STAFF & BOARD

Meet Leela Dance Collective’s Staff and Board

STAFF

Sasha Salvi
sasha@leela.dance

EDUCATION

Poonam Narkar
poonam@leela.dance

INVESTMENTS

Saurin Munshaw
saurin.munshaw@equitable.com

SOLOISTS & FACULTY

Joanna Meinl
Sarah Morelli

ENSEMBLE DANCERS & FACULTY

Sonali Toppur
Ahana Mukherjee
Carrie Jennings
Ria DasGupta

APPRENTICE DANCERS & FACULTY

Ayanna Kannan
Sasha Salvi
Seema Barua

FACULTY

Poonam Narkar
Shilpi Nikhil
Katrina Yoshida
Neha Tummala

RESIDENT MUSICIANS

Ben Kunin, Sarod
Satyaprakash Mishra, Tabla & Pakhawaj
Debashis Sarkar, Vocals & Harmonium

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Harkishan Vasa
President
Vasa Business Services
Tustin, CA

Nitin Shah, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Clinical Care
Loma Linda University Health

Dinesh Mehta
Vice President of Finance
Autoletic, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

Dinker Shah
President
Dato Management
Los Angeles, CA

Swamy Venuturupalli
Clinical Chief, Division of Rheumatology
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Ronda Berkeley
Vice President Legal Clearance
CBS Television Studios
Los Angeles, CA

Anna Cross
Cultural Arts Manager
Grand Theatre Center for the Arts
Tracy, CA

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Ushakant Thakkar
President
Kidney Center, Inc.
Simi Valley, CA

Ann Petersen
Principal
Petersen Foundation
Los Angeles, CA

Shruti Deorah
Executive Director
India Energy & Climate Center
UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy
Berkeley, CA

Evanthia Spanos
Attorney
Spanos & Prezetak
Oakland, CA

Minoo Gupta
Senior Technology Consultant
University of San Diego
San Diego, CA

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Leela Dance Collective

23650 Community Street
Los Angeles, CA 91304
P: 323.457.4522
E: info@leela.dance

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P: 775.560.2598
E: bookings@leela.dance

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