Jeff Hale – President

Jeff has been singing in the bass section of the Chorale since 2001. He has prior music experience from his years at Fairview High School where he was a tuba player in the marching band and a member of the Fairview choir. Jeff is currently a sales manager at McCaddon Cadillac Buick Pontiac GMC in Boulder. He is married to Julie (Alto/Graphics), has three children and three grandchildren.

Cynthia Anderson – Vice-President / Ticket Sales

Cynthia has been a Boulder Chorale member since 2003. Her previous choir experience dates back to high school, where she sang in both the concert and jazz choirs. Prior to retirement from the work force to raise her two sons, Cynthia developed and installed manufacturing application business software in the U.S., Australia, and Asia-Pacific.

Elaine Schnabel – Treasurer

Elaine Schnabel joined the Boulder Chorale Board of Directors in the 2010-2011 season.

Josephine Bynder – Secretary and Volunteer Coordinator

Josephine has been a member of the Chorale since 1990 and has served on the Board twice before in a variety of positions. She is also a long-standing member of the Grants Writing Committee. Josephine is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, retired from the local Mental Health Center in 1997 and maintains a small counseling practice in Boulder.

Paul Haynes – Registrar / Membership Liaison

A retired programmer/analyst, Paul is now a professional grandfather and an occasional tutor in mathematics. He is a member of the American Contract Bridge League, in which he competes in tournaments and serves as a Club Director (a position parallel to a minor-league umpire in baseball). Paul has been a bass/baritone in the Boulder Chorale since 1995, and the son of a member since 1965. He was on the Board as Music Librarian from 2001 to 2007 and maintained the BoCho website from 2004 to 2006. Paul left the Boulder Chorale Board in 2007 and returned in 2009 as Registrar.

Greg Herring – Concert Manager, Chair IT Committee, Chair Governance Committee

Greg has been an active member of the Boulder Chorale since 1999. In addition to high school and college choral experiences, Greg has sung in a number of church, community and small ensemble choirs. Greg is a project manager with AT&T, working in their Network Outsourcing organization.

Sam Richman – Music Librarian

Sam came to Boulder in 1990 and has been a bass in the Boulder Chorale since 2003. He has a Ph.D. in physics from CU and presently works in the R&D group at Research Electro-Optics, a local precision optics company. His formative organized musical experience was playing the trumpet in high school band and orchestra.

Outside of music, Sam enjoys reading, languages, backpacking, playing ultimate frisbee, and spending time with his wife and their two daughters.

Sharon Soderlund – Member At Large

Sharon Soderlund joined the Boulder Chorale Board of Directors in the 2009-2010 season.

Norton Steuben – Board Legal Advisor

Norton brings his legal expertise to his Board position. Starting his law career as a partner in Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods and Goodyear of Buffalo, New York, he moved to the University of Colorado in the early 1960's and is currently Nicholas Rosenbaum Professor of Law, Emeritus. Norton served as Tax Policy Adviser to the Ukrainian government in 1997-2000. His publications include Fundamentals of Federal Income Taxation, and Cases and Materials on Real Estate Planning. A strong community volunteer, Professor Steuben has served as a Member of the Community Advisory Panel for Roche, Colorado, a volunteer attorney for Boulder County Legal Services, and a Boulder Housing Counselor, offering advice to prospective residential purchasers and residential owners facing foreclosure. Norton is a lifelong lover of jazz, orchestral, and chorale music and has played the bass violin in both jazz and orchestral groups.