Administration
Executive Director
Company Manager
Michelle de los Reyes
Executive Assistant and Board Liaison
Chenay Newton
Finance
Chief Financial Officer
Cheryl Lynn Zane*
Controller
Margot L. Curry
Accounts Payable Manager
Diamantina Peña*
Senior Accountant
Thelma Hearren
Payroll Coordinator
Dasha Parker
Information Technology
Director of Information Technology
MaryJane Bartoshevich-Bavaret
Senior IT Systems Engineer
Alice Middents
Network Administrator
April Martin
Desktop Technician
Jacqualine Logue, Alejandro Rivas
Human Resources
Director of Human Resources
Ty Woodfolk
HR Coordinator
Jasmine Spruill, Michelle Cremer (Part-Time)
Facilities Manager
Garth Luther
Facilities Assistant
Kenneth Knight
Receptionists
Patricia Barnes, Tina Donaldson, Alexandra Garza
Lobby Monitor
Alexandra Garza
Development
Chief Development Officer
Director of Individual Giving
Director of Institutional Giving
Director of Special Events
Associate Director of Tessitura Operations
Larisa Potomkin
Assistant Director, Individual Giving
Special Events Manager
Special Events Associate
Sarah-Margaret Doran
Development Processing Manager
Ana Gonzalez
Donor Relations Manager
Institutional Giving Manager
Institutional Giving Associate
Jennifer Robichaux
Development Coordinator
Development Manager
Nutcracker Market
CEO, Nutcracker Market
Patsy Chapman*
Associate Director, Nutcracker Market
Daisy Perez
Nutcracker Market Projects Manager
Angela Uchytil
Nutcracker Market Associate
Susan Lehmann
Nutcracker Market Communications Associate
Jennifer Greene
Nutcracker Market Data Processing Associate
Shannon Davidson
Associate Director of Ticketing Services
Angela Lee*
PR Manager
Jacalyn Lawton
Web/Digital Media Project Manager
Jared Murphy
Graphic Design Coordinator
Colleen Templeton
Audio/Video Content Manager
David Rivera
Part Time Audio/Video Assistant
Nicole Bacon
Education Marketing & PR Coordinator
Kelli Fontenot
Marketing and PR Coordinator
Raven Nielsen
Merchandise and Display Coordinator
Carol Simmons
Part Time Boutique Sales Associate
Alexis Kidd
Group Sales Associate (Corporations)
Pamela Perry
Group Sales Associate
Catrina Troiani-Ruben*
Ticketing Services Operations Manager
Lauren Gayden*
Box Office Manager
Carlyn Scott*, Brittany Restrepo
Wortham Theatre Center Box Office Customer Service Representatives
James Banda, Gabrielle Castillo, Lynn Chung, Austin Cushman, Arianna Day, Victoria DeLeon, Brittney Flowers, Tavielle Harris, Stephan Little, Sydney Tucker, Nicholas Ward, Callie Wariner, Destiny Vazquez
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Production
Director of Production
Andrew Nielsen
Technical Director
Travis Richardson
Associate Production Manager
Mary Elsey
Stage Manager / Assistant Production Manager
Vanessa Chumbley, Jenna Link
Resident Lighting Designer
Lisa J. Pinkham
Production Coordinator
Jennifer Estrada
Production Assistant
Lauren Wickett
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
Megan Richardson
Wardrobe Administrative Coordinator
Laurel Collins Wright
Wardrobe Coordinators
Alexa Larson, Brandy Karlson
Wigs & Make-up Supervisor
Amanda Mitchell
Costume Shop
Glinda Anderson, Ruth Dentel, Allison Duke, Pat Ferrier, Alfredo Gonzalez, Monica Guerra, Tina Ladner, Serhiy Ovechko, Matthew Rarey, Claire Robinson, Donald Simms, Chandler Summerlin, Mary Clare Thomas, Megan Thomas, Laura Whittenton, Samantha Wollenberg
Shoe Coordinator
Ashley Christian
Artistic
Artistic Director
Stanton Welch*
Principal Ballet Master
Louise Lester*
Ballet Master
Barbara Bears-Gadbois*, Steven Woodgate*, Amy Fote
Associate Choreographer
Christopher Bruce*, C.B.E.
General Manager
Kelli Gilson
Artistic Coordinator
Bridget Jamison
Artistic Administrative Associate
Jennifer Staples
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
William Bill Patterson
Company Pianist
Tyrone Boyle, Katherine Burkwall-Ciscon*
Academy Pianists
Jennifer Edmondson, Benjamin Kaplan, Grecia Lavanderos, William Marsden, Bill Patterson, April Zhi Li-Thompson
Rehearsal Pianist
Jennifer Edmondson
Academy Part-Time Pianists
Tomoe Hayashi, Ning-Chih Hsu, Pelayo Parlade, Krystel Grauvogl, Nara Jeffus, Liz Mendez, Michael Mertz, Alex Navarro, Michele Vecseri, Krume Andreevski
Academy Percussionists
Aaron Hermes, Ilya Kolosz, Kirk Suddreath
Academy
Academy Director
Melissa Bowman
HBII Ballet Master
Claudio Muñoz*
Upper School Principal
Cheryne Busch*
Lower School Principal and Children's Ballet Master
Beth Everitt
Academy Instructor
Kelly Agnew, Susan Bryant*, Grace Snider
Academy Administrative Director
Christine Stone Martin
Academy Artistic Operations Manager
Yahudi Castañeda
Academy Summer Program Manager
Molly LeBeau
Academy Student Service Coordinator
Megan Williams
Registrar
Carla Cortez
Academy Associate Registrar
Cameron Hohle
Academy Student Services Coordinator
Carly Penrod
Academy Administrative Coordinator
Dustin Shaw
Director, Education and Community Engagement
Jennifer Sommers
Program Manager, Education and Community Engagement
Lauren Anderson*
Operations Manager, Education & Community Engagement
Sue Ellen Hill
Coordinator, Education & Community Engagement
Cantrell Williams
Administrative Assistant, Education & Community Engagement
Academy Instructors and Teaching Artists
Lauren Anderson, Paul Appleman, Alex Arizpe, Victoria Arizpe, Brittany Bass, Rebecca Blackshear, Ellie Blanchat, Jacqueline Boe, Michelle Coomer, Michele Dement, Vi Dieu, Rupert Edwards III, Elise Elliott, Valerie Handy, Sue Ellen Hill, Melanie Hovis, Richard Hubscher, Nao Kusuzaki, Kelly Myernick Kubin, 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, Jane Weiner
Wellness Team
Shannon Anderson, Elizabeth Jones-Boswell, Sasha Davis, Aki Kawasaki, Nadia Khan, Joyce Yost Ulrich*, Nicole Malandra, Paula Neff
Academy Counselor
Kelsey Fyffe, MA, LPC
Academy Administrative Assistants
Bethany Morgan
Nutritionist
Nikki Estep
Resident Dorm Supervisor
John Hanpadungvongs
Residential Advisor
Amy Pearl
Part Time Dorm Supervisor
Carmen Stewart
Academic Advisors
Nathanial Nakadate, Lillian Schafer
*Houston Ballet staff who have over ten years of service.