahan, Attorney, Calfee, Halter & Griswold
- Carlin Twedt, Brand Manager, KAO
- Lou Velazquez, Marketing Director, The BMW Store & Cincinnati MINI
- Tobias P. Wright, Account Executive, Zoom
The Cincinnati Opera is set to present “Salome,” “Studio Sessions,” “Lalovavi,” “Carmen,” and ” Orpheus and Euridice” during the 2026 season.
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