Sacramento Opera Staff

Beverly Collard, Subscription Sales Associate
Beverly Collard assists with bookkeeping, database management, and subscription sales. Ms. Collard has been a generous patron and a volunteer for Sacramento Opera for many years. bcollard@sacopera.org.

Rod Gideons, General Director
Mr. Gideons comes to us from Tacoma Opera, Washington where he was Executive Director. At Tacoma Opera he helped to increase individual donations impressively as well as government and foundation grants. He implemented a Young Artists program and expanded education programs to include 33 touring performances. He also started an extensive community lecture series in local libraries which made opera more accessible to many people throughout the Tacoma area. For 14 years prior to joining Tacoma Opera in 1999, Mr. Gideons was with the Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts (formerly Arkansas Opera Theatre) in Little Rock, Arkansas. He served there as Associate Artistic Director, Principal Grant-writer and Director of Education and Outreach. At various times he also acted as Production Manager and Tour Road Manager, giving him an unusual depth of experience. His performance career included extensive work in both theater and opera. Prior to entering arts management full-time, Rod worked with InterFirst Bank Corporation of Dallas, Texas. He attended North Texas State University in Denton, Texas, majoring in theater and vocal performance. rgideons@sacopera.org

Gene Sirois, Subscription Manager
Gene has been with Sacramento Opera since the very beginning in 1981 and is loving every minute of it. If you have called into the office then you have probably met Gene!