Administration
Executive Director
Board & Executive Relations Manager
Finance
Chief Financial Officer
Kristi Roberts
Controller
Thelma Hearren
Senior Accountant
Denise Guevara
Senior Accountant II
Kay Ross
Accounts Payable Coordinator
Diamantina Peña*
Payroll Manager
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
Patricia Barnes, Kaitlynn Berrones
Associate Director, Networking
Alejandro Rivas
Help Desk Manager
Joshua-Reuben Jemio
IT Help Desk Associate I
Erik Orbe
IT Project Coordinator
Gevais Jefferson
Development
Chief Development Officer
Senior Director, Special Events
Assistant Director, Special Events
Allison Gray
Special Events Coordinator
Katelyn Waller
Director of Institutional Giving
Gift Officer
Haley Calvert, Colleen Hargraves
Assistant Director, Tessitura Operations
Ana Gonzalez
Director of Individual Giving
Erika Jordan
Assistant Director, Individual Giving
Stephanie Faulk
Manager, Donor Relations
Chyna Clark, Jacquelyn Forrester
Assistant Director, Institutional Giving
Assistant Director, Development Communications and Publications
Development Communications Manager
Kharma Grimes
Data Processing Coordinator
Victoria Deleon
Development Coordinators
Alex Martinez
Associate Director, Nutcracker Market
Jennifer Estrada
Nutcracker Market Manager
Sofia Dal Villar
Manager, Nutcracker Market Communications
Baylee Zeringue
Coordinator, Nutcracker Market
Sofia del Villar
Associate, Nutcracker Market
Susan Lehmann
Marketing and Public Relations
Director of Marketing and PR
Angela Lee*
PR Manager
Elizabeth Bailey Sosa
Graphic Designer
Jared Murphy
Education Communications Manager
Emily Averitt-Cleveland
Marketing Coordinator
Lynn Chung*
Archivist Project Manager
Anne Wheeler
Retail, Merchandise & Display Manager
Leslie Goodrum
Associate Director of Audio/Video Services
David Rivera
Audio Visual Assistant
Cordero Jennings
Head of Ticketing Services
Lauren Gayden*
Associate Director of Ticketing Services
Brittany Restrepo
Ticketing Services Coordinator
Nicole Levy
Audience Services Coordinator
Michael Miles
Box Office Manager
Carlyn Scott*, Christina Martinez
Box Office Shift Leads
Soledad Lara, Diamond Rector
Wortham Theatre Center Box Office Customer Service Representatives
Verity Rose Butler, Jordan Daniel, Hannah McMurray, Craig Perez, Eloisa Perez, Ryan Perez, Aaron Thomas, Ronnie Turner, Audrey Ulloa, Mary Wemple
Email Houston Ballet Group Sales
Part-Time Seasonal Sales Associates
Madeline Carr, Luci Fuller, Morgan Drouin, Catherine Taraviras
Production
Head of Production
Michelle de los Reyes
Technical Director
Graham Sattinger
Production Operations Manager
Julia Ridenhour
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
Cait Dean
Head Carpenter
Gregory Stewart
Wardrobe
Head of Costumes
Sandra Fox
Costume Shop Manager
Michael Lavin
Wardrobe Manager
Alexa Carlson
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 Directors
Julie Kent, Stanton Welch*
Ballet Masters
Ian Casady*, Amy Fote*, Steven Woodgate*
Artistic Planning Coordinator
Brittany Broussard
General Manager
Kelli Gilson
Company Manager
Rachael Cierniakoski
Artistic Administrative Associate
Makenzi Kalsch
Principal Coaches
Yannick Boquin, Johnny Eliasen, Monique Loudieres
Coaches
Dawn Scannell*
Music
Music Director & Principal Conductor
Ermanno Florio*
Associate Conductor and Music Director Designate
Simon Thew
Orchestra Manager/Music Administrator
Emma Wine
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, April Zhi Li-Thompson
Percussionists
James Edwards, Terrence Karn, Paul Kasperitis
Academy Part-Time Pianists
Ben Chavez, Marshall Davies, Krystal Grauvogl, Tomoe Hayashi, Ning-Chih Hsu, Nargiz Jeffus, Elizbeth Mendez, Kana Mimaki, Pelayo Parlade, Adeline Gingell, Michele Vecseri
Academy Part Time Accompanists
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
Associate Director, Education and Community Engagement
Lauren Anderson*
Coordinator, Education & Community Engagement
Alexandra Garza
ECE Administrative Coordinator
Jamie Cegelski
Academy Instructor, Boys Program Manager
Orlando Molina
Principal Academy Instructor
Susan Bryant, Kelly Myernick, Christopher Coomer
Academy Instructors
Victoria Arizpe, Jacquelyne Boe, Susan Bryant, Courtney Chilton, Kayla Collymore, Durell Comedy, Dwayne Cook, Chris Coomer*, 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
Mallory Mehaffey
Teaching Artists
Brittany Bass, Melanie Boettcher, Gabriela Luna, Lucinda Rohrer
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
Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
Akihiro Kawasaki
Academy Counselor
Kelsey Fyffe, MA, LPC
Nutritionist
Nikki Estep
Academy Class Monitors
Arin Elizabeth Alston, Abriel Casas, Anna Gauld, Lara Hannaford, Jamela Johns, Jesse Serpas, Destiny Miller, Chloe Normand, Katherine Wicks
Academy Student Support Coordinator
Angela Galvez
Resident Dorm Supervisor
Jocelyn Sierra
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.