Michael Scolamiero
Executive Director, Ballet West
The Elizabeth Solomon Executive Director Chair
Michael Scolamiero recently joined Ballet West after an extensive international search led by Michael Kaiser, President Emeritus of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Mr. Scolamiero previously served as Executive Director of Miami City Ballet for three years, during which time the organization achieved a significant reduction in debt, as well as robust growth in ticket revenue, contributions, and touring income. Prior to Miami City Ballet, Mr. Scolamiero was Pennsylvania Ballet’s Executive Director for 17 years, the longest tenure in the Company’s history and among the longest of any leader of a major ballet company. During his tenure, Mr. Scolamiero led the organization’s first capital campaign that raised $11.9 million (against a $10 million goal) to build an endowment and fund repertoire expansion. At Ballet West, Mr. Scolamiero is set to implement a newly completed strategic plan and excited to guide a growing and robust Company.
Administration and Finance
Liz Crawford
Chief Financial Officer
Felicia Cowan
Director of Human Resources
Sarah Taylor
Director of Company Management
Hilary Hancock
Company Management Coordinator
Jennifer Bailey
Senior Accounting Manager
Madeline Harris
Accounts Payable Coordinator
Teri Percy
Assistant to the Executive Director and Board Liaison
Development
Sarah West
Chief Development Officer
Natalie Cope
Director of Major Gifts
Jyn Van Putten
Foundations and Government Giving Manager
Bretleigh Sandorff
Development Data Manager
Marketing
Joshua Jones
Director of Communications
Marissa Hodges
Interim Marketing Manager
Lisa Jensen
Retail Sales & Boutique Manager
Beau Pearson
Photographer
Frederick Q. Lawson Ballet West Academy
Peter LeBreton Merz
Artistic Director, Frederick Q. Lawson Ballet West Academy
Shawn Spainhour
Managing Director, Frederick Q. Lawson Ballet West Academy
Maricar Drilon
Principal, Barbara Barrington Jones Family Foundation
Ballet West Academy at Thanksgiving Point
Heather Fryxell
Principal, Ballet West Academy Salt Lake City Campus
Cati Snarr
Principal, Ballet West Academy Peggy Bergmann
Park City Campus
Cynthia Ridler
Principal Faculty and Assistant to the Student Ballet Master
Calvin Kitten
Jeffrey Rogers
Heather Thackeray
Principal Faculty
Leslie-Ann Campbell
Sandy Flury
Emily Franklin
Victoria Koelkebeck
Academy Administrators
Silver Barkes
Tonia Blomquist
Bruce Caldwell
Jenna Clark
Beth Colton
Natalie Desch
Wendee Fiedeley-McCulloch
Lindsay Folkman
Adrian Fry
Jenna Rae Herrera
Lisa Hoyt
Katie Johnson
Chelsea Keefer
Alexa Knutzen
Justine Sheedy-Kramer
Sharee Lane
Abbey Lasley
Ginger Leishman
Stacey Mahan
Constanza Murphy
Sawyer Player
Abby Rubin
Joanne Rupinskas
Christopher Sellars
Connie Smith
Jessica Thompson
Nichele Van Portfleet
Chelsea Weidmann
Jaclyn Weisenbeck
Natalie Whitney
Alena Wilson
Elise Wood
Jamie Lynn Zollinger
Faculty
Chelsea Weidmann
Summer Intensive Coordinator
Maggie Wright-Tesch
U of U/BW Joint Trainee Liason
Max Hall
Jim Kuemmerle
Sarah Lund
John Rukavina
Academy Pianist
Jennifer Hildreth
Shelli Jenkins
Lindsay Preece
Administrative Assistant
Education and Outreach
Peter Christie
Director of Education and Outreach
Dana Rossi
Education Associate/Assistant Director, I CAN DO
Heather Fryxell
Associate Director, Adaptive Dance
Shelly Cordova
Assistant Director, Senior Steps/Forward Steps
Silas Campos
Shelly Cordova
Ashley Creek
Audrey Dodd
Jennifer Heighton
Sarah Lovett
Stacey Mahan
Wendee Fiedeley-McCulloch
Moisés Próspero
Amy Simkins
Alicia Trump
Ashlee Vilos
Trish Wilstead
Educators
Ticketing and Subscriber Services
Jack E Stahl
Associate Director of Technology and Ticketing
Natalie Thorpe
Manager of Patron Services
Jane Harris
Lead Patron Advisor
Hilary Hancock
Patron Services Coordinator
Bob Crowder, Josh Crowder, and Aaron Crowder are the official IT consultants to Ballet West.
Ballet West is an American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) Company.Ballet West is an American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Company.
Ballet West is an International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Company.
