Lyazzat Cohen has more than 20 years of experience in finance, both in the private and public sectors. Her experience resides in different areas of finance such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury and general accounting, budget operations, and fiscal management.
Lyazzat earned a Business Administration Degree with honors from Las Positas College in Livermore, Cost Engineering Certificate from U.K. Training Board, and certificates in Financial and Managerial Accounting from UC Berkeley Extension.
She has lived in Central Asia, the Netherlands, and the United...
Jean-Paul Gressieux has over 19 years of experience in nonprofit management, including 17 years in the San Francisco Bay Area theater scene. As Company Manager of Berkeley Repertory Theatre from 2012–2019, Jean-Paul supported and collaborated with hundreds of artists, artisans, and other producers of theater. With Berkeley Rep, he helped bring over 50 mainstage productions and countless events to fruition and worked with the organization's leadership to secure sustainable long-term artist housing in Berkeley.
Prior to Berkeley Rep, Jean-Paul spent several years at California...
Laxmi Kumaran has been with TDPS for over a decade. In addition to her role as Undergraduate Academic Advisor, she is a Continuing Lecturer for Technical Theater courses. Laxmi has taught in the theater departments at Stanford, San Jose State, Northern Illinois, DePaul, and Northwestern universities, and at the University of California Santa Cruz. Laxmi is a board member of the Theater Arts Advisory Committee at Santa Rosa Junior College.
Laxmi spent several years as the Production Stage Manager at California Shakespeare Theater and at San Jose Repertory Theater. Before moving to...
After graduating from UC Berkeley in 2012, Megan was hired as the Office Manager for TDPS. She is now Program Associate, and her current duties include: course scheduling, enrollment, event coordination, and work-study supervision. She also teaches master classes on contact improvisation, dynamic partnering, creative movement, and release technique principles for the department.
In addition to working for TDPS, Megan Lowe (she/they) is a dancer, choreographer, performer, aerialist, singer-songwriter, filmmaker, teacher, and administrator of Chinese and Irish descent, making dance...
Dr. Avy Valladares is the Graduate Student Services Advisor for the Ph.D. program offered by the Graduate Group in Performance Studies. He received his Ph.D. in Italian Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Film and Media from the University of California, Berkeley in 2015. He holds an M.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.A. from UCLA.
He is currently an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at Berkeley City College. He believes in the power of education for opening...
Chloe Wong (she/her) has nearly a decade of experience in mission-driven marketing and communications. She earned her B.A. in English from UC Berkeley and began her career in publicity and communications at Berrett-Koehler Publishers, where she managed events and digital partnerships. She then spent five years at University of California Press, marketing books across the social sciences and humanities and collaborating closely with scholars to amplify the impact of their research. In addition to her work in publishing, she has served as a branding and social media...
