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