Staff
SAN FRANCISCO BALLET'S ARTISTIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
TAMARA ROJO, Artistic Director
BRANISLAV HENSELMANN, Executive Director
ANTONIO CASTILLA, Associate Artistic Director
Joanna Berman, Ricardo Bustamante, Tina LeBlanc, Katita Waldo, Rehearsal Directors
Regina Bustillos, Assistant to the Artistic Director
Felipe Diaz, Executive Rehearsal Director
Jeffrey Lyons, Children’s Rehearsal Director
Emily Munoz, Artistic Operations Manager
Kerry Nicholls, Program Lead for Raising Leaders and Creative Coach for Creation House
Yuri Possokhov, Choreographer in Residence
Alan Takata-Villareal, Director of Artistic Operations
JULIETTE LEBLANC, Executive Producer
Mike Lawson, Senior Manager, Company Operations
Mateo Santos Perry, Company Manager
Emma Yee, Coordinator, Producing & Company Operations
DANIEL THOMAS, Director of Production
Sedley Chew, Head Carpenter
Kelly Corter Kelly, Head Electrician
David Dunn, Scenic Artist in Charge
Jim French, Lighting Director
Corrida Godbold, Head of Men’s Wardrobe
Megan Gulla, Head of Women’s Wardrobe
Nicole Mommen, Stage Manager
Patrick Musni, Head of Properties
John O’Donnell, Flyman
Katie Orr, Production Stage Manager
Thomas Richards-Keyes, Head of Hair & Make-up
Kate Share, Manager of Wardrobe, Wig, Make-up & Costume Construction
Stephen Snyder, Technical Manager
Scott Whitten, Scene Shop Foreman
Lauren Wickett, Assistant Stage Manager
Lisa Woodward, Head of Audio
Lisa Zomer, Assistant Head of Hair & Make-up
MARTIN WEST, Shelby and Frederick Gans Music Director &
Principal Conductor
Tracy Davis, Orchestra Personnel Manager & Music Administrator
Matthew Naughtin, Music Librarian
Mungunchimeg Buriad, Britton Day, Natal’ya Feygina, Company Pianists
JENNIE SCHOLICK, Chief of Staff
Carmen Creel, Executive Board and Campaign Liaison
Elizabeth Douglas, Executive Assistant to the Executive Director
NINA ASAY, Director of Human Resources
Sreya Sinha, Human Resources Manager
Sebastian Adrian, Tony Maglunog, Human Resources Generalists
BRYNN MYERS, Chief Philanthropy Officer
KRISTIN LANGER BERTRAND, Campaign Director and Acting Director of Philanthropy
Chloe Barg, Senior Individual Giving Officer
Amanda Bowen, Development Operations Coordinator
Angela Dobrawa, Annual Fund Operations Manager
Elana Grossman, Director of Institutional Giving
Kate Gude, Temporary Senior Manager, Special Projects
Sasha Habash, Director of Individual Giving
Patrick Jankowski, Major Gifts Officer
Juanita Lam, Gift Processing Specialist
Valeria Ler, Senior Strategic Engagement Manager
Chloe Mecum, Director of Events
Isabella Montgomery, Development Events Manager
Trina Palomar, Annual Giving Officer
Josh Schwartz, Director of Strategic Partnerships
Meg Sullivan, Senior Manager, Special Events
Steph Swide, Director of Development Operations
Hayleigh Thompson, Senior Campaign Manager and Prospect Researcher
LISA POPPEN, Chief Marketing Officer
Rachel Bauer, Media Asset Administrator
Jane Ann Chien, Manager, Web and Digital Platforms
Skylar De Paul, Manager, Communications
Mary Goto, Director, Relationship Marketing
Alexander Irwin, Senior Producer, Video and Digital
Cassandra King, Senior Manager, Marketing Communications
Sophine Lim, Senior Manager, Graphic Design and Production
Valerie Megas, Senior Manager, Retail Operations
Amy Ovalle, Senior Director, Communications
Lindsey Rallo, Producer, Video and Photographer
Olivia Ramsay, Manager, Content and Social Media
BETSY LINDSEY, Director, Ticket and Patron Services
Arielle Hazan, Supervisor, Sales and Service
Mark Holleman, Senior Manager, Ticket Services Operations
Jericho Lindsey, Supervisor, Box Office
Elena Ratto, Manager, Patron Services
Cara Bardine, Patricia Pearson, Cherryl Usi, Ticket Services Associates
JUDY GUM, Chief Financial Officer
Prapti Aryal, Senior Accountant
Mya Eubanks, Payroll Specialist
Karen Hill, Staff Accountant II
Kristin Klingvall, Controller
Susan Osgood, Staff Accountant
Ken Tanaka, Senior Financial Analyst
Leanna Wright, Accounting Supervisor
Eddie Tien, Senior IT Operations System Administrator
Jackson Yu, IT Operations & Project Manager
BRYAN GOLDSTEIN, Senior Manager, Facilities
Todd Martin, Neil Miller, Facilities Assistants
Karri Rolien, Receptionist
Carl Seely, Allen Wilson, Facilities Supervisors
JAMYE DIVILA LARGENT, House Manager
Marialice Dockus, Head Usher
Rodney Anderson, Marcelo Barbero, Armando Benutto, Felix Bishop, Stuart Bousel, Jan Brown, Danica Burt, Wendy Chang, Frank Chow, Jan Cobb, Calico Dant, Kathy Dere, Martin Dias, Felix Dina, Dave Doering, Jonathan Drogin, Caesar Evangelista, Bill Flanagan, Christine Ford, Jorge Gonzalez Rodriguez, Chip Heath, Kate Juliana, Elaine Kawaski, Kathleen Keeler, Helen Kim, Ryszard Koprowski, Isaac Kumpula, Chris Largent, Sharon Lee, Leland Leong, Sadie Li, Julia Livesey, Michael Mak, Mitoz Martinez, Leontyne Mbele-Mbong, Sam Mesinger, Alicia Morales, John Morris, Timm Muldoon, Dale Nedelco, Beth Norris, Jennifer Norris, Jan Padover, Julie Peck, Christine Plowright, Bill Repp, Jack Sale, Robyn Sandberg, Allen Sawyer, Kelly Smith, Stephanie Somersille, Kumi Stanfield, Melissa Stern, Theresa Sun, Janet Tom, Claire Tremblay, Richard Wagner, Steve Weiss, Tom Wong, May Yasui, Elaine Yee, Ushers
Ginny Lackner, Volunteer Ushers, 50+ years of service
GRACE HOLMES, Director, SF Ballet School
Pascal Molat, Associate Director, Trainee Program
SCHOOL FACULTY
Cecelia Beam
Emily Borthwick
Kristi DeCaminada
Ethan Epstein
Karen Gabay
Dana Genshaft
Grace Holmes, Director, SF Ballet School
Nika Jurich
Erica Knox, Modern
Felipe León
Jeffrey Lyons
Diane Mateo
Pascal Molat, Lee R. Crews Endowed Faculty Member
Yasmine Oiknine, Pre-Ballet
Phoenicia Pettyjohn
Viktor Plotnikov
Larissa Ponomarenko
Anne-Sophie Rodriguez
Victor Talledos, Contemporary
Linli Wang, Music
Katarina Wester
Katie Wolfe
Hansuke Yamamoto
SCHOOL PIANISTS
Jamie Narushchen, School Pianist Supervisor, Lee R. Crews Endowed Pianist
Ella Belilovskaya, Olga Blednova, Xizoxia Ji, Geoffrey Lee, Katelyn Tan, Sky Tan, Galina Umanskaya, LinLi Wang, Billy Wolfe School Pianists
JASMINE YEP HUYNH, Director of Education
MOLLY LEBEAU, Director of School Administration
Amanda Alef, Senior Manager, Education Programs
Trisha Bautista, Camila Kaney, Alexandria Xiong, Evening and Weekend School Assistants
Cecelia Beam, Dance Class for People with Parkinson’s Coordinator
Precious Billops, Rosemary Chè, Malayah Chenier, Residential Office Assistants
Rachel Genin, Temporary Student Services Coordinator
Leslie Donohue, School Physical Therapist
Brittney Flowers, Senior Manager, Residential Life
Mariko Ishikawa, Senior Manager, Student Services
Karen Maloney, Registrar and Enrollment Specialist
Julz Mayson, Myra Shoengold, Residential Assistants
Tsukimi Sakamoto David, School Artistic Manager
Pamela Green Sieck, Community Programs Coordinator
Clara Stanford, School Programs Coordinator
Teaching Artists
Alisa Clayton
Kyra Katagi
Erica Knox
Madison Krekel
Terrence Paschal
Phoenicia Pettyjohn
Maura Whelehan
Dance in Schools & Communities Accompanists
Manolo Davila
Omar Ledezma Jr.
Wade Peterson
Joe Rayhbuck
Bongo Sidibe
MICHAEL LESLIE, PT, Director, Dancer Wellness Center
Kristin Wingfield, MD, Medical Director of the Wellness Center
Richard Gibbs, MD & Rowan Paul, MD, Supervising Physicians
Peter Callander, MD & Keith Donatto, MD, & Phil Kaiser, MD, Kentaro Onishi, DO, Orthopedic Advisors to the Company
Kurt Gorrell, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Elise Ong, Wellness Program Manager
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PARTNERING PRACTITIONERS
Active Care, Lisa Giannone, Physical Therapy & Conditioning Classes
Leonard Stein, DC, Chiropractic Care
Kendall Alway, Physical Therapist
Andrew Castellanos, CMT/Acupuncturist
Portia Chan-Barnblatt, DAOM, Acupuncturist
Jeff Cohen, CMT, Soft Tissue Specialist
Daniel Davies, CMT, Soft Tissue Specialist
Gina Giammanco, Physical Therapist
Joseph Levinson, Pilates Instructor
SF Gyrotonic, Gyrotonic
The Seed Center, Gyrotonic
Samantha Daly, Gyrotonic
Kim Stoutamire, CMT, Soft Tissue Specialist
Erika Sydow, CMT, Soft Tissue Specialist
Bryan Quintero, CMT, Soft Tissue Specialist
Devin Wu, Acupuncturist