Pacific Northwest Ballet Staff
Peter Boal, Artistic Director
Ellen Walker, Executive Director
Kiyon Ross, Associate Artistic Director
Kent Stowell & Francia Russell, Founding Artistic Directors
Board of Trustees
Artistic Staff
Ezra Thomson, Jonathan Porretta, Rehearsal Directors
Christina Siemens, Principal Company Pianist
Josh Archibald-Seiffer, Conductor/Company Pianist
Laure Struber, Company Pianist
Rodger Burnett*, Orchestra Personnel Manager
Stephen Barnes*, Jeff Junkinsmith, Emi Oguri, Megan Phillips, Katja Rubin, Shelley Sutton-Bolton, Don Vollema, Annastasia Workman, Company Class Pianists
Mona Butler*, Orchestra Librarian
Sheila Dietrich*, Archivist
Production
Jack Beuttler, Production Director
Sandra Barrack, Production Stage Manager
Jacob Wexler, Stage Manager
Jeffrey Stebbins*, Head Carpenter
Owen Sharp, Assistant Carpenter
Scott Mosco, Head Fly Operator
Michael Grogan, Head Electrician
Susan St. John, Production Electrician
Christine Brauch, Assistant Electrician
Leah Harris, Head of Properties
Jay Gosselin*, Kevin Krist*, Properties Assistants
Jan Harvey-Smith*, Master Scenic Artist
Scott Bennet, Jennifer Law, Scenic Artists
Dominic Iacono, Lighting Technician
Toby Basiliko, Sound
Jordan Whiteley, Projectionist
Jim Austin*, Tammy Martin, Followspot Operators
Brian Foley, Videographer
Costume Shop
Mary C. Woll, Wardrobe Manager
Jennifer Oaster, Wardrobe Assistant
Patrick Stovall, Men’s Cutter and Wardrobe Assistant
Hannah Larson, Costume Shop Assistant
Luna Pham, Draper
Olivia Mason, Draper
Pauline Smith*, First Hand
Rob Newton, Costume Technician
Wyly Astley, Dyer/Craftsperson
Shelby Rogers, Hair and Makeup Lead
Executive Office
Jason Darland, IT Manager
Kristen Ramer Liang, Executive Assistant to Ellen Walker & Board Liaison
Sarah Lakey, Company Manager
Finance
Kaleriya Maslyak, Accounting/Payroll Associate
Operations
Brian Zenk, Maintenance Supervisor
Lauren Kirchner, Office Manager & Covid Supervisor
Marketing & Advancement
Liza Madison, Director of Development/Donor Engagement
Carrie Mood Okada, Director of Development/Individual & Planned Giving
Gary Tucker, Director of Communications
Jen Shealy, Tessitura Database Manager
Development
Sarah Kolat, Institutional Giving Manager and I.D.E.A Co-Lead
Christine Mamer, Special Events Manager
Nickolas Clark, Donor Data Coordinator
Marketing & Communications
Lindsay Thomas, Videographer
Noel Pederson, Director of Marketing
Cassandra Lea-Saxton, Senior Manager of Digital Experience
Maris Antolin, Marketing Manager
Kate Farwell, Manager of Amusements
Patron Services
Max Frauel, Patron Experience Manager
Amanda Mulvihill, Patron Services Manager
Julie Jamieson, Group Sales
Oleander Lewis, Lead Patron Service Representative
Julia Gyory, Zoe Meadows-Sahr, Shae Wirth, Patron Services Representatives
Orchestra
Orchestra
Violin 1
Michael Jinsoo Lim, Concertmaster
Jennifer Caine Provine, Associate Concertmaster
Emilie Choi, Assistant Concertmaster
Stephen Daniels**
Tom Dziekonski**
Ella Marie Gray**
YeSol Im
Lynn Bartlett Johnson**
Petro Krysa
Violin 2
Rita Lee, Principal
Ingrid Fredrickson**
William E. Boyd**
Anne Cady**
Adrianna Hulscher
Laurie Wells
Kim Zabelle**
Viola
Alexander Grimes, Principal
Betty Agent**, Assistant Principal
Kayleigh Miller
Joyce Ramée**
Laura Renz
Eileen Swanson**
Cello
Page Smith**, Principal
Virginia Dziekonski**, Assistant Principal
Meg Brennand**
Andrea Chandler**
Charles Jacot
Brian Wharton
Bass
Todd Larsen**, Principal
Stephen Schermer**, Assistant Principal
Maurice Clubb
Ben Musa**
Flute
Evan Pengra Sult, Principal
Laura Werner**
Piccolo
Laura Werner**
Oboe
Dan Williams**, Principal
Tad Margelli**
English Horn
Tad Margelli**
Clarinet
Jennifer Nelson**, Principal
Denise Lum
Bass Clarinet/E-Flat
Denise Lum
Bassoon
Mona S. Butler**, Principal
Dana Jackson
Horn
Rodger Burnett**, Principal
Danielle Lemieux
Richard Reed**
Ryan Stewart
Trumpet
Sarah Viens, Principal
Richard Werner**
Trombone
Mark Williams**, Principal
Bass Trombone
Douglas Nierman**
Tuba
Ryan Schultz, Principal
Tympani
Phil Hanson**, Principal
Percussion
Matthew Kocmieroski**, Principal
Gunnar Folsom**
Harp
John Carrington**, Principal
Keyboard
Christina Siemens, Principal
Joshua Archibald-Seiffer
Personnel Manager
Rodger Burnett**
Music Librarian
Mona S. Butler**
*Founding members of PNB Orchestra (1989).
**25 plus years with PNB Orchestra.
The Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra is composed of musicians represented by the PNB Orchestra Players Organization.
Steinway & Sons is the official piano of PNB.
Pacific Northwest Ballet School
Peter Boal, Director
Denise Bolstad*, Managing Director
Abbie Siegel*, School Principal
Marisa Albee*, Assistant Principal
Mairi Nicol, School Supervisor
Wendy Casper*, Assistant to the Managing Director
Eva Stone, NEXT STEP Program Coordinator
Naomi Glass, Director of Access Programs
David Jensen*, Summer Residence Director
Kristen Carder, Registrar
Katherine Straight, Assistant Registrar
Allison Larson, Open Program & Conditioning Coordinator
Rachel Henderson, Phelps Center Front Desk Administrative Assistant
Lindsay Merz, FRC Coordinator
Hollis Evey, Elsa Goodman, Samuel Maifeld, Madison Mullineux’Perrault, Erin Rolseth, Administrative Assistants
Faculty
Marisa Albee*, Peter Boal, Nancy Crowley, Rachel Foster, Ikolo Griffin, Dana Hanson, Eric Hipolito Jr., Carrie Imler, Jonathan Porretta, Abbie Siegel*, Jennifer Turner, Le Yin
Naomi Glass, Danielle Golden, Susan Gorter, Akoiya Harris, Kimberly Holloway, Claudia Houston-Aragon, Yuka Iino, Deborah Kenner, Miriam Landis, Ayumi Matsuda, Dina McDermott, Kaori Nakamura, Liz Pless, Julia Pontarelli, Kiyon Ross, Suzanne Singla, Eva Stone, Marjorie Thompson, Julie Tobiason*, Malia Vassar
PNB Company dancers, Guest Faculty
School Accompanists
Don Vollema, Music Staff Coordinator
Jessica Andrews, Daniel Arthur, David Barela, Stephen Barnes, Grace Brylinski, Evan Captain, Rey Chen, David Close, Tatyana Dadayeva, Eva Huentelman, Youngjin Joo, Jeff Junkinsmith, Luda Lee, Vincent Newton, Emi Oguri, Michael Owcharuk, Gary Palmer, Angela Rinaldi-Gribas, Paul Stovall, Annastasia Workman, Marina Yeremeyeva, Josh Zimmerman
Community Education
Shannon Barnes, Director
Ann Marie Caldwell, Programs Manager
Stella Margarita Gonzalez, 2022/23 Seattle Arts Fellow
Ciara McCormack Greenwalt, Robert Moore, Hayley Shannon, Ayako Shapiro, Gabriela Shutt, Suzanne Singla, Ellen Tejera, Adriana Wright, Teaching Artists
Becca Baggenstoss, Devin Bews, Noah Colbeck, Jordan Furrow, Nick Helgeson, Max Holmberg, Jeremy Jones, Adam Kessler, Accompanists
PNBConditioning Staff
Allison Larson, Open and Conditioning Coordinator
Melissa Brown, Carol Elsner, Teresa Hanawalt, Deborah Kenner, Dina McDermott, Kayoko Price, Suzanne Singla, Tara F. Stepenberg, Marjorie Thompson, Jennifer Turner
Therapy
Steven Anderson, MD, Consulting Physician
Betsy Rigsbee, PT, DPT, COMT, Lead Physical Therapist
Boyd Bender, Consulting Physical Therapist
Amanda Rixey, PT, DPT, Physical Therapist
Era Terry, PT, DPT, Physical Therapist
Stephen Panteleakos, MS, LAT, ATC, CES, Athletic Trainer
Theresa Benkman, Massage Therapist
Christopher Kagen, Massage Therapist
Josh Spell, MSW, LICSW, Mental Health Therapist
Consultants
Henry Lu, P.T., A.T.C., Physical Therapist
Josh Spell, M.S.W., LSWAIC, Therapist
Monica Van Winkle, MS, RD, Preferred Provider, Nutrition
Special Counsel
Perkins Coie, Employment Law
MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Immigration Law
Moss Adams LLP, Auditors
Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers and stage managers are represented by AGMA—the American Guild of Musical Artists, AFLCIO. Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra is represented by the PNB Orchestra Players Organization. Stage Crew is represented by I.A.T.S.E., local #15. Wardrobe work is performed by employees represented by Theatrical Wardrobe Union #887, I.A.T.S.E. Stage Draperies: I. Weiss, New York.
PNB is an EOE.
*25 or more years with PNB