Staff
Mark Folkes
President & CEO
Box Office
Elizabeth McClees
Box Office Manager
Anthony Konon
Assistant Box Office Manager
Jennifer Goodman
Box Office Associate
Sheri Voight
Ticketing Services Manager
Sonia Bartley
Senior Box Office Associate
Finance & Administration
Lynne Earll
Director of Finance
Eric Cardona
Accounting Assistant
Marketing & Development
Sheri Johnson
Director of Marketing
Melissa Limmer
Marketing and Development Manager
Ariette Almogabar
Development Assistant Manager
Programming
Deborah Lugo
Vice President, Programming & Education
Toni Capra
Interim Bookings and Events Manager
Theater Operations
Denise Wright
Director of Operations
Michael Metzdorf
Director of Production
Kevin Van Orden
House Carpenter
Mark Dolney
House Electrician
Steve Scott
Audience Services Manager
Donna Lutek
Audience and Accessibility Services Coordinator
Maricela Bravo
House Manager
Ivan Rodriguez
House Manager
Ray Deal
Assistant Director of Operations
Nathan Haworth
Zilkha Hall Technical Director
Danny Nordby, Jr.
House Audio Engineer
Riana Canetti-Rios
Zilkha Hall House Electrician
Tavarris Burnett
IT Specialist
Dianne Youngblood
House Manager
Bobbie Comeaux
House Manager
Barbara Yarborough
House Manager
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Rob Doty, Chairman
Energy Executive (Retired)
Kimberly Cutchall, Secretary/Chair, Nominating and Governance
CEO, Ultd Group
Stephen C. Ash, Chair, Strategic Planning
Managing Senior Vice President, Transwestern
Matthew B. Henneman, Treasurer/Chair, Finance
Founding Partner, Henneman Rau Kirklin & Smith, LLP
Marshall Heins
Senior Vice Chancellor, Houston Community College
Mark Folkes, President & CEO
The Hobby Center Foundation
Board
Dr. Anisha Arora, MD
Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine,
Memorial Hermann
Judge Caroline Baker Hurley
Principal, Baker Mediation, LLC
Steven L. Burkett
Executive Vice President, JLL
Lesha Elsenbrook
Community Leader
Marjorie Evans
Vice Chairman, Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc.
Ange Finn
Owner, Tap Into Yourself, LLC
Hillary Hart
Executive Director, Theatre Under the Stars
Franklin Jones
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Ken Kades
The Kades Corporation
W. Miles Marks
Managing Director, Avalon Advisors
Lauren Reid
President, John Gore Organization
Jennifer Shaunty
Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
Steve Stephens
Chief Executive Officer, Amegy Bank
Jay Tribble
Community Leader
Physical Address
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
800 Bagby Street
Houston, TX 77002
