Administration
Executive Director
Executive Assistant and Board Liaison
Lucy Graham
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
HR Coordinator
Matthew Limes
Associate Director, Facilities
Garth Luther
Receptionists
Alma Amaya, Patricia Barnes, 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
Assistant Director, Legacy Giving
Megan Raines
Assistant Director, Special Events
Development Events Coordinator
Colleen Hargraves
Development Staff Associate
Nao Kusuzaki
Development Processing Manager
Ana Gonzalez
Donor Relations Manager
Institutional Giving Manager
Institutional Giving Coordinator
Madeline Patton
Individual Giving Coordinator
Stephanie Faulk
Development Communications Manager
Development Associate
Haley Calvert, Nao Kusuzaki
Special Events Associate
Baylee Zeringue
Nutcracker Market
CEO, Nutcracker Market
Patsy Chapman*
Nutcracker Market Manager
Jennifer Estrada
Nutcracker Market Communications Manager
Jennifer Greene
Nutcracker Market Associate
Susan Lehmann
Marketing and Public Relations
Director of Marketing and PR
Angela Lee*
Associate Director of Ticketing Services
Lauren Gayden*
Associate Director of Audio/Video Services
David Rivera
PR Manager
Jacalyn Lawton
Marketing Manager
Tory Lieberman
Graphic Designer
Jared Murphy
Ticketing Services Operations Manager
Brittany Restrepo
Part Time Audio/Video Assistant
Nicole Bacon
Education Marketing & PR Coordinator
Chenay Newton
Marketing Coordinator
Lynn Chung*
Box Office Manager
Carlyn Scott*, Christina Martinez
Wortham Theatre Center Box Office Customer Service Representatives
Carmen Galvan, Megan Goodlett, Nicole Levy, Stephan Little, Kendahl Bermudez McCall, Mike Miles, Aaron Thomas, Rachel Walrath
Email Houston Ballet Group Sales
Production
Head of Production
Michelle de los Reyes
Technical Director
Grey Starbird
Production Operations Manager
Ashley Christian
Resident Lighting Designer
Lisa J. Pinkham
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
Sandra Fox
Costume Shop Manager
Zach Paugh
Wardrobe Coordinators
Crystal Breihan, Alexa Larson, Freddy Reymundo
Wig Technician
Susie DeBlieck
Dresser
Lisa Sacaris, Kristie Shackelford, Frances Steen
Artistic
Artistic Director
Stanton Welch*
Company Manager
Aileen Roberts
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 & Technical Director
Theresa Hanebury*
Principal Pianist/Music Coordinator
Katherine Burkwall-Ciscon*
Academy Pianist Coordinator
Bill Patterson
Pianists
Tyrone Boyle, Jennifer Edmondson, Benjamin Kaplan, Grecia Lavanderos, William Marsden, Addie Saylor, April Zhi Li-Thompson
Summer Intensive Pianists
Bradley Harris, Beverly Hillmer, Michael McGraw
Academy Part-Time Pianists
Krume Andreevksi, Benjamin Chavez, Douglas Corbin, Krystel Grauvogl, Tomoe Hayashi, Ning-Chih Hsu, Nara Jeffus, Liz Mendez, Alex Navarro, Pelayo Parlade, Michele Vesceri
Academy Part-Time Percussionists
Ilya Janos Kolozs, Kirk Suddreath
Academy
Director of Education
Jennifer Sommers
Academy Director
Melissa Bowman
Academy Administrative Coordinator
Tempest McLendon
HBII Ballet Master
Claudio Muñoz*
Upper School Principal
Cheryne Busch*
Lower School Principal and Children's Ballet Master
Beth Everitt
Academy Instructors
Kelly Agnew, Victoria De Bethencourt, Susan Bryant*, Kayla Collymore, Durell Comedy, Dwayne Cook, Ben Delony, Jeanne Doornbos, Rupert Edwards, Mairette Galindo, Carla Flores-Keniston, Trish King, Paige Kutschall,Ellie Blanchat Mallon, Lindsey McGill, Elizabeth McMillan, Orlando Molina, Robert Moore, Kristina Mosbo, Paola Murga, Mireille Patman, Dawn Scannell
Academy Teacher
Mallory Mehaffey
Academy Artistic Operations Manager
Yahudi Castañeda
Academy Artistic Operations Coordinator
Shelby Connolly
Registrar
Carla Cortez, Katie Wesche
Academy Student Services Coordinator
Megan Williams
Academy Student Services Coordinator
Carly Penrod
Academy Programs Manager
Dustin Shaw
Associate Director, Education and Community Engagement
Lauren Anderson*
Coordinator, Education & Community Engagement
Alexandra Garza
Academy Accompanist
Kirk Suddreath
Academy Instructors and Teaching Artists
Lauren Anderson, Michael Appleman, Paul Appleman, Victoria Arizpe, Brittany Bass, Jacqueline Boe, Melanie Boettcher, Michele Dement, Rupert Edwards III, Carla Flores-Keniston, Richard Hubscher, Nao Kusuzaki, Kelly Myernick Kubin, Jose Orlando Molina, Sam Rodriguez, Lucinda Rohrer, Jennifer Sommers, Kathleen Tidwell, Brittany Wallis, Jane Weiner, Dawn Dippel
Summer Intensive Health and Wellness Instructor
Pam Blangy, Brit Deveau, Michelle Gregovic, Aaron Harting, Nadia Khan, Carmen Lechin, Seth McPhail, Farida Morsi, Katrina Olson, Lisa Petrozzi, Hilary Schaff, Barry Thomas, Jenny Trimmer, Kazuhiro Yamamoto
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
Anya Brante, Lara Hannaford, Jamela Johns, Kileigh Johnson, Angelique Houwari, Chloe Normand, Raquel Perez
Resident Dorm Supervisor
Maria McCain
Residential Advisor
Amy Pearl
Academy Class Monitor
Celeste Cerenio, Valerie Handy
Academic Advisors
Nathanial Nakadate, Lillian Schafer
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.