Washington Performing Arts Staff
Executive Staff
Advancement
Sara Trautman-Yeğenoğlu, Assistant Director of Advancement Resources (she/her/hers)
Elizabeth Hankins, Major Gifts Officer (she/her/hers)
Natalie Groom, Manager of Advancement Operations & Analytics (she/her/hers)
Rebbeca Krupa Wilcoski, Advancement Assistant (she/her/hers)
RJ Whyte Event Production, Special Events
Helena Hadlock, Advancement Intern
Communications & Creative Media
Scott Thureen, Creative Media & Analytics Manager (he/him/his)
Amanda Sweet, Bucklesweet, Press & Media Relations (she/her/hers)
Elayna Speight, Inked Designs, Graphic Designer (she/her/hers)
Trisha Taylor, Assistant Director of Education (she/her/hers)
Katheryn R. Brewington, Manager of Choir Operations (she/her/hers)
Raynetta Wiggins-Jackson, Manager of Choir Curriculum & Performance (she/her/hers)
Valerie Murray, Education & Community Program Manager (she/her/hers)
Erin Carroll, Education Intern
Finance & Administration
Rena Hernandez, Manager of Operations and Administration (she/her/hers)
Erica Mucci, Controller
Kamyar Fardshisheh, Finance & Administration Coordinator (he/him/his)
Patron Services (Ticket Office)
Mbissane Diagne, Patron Services Associate
Programming & Production
Kayla E. Loree, Programming Operations Manager (she/her/hers)
Special Productions & Initiatives
Ayiana Davis Polen, Mars Arts D.C., Special Production Intern
Resident Artists
Michele Fowlin, Artistic Director, Children of the Gospel Choir
Theodore Thorpe III, Artistic Director, Men & Women of the Gospel Choir
Anthony Walker, Music Director, Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs
Stanley J. Thurston, Artistic Director Emeritus, Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs (he/him/his)