Administration
Executive Director
Company Manager
Michelle de los Reyes
Executive Assistant and Board Liaison
Lucy Graham
Finance
Chief Financial Officer
Kristi Roberts
Special Advisor
Cheryl Zane*
Controller
Thelma Hearren
Senior Accountant
Densie Guevara
Accounts Payable Coordinator
Diamantina Peña*
Payroll Coordinator
Kenneth Knight II
Human Resources
Director of Human Resources
Rachel Koenig
HR Coordinator
Matthew Limes
Facilities Assistant
James Lovell
Associate Director, Facilities
Garth Luther
Receptionists
Patricia Barnes, Tina Donaldson Goldman, Allison Johnson
Information Technology
Director of Information Technology
Maryjane “MJ” Bavaret
Network Administrator
Alejandro Rivas
Desktop Technician
Kelly Holcomb
Desktop Technician Associate
Joshua-Reuben Jemio
Project Coordinator
Silver Ehiwario
Development
Chief Development Officer
Senior Director, Individual Giving and Special Events
Director of Institutional Giving
Associate Director of Tessitura Operations
Angela Fulcher
Assistant Director, Individual Giving
Individual Giving Coordinator
Stephanie Faulk
Assistant Director, Special Events
Development Events Coordinator
Colleen Hargraves
Special Events Coordinator
Sarah-Margaret Doran
Development Processing Manager
Ana Gonzalez
Donor Relations Manager
Institutional Giving Manager
Institutional Giving Coordinator
Jennifer Robichaux
Development Communications Manager
Development Manager
Development Associate
Haley Calvert
Nutcracker Market
CEO, Nutcracker Market
Patsy Chapman*
Nutcracker Market Associate
Susan Lehmann
Nutcracker Market Communications Associate
Jennifer Greene
Marketing and Public Relations
Director of Marketing and PR
Angela Lee*
Associate Director of Ticketing Services
Lauren Gayden*
PR Manager
Jacalyn Lawton
Marketing Manager
Tory Lieberman
Web/Digital Media Project Manager
Jared Murphy
Ticketing Services Operations Manager
Brittany Restrepo
Audio/Video Content Manager
David Rivera
Part Time Audio/Video Assistant
Nicole Bacon
Education Marketing & PR Coordinator
Chenay Newton
Marketing Coordinator
Lynn Chung*
Merchandise and Display Manager
Carol Simmons
Group Sales Coordinator
Catrina Troiani-Ruben*
Box Office Manager
Carlyn Scott*, Christina Martinez
Wortham Theatre Center Box Office Customer Service Representatives
Austin Bonilla, Gabrielle Castillo, Austin Cushman, Arianna Day, Victoria DeLeon, Amanda Graziosi, Gabriela Rivas, Cynthia Saldana, Marcela Salisbury, Mike Miles, Nicholas Ward, Callie Wariner, Destiny Vazquez
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Production
Director of Production
Andrew Nielsen
Technical Director
Rob Fabrizio
Assistant Technical Director
Grey Starbird
Production Manager
Mary Elsey
Stage Manager/Assistant Production Manager
Vanessa Chumbley
Resident Lighting Designer
Lisa J. Pinkham
Production Assistant
Lauren Julun
Sound Consultant
Andrew Harper
Master Electrician
Barry Thomas*
Assistant Electrician
Paul Gibson, Jason Mathis
Property Master
Dustin Dowell
Master Carpenter
Ed Witt
Assistant Carpenter
Cory Grant
Wardrobe
Head of Costumes
Laura Lynch*
Costume Shop Manager
Sandra Fox
Wardrobe Coordinators
Alexa Larson, Brandy Karlson
Wardrobe Coordinator - Part Time
Kendall Sarro
Costume Shop
Glinda Anderson, Ruth Dentel, Allison Duke, Pat Ferrier, Alfredo Gonzalez, Monica Guerra, Tina Ladner, Matthew Rarey, Claire Robinson, Donald Simms, Chandler Summerlin, Mary Clare Thomas, Megan Thomas, Laura Whittenton, Samantha Wollenberg
Artistic
Artistic Director
Stanton Welch*
Artistic Coordinator
Bridget Jamison
Ballet Master
Barbara Bears-Gadbois*, Ian Casady, Amy Fote, Steven Woodgate*
Associate Choreographer
Christopher Bruce*, C.B.E.
General Manager
Kelli Gilson
Artistic Administrative Associate
Sarah Miller
Principal Coaches
Yannick Boquin, Johnny Eliasen, Monique Loudieres
Coaches
Dawn Scannell*
Music
Music Director & Principal Conductor
Ermanno Florio*
Orchestra Manager/Music Administrator
Richard Reeves*
Concertmaster
Denise Tarrant*
Music Librarian/Pianists' Manager
Theresa Hanebury*
Principal Pianist/Music Coordinator
Katherine Burkwall-Ciscon*
Academy Pianist Coordinator
Bill Patterson
Company Pianist
Katherine Burkwall-Ciscon*
Pianists
Emily Barrett, Tyrone Boyle, Jennifer Edmondson, Benjamin Kaplan, Grecia Lavanderos, William Marsden, Bill Patterson, April Zhi Li-Thompson
Academy Part-Time Pianists
Krume Andreevksi, Krystel Grauvogl, Tomoe Hayashi, Ning-Chih Hsu, Nara Jeffus, Liz Mendez, Alex Navarro, Pelayo Parlade, Michele Vesceri
Academy Part-Time Percussionists
Ilya Kolozs Janos, Terrence Karn, Lazaro Martinez, Kirk Suddreath
Academy
Academy Director
Melissa Bowman
Director of Education
Jennifer Sommers
HBII Ballet Master
Claudio Muñoz*
Upper School Principal
Cheryne Busch*
Lower School Principal and Children's Ballet Master
Beth Everitt
Academy Instructors
Kelly Agnew, Susan Bryant*, Ben Delony, Jeanne Doornbos, Rupert Edwards, Carla Flores-Keniston, Mairette Galindo, Ellie Blanchat Mallon, Lindsey McGill, Elizabeth McMillan, Paola Murga, Mireille Patman
Academy Artistic Operations Manager
Yahudi Castañeda
Academy Recruitment Manager
Molly LeBeau
Registrar
Carla Cortez, Katie Wesche
Academy Student Services Coordinator
Megan Williams
Academy Programs Coordinator
Laurel Collins Wright
Academy Student Services Coordinator
Carly Penrod
Academy Artistic Operations Coordinator
Dustin Shaw
Program Manager, Education and Community Engagement
Lauren Anderson*
Coordinator, Education & Community Engagement
Cantrell Williams
Academy Accompanist
Krume Andreevski
Academy Instructors and Teaching Artists
Lauren Anderson, Michael Appleman, Paul Appleman, Alex Arizpe, Victoria Arizpe, Brittany Bass, Gabriella Becerra, Rebecca Blackshear, Jacqueline Boe, Melanie Boettcher, Michelle Coomer, Michele Dement, Vi Dieu, Rupert Edwards III, Elise Elliott, Carla Flores-Keniston, Valerie Handy, Michele Henson, Richard Hubscher, Nao Kusuzaki, Kelly Myernick Kubin, Jose Orlando Molina, Alex Pandiscio, Travis Prokop, Candace Rattliff, Michael Remson, Krissy Richmond*, Sam Rodriguez, Lucinda Rohrer, Tad Snider, Jennifer Sommers, Christine Stone Martin, Kathleen Tidwell, Victoria Vittum, Brittany Wallis, Jane Weiner, Cantrell Williams
Academy/ECE Intern
Ary Vargas
Summer Intensive Teacher
Dawn Dippel
*Houston Ballet staff who have over ten years of service.
Wellness Team
Nadia Khan, Nicole Malandra, Paula Neff, Jaime Fruge-Walne, Heather Greene
Strength & Conditioning Coach
Akihiro Kawasaki
Academy Counselor
Kelsey Fyffe, MA, LPC
Nutritionist
Nikki Estep
Academy Administrative Assistants and Lobby Monitors
Alexandra Garza, Lara Hannaford, Stella Ji, Jamela Johns, Raquel Perez
Resident Dorm Supervisor
Hannah Smith
Residential Advisor
Amy Pearl
Academic Advisors
Nathanial Nakadate, Lillian Schafer
Houston Methodist Staff
Head Athletic Trainer
Carina M. Nasrallah, MS, LAT, ATC, CISSN
Academy Athletic Trainer
Leanne Wonesh