Staff
Annie Burridge
General Director & CEO
Timothy Myers,
Sarah and Ernest Butler Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor
Jennifer Basten
Chief Advancement Officer
jbasten@austinopera.org
512.610.7671
Nathan DePoint
Chief Producing Officer
ndepoint@austinopera.org
512.610.7691
Claudia Chapa
Curator of Hispanic and Latinx Programming
cchapa@austinopera.org
Andréa Ochoa
Director of Education & Community Impact
aochoa@austinopera.org
512.610.7686
Melissa Bartling
Director of Business Operations
mbartling@austinopera.org
512.610.7667
Artistic & Production Team
Vincent E. Herod
Director of Production & Technical Director
vherod@austinopera.org
512.610.7673
Rebecca Graham-Forbis
Company Manager
rgraham@austinopera.org
512.610.7683
Beverly Fritelli
Orchestra Manager
Cina Crisara
Chorus Master
Advancement Team
Angie Bonnici
Director of Individual Giving
abonnici@austinopera.org
512.610.7668
Laura Carrisosa
Manager of Ticketing and Digital Media
lcarrisosa@austinopera.org
512.610.7675
Natalie Oswald
Advancement Manager
noswald@austinopera.org
737.228.1442
Chrissy Nanton
Grants Manager
cnanton@austinopera.org
512.610.7674
Miroslava Albiter
Advancement Associate
malbiter@austinopera.org
512.610.7689
Caroline Leech
Communications Specialist
diversity, equity, and inclusion
Joelle Allen
Advisor
Interaction Traction, Inc.
