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

MELISSA PODCASY

Ballet Master

919-719-0800 ext. 8465

Ballet Master

Ballet Master

Ballet Master

PABLO JAVIER PEREZ

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

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

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

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

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