Staff

HELGI TOMASSON, Artistic Director & Choreographer

GLENN McCOY, Executive Director

Artistic

Jean-Yves Esquerre, Assistant to the Artistic Director
Ricardo Bustamante, Betsy Erickson, Anita Paciotti, Ballet Masters
Yuri Possokhov, Choreographer in Residence
Regina Bustillos, Personal Assistant to Mr. Tomasson
Alan Takata-Villareal, Rehearsal Planning Manager
Rose Gutierrez, Assistant to the Artistic Staff

Production

Lefty Lefcourt, Production Manager
Kevin Connaughton, Lighting Supervisor
Jane Green, Stage Manager
Tiffani Snow, Assistant Stage Manager
Nixon Bracisco, Master Carpenter
Dennis Hudson, Master Electrician
Kenneth M. Ryan, Master of Properties
Kevin Kirby, Audio Engineer
Kevin Rogers, Flyman
George Elvin, Wardrobe Manager
Nancy Endy, Costume Production Coordinator
Patti Fitzpatrick, Costume Supervisor
Richard Battle, Make-Up and Wig Supervisor
Melanie Birch, Wig and Hair Stylist
Sherri LeBlanc, Company Shoe Administrator

Company Management

Robert Russo, Company Manager
Jane Shaffer, Operations Coordinator
Evan Wagoner-Lynch, Operations Assistant

Music

Michael McGraw, Nina Pinzarrone, Natal'ya Feygina, Company Pianists
Roy Malan, Concertmaster
Tom Rose, Orchestra Personnel Manager
Matthew Naughtin, Music Librarian

Administration

Cecelia Beam, Human Resources Manager
Jennifer French Kovacevich, Board Relations Manager and 75th Anniversary Project Coordinator
Christina Gray Diefenbach, Assistant to the Executive Director

Development

Stephanie Ziesel, Associate Director of Development
Allison K. Groves, Planned Giving Manager
Don Brown, Manager of Corporate and Foundation Relations
Sarah Rhyins, Manager of Christensen Society and Membership
Cate Czerwinski, Research and Stewardship Manager
Julia Nottebohm, Manager of Special Events
Fermin Nasol, Major Gifts Officer
Elizabeth Lani, Major Gifts Officer
Sarah Malashock, Christensen Society Officer
Amanda Frederickson, Special Events Associate
Jill Lounibos, Grants Associate
Ruben Fonseca, Sponsorship and Corporate Giving Associate
Kati Robbins, Membership Associate
Lindsay Cameron, Research and Stewardship Associate
Kristen Espinosa, Development Associate
Kristi DeCaminada, Assistant to the Director of Development
Maya Lawrence, Individual Gifts Assistant
Lynn Noonan, Principal Gifts Consultant

Marketing & Communications

Daryl Carr, Associate Director of Marketing and Communications
Betsy Lindsey, Associate Director, Ticket and Patron Services
Kyra Jablonsky, Associate Director, Public Relations
Valerie Megas, Senior Manager, Retail Operations
Sarah Reiwitch, Webmaster
Alison Aves, Editorial Manager
Meredith Nonnenberg, Public Relations Manager
Laura Eklund, Shop Manager
Paige Smith, Graphic Designer
Erik Almlie, Image Archivist
Victoria Andújar, Public Relations Assistant
Valerie M. Byrnes, Marketing Coordinator

Ticket Services

Jennifer Peterian, Box Office Manager/Treasurer
Sharon Handa, Patron Services Manager
David Clark, Jennifer Cooley, Dax Proctor, Assistant Treasurers
Montra Egerton, Phone Room Supervisor
Edith Bryson, McKenzie Charles, Mary Colby, Jennifer Cooley, Trudy Dorrell, Evan James, Danielle Mora, Gene Morrison, Patricia Pearson, Courtney Pheils, Vanessa Sacco, Ticket Sales Associates
Tiffany Spruill, Ticket Services Clerk

Finance

Emma Huckabay, Controller
Aletha Biederman-Wiens, Senior Accountant
Minda Salinas, Payroll Coordinator
Kim-Nguyen Ly, Staff Accountant
Maritza Choriego, Accounting Assistant

Facilities

Jason Blackwell, Facilities Manager
Andrew Harvill, Facilities Supervisor
Royce Waldon, Facilities Coordinator
Michael DeGroot, Todd Martin, Donald Newt, Facilities Assistants
Tamara de la Cruz, Katharine Winn, Receptionist

Information Services

Steven Kaster, Director of Information Services
Gary Escobedo, Help Desk & Systems Administrator
Karen Irvin, Database Adminstrator & Reports Specialist
Steven Zawadzski, Database Programmer

SF Ballet School

Helgi Tomasson, Director

Faculty

Lola de Avila, Shannon Bresnahan, Yoira Esquivel Brito, Kristi DeCaminada, Jorge Esquivel, Pascale Leroy, Jeffrey Lyons, Parrish Maynard, Instructors
Jean-Yves Esquerre, Trainee Program Supervisor
Charles Chip McNeal, Dance in Schools
Nina Pinzarrone, Music
Leonid Shagalov, Character

Pianists

Alla Gladysheva, Maya Gorodetsky, Ritsuko Micky Kubo, Lynn Inglese, Eleonora Shevkhod, Laura Tishchenko, Larisa Tsodikov, Galina Umanskaya, Pianists
Jamie Narushchen, School Pianist Coordinator

School Administration

Jim Sohm, Administrative Manager
Kirsten Gamb, Registrar
Brianna Dwyer-O'Connor, Administrative Coordinator
Wendy Van Dyck, Trainee Program Coordinator
Caroline Curran, Administrative Assistant
Patricia Swanson, Residence Assistant
Pete Ippel, Residence Manager

Center For Dance Education

Dina D. Toy, Education Office Manager
Cecelia Beam, Adult Education Coordinator
Stacey Blakeman, Dance in Schools and Communities Coordinator
Sriba Isis Kwadjovie, Education Assistant

Dance in Schools and Community Staff

Kimberly Agnew, Daniel Berkman, James Brosnahan III, David Frazier, Lynn Inglese, Erica Rose Jeffrey, Melanie Mitchell, Zeke Nealy, Wade Peterson, Emily Pitcher, Jeni Swerdlow, Will Waghorn

Company Physicians

Richard Gibbs, M.D., Medical Supervisor
John Callander, M.D., Peter Callandar, M.D., Keith Donatto, M.D., Supervising Orthopedists
Frederic Bost, M.D., Jon Dickinson, M.D., Orthopedic Advisors to the Company
Michael Leslie, Company Physical Therapist
Karl Schmetz, Consulting Physical Therapist
Henry Berg, Company Rehab Class Instructor
Leonard Stein, D.C., Chiropractic Care
Floriana Alessandria, Medical Administrator