Staff
Aparna Ramaswamy
Executive Artistic Director
612.824.1968
aparna@ragamaladance.org
Ashwini Ramaswamy
Choreographic Associate + Director of Communications
718.483.4102 (c)
ashwini@ragamaladance.org
Garvin Jellison
Company Manager
garvin@ragamaladance.org
Sandra Dietel
Development and Communications Associate
sandra@ragamaladance.org
Jothika Garur
Education and Outreach Coordinator
jothika@ragamaladance.org
Ranee Ramaswamy
Founder and Founding Artistic Director
612.824.1968
ranee@ragamaladance.org
Tamara Nadel
Director of Operations
612.964.9213 (c)
tamara@ragamaladance.org
Andy Smith
Development Advisor and Grantwriter
grants@ragamaladance.org
Patricia Starks-Faggétt
Bookkeeper
patricia@ragamaladance.org
Booking Agent
Elsie Management
Laura Colby, President
Anna Amadei, Vice President
laurac@elsieman.org | annaa@elsieman.org | 718.797.4577
www.elsieman.org
Board of Directors
Marguerite Ahmann
Associate, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Minneapolis, MN
Nithya Balakrishnan Mathad, Board Secretary
Program Manager, Abbott
Shoreview, MN
Rohit Gupta, Treasurer
Director, WealthX, RBC Wealth Management
Minneapolis, MN
Jeanine Holden
Associate Director of Program Design,
Stanford Center on Philanthropy & Civil Society
Saint Paul, MN
Ashvini Naidu
Marketing Executive in Transition
Los Angeles, CA
Lisa Norton
Norton & Norton Realtors
Minnetrista, MN
Aparna Ramaswamy
Executive Artistic Director, Ragamala Dance Company
Minneapolis, MN
Ranee Ramaswamy
Co-Artistic Director, Ragamala Dance Company
Minneapolis, MN
John Riske, Board President
Senior Marketing Consultant
Oakland, CA