Executive Team & Board of Directors

​Erich W. Stratmann
​Founder, Director, and President

​Retired manufacturer and developer in San Francisco. Business graduate from UC Berkeley. Erich sings in two choruses and is a 22-year member of the San Francisco Opera Chorus. Former Finance Director of San Francisco Boys Chorus.

Brett Strader
Artistic Director and Board Member

A composer and arranger in high demand, his works have been broadcast on television in over 100 countries. Brett holds a Master of Music in Conducting from SFSU and a Bachelor of Music in Piano from Biola University.

​James M. Coriston
Director

Retired Partner and Vice Chairman, Price Waterhouse. Jim serves on the Board of various private and public firms. He is a member of the Audit Committee of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco and serves on the Board of Catholic Cemeteries.

Martin Bell
Director and Secretary

Martin is a seasoned human resources professional and is a frequent performer on the Bay Area classical music scene in opera, recital and oratorio. He’s produced several operas and serves as president of the board of directors of an Oakland based Arts Education not-for-profit.

Greg Lau
Chairman, Director

General Partner at private equity firm, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. Has sung with Piedmont Boys Choir, Piedmont Troubadours, Harvard Krokodiloes, and Harvard Veritones. Past winner of Leonard J. Waxdeck Birdcalling Contest and a co-author of Harvard’s renowned Hasty Pudding Theatricals. .

​George Kennedy
Director

Retired Partner and U.S. and Global Chief Auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. George serves on the Executive Committee of the Chancellor’s Council of The University of Texas System and is an active alumnus and supporter of the McCombs School of Business and Texas Athletics through the Longhorn Foundation at The University of Texas – Austin.

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Advisory Board

Thomas Pulling
Retired Managing Director for Citigroup, Metropolitan Opera Advisory Director, Board Member Houston Grand Opera, President, Opera Orchestra of New York

​Ian Robertson
Chorus Director and Conductor with San Francisco Opera since 1987, having prepared more than 275 productions for the Company.

David Conte
Composer, Conductor, The San Francisco Conservatory

​Susan Wels
Author “San Francisco Arts of the City, 1932-2012” Heyday Press, Fall 2012

Leigh Kirmsee
Attorney

​Joe Frank
Metropolitan & San Francisco Opera Star; Professor, San Jose State University

Major General Michael Myatt
(Retired)
CEO Marines Memorial