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OUR STAFF
Cynthia Crass (she/her)
Executive Director
Hilary Thomas (she/her)
Artistic Director/Founder
Courtney Simpson (she/her)
Development and Operations Coordinator
Caterina Mercante (she/her)
Associate Director
Dance Company
Dance Company
John Guth (he/him)
Site Coordinator / Sound Technician
Donnie Riddle (he/him)
Social Media
Raya Hassanpour Mashhady (she/her)
LACDAC Intern 2025-2026
Shane Mindlin (he/him)
Creative Intern 2025-2026
Atlas James (they/them)
Sequoyah Intern 2025
Nini Lin
BULA Spring Intern 2025
Aylah Robinson (she/her)
LACDAC Intern 2024-2025
TEACHING ARTISTS
Nola Gibson (she/her)
Sequoyah School Teaching Artist | Dance, and Modern Dance Teacher
Jana Souza (she/her)
Kids Broadway Teacher | Acting, Singing, and Dancing
Angie Vaughn (she/her)
John Muir and Altadena Teaching Artist | Dance
Kyle Cogshell
Pasadena High School Teaching Artist | Dance
Ericalynn Priolo (she/her)
Dance for Joy Teacher and Sequoyah Teaching Artist | Dance
Michelle Kolb (she/her)
Dance for Joy Teacher, and Montecedro Teaching Artist | Dance
Shauna Toh (she/her)
Dance for Joy Teacher | Singing
Brian Elerding (he/him)
Dance for Joy Teacher | Acting
Farah Merani (she/her)
Dance for Joy Teacher | Acting
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Paul Siemens (he/him)
President
Kristin Brown (she/her)
Co-Secretary
Nancy Guyer (she/her)
Treasurer
Robynn Brathwaite (she/her)
Regina Gomez (she/her)
Terry Kay (he/him)
Lillian Rivera (she/they)
Austin Roy (he/him)
Hilary Thomas (she/her)
Leilani Wilmore Jones (she/her)
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