Administration
Executive Director
Board & Executive Relations Manager
Finance
Chief Financial Officer
Kristi Roberts
Special Advisor
Cheryl Zane*
Controller
Thelma Hearren
Senior Accountant
Denise Guevara
Accounts Payable Coordinator
Diamantina Peña*
Payroll Coordinator
Kenneth Knight II
Human Resources
Director of Human Resources
Rachel Koenig
Human Resources Coordinator
Yeriel Zaragoza
Part-Time HR Administrative Assistant
Laura Salcedo
Associate Director, Facilities
Garth Luther
Receptionists
Alma Amaya, Patricia Barnes, Natalie Hernandez
Information Technology
Director of Information Technology
Maryjane “MJ” Bavaret
IT Network Manager
Terri Jackson
Associate Director, Networking
Alejandro Rivas
Help Desk Manager
Joshua-Reuben Jemio
IT Help Desk Associate I
Erik Orbe
IT Project Associate
Gevais Jefferson
Development
Chief Development Officer
Senior Director, Special Events
Assistant Director, Special Events
Allison Gray
Director of Institutional Giving
Development Manager and Guild Liaison
Haley Calvert
Associate Director, Tessitura Operations
Ana Gonzalez
Director of Individual Giving
Erika Jordan
Assistant Director, Individual Giving
Stephanie Faulk
Coordinator, Individual Giving
Jacquelyn Forrester
Institutional Giving Coordinator
Sydney Cooke
Development Staff Associate
Nao Kusuzaki
Donor Relations Manager
Lucy Graham
Assistant Director, Institutional Giving
Annual Fund Manager
Colleen Hargraves
Assistant Director, Development Communications and Publications
Data Processing Coordinator
Victoria Deleon
Development Coordinator
Alex Martinez
Development Communications Coordinator
Katherine Wood
Special Events Coordinator
Baylee Zeringue
Nutcracker Market
CEO, Nutcracker Market
Patsy Chapman*
Associate Director, Nutcracker Market
Jennifer Estrada
Associate, Nutcracker Market
Susan Lehmann
Marketing and Public Relations
Director of Marketing and PR
Angela Lee*
Associate Director of Marketing
Tory Lieberman
Graphic Designer
Jared Murphy
Education Marketing & PR Coordinator
Emily Averitt-Cleveland
Marketing Coordinator
Lynn Chung*
Archivist Project Manager
Anne Wheeler
Retail Merchandise & Display Coordinator
Leslie Goodrum
Associate Director of Audio/Video Services
David Rivera
Audio/Video Assistant
Nicole Bacon
Associate Director of Ticketing Services
Lauren Gayden*
Ticketing Services Manager
Brittany Restrepo
Ticketing Services Coordinator
Rachel Walrath
Audience Services Coordinator
Michael Miles
Box Office Manager
Carlyn Scott*, Christina Martinez
Box Office Shift Lead
Nicole Levy
Wortham Theatre Center Box Office Customer Service Representatives
Verity Rose Butler, Austin Cushman, Maxwell Diabiaso Paulus, Tabytha Carol Donnelly, Soledad Lara, Nicole Levy, Stephan Little, Diamond Rector, Cynthia Saldana, Aaron Thomas, Mary Wemple
Email Houston Ballet Group Sales
Part-Time Seasonal Sales Associates
Madeline Carr, Luci Fuller, Shunta Jones
Production
Head of Production
Michelle de los Reyes
Technical Director
Grey Starbird
Stage Manager
Jonathan Moore
Assistant Stage Manager
Eli Walker
Production Coordinator
Morgan Brochu
Resident Lighting Designer
Lisa J. Pinkham
Master Electrician
Barry Thomas*
Assistant Electrician
Paul Gibson, Jason Mathis
Property Master
Dustin Dowell
Head Carpenter
Gregory Stewart
Assistant Carpenter
Lafayette Andrews
Wardrobe
Head of Costumes
Sandra Fox
Wardrobe Manager
Alexa Carlson
Wardrobe Coordinator I
Crystal Breihan
Wig Supervisor
Meghann Mason
Part-Time Wardrobe Administrative Assistant
Kendall Sarro
Dresser
Miles Dismukes, Lynne K Fredrichsen, Lisa Sacaris, Kristie Shackelford, Donald Simms, Frances Steen
Artistic
Artistic Director
Stanton Welch*
Ballet Masters
Ian Casady*, Amy Fote*, Steven Woodgate*
General Manager
Kelli Gilson
Company Manager
Aileen Roberts
Artistic Planning Coordinator
Julia Ridenhour
Artistic Administrative Associate
Irene Flores
Principal Coaches
Yannick Boquin, Johnny Eliasen, Monique Loudieres
Coaches
Dawn Scannell*
Music
Music Director & Principal Conductor
Ermanno Florio*
Associate Conductor
Simon Thew
Orchestra Manager/Music Administrator
Richard Reeves*
Concertmaster
Denise Tarrant*
Music Librarian/Pianists' Manager & Technical Director
Theresa Hanebury*
Principal Pianist/Music Coordinator
Katherine Burkwall-Ciscon*
Academy Pianist Manager
Bill Patterson
Pianists
Tyrone Boyle, Jennifer Edmondson, Benjamin Kaplan, Grecia Lavanderos, Kuanyi Lu, William Marsden, Addie Saylor, April Zhi Li-Thompson
Percussionists
James Edwards, Terrence Karn
Academy Part-Time Pianists
Ben Chavez, Marshall Davies, Krystal Grauvogl, Tomoe Hayashi, Ning-Chih Hsu, Nargiz Jeffus, Elizbeth Mendez, Pelayo Parlade, Adeline Saylor, Michele Vecseri
Academy Part-Time Percussionists
Krume Andreevski, Kirk Suddreath
Academy
Academy Director
Jennifer Sommers
HBII Ballet Master
Claudio Muñoz*
Upper School Principal
Cheryne Busch*
Lower School Principal and Children's Ballet Master
Beth Everitt
Academy Administrative Associate Director
Katie Wesche
Academy Administrative Coordinator
Tempest McLendon
Registrar
Carla Cortez
Academy Artistic Associate Director
Yahudi Castañeda
Academy Programs Manager
Dustin Shaw
Academy Artistic Operations Coordinator
Shelby Connolly
Associate Director, Education and Community Engagement
Lauren Anderson*
Coordinator, Education & Community Engagement
Alexandra Garza
ECE Administrative Associate
Jamie Cegelski
Academy Instructor, Boys Program Coordinator
Orlando Molina
Academy Instructors
Victoria Arizpe, Jacquelyne Boe, Courtney Chilton, Kayla Collymore, Durell Comedy, Dwayne Cook, Victoria de Bethencourt, Benjamin Delony, Dawn Dippel, Mary Doornbos, Rupert Edwards, Carla Flores-Keniston, Larodney Freeman, Yamilka Galindo, Spencer Hering, Patricia King, Kelly Kubin, Paige Kutschall, Ellen Mallon, Lindsey McGill, Elisabeth McMillan, Robert Moore, Kristina Mosbo, Paola Murga Parada, Dawn Scannell, Brittany Wallis, Jane Weiner
Academy Teachers
Gabrielle Johnson, Mallory Mehaffey
Academy Accompanist
Kirk Suddreath
Teaching Artists
Susan Bryant, Brittany Bass, Gabriela Becerra, Melanie Boettcher, Gabriela Luna, Lucinda Rohrer, Kathleen Tidwell
Health and Wellness Instructor
Pamela Blangy, Brittany DeVeau, Michelle Gregovic, Aaron Harting, Melissa Kaczmarek-Petrozzi, Nadia Khan, Katrina Olson, Hilary Schaff, Jennifer Trimmer, Danielle Farzanegan, Michelle Phillips, Chelsea Smith
Wellness Team
Nadia Khan, Nicole Malandra, Paula Neff, Jaime Fruge-Walne, Heather Greene
Health & Wellness Instructor
Dontre Nguyen
Strength & Conditioning Coach
Akihiro Kawasaki
Academy Counselor
Kelsey Fyffe, MA, LPC
Nutritionist
Nikki Estep
Academy Class Monitors
Valerie Handy, Lara Hannaford, Jamela Johns, Evoni McClain, Chloe Normand, Katherine Wicks, Aris Alston, Kate Berrones, Yasmine de la Rosa
Part-Time Academy Class Monitor
Arin Elizabeth Alston, Kaitlynn Renee Berrones, Chloe Normand
Resident Dorm Supervisor
Maria McCain
Academic Advisors
Nathanial Nakadate, Lillian Schafer
ESL Teacher
Judy Spong
Houston Methodist Staff
Head Athletic Trainer
Carina M. Nasrallah, MS, LAT, ATC, CISSN
Academy Athletic Trainer
Leanne Wonesh
*Houston Ballet staff who have over ten years of service.