STAFF & BOARD
Meet Leela Dance Collective’s Staff and Board
STAFF
ARTISTIC DIRECTION
Rukhmani Mehta
rukhmani@leela.dance
Seibi Lee
seibi@leela.dance
Rachna Nivas
rachna@leela.dance
BOOKINGS
Seema Barua
seema@leela.dance
COMPANY MANAGEMENT & ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATION
Seema Barua
seema@leela.dance
PRESS & PUBLICITY
Mariclare Hulbert
mariclare.hulbert@gmail.com
MARKETING
Shreya Mehta
shreya@leela.dance
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
Leela Dance Collective
23650 Community Street
Los Angeles, CA 91304
P: 323.457.4522
E: info@leela.dance
Bookings
P: 775.560.2598
E: bookings@leela.dance