The Up with People Team

Our team is as diverse as our program participants and the countries we visit. We have employees on three continents, representing more than fifteen countries. Many of the Up with People staff and board members are also alumni of the program, from every decade since we were founded in 1965.

Click here to view the Up with People Board of Directors.

 

World Headquarters

Executive Management

Alain Thiry
Chief Executive Officer
720.215.3200
athiry@upwithpeople.org

Anne Gallagher
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
720.215.3202
agallagher@upwithpeople.org

Paul Whitaker
Senior Vice President European, Asian and Latin American Operations
720.215.3205
pauljwhit@hotmail.com

Eric Lentz
Senior Vice President &                   Executive Producer
720.215.3203
elentz@upwithpeople.org

Admissions

Colleen Eastman
Enrollment Manager
720.215.3209
ceastman@upwithpeople.org

Brad Good
Manager of Admissions Counseling
720.215.3212
bgood@upwithpeople.org

Breton Shepherd
Admissions Representative
720.407.5524
bshepherd@upwithpeople.org

Ellen Enebo
Enrollment Advisor
303.460.7100
eenebo@upwithpeople.org

Kia Silverman
Admissions Assistant
720.215.3218
ksilverman@upwithpeople.org

Katrien Pairoux
Admissions, Mexico
kpairoux@upwithpeople.org

Sales, Marketing and Corporate Sponsorship

Luis Petzhold
Director of Tours
lpetzhold@upwithpeople.org

Development

Brittany Saia
Development Coordinator
720.215.3219
bsaia@upwithpeople.org

Laura Motooka
Database Coordinator
720.407.5523
lmotooka@upwithpeople.org

Administration

Stephanie Villegas
Accounting Manager
720.215.3213
svillegas@upwithpeople.org

Tour Management

Chelsey Panchot
Marketing and Tour Manager
218.355.0239
cpanchot@upwithpeople.org

Mark Whitaker
International Tour Manager
303.619.3263
mwhitaker@upwithpeople.org

Armando González
Tour Manager – Mexico
agonzalez@upwithpeople.org

 

Production

Michael Bowerman
Music Director
720.215.3216
mbowerman@upwithpeople.org

Ken Leist
Associate Producer / Choreographer
720.215.3210
kleist@upwithpeople.org

Gaby Mock
Technical Department
720.215.3214
gmock@upwithpeople.org

 

UWP Europe

Sonja Drescher, European Admissions Manager
General Admissions Contact, Europe
+ 32.2.808.1635
sdrescher@upwithpeople.org

 

UWP Mexico - Viva la Gente

Alejandro Yanez Estrada
Director General, Mexico
ayanez@upwithpeople.org

Armando Gonzalez
Tour Manager, Mexico
agonzalez@upwithpeople.org

Katrien Pairoux
Admissions and Operations, Mexico
kpairoux@upwithpeople.org

 

International Road Staff

Cast A 2012 – Cast Staff

Dave Penny
Director of Cast Operations
dpenny@upwithpeople.org
720.215.3211

Hans Nelson
Cast Manager
hnelson@upwithpeople.org
605.641.3248

Shawna Reed
Operations Manager
sreed@upwithpeople.org
267.374.7472

Paul Conzemius
Production Manager
pconzemius@upwithpeople.org
605.940.0913

Leslie Kleiman
Show Manager / Finance
lkleiman@upwithpeople.org
520.991.3952

Luis Antoño Gonzalez
Technical Manager/Band Leader
tgonzalez@upwithpeople.org
303.726.4758

Shelsea Ochoa
Education Manager
sochoa@upwithpeople.org
760.470.8622

Abby Hull
Education Coordinator
ahull@upwithpeople.org

Joris Van Doorslaer
Education Coordinator
jvandoorslaer@upwithpeople.org

Will Thompson
Lighting Technician
wthompson@upwithpeople.org

Jeramy Boik
Stage Technician
jboik@upwithpeople.org

Cate Cearley
Sound Technician
ccearley@upwithpeople.org

Sarah Rychlik
Vocal Instructor
srychlik@upwithpeople.org

Miguel Samaniego
Dance Captain
msamaniego@upwithpeople.org

Annie Conzemius
Admissions Coordinator
aconzemius@upwithpeople.org

Hygeia Chi
Marketing Coordinator
hchi@upwithpeople.org

International Promotion Staff

Niels Gras
International Promotion Rep
ngras@upwithpeople.org

Bijeysh Ranjit
International Promotion Rep
branjit@upwithpeople.org

Diana Hocker
International Promotion Rep
dhocker@upwithpeople.org

Kit Palabyab
International Promotion Rep
mpalabyab@upwithpeople.org

Linda Chen
International Promotion Rep
lchen@upwithpeople.org

Humberto Hernandez
International Promotion Rep
hhernandez@upwithpeople.org

Sergio Campos
International Promotion Rep
scampos@upwithpeople.org

Marloes Verbeek
International Promotion Rep
mverbeek@upwithpeople.org

Pieter Gyssels
International Promotion Rep
pgyssels@upwithpeople.org

John Lanham
International Promotion Rep
jlanham@upwithpeople.org

Kelly Berry
International Promotion Rep
kberry@upwithpeople.org

Veronika Westermark
International Promotion Rep
vwestermark@upwithpeople.org