Administration
Finance
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Kristi Roberts
CONTROLLER
Thelma Hearren
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT II
Kay Ross
STAFF ACCOUNTant
Diamantina Peña*
PAYROLL MANAGER
Kenneth Knight II
Accounts Payable Coordinator
Ahmed Abdi
HR, Facilities
DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Rachel Koenig
HUMAN RESOURCES manager
Yeriel Zaragoza
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, FACILITIES
Garth Luther*
RECEPTIONISTS
Kaitlynn Berrones, Anna Gould, Logan Lee, Ivanna Ramirez
IT
DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Dominic Tong
Network Administrator
Daniel Skinner
HELP DESK MANAGER
Joshua-Reuben Jemio
IT HELP DESK ASSOCIATE I
Erik Orbe
IT support technician
Jessica Pol
IT system administrator
Zehra Siddiqui
Development
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
SENIOR DIRECTOR, SPECIAL EVENTS
Alexandra Yates*
SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER
Katelyn Waller, Abby Dennis
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL GIVING
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT
Haley Calvert
GIFT OFFICER
Alex Reuter, Catherine Taraviras
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, TESSITURA OPERATIONS
Ana Gonzalez
DIRECTOR OF INDIVIDUAL GIVING
Erika Jordan
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DONOR RELATIONS
Jacquelyn Forrester
MANAGER, DONOR RELATIONS
Chyna Clark
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL GIVING
INSTITUTIONAL GIVING COORDINATOR
Caroline Frederick
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Kharma Grimes
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
Amanda Coleman
DATA PROCESSING COORDINATOR
Victoria Deleon
ANNUAL FUND MANAGER
Claire Coker
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, NUTCRACKER MARKET
Jennifer Estrada*
MANAGER, NUTCRACKER MARKET COMMUNICATION
Jessika McKernan
NUTCRACKER MARKET MANAGERS
Sofia Del Villar, Alexa Carlson*
ASSOCIATE, NUTCRACKER MARKET
Susan Lehmann*
Marketing and Public Relations
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND PR
Angela Lee*
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
Alexandra Anthony
public relations managER
Ellen Neiers
public relations ASSOCIATE
Debra Patterson
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Jared Murphy
EDUCATION COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Emily Averitt-Cleveland
DIGITAL MARKETING COORDINATOR
Arineh Allahverdian
MARKETING OPERATIONS MANAGER
Lynn Chung*
ARCHIVIST PROJECT MANAGER
Anne Wheeler
ARCHIVE ASSISTANT
Emily McDaniel
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF RETAIL OPERATIONS
Leslie Goodrum
PART-TIME SEASONAL SALES ASSOCIATES
Brittany Bonner, Madeline Carr, Caroline Carreon, Morgan Drouin, Erika Garcia, Nicole Hernandez, Luci Fuller, Joshua Lopez, Jerry Woods
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF AUDIO/VIDEO SERVICES
David Rivera*
HEAD OF TICKETING SERVICES
Lauren Gayden*
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF TICKETING SERVICES
Brittany Restrepo
TICKETING SERVICES COORDINATOR
Nicole Levy
AUDIENCE SERVICES MANAGER
Michael Miles
BOX OFFICE MANAGERS
Carlyn Scott*, Christina Martinez
WORTHAM THEATRE CENTER BOX OFFICE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES
Verity Rose Butler, Allison Giles, Nicole Gonzalez, Aaron Martinez, Lexie Mitchell, Ryan Perez, Nancy Rodriguez, Angelina Smith, Caleb Smith, Alejandro Vega, Mary Wemple
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Production
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION
Michelle de los Reyes*
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Graham Sattinger
PRODUCTION OPERATIONS MANAGER
Julia Ridenhour Smith
STAGE MANAGER
Anna Monzon
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
Eli Walker
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Allison Smith
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Morgan Brochu
RESIDENT LIGHTING DESIGNER
Lisa J. Pinkham*
MASTER ELECTRICIAN
Barry Thomas*
ASSISTANT ELECTRICIAN
Paul Gibson, Jason Mathis*
PROPERTY MASTER
Cait Piedra
HEAD CARPENTER
Gregory Stewart
ASSISTANT CARPENTER
Cory Grant
Wardrobe
HEAD OF COSTUMES
Sandra Fox
COSTUME SHOP MANAGER
Jo Anne Armstrong
WARDROBE COORDINATOR
Freddy Reymundo
WIG SUPERVISOR
Meghann Mason
PART-TIME WARDROBE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Kendall Sarro
ACADEMY COSTUME SHOP MANAGER
Ashley Jones
Artistic
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Julie Kent, Stanton Welch*
BALLET MASTERS
Ian Casady*, Amy Fote*, Hayden Stark, Steven Woodgate*
GENERAL MANAGER
Kelli Gilson*
ARTISTIC PLANNING MANAGER
Tierney Solmo
COMPANY MANAGER
Rachael Cierniakoski
Executive Assistant & Artistic Administrator
Cooper Paul
Music
MUSIC DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR
Simon Thew
ORCHESTRA MANAGER/MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR
Emma Wine
part-time ORCHESTRA and MUSIC administration coordinATOR
Bensen Kwan
CONCERTMASTER
Denise Tarrant*
MUSICal LIBRARIAN
Theresa Hanebury*
PRINCIPAL PIANIST/MUSIC COORDINATOR
Katherine Burkwall-Ciscon*
ACADEMY PIANIST MANAGER
Bill Patterson
PIANISTS
Jennifer Edmondson*, Grecia Lavanderos*, Kuanyi Lu, William Marsden*, April Zhi Li-Thompson, Andrew Vu
PERCUSSIONISTS
Terrence Karn, Paul Kasperitis
ACADEMY PART-TIME PIANISTS
Ben Chavez, Marshall Davies, Krystal Grauvogl, Tomoe Hayashi, Ning-Chih Hsu, Nargiz Jeffus, Elizbeth Mendez, Kana Mimaki, Pelayo Parlade, Adeline Gingell, Michele Vecseri
ACADEMY PART TIME ACCOMPANISTS
Krume Andreevski, Kirk Suddreath
Academy
ACADEMY DIRECTOR
Jennifer Sommers*
HBII BALLET MASTER
Claudio Muñoz*
UPPER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
Cheryne Busch*
LOWER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
Elizabeth McMillan
ACADEMY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Katie Wesche*
ACADEMY ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR
Kaitlyn Watson
ACADEMY COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Carla Cortez*
ACADEMY ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Yahudi Castañeda*
ACADEMY PROGRAMS MANAGER
Jamie Cegelski
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Lauren Anderson*
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, PROGRAMS & PRODUCTIONS
Elizabeth Everitt*
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, STUDENT LIFE
Kaitlyn Otto
ACADEMY INSTRUCTOR, BOYS PROGRAM MANAGER
Orlando Molina
PRINCIPAL ACADEMY INSTRUCTOR
Susan Bryant*, Christopher Coomer*, Kelly Myernick*, Dalirys Valladares
ACADEMY INSTRUCTORS
Carolyn Anglin, Courtney Chilton, Sharon Clark, Ashley Clos, Durell Comedy, Chris Coomer, Dawn Dippel, Jeanne Doornbos, Heidi Erickson, Allison Miller Gonzalez, Carla Flores-Keniston, Larodney Freeman, Bria Greenwood, Laura Hilley, Sheila Hopkins, Melissa Kunkle, Mallory Mehaffy, Lindsey McGill, Ana Moreira, Paola Murga Parada, Mimi Patman, Liliet Perez, Krissy Richmond, Kamryn Spell, Holda Torres, Rachel Van Buskirk, Victoria Vittum, Jane Weiner, Brenden Winkfeld, Seung Yoo
Academy part time Accompanists
Ilya Kolozs
PRESCHOOL COORDINATOR
Lucinda Rohrer
TEACHING ARTISTS
Brittany Bass, Lauren Burke, Valerie Handy, Amy Kilgore
HEALTH AND WELLNESS INSTRUCTORS
Susan Ames, Pamela Blangy, Monica Bondi, Brittany DeVeau, Keith Gacrama, Hillary Gibson, Michelle Gregovic, Patricia King, Michelle Phillips, Nadia Khan, Lisa Petrozzi, Carey Pickens, Aseela Solomon, Jennifer Trimmer, Macey Westall
HEAD STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH
Akihiro Kawasaki
ACADEMY COUNSELOR
Kelsey Fyffe, MA, LPC
NUTRITIONIST
Nikki Estep
ACADEMY CLASS MONITORS
Nataly Buenrostro, Anna Gould, Olivia Goodley, Lanie Gould, Holly Harris, Michelle Lara, Alicia Macia, Destiny Miller, Chloe Normand, Torriante Richardson, Jolette Soto, Valeria Zayas Torres
ACADEMY STUDENT SUPPORT COORDINATOR
Angela Galvez
RESIDENTIAL LIFE COORDINATOR
Tai John
RESIDENT DORM ADVISORS
Connie Ball, Zahra Conteh, Kamryn Dorsey, Rachel Hillebrand, Emily Luera, Maria McCain, Amy Pearl
Academic Advisors
Nathanial Nakadate
ESL TEACHER
Judy Spong
Houston Methodist Staff
HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER
Chloe Dohler, LAT, ATC
ACADEMY ATHLETIC TRAINER
Dawn Stuckey, DAT, LAT, ATC
*Houston Ballet staff who have over ten years of service.