Board: The Florentine Opera (secretary)
Wayne Lueders has been involved with The Florentine Opera for decades, and has served in multiple roles, including board president.
“With his passion for the art form, strong guidance in all matters – and as a Florentine historian – Wayne’s service has been invaluable in my time at the company,” said Maggey Oplinger, general director and CEO at The Florentine Opera. “Wayne and his wife, Kristine, gave the lead gift for the Lueders Opera Center in Riverwest. He served during multiple leadership searches, helped steer the ship during the COVID-19 pandemic and created our bylaws.”
Lueders, partner at Milwaukee-based law firm Foley & Lardner LLP, has served on the board of multiple nonprofit organizations in the city, including the Milwaukee Art Museum. Additionally, Leuders has been rated as AV Preeminent, the highest performance rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of Trusts and Estates (1991-2023) and was recognized in Who’s Who in America.
