Administration
Executive Director
Executive Assistant and Board Liaison
Laurel Rowe
Finance
Chief Financial Officer
Kristi Roberts
Special Advisor
Cheryl Zane*
Controller
Thelma Hearren
Senior Accountant
Denise Guevara, Fallan Lawrence
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, Allison Johnson
Information Technology
Director of Information Technology
Maryjane “MJ” Bavaret
IT Network Administrator
Alejandro Rivas
IT Cloud Services Manager
Kelly Holcomb
IT Help Desk Associate I
Gilberto Chapa
IT Help Desk Associate II
Joshua-Reuben Jemio
IT Project Associate
Silver Ehiwario
Development
Chief Development Officer
Senior Director, Special Events
Director of Institutional Giving
Associate Director, Tessitura Operations
Angela Fulcher
Director of Individual Giving
Megan Raines
Assistant Director, Individual Giving
Stephanie Faulk
Assistant Director, Special Events
Assistant Director, Major and Planned Gifts
Darry Hearon
Development Events Coordinator
Colleen Hargraves
Development Staff Associate
Nao Kusuzaki
Development Processing Manager
Ana Gonzalez
Donor Relations Manager
Lucy Graham
Assisstant Director, Institutional Giving
Individual Giving Coordinator
Melanie Hargraves
Annual Fund Manager
Stephanie Faulk
Development Communications Manager
Donor Relations Manager
Lucy Graham
Development Coordinator
Haley Calvert
Development Communications Coordinator
Katherine Wood
Development Intern
Javeiria Binte Ali
Special Events Associate
Baylee Zeringue
Nutcracker Market
CEO, Nutcracker Market
Patsy Chapman*
Nutcracker Market Manager
Jennifer Estrada
Nutcracker Market Communications Coordinator
Abi Awotesu
Nutcracker Market Associate
Sofia del Villar
Part-time Nutcracker Chaperone
Zara Zavala
Part-Time Nutcracker Market Data 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
Associate Director of Marketing
Tory Lieberman
Graphic Designer
Jared Murphy
Ticketing Services Manager
Brittany Restrepo
Ticketing Services Coordinator
Rachel Walrath
Audience Services Coordinator
Michael Miles
Audio/Video Assistant
Nicole Bacon
Education Marketing & PR Coordinator
Emily Averitt-Cleveland
Marketing Coordinator
Lynn Chung*
Archivist Project Manager
Anne Wheeler
Retail Merchandise & Display Coordinator
Leslie Goodrum
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, Arianna Day, Paulina Ibarra, Maxwell Diabiaso Paulus, Tabytha Carol Donnelly, Megan Goodlett, 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
Production Operations Manager
Ashley Christian
Stage Manager/ Assistant Production Manager
Jonathan Moore
Assistant Stage Manager/Assitant Production Manager
Eli Walker
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
Costume Shop Manager
Zach Paugh
Wardrobe Coordinator I
Crystal Breihan
Wardrobe Coordinator II
Alexa Carlson
Part-Time Wardrobe Administrative Assistant
Kendall Sarro
Wig Supervisor
Meghann Mason
Dresser
Miles Dismukes, Lynne K Fredrichsen, Lisa Sacaris, Kristie Shackelford, Donald Simms, Frances Steen
Artistic
Artistic Director
Stanton Welch*
Company Manager
Aileen Roberts
Artistic Coordinator
Katerina de Lawyer
Ballet Master
Barbara Bears-Gadbois*, Ian Casady, Amy Fote, Steven Woodgate*
Associate Choreographer
Christopher Bruce*, C.B.E.
General Manager
Kelli Gilson
Artistic Administrative Coordinator
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 Manager
Bill Patterson
Pianists
Tyrone Boyle, Jennifer Edmondson, Benjamin Kaplan, Grecia Lavanderos, 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, Ilya Janos Kolozs, Kirk Suddreath
Academy Director
Jennifer Sommers
Academy
Director of Curriculum
Melissa Bowman
Academy Administrative Manager
Katie Wesche
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 Instructor, Boys Program Coordinator
Jose 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 Artistic Operations Manager
Yahudi Castañeda
Academy Artistic Operations Coordinator
Shelby Connolly
Registrar
Carla Cortez
Academy Student Services Coordinator
Megan Doerksen
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
ECE Administrative Associate
Jamie Cegelski
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
Student Life Manager
Megan Williams
Academy Counselor
Kelsey Fyffe, MA, LPC
Nutritionist
Nikki Estep
Academy Class Monitors
Anna Gould, Valerie Handy, Lara Hannaford, Jamela Johns, Evoni McClain, Vance Monet, Chloe Normand, Minely Soto, Katherine Wicks
Part-Time Academy Class Monitor
Arin Elizabeth Alston, Kaitlynn Renee Berrones, Brittany Kirschner, Chloe Normand
Resident Dorm Supervisor
Maria McCain
Part-Time Dorm Supervisors
Rachel Hillebrand, Tai John
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.