Staff Directory
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Office of the General Director
Anthony Roth Costanzo
General Director & President
215.893.5959
arc@operaphila.org
Artistic, Music, and Production
Corrado Rovaris
The Jack Mulroney Music Director
Michael Eberhard
Director of Casting & Artistic Administration
215.893.5923
eberhard@operaphila.org
Sarah Williams
Director of New Works & Creative Producer
215.893.5910
williams@operaphila.org
Elizabeth Braden
Chorus Master & Music Administrator
215.893.5931
braden@operaphila.org
Grant Loehnig
Head of Music Staff
Nathan Lofton
Orchestra Contractor & Personnel Manager
Timothy M. Ressler
Orchestra Librarian & Personnel Coordinator
J. Robert Loy
Assistant Librarian
Bridget A. Cook
Director of Production
215.893.5950
cook@operaphila.org
Drew Billiau
Director of Design & Technology
215.893.5921
billiau@operaphila.org
Stephen Dickerson
Technical Director
215.535.2655
dickerson@operaphila.org
Millie Hiibel
Costume Director
215.893.5901
hiibel@operaphila.org
Emily Wanamaker
Associate Director of Production
215.893.5932
wanamaker@operaphila.org
Community Initiatives
Veronica Chapman-Smith
Vice President of Community Initiatives
215.893.5946
chapman-smith@operaphila.org
Dr. Lily Kass
Scholar in Residence and Program Manager (Dress Rehearsal)
215.893.5915
kass@operaphila.org
Valentina Sierra
Program Manager, Residency
215.893.5909
sierra@operaphila.org
Abby Weissman
Assistant Manager of Youth and Community Programs
215 893 5914
weissman@operaphila.org
Elizabeth Gautsche
Teaching Artist
Chabrelle Williams
Teaching Artist
Chloe Lucente
Teaching Artist
Karim Boyd
Backstage Pass Consultant
Development
Jonathan Neumann
Chief Development Officer
JT Newman, CFRE
Director of Development
215.893.5911
newman@operaphila.org
Derren Mangum
Director of Institutional Giving
215.893.5924
mangum@operaphila.org
Adele Mustardo
Director of Events
215.893.5912
mustardo@operaphila.org
Elizabeth Herlitz Cortes, CFRE
Associate Director of Major Gifts and Corporate Giving
215.893.5903
ecortes@operaphila.org
Veronika Perez
Development Manager
215.893.5907
vperez@operaphila.org
Colby Calhoun
Development Operations Manager
215.893.5929
calhoun@operaphila.org
Finance
Jeremiah Marks
CFO Client Consultant
RADAR Nonprofit Solutions
484.228.1084
jeremiahmarks@radarnp.com
Marketing & Guest Services
Claire Frisbie
Director of Marketing
215.893.5937
frisbie@operaphila.org
Michael Knight
Director of Guest Services
215.893.5916
knight@operaphila.org
Frank Luzi
Media Relations
215.779.7614
frank@luzi.media
Administration and Human Resources
Catherine Reay
Vice President, Administration & Human Resources
215.893.5919
reay@operaphila.org
Counsel
Ballard Spahr, LLP
General Counsel