# Our Staff ## **Administration** Phone [519-672-9030](tel:519-672-9030) ## **Leadership** [**Rachel Peake**](https://www.grandtheatre.com/rachel-peake-artistic-director) Artistic Director rpeake [at] grandtheatre [dot] com [**Lyndee Hansen**](https://www.grandtheatre.com/lyndee-hansen-executive-director) Executive Director x 253 lhansen [at] grandtheatre [dot] com ## **Artistic Administration** **Christine Gruenbauer** Producer x 354 cgruenbauer [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Vanessa Spence** Associate Producer & Company Manager x 257 vspence [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Alexandra Rizkallah** Apprentice Artistic Director x 407 arizkallah [at] grandtheatre [dot] com ## **Education & Community Engagement** **Breanne Ritchie** Director of Education & Community Engagement x 224 britchie [at] grandtheatre [dot] com ## **Administration** **Barb Whang** IT Director x 303 bwhang [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Britt Duncan** Tessitura Administrator x 233 bduncan [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Ben Leibovitz** Executive & Administrative Assistant x 260 bleibovitz [at] grandtheatre [dot] com ## **Finance** **Alison Von Krause** Senior Manager of Finance x 248 avonkrause [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Pauline Hare** Finance Associate x 226 phare [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Charmain Callender** Data & Finance Associate x 225 ccallender [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Payroll Inquiries:** payroll [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Accounts Payable Inquiries:** accountspayable [at] grandtheatre [dot] com ## **Marketing & Sales** **Lia Karidas** Director of Marketing & Sales x 280 lkaridas [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Gwen Blackwell** Digital Marketing Specialist x 262 gblackwell [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Kyle Greenwood** Marketing Project Manager x 267 kgreenwood [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Melissa Mae Shipley** Communications & Public Relations Manager x266 mshipley [at] grandtheatre [dot] com ## **Development** **Monica Coddington** Director of Development x 252 mcoddington [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Farrell Tremblay** Individual Giving Officer x 246 ftremblay [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Jacob Wiley** Business Development & Events Officer x 245 jwiley [at] grandtheatre [dot] com ## Patron Services ### Guest Experience **Ali Samuel** Director of Guest Experience x 265 asamuel [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Havana Laskowski** Assistant Show Manager hlaskowski [at] grandtheatre [dot] com ### **Box Office** **Denise Hay** Audience Services Supervisor x 402 dhay [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Brittney-Lee Lowey** Representative x 405 blowey [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Karen McDonald** Representative x 401 kmcdonald [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Cheryl Willison** Representative x 403 cwillison [at] grandtheatre [dot] com ## **Production** **Paul Fujimoto-Pihl** Director of Production and Operations x 259 pfujimotopihl [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Sonja Niedermaier** Technical Director – Stage x 269 sniedermaier [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Julia Callon** Technical Director – Scenic x 359 jcallon [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Jim Doucette** Production Driver x 358 jdoucette [at] grandtheatre [dot] com ### Properties **Natalie Kearns** Head of Props x 235 nkearns [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Natalie Tsang** Props Builder/Buyer x 238 ntsang [at] grandtheatre [dot] com ### Wardrobe **Lisa Wright** Head of Wardrobe x 244 lwright [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Meghan Choma** Assistant Head of Wardrobe x 240 mchoma [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Elisabeth Mastrandrea** Wardrobe Cutter x 243 emastrandrea [at] grandtheatre [dot] com ### Scenic Carpentry **John-Michael Plester** Head Scenic Carpenter x 122 jmplester [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Zac Barker** 1st Scenic Carpenter x 122 zbarker [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Jonathan Tschirhart** 2nd Scenic Carpenter x 122 jtschirhart [at] grandtheatre [dot] com ### Scenic Art **Richard Lawler** Head Scenic Artist x 123 rlawler [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Craig Guthrie** Senior Scenic Artist x 123 cguthrie [at] grandtheatre [dot] com ### Spriet Stage Crew **Rory Leydier** Head Stage Carpenter x 236 rleydier [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Aaron Ouellette** Head of Audio x 258 aouellette [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Jared Whitty** Head of Flys x 264 jared.whitty [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Liam Arbogast** Head of Lighting x 279 larbogast [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Sarah Tracy** Head Stage Wardrobe x 229 stracy [at] grandtheatre [dot] com ### Auburn Stage Crew **Steve Allen** Head Technician x 228 sallen [at] grandtheatre [dot] com ## **Operations** **Mike MacDonald** Building Manager x 232 mmacdonald [at] grandtheatre [dot] com **Aaron Simmons** Assistant Building Manager x 232 asimmons [at] grandtheatre [dot] com ### Housekeeping **Patricia Sexsmith** **Ben Storie** x 237 ### Security Ankit Shannon Goneau Marty Peterson John Whitty x 237 .staff-info {display: grid; 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