Staff

HELGI TOMASSON, Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer

GLENN McCOY, Executive Director

Artistic

Ricardo Bustamante, Bruce Sansom, Ballet Masters and Assistants to the Artistic Director
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

Operations

Debra Bernard, General Manager
Lauren Chadwick, Company Manager
Jane Shaffer, Operations Coordinator

Production

Christopher Dennis, Technical Director
Lefty Lefcourt, Production Manager
Kevin Connaughton, Lighting Supervisor
Jane Green, Stage Manager
Tiffani Snow, Assistant Stage Manager
Nixon Bracisco, Master Carpenter
Kelly Corter, 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

Music

Martin West, Music Director and Principal Conductor
Michael McGraw, Nina Pinzarrone, Natal'ya Feygina, Company Pianists
Roy Malan, Concertmaster
Tracy Davis, Orchestra Personnel Manager and Music Administrator
Matthew Naughtin, Music Librarian

Administration

Cecelia Beam, Human Resources Manager
Jennifer French Kovacevich, Board Relations Manager
Christina Gray Diefenbach, Assistant to the Executive Director
Gizelle Quinto, Human Resources Associate

Development

Thomas W. Flynn, Director of Development
Sarah Rhyins, Associate Director of Development
Allison K. Groves, Planned Giving Manager
Julia Nottebohm, Manager of Special Events
Fermin Nasol, Principal Gifts Officer
Elizabeth Lani, Major Gifts Officer
Sarah Malashock, Christensen Society Officer
Jill Lounibos, Grants Officer
Brian Gougherty, Corporate Giving Officer
Natalie Mottley, Membership Officer
Ruben Fonseca, Research and Stewardship Associate
Marissa Phillips, Special Events Associate
Emily Markoe, Development Associate
Kristi DeCaminada, Assistant to the Director of Development
Akilah Crossdale, Individual Gifts Assistant
Lynn Noonan, Principal Gifts Consultant

Marketing & Communications

Julie A. Begley, Director of Marketing and 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
Mary Goto, Senior Marketing and Sales Manager
Sarah Reiwitch, Webmaster
Meredith Nonnenberg, Public Relations Officer
Lauren White, Public Relations Associate
Franchesca Allen, Marketing and Promotions Associate
Eliana Stein, Graphic Designer
James Hosking, Video Production Associate
Erik Almlie, Media Asset Administrator

Ticket Services

Jennifer Peterian, Box Office Manager/Treasurer
Sharon Handa, Patron Services Manager
Sondra Matara, Sales and Service Supervisor
David Clark, Jennifer Cooley, Assistant Treasurers
Sondra Matara, Sales and Service Supervisor
Edith Bryson, Trudy Dorrell, Patricia Pearson, Courtney Pheils, Vanessa Sacco, Ticket Sales Associates

Finance

Kim Ondreck Carim, Chief Financial Officer
Emma Huckabay, Controller
Karen Hill, Senior Accountant – Endowment and Special Projects
Aletha Biedermann-Wiens, Senior Accountant
Minda Salinas, Payroll Coordinator
Jennifer Carrier, Staff Accoutant
Maritza Choriego, Accounting Assistant

Facilities

Jason Blackwell, Facilities Manager
Levi Toney, Facilities Supervisor
Royce Waldon, Facilities Coordinator
Todd Martin, Donald Newt, Facilities Assistants
Tianna McCoy, Tamara de la Cruz, Receptionists

Information Technology

Murray Bognovitz, Director of Information Technology
Esther del Rosario, IT Operations and Project Manager
Karen Irvin, Application Administrator and Help Desk Coordinator
Andrew McAllister, Network Administrator

SF Ballet School

Helgi Tomasson, Director
Lola de Avila, Associate Director, San Francisco Ballet School

Faculty

Shannon Bresnahan, Yoira Esquivel Brito, Kristi DeCaminada, Jorge Esquivel, Tina LeBlanc, Pascale Leroy, Jeffrey Lyons, Parrish Maynard, Instructors
Sofiane Sylve, Olivier Wecxsteen, Guest Instructors

Pianists

Jamie Narushchen, School Pianist Coordinator
Ella Belilovskaya, Michael Dolman, Alla Gladysheva, Lynn Inglese, Ritsuko Micky Kubo, Jamie Narushchen, Eleonora Shevkhod, Galina Umanskaya, Pianists

School Administration

Jim Sohm, Administrative Manager
Kirsten Gamb, Registrar
Katelyn Harris, Administrative Coordinator
Wendy Van Dyck, Trainee Program Coordinator
Tyler Davis, Administrative Assistant
Jeffrey Hamby, Patricia Swanson, Residence Assistants

Center For Dance Education

Charles Chip McNeal, Director of Education
Dina D. Toy, Education Office Manager
Cecelia Beam, Adult Education Coordinator
Stacey Blakeman, Dance in Schools and Communities Manager

Dance in Schools and Communities Staff

Kimberly Agnew, Daniel Berkman, James Brosnahan III, Duru Demetrius, 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 Callander, 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
Leonard Stein, D.C., Chiropractic Care
Michelle Zimmerman, Wellness Program Manager