Texas Performing Arts is pleased to welcome five new members to its Leadership Board: Dennis Andrulis & Lisa Duchon; Aubrey & Bobby Epstein; and Eric Natinsky. They will serve September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028. Brian Haley continues in the role of Chair; Kristin Alexander and Michael Herman, MD have been elected as Vice-Chairs.
TPA’s new Board members all bring knowledge and experience in performing arts, higher education, and community engagement. As part of TPA’s Leadership Board, they will help ensure that TPA continues to transform lives through live performance and increase its impact on the field of the performing arts.
“We are thrilled to welcome our new board members, whose expertise, commitment to education, and appreciation for live performance will guide us into the future,” says Bob Bursey, TPA’s Executive & Artistic Director. “Their support will help us continue to pursue our goal of becoming the highest impact performing arts organization in the country.”
Established in 2022, TPA’s Leadership Board is a group of volunteer leaders from across the country whose experience spans the arts, education, business, and philanthropy. The Board provides strategic input and backing to enhance TPA’s programming, expand educational opportunities, and strengthen connections between leading artists and the communities TPA serves.
Meet the full TPA Leadership Board
2024/25 New Board Members
Dennis Andrulis & Lisa Duchon
Dennis and Lisa have both dedicated their careers to advancing equity in health care. Dennis earned his doctorate in educational psychology at UT Austin and is an associate professor at UT’s School of Public Health, where he teaches a course on health disparities. While based in Washington, D.C., he co-founded the American International Health Alliance and served on its board for 25 years. A native Austinite, Lisa earned her doctorate in public administration from New York University. She retired from a career that included senior positions with Denver Health, the Commonwealth Fund, and Health Management Associates. Dennis is a master chef and oenophile and recently completed a novel based on his mother’s immigrant coming-of-age story from rural Hungary to New York City. Lisa is a lifelong diarist whose readings from her teen diary for Austin’s Mortified live shows are featured on several podcasts. She taps with the Shirley McPhail School of Dance and loves sharing her expertise in lepidoptery.
Aubrey & Bobby Epstein
Active Austinites Aubrey and Bobby Epstein are avid art enthusiasts and collectors with a focus on contemporary art. An artist by background, Aubrey honed her skills at The School of Visual Arts in New York before embarking on a career in fashion design and styling. She later went on to form her own business representing photographers and stylists. Bobby, a University of Texas Plan II graduate, founded Prophet Capital Management, where he served twenty years as the Chief Investment Officer. In 2011, Bobby joined with visionary Red McCombs to establish Circuit of the Americas, bringing The Formula One United States Grand Prix, major events, and more than one million visitors to central Texas. Together, Aubrey and Bobby oversee “COTA Cares,” benefiting 100s of area non-profits, with a special focus on mental health, military veterans, “at-risk” youth, and medical research causes.
Eric Natinsky
Eric Natinsky is the Chief Executive Officer of Quick Technologies, Inc., a company he founded in 1992. Quick’s SAGE division is the leading provider of research and business management services for the promotional products industry. In addition, from 2000 to 2010, Mr. Natinsky was a technology licensing attorney at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, and Rosati, P.C. where his practice focused on technology licensing deals, intellectual property strategy and counseling, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Natinsky holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration double majoring in Management and Marketing from Washington University in St. Louis and a JD from The University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Natinsky is admitted to the State Bar of Texas and is also a licensed patent attorney. Eric and his wife, Michelle, have two teenage children, Joshua and Alexa. Michelle is a child and school psychologist in private practice and earned her Ph.D. in School Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin. Eric has been a member of the ZACH Theater Board for over ten years. They are TPA Broadway subscribers and Texas Inner Circle members.
TPA’s new Board members all bring knowledge and experience in performing arts, higher education, and community engagement. As part of TPA’s Leadership Board, they will help ensure that TPA continues to transform lives through live performance and increase its impact on the field of the performing arts.
“We are thrilled to welcome our new board members, whose expertise, commitment to education, and appreciation for live performance will guide us into the future,” says Bob Bursey, TPA’s Executive & Artistic Director. “Their support will help us continue to pursue our goal of becoming the highest impact performing arts organization in the country.”
Established in 2022, TPA’s Leadership Board is a group of volunteer leaders from across the country whose experience spans the arts, education, business, and philanthropy. The Board provides strategic input and backing to enhance TPA’s programming, expand educational opportunities, and strengthen connections between leading artists and the communities TPA serves.
Meet the full TPA Leadership Board
2024/25 New Board Members
Dennis Andrulis & Lisa Duchon
Dennis and Lisa have both dedicated their careers to advancing equity in health care. Dennis earned his doctorate in educational psychology at UT Austin and is an associate professor at UT’s School of Public Health, where he teaches a course on health disparities. While based in Washington, D.C., he co-founded the American International Health Alliance and served on its board for 25 years. A native Austinite, Lisa earned her doctorate in public administration from New York University. She retired from a career that included senior positions with Denver Health, the Commonwealth Fund, and Health Management Associates. Dennis is a master chef and oenophile and recently completed a novel based on his mother’s immigrant coming-of-age story from rural Hungary to New York City. Lisa is a lifelong diarist whose readings from her teen diary for Austin’s Mortified live shows are featured on several podcasts. She taps with the Shirley McPhail School of Dance and loves sharing her expertise in lepidoptery.
Aubrey & Bobby Epstein
Active Austinites Aubrey and Bobby Epstein are avid art enthusiasts and collectors with a focus on contemporary art. An artist by background, Aubrey honed her skills at The School of Visual Arts in New York before embarking on a career in fashion design and styling. She later went on to form her own business representing photographers and stylists. Bobby, a University of Texas Plan II graduate, founded Prophet Capital Management, where he served twenty years as the Chief Investment Officer. In 2011, Bobby joined with visionary Red McCombs to establish Circuit of the Americas, bringing The Formula One United States Grand Prix, major events, and more than one million visitors to central Texas. Together, Aubrey and Bobby oversee “COTA Cares,” benefiting 100s of area non-profits, with a special focus on mental health, military veterans, “at-risk” youth, and medical research causes.
Eric Natinsky
Eric Natinsky is the Chief Executive Officer of Quick Technologies, Inc., a company he founded in 1992. Quick’s SAGE division is the leading provider of research and business management services for the promotional products industry. In addition, from 2000 to 2010, Mr. Natinsky was a technology licensing attorney at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, and Rosati, P.C. where his practice focused on technology licensing deals, intellectual property strategy and counseling, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Natinsky holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration double majoring in Management and Marketing from Washington University in St. Louis and a JD from The University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Natinsky is admitted to the State Bar of Texas and is also a licensed patent attorney. Eric and his wife, Michelle, have two teenage children, Joshua and Alexa. Michelle is a child and school psychologist in private practice and earned her Ph.D. in School Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin. Eric has been a member of the ZACH Theater Board for over ten years. They are TPA Broadway subscribers and Texas Inner Circle members.