Our People

Executive Leadership

Executive Director

Gil Cates, Jr.

Artistic Director

Matt Shakman

Chief Financial Officer

Behnaz Ataee

Board of Directors

Adi Greenberg
Chair

Victoria Alonso
Dr. Gene D. Block
Gil Cates, Jr.
Executive Director
Mary Ann Cloyd
Vice Chair
Merle Dandridge
Dr. Brad Edgerton
Bonnie E. Eskenazi
Mark Fleischer

Susan Nahley Fleishman
Patricia L. Glaser
Martha Henderson
Chair Emeritus
Loretta Everett Kaufman
Carla Malden
Brian Mann
Tiffany Mayberry
Mary Osako
Danny Passman

Holly Rice
Linda Bernstein Rubin
Matt Shakman
Artistic Director
Richard Sherman
Cynthia P. Stafford
Howard Tenenbaum
Chair Emeritus
Marc Weinstock

Founding Trustees

Harold A. Brown
Kirsten Combs
Robert A. Daly
David Geffen
Herbert M. Gelfand
Chair Emeritus
Quincy Jones
Jeffrey Katzenberg

Glorya Kaufman
Frank G. Mancuso
Chair Emeritus
Ron Meyer
Jerry Moss
Bruce M. Ramer
Founding Chair

Victoria Mann Simms
Andy Spahn
Steven Spielberg
Steve Tisch
Dr. Charles E. Young
Chair Emeritus

In Memoriam

Gilbert Cates
Founder
Marcia Israel-Curley
Audrey Skirball Kenis

Charles Kenis
Karl Malden
Ginny Mancini

Jerry Perenchio
Edie Wasserman
Lew Wasserman

Legal Counsel

Nikki Kerman
Venable LLP

Advisory Board

John Sonego
Chair
Stephanie Carson
Lori Collins
Ellyce R. Cooper
Debra Davis
Giovanna Desselle
Brenda Garcia

Ann Gianopulos
Priscila Giraldo
Eric Heer
Laura Kennedy
Wendy Kurtzman
John McCrite
Audrey Povar

Eric Rollins
Scott Sandler
Cela Devine Sutton
Uma Swami
Miranda Tollman
Rebecca Vail
Laurie Ziegler

Administration

Gil Cates, Jr.	Executive Director	310.208.6500 x103
Behnaz Ataee	Chief Financial Officer	310.208.6500 x154
Erick R. López	General Manager
Berenice Campos	Director of Human Resources	310.208.6500 x148
Peter Banachowski	Accounting Manager	310.208.6500 x143
Janice Gompers	Payroll Specialist & HR Admin
Youra Kim	Staff Accountant	310.208.6500 x124
Clay Dzygun	Office Coordinator	310.208.6500 x103
Marguerite Harris	Receptionist	310.208.6500 x100

Artistic

Matt Shakman	Artistic Director
Amy Levinson	Associate Artistic Director
Daniel Ionazzi	Producer
Phyllis Schuringa, CSA	Artistic Associate / Casting Director	310.208.6500 x125
Bella Luna	Company Manager
Olivia O'Connor	Literary Manager & Dramaturg	310.208.6500 x120
Lexy McAvinchey	Artistic Assistant	310.208.6500 x147
Carly Plasha	Assistant to the Artistic Director

Production

Jill Barnes	Artistic & Production Administrator	310.208.6500 x116
Melissa Hartman	Interim Technical Director
Patty Squibb	Interim Technical Director	310.208.6500 x117
Alexandre Norkus	Automation Supervisor	818.450.7453
Rick Gilles	Properties Master	310.208.6500 x150
Audrey Lastar	Costume Supervisor	310.208.6500 x118
Sarah Lindsley	Costume Shop Supervisor
Spencer Doughtie	Lighting & Projection Supervisor	310.208.6500 x128
James Grabowski	House Sound Supervisor	310.208.6500 x194
Bob Gilmartin	Resident A1

Development

Sarah Weinberg	Director of Development	310.208.6500 x140
Elizabeth Kegley	Director of Institutional Giving	310.208.6500 x141
Tracy Reich	Director of Individual Giving	310.208.6500 x113
Mark San Filippo	Director of Donor Stewardship	310.208.6500 x146
Christine Drew Benjamin	Director of Donor Engagement	310.208.6500 x195
Jessica Brusilow Rollins	Grant Writing Consultant
Allie Reasol	Development Assistant	310.208.6500 x142

Education

Brian Allman	Director of Education & Community Engagement	310.208.6500 x151
Rudy King	Manager of Community Engagement	310.208.6500 x202
Paloma Nozicka	Education Associate	310.208.6500 x203

TEACHING ARTISTS

Sean Michael Boozer, DeJuan Christopher Conner, Lyssa Deehan, Tara Ricasa, Kenzo Rice, Maddy Wagner

Marketing & Communications

Patrick Brown	Director of Marketing	310.208.6500 x110
Zenon Dmytryk	Director of Communications	310.208.6500 x159
Karen Gutierrez	Director of Advertising & Audience Development	310.208.6500 x111
Brian Dunning	Director of Content & Creative	310.208.6500 x122
Zack Hamra	Associate Director of Audience Services & Ticketing	310.208.6500 x131
Kevin O'Brien	Marketing Manager	310.208.6500 x127
Isaak Berliner	Social Media & Communications Manager	310.208.6500 x191
Janice Bernal	Box Office Manager
Alyssa Tyson	Box Office Manager
Vaneh Assadourian	Part Time Box Office Manager & House Seat Manger
Theater Direct	Outbound Sales	818.334.2759

BOX OFFICE STAFF

Brianna Barrett, Jacob Feller, Rachel Jacoby, Sean James, Lauren Machain, Katie Sparks, Sarah Steuer, Sara Turken, Dennis Woullard

Operations

Jeni Pearsons	Director of Operations	310.208.6500 x123
Mel Yonzon	Front of House Manager	310.208.6500 x115
Amy Farkas	Lead Concierge
Rob Mersola	Event Manager	310.208.6500 x193
Adam Carr	Hospitality Captain	310.208.6500 x210
Sarah Chute	Part Time House Manager
Anya Pryjmak	Part Time House Manager
Emir Yonzon	Part Time House Manager

GUEST SERVICES

Sigourney Chin, Savanna Chute, Ki Duncan, Elizabeth Fritsch, Tony Jose Garcia, Alia Mahboob, Adam Simers

USHERS

Brynn Allen, Lulu Altabbakh, Cristiana Barbatelli, Hannah Battersby, Blaire Battle, Avery Brown, Marlon Campos, Sofia Constantine, Lauren Curet, Enzo De Cunto, Cecily Dowd, Camille Edwards, Hector Eribez, Sydney Fleischman, Alejandro Hernandez, Aja Hinds, Danny Lindberg, Austin Merrill, Ana Nguyen, Autumn Oyemade, Elena Scaringe-Peene, Areany Tolentino, Lanae Wilks

COVID-19 SAFETY MANAGERS

Cecilia Bonner, Bethany Koulias, Juliet Park, Bradley Pierce, Chloe Shi

Information Technology

Karim Bouzzit	Cloud System Administrator	310.208.6500 x129
Dream Warrior Group	System Administrator	310.208.6500 x129

Facilities Management

Art Guillen	Facilities Manager	310.208.6500 x114
Martin Ayala	Building Maintenance
Felipe Ayala	Building Maintenance
Mario Santillian-Perez	Custodial
Juan Carlos Umana	Cleaning Custodial
Camerina Martinez	Cleaning Custodial