REBECCA DAVIS PUBLIC RELATIONS - Key Persons
Susan Hellman Spatafora is a seasoned arts administrator who also enjoys a thriving career as an operatic soprano. Prior to coming to Rebecca Davis Public Relations, Susie was Associate Director of Development for the St. Petersburg Opera. Susie has a strong background in non-profit work and grants administration, having previously worked in New York City for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, GHS Philanthropy Management and The Paul Klebnikov Fund. She is also co-founder of IlluminArts - an art song and vocal chamber music series based in Miami, FL. As a prize-winning full lyric soprano, Susie has performed with opera companies throughout the country. She sang the title role of Carlisle Floyd's Susannah in a St. Petersburg Opera production released as a Naxos DVD in 2017. Of her performance, Joshua Rosenblum of Opera News declared that Susie, "has the perfect yearningly optimistic coloring-golden and radiant." Susie brings her knowledge and experience as an administrator and performer to bear in her work with RDPR clients including Athlone Artists and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.