Donate
EN
FRE
Une professeure dirige deux jeunes danseuses dans un cours de ballet
A large crowd gathered for Sharing Dance Day.
Students perform in Arise.
Five dancers jumping in unison.
Students, a teacher and a musician gather around the piano

Our People

Senior Leadership

Mavis Staines, CM, DHumL

Artistic Director & CEO

John Dalrymple

Executive Director

Tessa Bulham

Chief of Advancement

Sapna Goel

Chief of Brand and Content

Rachel Bar

Director, Research and Health

Natasha Findlay

Director, Equity and Belonging

Jenna Rose-Freeman

Director, Business Operations and Government Relations

Jing Zhao

Director, Finance

Artistic Staff

Asia Aronovich

Pianist

Bob Ashley

Pianist

Olga Averbach

Pianist

Carina Bomers

Ballet Staff

Heerak Chung

Pianist

Elysse Chennette

Adult Ballet Program

Jill Daley

Pianist

Scott Downing

Pianist

Megan Ferris

Community Dance Specialist and Manager of Community Dance Training; Young Dancers Program

Katharine Garrett

Ballet Staff; Young Dancers Program

Alexander Gorbatsevich

Ballet Staff

Tanya Gordon

Pianist

Valentina Gurovsky

Pianist

Richard Herriott

Pianist

Yoo Sang Hong

Ballet Staff

Deborah Hess

Ballet Staff

Lise Jourdain

Ballet Staff

SoHyun Kim

Pianist

James Kudelka

Guest Artistic Staff

James Langevin

Pianist

Young Joo Lee

Ballet Staff

Nancy Lehan

Community Dance Specialist and Manager of Adaptive and Integrated Programs

Julia Lifshine

Pianist

Talar Margarosyan

Ballet Staff

Caitlin Marziali

Community Dance Program; Adult Ballet Program; Coordinator of Indigenous Relations

Kristen Mason

Young Dancers Program

Kristin McCarney

Young Dancers Program

Keith Morino

Contemporary Dance Teacher; AI23 Creative Lab Director

Gdalit Neuman

Adult Ballet Program

Ian Parsons

Ballet Staff

Phillip Payne

Ballet Staff

Ashleigh Powell

Head of Community Dance Programs; Ballet Staff

Nicole Prefontaine

Young Dancers Program

Katya Robledo

Ballet Staff

Iain Rowe

Ballet Staff

Nina Shapilsky

Pianist

Raymond Smith

Ballet Staff

Marina Surgan

Principal Pianist

Emily Tench

Adult Ballet Program

Rob Thaller

Pianist

Vera Timashova

Ballet Staff

Laurel Toto

Head of Junior School / Rehearsal Director for The Nutcracker

Emma Wilkinson

Young Dancers Program

Craig Wingrove

Pianist

Lin Zhou

Ballet Staff

Craig Ziebarth

Pianist

Academic Staff

Betti Adams

Academic Principal | betti.adams@nbs-enb.ca

Karen Tomlin

Academic Vice-Principal | karen.tomlin@nbs-enb.ca

A façade of the Celia Franca Centre at NBS

Board of Directors

Learn more about our Board of Directors.

Learn more
a group of NBS staff smile enthusiastically at an event

Career Opportunities

Explore opportunities to join our vibrant staff community.

Learn more