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
Payroll Coodinator
Leah Hughes
Accounts Payable Manager
Diamantina Peña*
Senior Accountant
Thelma Hearren
Information Technology
Director of Information Technology
MaryJane Bartoshevich-Bavaret
Information Technology Manager
Senior IT Systems Engineer
Alice Middents
Desktop Technician
Alejandro Rivas
Human Resources
Director of Human Resources
Ty Woodfolk
HR Coordinator
Jasmine Pain
Facilities Manager
Garth Luther
Part Time Office Assistant
Laurel Collins Wright
Receptionists
Patricia Barnes, Tina Donaldson and Mariana Estrada
Development
Chief Development Officer
Director of Individual Giving
Director of Institutional Giving
Director of Special Events
Associate Director of Tessitura Operations
Larisa Potomkin
Special Events Manager
Special Events Associate
Rachael Niederhauser
Development Processing Manager
Ana Gonzalez
Individual Giving Coordinator
Institutional Giving Manager
Institutional Giving Associate
Development Staff Coordinator
Development Operations Manager
Assistant Director, Individual Giving
Nutcracker Market
CEO, Nutcracker Market
Patsy Chapman*
Associate Director, Nutcracker Market
Daisy Perez
Nutcracker Market Projects Manager
Susan Lehmann, Angela Uchytil
Nutcracker Market Communications Associate
Jennifer Greene
Nutcracker Market Data Processing Associate
Shannon Davidson
Marketing and Public Relations
Director of Marketing and PR
Lane Roebuck
Associate Director of Ticketing Services
Angela Lee*
Associate Director of Marketing & PR
Torrie Hardcastle
PR Manager
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
Christina Bielstein
Marketing and PR Coordinator
Raven Nielsen
Merchandise and Display Coordinator
Carol Simmons
Part Time Boutique Sales Associate
Alexis Kidds
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, Lynn Chung, Austin Cushman, Arianna Day, Victoria DeLeon, Brittney Flowers, Tavielle Harris, Stephan Little, Kendra Poz, Sydney Tucker, Cynthia Saldana, 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
Jason Mathis
Property Master
Dustin Dowell
Master Carpenter
Ed Witt
Assistant Carpenter
Larry Lewis
Wardrobe
Head of Costumes
Laura Lynch*
Costume Shop Manager
Megan Richardson
Wardrobe Administrative Coordinator
John Watkins
Wardrobe Coordinators
Alexa Larson
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.
Associate Director of Artistic Operations
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
Katherine Burkwall-Ciscon*
Academy Pianists
Jennifer Edmondson, Grecia Lavanderos, William Marsden, Janusz Rothbard, April Zhi Li-Thompson, Bill Patterson, Helena Barker
Academy Part-Time Pianists
Tomoe Hayashi, Ning-Chih Hsu, Pelayo Parlade, Krystel Grauvogl, Nara Jeffus, Liz Mendez, Michael Mertz, Michele Vecseri, Krume Andreevski
Academy Percussionists
Aaron Hermes, Ilya Kolosz, Kirk Suddreath
Academy
Academy Director
Vicki Attard
Deputy-Academy Director
Melissa Bowman
HBII Ballet Master
Claudio Muñoz*
Upper School Principal
Cheryne Busch*
Instructor and Children's Ballet Master
Elizabeth Everitt
Academy Instructor
Kelly Agnew
Academy Instructor
Susan Bryant*
Academy Administrative Director
Christine Stone Martin
Academy Artistic Operations Manager
Yahudi Castañeda
Academy Summer Program Manager
Molly LeBeau
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
Isabelle Dom
Administrative Assistant, Education & Community Engagement
Rashaad Williams
Academy Instructors and Teaching Artists
Jaquel Andrews, Lauren Anderson, Paul Appleman, Alex Arizpe, Victoria Arizpe, Brittany Bass, Rebecca Blackshear, Ellie Blanchat, Jacqueline Boe, Amy Cain, Michelle Coomer, Michele Dement, Vi Dieu, Isabelle Dom, Rupert Edwards III, Elise Elliott, Amy Fote, Valerie Handy, Sue Ellen Hill, Melanie Hovis, Richard Hubscher, Nao Kusuzaki, Kelly Myernick Kubin, Alicia Mack, Alex Pandiscio, Travis Prokop, Candace Rattliff, Michael Remson, Krissy Richmond*, Sam Rodriguez, Lucinda Rohrer, Sally Rojas*, Jennifer Sommers, Christine Stone Martin, Kathleen Tidwell, Jane Weiner
Wellness Team
Shannon Anderson, Elizabeth Jones-Boswell, Sasha Davis, Aki Kawasaki, Nadia Khan, Joyce Yost Ulrich*, Nicole Malandra, Paula Neff
School Psychologist
Dr. Brian Goonan
Academy Administrative Assistants
De'Ja Evans, Lindsay Gary, Michele Henson
Nutritionist
Nikki Estep
Resident Dorm Supervisor
John Hanpadungvongs
Academic Advisors
Nathanial Nakadate, Lillian Schafer
*Houston Ballet staff who have over ten years of service.