Board of Directors
Board Members
Andrew Teagle, Chair*
Chief Strategy Officer, GSD&M
Lou Ann Lasher, Vice Chair*
Principal, Keating/Lasher and Associates
George Preston, President**
Chief Executive Officer, KMFA
Doug Eicher, Treasurer*
Venture Capitalist and Technology Sales
Catherine Wildermuth, Secretary*
Non-Profit Leader and Project Manager (retired), IBM
Edwina Carrington
President, CHK Enterprises LLC
Graham Cumberbatch
Creative Manager, Austin Film Society
Mandy Dealey
Non-Profit and Civic Leader
Claude Ducloux
Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Claude E. Ducloux
Soriya Estes
Founder, Think Purple Consulting
Zaz Floreani
Partner, FirstMile Ventures
Donald Grantham
Professor of Composition, Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin
Mark Lyon
President (retired), Audio Systems
Ren MacNary
Music Director (Retired)
Steven Moore*
Partner, Jackson Walker LLP
Ron Oliveira
President, Oliveira Public Communications
David Pinckney
Community Volunteer and Photographer
Michelle Rosenblatt
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Celeste Taylor
Senior Counsel, The Amherst Group
Peter Wang
Chief AI and Innovation Officer and Co-Founder, Anaconda
** Ex-officio, non-voting
Emeritus Members
Frank Bash, Chair Emeritus
Joe W. Bratcher III (deceased)
Malcolm Cooper (deceased)
Paul Leche
Nancy Scanlan
Community Advisory Board Members
Liz Cass
Executive Director, Armstrong Community Music School
Claudia Chapa
Associate Director of Artistic Administration and Curator of Hispanic and Latinx Programming, Austin Opera
Sean Doles
Strategic Communications and Public Affairs Officer, Greater Austin YMCA
Brady Dyer
Associate Director, Communications, Texas Performing Arts
Steven Hatchett
_OFCOLOR Founder
Lori Renteria
1st Lady of District 3, Austin City Council
Charles A. Roeckle
Deputy to the President, The University of Texas at Austin (Retired)
Brenda Simms
Education Program Manager, Texas Performing Arts (Retired)
Open Board of Directors Meeting
KMFA Classical 89.5 holds open meetings concerning the operations and programming of KMFA, in accordance with requirements of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. 396, et seq. as amended, and certification requirements promulgated by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Information about KMFA's open meeting policy is also announced regularly on the air in Central Texas at 89.5FM. To request notice of board meetings in writing, e-mail info@kmfa.org
KMFA Board of Directors - 2025 Meeting Schedule
Unless otherwise stated, board meetings take place at KMFA. Committee meetings are held over Zoom. Please contact frontdesk@kmfa.org or 512-476-5632 for Zoom information.
First Quarter Meetings
Development Committee:
Wednesday, January 29 @ 3:30 PM
Nominating and Board Development Committee:
Wednesday, January 29 @ 4:30 PM
Finance Committee:
Wednesday, February 5 @ 3:30 PM
Executive Committee:
Wednesday, February 5 @ 4:30 PM
Board Meeting:
Thursday, February 20 @ 4:30 PM
Second Quarter Meetings
Development Committee:
Wednesday, April 30 @ 3:30 PM
Nominating and Board Development Committee:
Wednesday, April 30 @ 4:30 PM
Finance Committee:
Thursday, May 8 @ 2:30 PM (Note: date/time changed from Wednesday, May 7 @ 3:30 PM)
Executive Committee:
Thursday, May 8 @ 3:30 PM (Note: date/time changed from Wednesday, May 7 @ 4:30 PM)
Board Meeting:
Thursday, May 22 @ 4:30 PM
Third Quarter Meetings
Development Committee:
Wednesday, August 27 @ 3:30 PM
Nominating and Board Development Committee:
Wednesday, August 27 @ 4:30 PM
Finance Committee:
Wednesday, September 3 @ 3:30 PM
Executive Committee:
Wednesday, September 3 @ 4:30 PM
Board Meeting:
Thursday, September 18 @ 4:30 PM
Fourth Quarter Meetings
Development Committee:
Wednesday, November 12 @ 3:30 PM
Nominating and Board Development Committee:
Wednesday, November 12 @ 4:30 PM
Finance Committee:
Wednesday, November 19 @ 3:30 PM
Executive Committee:
Wednesday, November 19 @ 4:30 PM
Board Meeting:
Thursday, December 11 @ 4:30 PM
Additional Committee Meetings
Executive Committee:
Wednesday, January 8 @ 4:30 PM
Executive Committee:
Wednesday, March 5 @ 4:30 PM
Development Committee:
Wednesday, March 19 @ 3:30 PM
Executive Committee:
Wednesday, June 4 @ 4:30 PM
Executive Committee:
Wednesday, August 6 @ 4:30 PM
Development Committee:
Wednesday, October 8 @ 3:30 PM
Community Advisory Board Meetings
Community Advisory Board Meetings are open to the public. KMFA is a grant recipient of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and holds open meetings in compliance with CPB grantee eligibility requirements.
Unless otherwise stated, meetings take place at KMFA.
Meeting 1: Monday, April 21 @ 3:00 PM (Note: This will be a Zoom meeting. Please contact frontdesk@kmfa.org or 512-476-5632 for Zoom information)
Meeting 2: Monday, June 16 @ 3:00 PM
Meeting 3: Monday, October 13 @ 3:00 PM
Meeting 4: Monday, December 15 @ 3:00 PM (Note: This will be a Zoom meeting. Please contact frontdesk@kmfa.org or 512-476-5632 for Zoom information)
Bylaws
Bylaws of the KMFA Board of Directors