Staff
Leadership
Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director
Hope Muir
Executive Director
Barry Hughson
Music Director and
Principal Conductor
David Briskin
Artistic
Senior Répétiteur
Peter Ottmann
Rehearsal Directors, Principal Coaches
Rex Harrington, O.C. D.Litt
Xiao Nan Yu
Rehearsal Directors
Stephanie Hutchison
Lise-Marie Jourdain
Artist-in-Residence
Greta Hodgkinson, O.Ont.
Artistic Advisor
Magdalena Popa
Director of Artist Development Programmes
Robert Binet
Choreographic Associates
Robert Binet
Ethan Colangelo
Guillaume Côté
Guest Répétiteurs
Passion
Ian Casady
Amy Fote
Onegin
Reid Anderson
Jane Bourne
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Elizabeth Toohey
Jillian Vanstone
islands
Whitney Jensen
Samantha Lynch
Darlyn Perez
Suite en Blanc
Charles Jude
Stéphanie Roublot
Don Quixote
Christopher Saunders
Patricia Tierney
Jewels
Margaret Tracey
Diana White
Guest Teachers
Lynne Charles
Nicholas Khan
Laurent Novis
Sergiu Stefanski
Robert Stephen
Sofiane Sylve
Artistic Administration
Artistic Administrator
Gerard Roxburgh
Senior Manager, Artistic Operations
Jennifer Bennett
Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director and Administrative Associate
Andreea Olteanu
Manager, Artistic Scheduling
Sophie Letendre
Company Manager
Nidhi Baadkar
Associate, Artist Development Programmes
Alyssa Martin
Intimacy Consultant
Anisa Tejpar
Cultural Consultant
Phil Chan
Administration
Executive Assistant to the Executive Director and Board Liaison
Nikki Johnston, CHRL
Alexis Patch (on leave)
Audience and Donor Services
Associate Director, Audience and Donor Services
Veronica McLellan
Manager, Ticket Operations
Katy James
Manager, Patron Services
Anne Meighan
Assistant Patron Services Manager
Heather Thompson
Audience and Donor Services Operations Supervisor
Susie Eissler
Reception Supervisor
Rochelle Gomes
Senior Representatives, Audience and Donor Services
Claire Browne
Patty Pedersen
Receptionists
Alannagh Maciw
Marissa Radman
Kyle Yim
Audience and Donor Services Representatives
Communications
Director of Marketing and Communications
Belinda Bale
Associate Director, Communications and Content Strategy
Catherine Chang
Senior Manager, Sales and Marketing
Vicki Munton-Davies
Art Director
Carmen Wagner
Archivist and Digital Asset Manager
Katie Wilson
Video Editor, Web and Digital Media Manager
Sean Leonard
Communications Manager
Kate Dresser
Graphic Designer
Miriam Altamira
Public Relations Specialist
Anastasia Kolotova
Communications Coordinator
Sarah Johnsen
Web and E-Communications Coordinator
Jade Araya
Dancer Wellness Programme
Director of Dancer Health and Wellness
Marla Pichler
Company Sports Medicine Physicians
Dr. Michael Clarfield
Dr. Ryan Eardley
Company Orthopaedic Surgeons
Dr. Norah Matthies
Dr. Darrell Ogilvie-Harris
Head Athletic Therapist
Paul Papoutsakis
Company Athletic Therapists
Barbara Paraskevakos
Gianluca Perfetti
Company Physiotherapists
Patrick Lavoie
Company Massage Therapists
Cesar Cruz
Ron Mulesa
Danielle Tobias
Company Psychiatrists
Dr. Pat Colton
Dr. Carla Edwards
Clinical Social Worker/Psychotherapist
Tammy Baruch
Lesley Lustig
Company Foot Specialist/
Chiropodist
Dr. Nicholas Durand, D.Pod.M.
Urgent Care and Medcan Liaison
Dr. Janice Weiss
Resident Movement and Pilates Specialist
Je-an Salas
Naturopathic Doctor
Dr. Melissa Piercell
The National Ballet of Canada is grateful to the Midtown Sports Medicine Clinic (150 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto), the University Health Network (UHN), Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, the Medcan Clinic (150 York Street, Toronto), and to Eardley Sports and Regenerative Medicine (1849 Yonge St, Toronto) for their continued support of the Dancer Health and Wellness Programme; and to those physicians who have generously donated their time to The National Ballet of Canada.
Development
Director of Development
Diana Reitberger, CFRE
Associate Director, Strategic Philanthropy and Donor Stewardship
Joanna Ivey
Associate Director, Individual and Legacy Giving
Richard Lefebvre, CFRE
Senior Manager, Development Communications
John Hart
Specialist, Donor Engagement
Sandra Dow
Manager, Special Events and Corporate Partnerships
Rebecca Hodge
Manager, Patrons' Council
Nicholas Melymuk
Senior Writer
Caroline Dickie
Officer, Development Communications
Rhea Daniels
Officer, Turnout and Patrons' Council
Marisa Kelly (on leave)
Officer, Prospect Research
Nipun Kudalkar
Officer, Friends' Corps and Ballet365
Joanne Kwok
Officer, Legacy Giving and Endowment Foundation
Amy McMullen
Officer, Special Events
Martha Buss
Officer, Corporate Partnerships
Zoe Favrin
Associate, Strategic Giving and Donor Stewardship
Zoe Lin
Assistant to the Director of Development
Liza Beharry
Coordinator, Individual Giving
Queenie Abia
Gift Management Coordinator
Lucy White
Intern, Individual Giving
Livia Savoy
Education and Community Engagement
Senior Manager, Education and Community Engagement
Lisa Robinson
Director, In Studio
Kate Kernaghan
Coordinator, Education and Community Engagement
Ysabel Garcia
Senior Teaching Artist
Annemarie Cabri
Dance Educator/Teaching Artist
Tanya Howard
Manpreet Singh Virdi
Finance
Chief Financial Officer
Amanda Ram
Payroll and Benefits Manager
Jenny Mah
General Accountants
Winnie Li
Demitrios Prevenas
Pooja Rao
Payroll and Accounts Payable Specialist
Julian Whitaker
Human Resources
Director, Human Resources
Kathleen Matatya
Officer, Human Resources
Erika Pugsley
Information Technology
Director of Technology
Christopher Sonnemann
Associate Director, Web Technology Services
Stephen Cunningham
Associate Director, Software and Applications
Mohiuddin Faruqe
Senior Manager of Technology
Andrew Anderson
Solutions Developer
Kruti Shah
Senior Business Analyst
Bethany Bleile
Systems Coordinator
Maninder Singh Sekhon
Intern, IT
Bogun Pathmaraj
Maintenance
Facilities Manager
Emil Mishriky
Building Maintenance Supervisor
Henry Martins
Cleaners
Violeta Parreno
Willie Santiago
Music
Pianists
Edward Connell
Andrei Streliaev
Zhanna Vaszilenko
Zhenya Vitort
Orchestra Personnel Manager
and Music Administrator
Raymond Tizzard
Music Librarian
Peter Eratostene
Operations
Associate Director, Operations and Strategic Initiatives
Leah Heidenheim
Operations Coordinator
Nadiya Reid
Production
Director of Production
Christopher Dennis
Associate Director of Production
Yvette Drumgold
Technical Director
Peter Eaton
Stage Managers
Jeff Morris
Troy Taylor
Lighting Coordinator
Jeff Logue
Production Workshop
Head Carpenter
Sandy Middleton
Assistant Carpenter
Mike Ellenton
Shop Technician
Chuck Theil
Scenery constructed at the National Ballet Workshop by members of I.A.T.S.E. Local 58.
Properties Supervisor
John Miracle
Assistant Properties Supervisor
Christina Hantos
Head Scenic Artist
Kelly Palmer
Assistant Head Scenic Artist
Will Leskevich
Properties constructed at the National Ballet Workshop by members of I.A.T.S.E. Local 828.
Wardrobe
Head of Wardrobe Production
Stacy Dimitropoulos
Revival Workroom Manager
Robyn Clarke
Footwear and Dye Workroom Manager
Lacey Hammond Harrington
Wig Maker, Hair and Make-up Manager
Jacqueline Robertson Cull
Assistant Revival Workroom Manager
Lauren Pietrowski (on leave)
Revival Workroom Technician
Bianca Laudadio
Assistant Head of Wardrobe Production
Allie Marshall
Footwear Inventory Coordinator
Hollis Wilson
Resident Cutters
Christine Audet
Marlee Bygate
Christopher Read
Senior Resident Stitchers
Susan Howse
Lisa Novielli
Stitchers
Victoria Arnold
Karen Donaldson
Kira Duff
Karen Hancock
Ilana Harendorf
Jennifer Howard
Paul Schofield
Deanna Willings
Production Travelling Crew
Head Carpenter
Jim Nutt
Head Electrician
Ashley Rose
Head of Properties
Michael Ellenton
Assistant Carpenter/Flyman
Scott Clarke
Assistant Carpenter
Cory Hudson
Assistant Electricians
William Fallon
Cecilia Waszczuk
Video Technician
Kimmel Stephenson
Wardrobe Head
Grant Heaps
Assistant Wardrobe Head
Carrie Cooley Barbour
Hair and Make-up Head
Jillian Walker
Footwear Assistant
Leslie Brown