Staff & Board
Leadership
Michelle Witt, Executive and Artistic Director
Ph: 206-685-7935
Melanie Muradian, Assistant to the Executive and Artistic Director
Ph: 206-616-0376
Sarah Wilke, Senior Director for Planning and Operations
Ph: 206-543-3212
Artist Services and Community/Campus Engagement
Elizabeth C. Duffell, Director of Artistic Engagement
Ph: 206-685-2369
Kristen Kosmas, Creative Fellowships Coordinator
Philanthropy
Cristi Benefield, Director of Philanthropy
Ph: 206-616-6296
Alix Wilber, Grants and Communications Manager
Ph: 206-221-1287
Erin Candee, Annual Giving and Events Manager
Ph: 206-685-2819
Arthur Grossman, Event Photographer
Philip D. Lanum, Event Photographer
Marketing and Communications
Teri Mumme, Director of Marketing and Communications
Ph: 206-685-0995
Cynthia Mullis, Marketing and Communications Manager
Francesca Penchant, Graphics Specialist
Technical Production
Tom Burke, Technical Director
Ph: 206-543-5727
Brian Engel, Lighting Supervisor, Meany On Screen Technical Producer
Juniper Shuey, Stage/Video Supervisor, Meany On Screen Technical Producer
Matt Starritt, Audio Supervisor, Meany On Screen Technical Producer
Doug Meier, Studio Theatre Stage Technician
Finance
Michelle J. Ward, Director of Finance
Ph: 206-543-0202
Yevgeniy Gofman, Accountant
Eric Schielmann, Fiscal Specialist
Information Systems
Gretchen Shantz, IT Administrator
Laura McKee, Tessitura Administrator
Audience Services
Nancy Hautala, Director of Audience Services
Ph: 206-543-2010
Noah Duffy, Lead House Manager
Levi Sy, House Manager
Lead Ushers
Emily Asplin / Laura Keil / Daniel Matheson
Ushers
Greta Dubois / Connor Espig / Janani Iyer / Jade Keimig / Sam Levy / Ignacio Re / Sara Rraklli / Samantha Schrantz / Emma Turner
ArtsUW Ticket Office
Rosa Alvarez, Director of Patron Services
Ph: 206-543-4880
Liz Wong, Assistant Director of Patron Services
Ph: 206-685-2747
Keeli Erb, Patron Services Associate
Colette Moss, Patron Services Associate
Abbey Willman, Patron Services Associate
Cathy Wright, Patron Services Associate
Patron Services Assistants
Julia Loyd / Kendall Massey / Leanna Naji / Mariama Sidibe
Advisory Board
Cathy Hughes, Co-President
Yumi Iwasaki, Co-President
Marcie Stone, Vice President
John Robinson, Treasurer
Robert Babs
Ross Boozikee
Luis Fernando Esteban
Brian Grant
Aya Hamilton
Becky Harris
Sue Hou
Kyra Hokanson Gray
O. David Jackson
Susan Joslyn
Sally Kincaid
Jeff Lehman
Chelsey Owen
Seema Pareek
Donald Rupchock
Donald Swisher
Rick Szeliski
David Vaskevitch
Gregory Wallace
Mark Worthington
Ex-Officio Members
Ana Mari Cauce, UW President
Robert C. Stacey, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Catherine Cole, Divisional Dean of the Arts
Emeritus Board
Linda Linford Allen
Linda Armstrong
Cynthia Bayley
Thomas Bayley
Cathryn Booth-LaForce
JC Cannon
Elizabeth Cooper
Gail Erickson
Ruth Gerberding
Randy Kerr
Susan Knox
Kurt Kolb
Matt Krashan, Emeritus Artistic Director
Sheila Edwards Lange
Frank Lau
Craig Miller
Lois Rathvon
Dick Roth
Eric Rothchild
Jeff Seely
K. Freya Skarin
Rich Stillman
Dave Stone
Lee Talner
Thomas Taylor
Ellen Wallach
Kathleen Wright
Ellsworth C. "Buster" Alvord In memoriam
Betty Balcom In memoriam
Ernest Henley In memoriam
Mina Person In memoriam
Jerry Sanford, Sr. In memoriam
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