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
Ballet Master
919-719-0800 ext. 8465
Ballet Master
Ballet Master, SCB Faculty
Summer Program Director / Ballet Master / SCB Faculty
PABLO JAVIER PEREZ
OLGA KOSTRITZKY
Artist in Residence / Guest Ballet Master
ALFRED E. STURGIS
Music Director
919-719-0800 ext. 8483
REBECCA ARCE
Resident Physical Therapist
ELIZABETH HENRY
Senior Consulting Physical Therapist
In-House Repetiteur and Artistic Manager
AMAR RAMASAR
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
AJI TOURAY
Chief Financial Officer
919-719-0800 ext. 8466
LAURA BROGDEN
Accounting & HR Administrator
General Operations Coordinator
Web & Digital Services Manager
MYLES PRINGLE
MICHAEL PALCOWSKI
919-719-0800 ext. 8461
919-719-0800 ext. 8449
ADVANCEMENT STAFF
ADAM SCHIFFER
Chief Operating Officer
919-719-0800 ext. 8457
ELEANOR ZYWICKI
Advancement Officer
919-719-0800 ext. 8455
JOSHUA DWIGHT
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
919-719-0800
Technical Director
William Taylor
STEVEN VELEZ
Warehouse Coordinator
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 CATLIN
SCB Chairman of Faculty, Ballet Master, SCB Instructor
919-719-0800
NICHOLAS FOKINE
Superintendent of School Operations
919-719-0800 ext. 8459
919-719-0800 ext. 8459
Administrative Associate of School Operations
SIERRA GALFETTI
SALES STAFF
SARAH FULLER
Head of Sales and Customer Service
919-747-8463
Sales & Customer Service Supervisor
ROBERT DUPONT