Administration & Staff

David DiChiera
General Director
(313) 237-3420
ddd@motopera.org

Department Directors
Karen VanderKloot DiChiera Director of Community Programs kvd@motopera.org	John Eckstrom Vice President/ Chief Financial Officer jeckstrom@motopera.org
Carol Halsted Director of Dance chalsted@motopera.org	Dewan Mitchell Director of Booking and Events Management (313) 237-3418 dmitchell@motopera.org
Rock Monroe Director of Safety and Security rock@motopera.org	Laura Nealssohn Director of Communications (313) 237-3416 laura@motopera.org
David W. Osborne Director of Production dosborne@motopera.org	Mary Parkhill Director of Development mparkhill@motopera.org

William Austin
Executive Assistant
to the General Director
(313) 237-3421
baustin@motopera.org

Felicia Burgess
Office Associate
fburgess@motopera.org

Community Programs
Mark Vondrak Associate Director/Tour Manager (313) 237-3404 mvondrak@motopera.org	Touring Artists Betsy Bronson Maria Cimarelli Roland Hamilton
Dolores Tobis Office and Marketing Manager (313) 237-3429 dtobis@motopera.org	Bernard Holcomb Joseph Jackson Betty Lane Amy Dolan Malaney Shawn McDonald
Betty Lane Operations Manager & Singing Voice Specialist (313) 237-3238 blane@motopera.org	Madelyn Porter David Pulice Amanda Sabelhaus Karl Schmidt Trish Shandor Chris Vaught
Trish Shandor Special Projects Coordinator (313) 237-3419 tshandor@motopera.org	Mark Vondrak Alvin Waddles Karen White Tamara Whitty

Detroit Opera House
Demetrius Barnes Building Engineer engineering@motopera.org	Jessie Carter Building Engineer engineering@motopera.org
Angela Donaldson Food and Beverage Manager adonaldson@motopera.org (313) 237-3284	Randy Elliott House Manager (313) 237-3253 relliott@motopera.org
Jason Warzecha Detroit Opera House Manager jwarzecha@motopera.org (313) 965-4314	Dennis Wells Facilities Manager dwells@motopera.org

Development
Danielle DeFauw Boutique Manager ddefauw@motopera.org	Michelle DeLand Corporate Campaign Manager (313) 237-3402 mdeland@motopera.org
Heather Hamilton Special Projects Manager hhamilton@motopera.org	Katherine Kucharski Membership Manager (313) 237-3433 kkucharski@motopera.org
Nikki Ruddy Volunteer Manager (313) 237-3407 nruddy@motopera.org	Matthew Talbot Manager, Foundation and Government Grants (313) 237-3236 mtalbot@motopera.org
Kim-Lan Trinh Associate Director of Development Planned Giving & Major Gifts (313) 237-3408 ktrinh@motopera.org	Jane Westley GDC Manager jwestley@motopera.org
Stephani Yates Dance Patron Circle Manager steph4358@aol.com

Finance / Computer Service
Kimberly Burgess-Rivers Accountant krivers@motopera.org	John Grigaitis IT Manager (313) 965-4037 jgrigaitis@motopera.org
Derrick Lewis Controller dlewis@motopera.org	Shelly Helm-Ratliff LAN Administrator (313) 237-3486 sratliff@motopera.org
Rita Winters Accountant rwinters@motopera.org

Mitch Carter
Web Coordinator
(773) 539-7424
mitchycarter@sbcglobal.net

Jenise E. Collins
Group Sales Manager
(313) 237-3409
motgroupsales@motopera.org

Michael Hauser
Marketing Manager
(313) 237-3279
mhauser@motopera.org

Rebekah Johnson
Communications Coordinator
(313) 237-3403
rjohnson@motopera.org

Tunisia Brown
Ticket Services
(313) 237-7464
tickets@motopera.org

Jane Kennedy Coe
Ticket Services Assistant Manager
jcoe@motopera.org

Kimberly Gray
Ticket Services Assistant Manager
kimg@motopera.org

Kimberly Mogielski
Ticket Services Manager
kimm@motopera.org

Production
Elizabeth Anderson Production Coordinator (313) 237-3405 elizabeth@motopera.org	Daniel T. Brinker Technical Director (313) 237-3269 dbrinker@motopera.org
Carolyn Geck Production Administrator cgeck@motopera.org	Nancy Krolikowski Mover Coordinator

Suzanne Mallare Acton
Assistant Music Director,
Chorus Master
sacton@motopera.org

Diane Bredesen
Orchestra Personnel Manager,
Music Contractor
dbredesen2002@comcast.net

David DiChiera
Music Director

Roberto Mauro
Artistc Consultant
rmauro@motopera.org

Suzanne Mallare Acton
Director
sacton@motopera.org

Donna Edwards
Accompanist

Dianna Hochella
Assistant Director
diannahochella@mac.com

Megan Landry
Chorus Administrator
(313) 237-3260
megan_landry@comcast.net

Technical Staff
Alan Bigelow Head Propertyman	Monika Essen Property Master
Gary Gilmore Production Electrician	Suzanne Hanna Costume Coordinator shanna@motopera.org
John Kinsora Head Carpenter	Robert Martin Head Flyman
Robert Mesinar Head Electrician	Alice Moss Wardrobe Mistress
Mary Ellen Shindel Head of Wardrobe	Kendall Smith Lighting Coordinator