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
Ballet Master
PABLO JAVIER PEREZ
OLGA KOSTRITZKY
Artist in Residence/Guest Ballet Master
ALFRED E. STURGIS
Music Director
REBECCA ARCE
Resident Physical Therapist
ELIZABETH HENRY
Senior Consulting Physical Therapist
In House Repetitor
AMAR RAMASAR
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
AJI TOURAY
Director of Human Resources & Accounting
919-719-0800 ext. 8466
EMILY MCGEEHAN
Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director/CEO
General Operations Coordinator
MYLES PRINGLE
919-719-0800 ext. 8483
ADVANCEMENT STAFF
ADAM SCHIFFER
Chief Advancement 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
Chairman of Faculty
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
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