Our Board

These are the people who keep AWHO running.


Nancy Hill Cobb (President) is a composer, conductor, and retired music professor and administrator.

Terry Trimpe (Treasurer), a retired businessman, is an ardent arts supporter and has served on the boards of numerous non-profits. 

Melinda Boyd (Director) is a professor of music history and Director of the University of Northern Iowa School of Music.

Rebecca Burkhardt (Director) is a conductor, music director, composer, and university Professor Emeritus. 

Cynthia Goatley (Director) is a playwright, director, two-time Fulbright scholar, and university Professor Emeritus.

Cassie Benning Luze (Director) has 25-years of experience in non-profit and higher education marketing and fundraising.