{"id":64,"date":"2013-09-05T15:11:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T15:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/napopus.org\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2025-03-01T12:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:03:28","slug":"who-is-opus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/napopus.org\/?page_id=64","title":{"rendered":"Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>Executive Board of Directors<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>President Emeritus:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Linda Lin Yu (acting President)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Retired Senior Vice President, Fuel Tech, Inc., Research Associate-Manager, Ecolab-Nalco. B.S., Ph.D. Chem. Engineering\/Chemistry. Mother and Grandmother.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vice President:<\/strong> <em>Barbara Norris Coates<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Professional Grant Writer. Mother.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Secretary:<\/strong> <em>Sonja Radovic<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Musician and Teacher. Mother.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Treasurer:<\/strong> <em>Helena Cai<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Professional Accountant. Mother.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director of Marketing and Strategies:<\/strong> <em>Kevin Moriarity<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Former software consultant, co-founder: Waterline Writers, writer \/ editor \/ book designer<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director of Community Relations:<\/strong> <em>Denise West<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Formerly Director of Community Development, Benedictine U. Fundraising. Mother and Grandmother.<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Organizing Board<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ambassadors:<\/strong><em> Phyllis Anderson, Sandee Bernklau, John Brubaker, Kan Chou, Tonya Kessler, Alanna Mientus, Sonja Radovic<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hospitality:<\/strong> <em>OPUS Administrative Assistant, Parent Volunteers<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fundraisers \/ Donations &amp; Community Outreach:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Julie Berkowicz<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Barbara Norris Coates, John Schlaman, William Small, Jr., Denise West<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor-in-Chief:<\/strong> <em>Kevin Moriarity<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Strategic Planning:<\/strong> <em>Karen Do, Barbara Norris Coates<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>e-Newsletter Issuance &amp; Technology \/ Website:<\/strong> <em>Preeti Kulkarni and Kevin Moriarity<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Social Media:<\/strong><em>\u00a0 Drew O\u2019Neill (Coordinator), Jayanthi Sunderarajan, Sundararajan Venugopalan, Kevin Moriarity\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Photography:<\/strong> <em>Kan Chou<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>OPUS Camp<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Music Director:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Mara Gallagher<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Piano Coordinator:<\/strong> <em>Dr. Stephanie Wu<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Artists-in-Residence \/ Orion Ensemble Representatives:<\/strong> <em>Kathy Pirtle, Florentina Ramniceanu<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Past OPUS Presidents<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Linda Lin Yu, Founding President (1999-2001) and President Emeritus<\/li>\n<li>Kathy Macko, 2001-2002;\u00a0Isabella Dudreck, 2002-2004;\u00a0Yvonne Fawell, 2004-2006;\u00a0Laurel Holden, 2007-2009;\u00a0Soo Chang, 2010-2013;\u00a0David Walden, 2013-2015; Audrone Meiliulyte, 2016-2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Executive Board of Directors President Emeritus:\u00a0Linda Lin Yu (acting President) Retired Senior Vice President, Fuel Tech, Inc., Research Associate-Manager, Ecolab-Nalco. B.S., Ph.D. Chem. Engineering\/Chemistry. Mother and Grandmother. Vice President: Barbara Norris Coates Professional Grant Writer. Mother. Secretary: Sonja Radovic Musician and Teacher. Mother. Treasurer: Helena Cai Professional Accountant. Mother. 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