Staff and Board
Staff and Board content
Adelaide Festival Corporation Board Members
Tracey Whiting AM (Chair)
Alison Beare
Tony Berg AM
Leesa Chesser
Councillor Mary Couros
Brenton Cox
Stephen Page AO
The Hon Amanda Vanstone AO
(Roy Yates, Government Observer)
Staff
Ruth Mackenzie CBE
Artistic Director
Kath M Mainland CBE
Chief Executive
Wouter Van Ransbeek
Associate Director
Michelle Tyson Clark
Strategic Advisor
Emma Bargery
Executive Assistant
Adelaide Writers' Week
Louise Adler AM
Director
Suzanne Critchley
Program Manager
Clare Sawyer
Programmer, Young Readers
Kitty Cusack
Program Coordinator
Katya Fedyk
Program Coordinator
Tony O'Connell
Program Coordinator
Programming
Lesley Newton
Head of Programming
Kate Donnelly
Senior Program Manager
Kate Hillgrove
Program Manager
Janelle McKenzie
Opera Producer & Program Manager
Rob Brookman AM
Opera & Music Advisor
Kylie King
Producer, Classical Music
Julie Orchard
Youth, Education & Talks Executive
Azusa Kyushiki
Program Administrator
Caitlin Ellen Moore
Project Manager – Create4Adelaide
Paula Beckett
Program Assistant
Production
Taren Hornhardt
Head of Production
Paige Goodwin
Production Manager
Mark Pennington
Technical Manager
Roland Partis
Senior Production Coordinator
Rohan Yates
Production Logistics Coordinator
Bruce Bolton
Production Manager – Opera
Leisa "Skato" Gosling
Production Coordinator - Baleen Moondjan
Tahlia Greco
Production Coordinator - Adelaide Writers' Week
Daniel Story
Production Coordinator - Adelaide Festival Centre Venues
Isabella Strada
Production Coordinator - External/Other Venues
Grace Calabretto
Production Admin Assistant
Ewan Reidy
Store Coordinator
Sam Bruinewoud
Site Coordinator - Adelaide Writers' Week
Paul McCarthy
(PBM Enterprises Pty Limited)
Risk Consultant
Business Development
Amanda Wheeler
Head of Development (until Jan)
Alyssa Mason
Sponsorship Manager
Zac Tyler
Sponsorship Manager
Sheridan Borgas
Sponsorship & Events Coordinator
Hannah Bone
Philanthropy Manager
Angela Gordon
Philanthropy Executive
Trena Jenifer
Philanthropy Executive – Foundations & Grants
Emanuel Auciello
Philanthropy & Events Coordinator
Marketing and Communications
Michelle Reid
Head of Marketing & Communications
Kevin van der Zwaag
Marketing Manager
Catherine Hoffman
Marketing Executive
Julia McNab
Graphic Designer
Charlie Pugsley
Marketing Coordinator
Anthea Hagar
Publicist
Petrina Egan
National Publicist
Sophie Gardner
Publicity Coordinator
Customer Experience
Benita Healy
Head of Customer Experience
Carolina Rojas
CRM & Data Manager
Melanie Sprenkeler
Senior Ticketing Coordinator
Kathryn Simons
Ticketing Coordinator
Jasmin Thomas
Ticketing Coordinator
Peta Chigwidden
Front of House & Volunteer Coordinator
Alanna Clague
Customer Service Representative
Skye Treloar
Customer Service Representative
Britt Plummer
Customer Service Representative
Finance and Corporate Services
Karishma Reynolds
Head of Finance & Corporate Services
Zarina Yusop
Finance & IT Manager
Prue Miels
Administration/Payroll Officer
Anders Bogdanowicz
Sustainability Manager
Alessia Lelli
Reception/Administration Assistant
Festival Associates
Richard Tognetti AO
Curator – Chamber Landscapes
Nicole Gollan
Cultural Consultant – Nik&Co. Consultancy
With thanks to
Lesley Haas-Baker
Megan Hender
Philly Hoang
Judy Potter
Mark Roderick
Sandy Verschoor
Jim Whalley