Staff
Meet the Administrative Team behind Carolina Ballet.
ARTISTIC STAFF
ZALMAN RAFFAEL
Artistic Director/CEO
919-719-0800 ext. 8485
DEBRA AUSTIN
Artistic Advisor/Ballet Master
919-719-0800 ext. 8477
MARIN BOIERU
Ballet Master
919-719-0800 ext. 8477
Ballet Master
DAMEON NAGEL
919-719-0800 ext. 8487
JAN BURKHARD
RICHARD KRUSCH
MARGARET SEVERIN-HANSEN
YEVGENY SHLAPKO
MELISSA PODCASY
Ballet Master
919-719-0800 ext. 8465
Ballet Master
Ballet Master
Ballet Master
PABLO JAVIER PEREZ
Ballet Master
Founding Principal Dancer/Consulting Artist
OLGA KOSTRITZKY
Artist in Residence/Guest Ballet Master
LYNNE TAYLOR-CORBETT
Principal Guest Choreographer
ALFRED E. STURGIS
Music Director
REBECCA ARCE
Resident Physical Therapist
ELIZABETH HENRY
Senior Consulting Physical Therapist
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
AJI TOURAY
Director of Human Resources & Accounting
919-719-0800 ext. 8466
VANESSA NELSON
Controller
919-719-0800 ext. 8449
COURTNEY HILLIARD
General Manager
919-719-0800 ext. 8458
EMILY MCGEEHAN
Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director/CEO
919-719-0800 ext. 8483
ADVANCEMENT STAFF
ADAM SCHIFFER
Chief Advancement Officer
919-719-0800 ext. 8457
ELEANOR ZYWICKI
Advancement Associate
919-719-0800 ext. 8455
Jeannine Sherman, Ph.D.
Advancement Officer
919-719-0800 ext. 8454
BOX OFFICE
AURORA CAREY
Box Office Manager
919-719-0800 ext. 8467
SEAN ARMSTRONG
Box Office Associate
919-719-0800 ext. 8453
PRODUCTION STAFF
TODD ASHCRAFT
Production Manager
919-719-0800 ext. 8464
JULIA TYSON
Production Stage Manager
919-719-0800 ext. 8462
ROSS KOLMAN
Resident Lighting Designer
919-719-0800 ext. 8483
JEFF A.R. JONES
Resident Designer
919-719-0800
STEVEN VELEZ
Technical Director
919-719-0800
SHOMAREE POTTER
Costume Director
919-719-0800 ext. 8480
TERRY BAKER
Costume Manager
919-719-0800 ext. 8480
SCHOOL OF CAROLINA BALLET STAFF
JAN BURKHARD
Chairman of Faculty
919-719-0800
NICHOLAS FOKINE
Superintendent of School Operations
919-719-0800 ext. 8459
SUMMER INTENSIVE STAFF
MARGARET SEVERIN-HANSEN
Director of Summer Intensive
919-719-0800 ext. 8459
SALES STAFF
SARAH FULLER
Head of Sales and Customer Service
919-747-8463