Our Team

The People Behind the Scenes

Staff

Chelsie Thompson

President & CEO

Michael Thomas

Artistic Director

Octavio Más-Arocas

MSO Music Director

Ryan Shealy

Associate Artistic Director

Maddie Penwell

Director of Development

Kara Bechstein

Programming Manager

Jillian Henry

Director of Marketing

Steven Au

Brand Manager

Haley Bedocs

Patron Experience Manager

Atlas Traxler

Box Office Associate

Gloria Gutchall

Box Office Assistant

Jenny Crummey

Finance Manager

Seth Morrison

Technical Director

Nik Demers

Assistant Technical Director & Production Stage Manager

Jason Kaufman

Scenic Designer

Noah Schenk

Technical Assistant

Emma Yockey

Technical Assistant

Linda Turske

Costumer

Jana Estle

Facilities Manager

Dauphne Maloney

Education Director & Teaching Artist

Lori Turner

RYOT Director

Alora Eyerly

MSO Operations Manager/Librarian & Youth Strings Director

Maria Beyens

MSO Personnel Manager

Jacob Poiner

MSO Chorusmaster & Bar Manager

Paul Martin

AJO Artistic Director

Kelly Knowlton

Broadway Music Director & AJO Operations Manager

Stephen Domka

Youth Orchestra Director

Board of Directors

President

Scott Heimann

Park National Bank

Vice President

Cody Albert

OhioHealth

Secretary

Marcella Smith

Ohio Mutual Insurance Group

Treasurer

Julie Tobias

Kleshinski, Morrison, & Morris


Nick Atterholt

Atterholt Law

Zuri Birmingham

Richland Source

Chuck Cangelosi

Avita Health System

Michele Gorman

Richland School of Academic Arts

Col. Michael Howard

Retired 179th Airlift Wing

Jason Painley

Mechanics Bank

Jeff Richmond

Artistic Consultant

Martin Tremmel

Mansfield Memorial Homes