Courtney Rizzo

Courtney Rizzo has worked at over a dozen opera and theater companies across the country in production and arts administration. She began her career as a stage manager, working on projects such as The Ring Cycle at Seattle Opera, Moby-Dick at San Francisco Opera and broadcast on PBS Great Performances, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch starring Jinkx Monsoon, winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Courtney transitioned to crunching numbers for The Lion King at Disney Theatrical Group and for Lincoln Center’s international consulting arm while earning her MBA at New York University. During her time as the Director of Financial Planning for LA Opera, Courtney also performed in choruses onstage with the LA Phil and in studio recordings such as for Netflix’s Mindhunter. During the pandemic, she made a career switch to politics, and now is honored to serve as a political appointee for the Biden-Harris Administration, as the Director of Finance at the White House. Courtney grew up singing with the Grammy-Award winning MSU Children’s Choir, earned her bachelor’s degree in vocal music and business from Michigan State University, and is a founding member of mirabai.