Admin & Staff

Leadership

Wayne S. Brown
President & CEO
313.237.3273
wbrown@detroitopera.org

William Austin
Executive Assistant to Wayne Brown
313.237.3421
baustin@detroitopera.org

Yuval Sharon
Gary L. Wasserman Artistic Director
313.237.3420
ysharon@detroitopera.org

Christine Goerke
Associate Artistic Director
cgoerke@detroitopera.org

Julie Kim
Chief Artistic Production Officer
313.237.3278
jkim@detroitopera.org

Patricia Walker
Chief Administrative Officer
313.237.5306
pwalker@detroitopera.org

Ataul Usman
Director of Human Resources
employment@detroitopera.org

Department Directors

Alexis Means
Director of Operations and Patron Experiences
313.237.3238
ameans@detroitopera.org

Rock Monroe
Director of Safety and Security
313-237-3256
rock@detroitopera.org

Angela Nelson-Heesch
Director of Development
313.237.3416
anelsonheesch@detroitopera.org

Matthew Principe
Director of Innovation
313.237.5308
mprincipe@detroitopera.org

Andrea Scobie
Director of Education
313.237.3429
ascobie@detroitopera.org

Arthur White
Director of External Affairs
313.237.3270
awhite@detroitopera.org

Detroit Opera House Operations

Juan Benavides
Building Engineer

Holly Clement
Events Manager for Michigan Opera Theatre/Detroit Opera House
313.237.3418
hclement@detroitopera.org

Jennifer George-Consiglio
Manager of Venue Operations
313.965.4146
jconsiglio@detroitopera.org

Tiiko Reese-Douglas
Events Assistant
tdouglas@detroitopera.org

Dennis Wells
Facilities Manager
313.237.3286
dwells@detroitopera.org

Timothy Lentz
Archivist & Director, Allesee Dance & Opera Resource Library
313.965.4595
tlentz@detroitopera.org

Catherine Nicolia-Staples
Archivist, Allesee Dance & Opera Resource Library
313.961.3500 x 3507
cstaples@detroitopera.org

Bryce Rudder
Senior Librarian, Allesee Dance and Opera Resource Library
313.961.3500 x 3507
brudder@detroitopera.org

Production

Elizabeth Anderson
Production Coordinator/Artistic Administrator
313.237.3405
elizabeth@detroitopera.org

Kathleen Bennett
Production Administrator
313.237.3423
kbennett@detroitopera.org

Daniel T. Brinker
Technical Director
313.237.3269
dbrinker@detroitopera.org

Heather DeFauw
Assistant Lighting Designer/ Assistant Technical Director
313.237.3250
hdefauw@detroitopera.org

Monika Essen
Property Master

Suzanne Hanna
Costume Director
313.237.3282
shanna@detroitopera.org

Billy Osos
Assistant Technical Director
313.237.3434
wosos@detroitopera.org

Department of Patron Services

Development

Christy Gray
Development Administrator
313.237.5307
cgray@detroitopera.org

Chelsea S. Kotula
Associate Director of Development, Institutional Giving
313.237.3268
ckotula@detroitopera.org

Michelle Devine
Director of Major Gifts
313.965.4271
mdevine@detroitopera.org

Samantha Scott
Manager of Annual Giving
313.237.3236
sscott@detroitopera.org

Gwendolyn Sims
Database Operations Manager
gsims@detroitopera.org

Marketing/Public Relations

Michael Hauser
Marketing Manager
313.237.3279
mhauser@detroitopera.org

Laura Nealssohn
Board Liason
313.237.3428
laura@detroitopera.org

Jon Rosemond
Marketing Operations Coordinator
313.237.3425
jrosemond@detroitopera.org

Box Office

Amy Brown
Senior Manager of Ticketing and Box Office Operations
313.965.4645
abrown@detroitopera.org

Evan Carr
Box Office Lead
313.237.3409
ecarr@detroitopera.org

Olivia Johnson
Box Office Associate
ojohnson@detroitopera.org

Leadership

Department Directors

Artistic Department

Community Programs

Dance

Detroit Opera House Operations

Finance Department

Human Resources

Opera House Parking Center

Production

Department of Patron Services

Development

Marketing/Public Relations

Box Office

Department of Innovation

Music Department

Michigan Opera Theatre Children’s Chorus

Technical Staff