Pentacle's TEAM
Julia Asher
FIA Associate
Julia Asher was part of the inaugural class of dancers at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University where she received a BFA in Dance and a BA in Natural Sciences with a concentration in Mathematics and Neuroscience. Upon graduation, Julia relocated to New York City where she has been active in multiple facets of the dance community. Most recently, Julia was Operations Associate at Gibney Dance, where she was responsible for tasks related to general operations including providing support to the payroll team and receivables department, and utilized management software such as MindBody, Microsoft Suite and Salesforce. She also has experience as a video editor and community manager at One Day Dance. In her role as Fiscal Associate at Pentacle, Julia is excited to combine her passion for dance and management experience to provide support for performing artists.
Natalie Bonniwell
Unique Projects Associate | Pentacle Operations Coordinator
Natalie Bonniwell earned her Bachelor of Business Administration from Pace University NYC, with a focus in Arts & Entertainment Management studies. Before joining the Pentacle team, she gained over 4 years of experience working in the operations and administrative side of the music industry, helping independent artists connect with a team of experts and educational resources at Cari Cole Voice & Music Co. Natalie has developed a strong passion for the arts in both her professional and personal life. After several years of dancing competitively in her hometown of Fort Worth, TX, she moved to NYC in 2013 to attend the Joffrey Ballet School’s Jazz and Contemporary Trainee Program and went on to continue her training at The Broadway Dance Center. She has since expanded her creative pursuits in choreography, singing, songwriting and working on her own music album. As an Administrative Associate at Pentacle, Natalie is eager to support performing artists in their professional endeavors and serve the artistic community.
Anna Brady Marcus
Grants Manager
Anna Brady Marcus started her career in arts administration at Pentacle in 2001 where she was exposed to many areas of performing arts management and worked with dozens of dance companies and hundreds of performing artists. During her tenure at Pentacle she created a program to facilitate new explorations into media and dance, and founded Kinetic Cinema, a dance film screening series that ran monthly for four years. As a grant writer, she has over a decade of experience developing proposals for private and government institutions, specializing in funding for the arts. She enjoys putting into words the invaluable work that Pentacle does for the dance community and making a strong case for how important the arts are to our society. Anna has her BFA in dance from California Institute of the Arts, and a graduate certificate in Media Management from the New School. She is also a writer of fiction and memoirs; founder of Anchor Your Legacy, a service for recording personal, family and community histories; and a performer and dance filmmaker.
Owen Burnham
Contract & Booking Coordinator
Owen Burnham, originally from Columbus, Ohio, graduated from New York University in 2022 with a BFA in Dance. Throughout his college career, he combined his budding interest in projection and video design with his contemporary dance training, creating digital elements and films for “traditional” and digital stages. Prior to joining Pentacle, he served as a work-study with the Dance Department at NYU creating and organizing files, providing audition assistance, and operating cameras as a videographer. He also assisted in live streaming and content production for Dance Medicine Education Initiative, founded by Andrea Zujko. As a multidisciplinary artist and arts administrator, Owen seeks to engage the arts community in the exchange of culture, ideas, and open up accessibility to new perspectives. Owen is ecstatic to be working with Pentacle’s Booking Department and Administrative Support Program to continue his discovery of new pathways in his passion for supporting and engaging with artists.
Sandy Garcia
Director of Booking
Sandy Garcia has been Director of Booking at Pentacle since 2016. Prior to joining Pentacle she was a booking representative, international tour coordinator, and director of administration at Rena Shagan Associates, Inc. where she represented artists that included Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Black Grace, SITI Company and Martha Graham Dance Company among others. She has worked with major U.S. presenting organizations, artist management companies and internationally renowned artists in dance, theater, visual performance art and music including PERFORMA (NYC, NY), MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA), and Cal Performances (Berkeley, CA).
Sandy currently serves as the chair of Pentacle’s DEIA Committee and has been involved in ongoing efforts to advance more equitable practices in national dance touring. She was a member of the Dance/USA Equitable Contracting Joint Working Group, comprised of agents, managers and presenters who worked collectively to advocate for the implementation of equitable compensation and cancellation clauses in engagement contracts between touring dance companies and presenting organizations. She was also a member of Creating New Futures' Contract Working Group and served as an advisor for the Association of Performing Arts Professionals' ArtsForward Grants Program. Sandy was a mentor for Urban Bush Women's Choreographic Center Initiative and most recently worked with Fannie Bellefeuille (Executive Director, RUBBERBAND) to launch The Green Fund, an eco-touring initiative that provides funding to U.S. presenters who support environmentally conscious touring practices.
Mara Greenberg
Comptroller
Mara Greenberg received her MBA in Finance from New York University. She joined Pentacle as Director of Fiscal Operations in 1977, and became co-director with Ivan Sygoda two years later. After 34 years working with Ivan Sygoda behind-the-scenes and quietly managing the business and fiscal side of Pentacle, in 2013 she became the sole director of the organization. Since then she has restructured the management and staffing of the organization, rebuilt Pentacle’s board of directors, and produced a highly successful 40th Anniversary Celebration. For over forty years, through prudent financial management Mara has kept Pentacle deficit-free and maintained a comfortable cash reserve, allowing the organization to weather economic and social changes while investing in new programming and innovative projects of great national impact.
Mara has served as a financial consultant to the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, was a contributing editor to the Poor Dancer’s Almanac, second edition, was a guest speaker and panelist at ART/NY FEDAPT, Dance Theater Workshop, the New School for Social Research, the Cultural Council Foundation and Marymount Manhattan College among others, and a guest on cable television “Eye on Dance” (“Second Careers for Professional Dancers”). She also performed professionally with Rachel Lampert & Dancers and the Nancy Meehan Dance Company. Mara has given her time to the Synagogue for the Arts as a financial consultant as well as organized summer programs for children on the East End.
As Director, Mara helped stabilize the organization so it has the capacity, vision, and flexibility to sustain itself for another 40+ years. Now, she acts as comptroller for the organization.
Quincie Hydock
Director of Programming
Quincie Hydock earned her BFA in dance & choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2013 she moved to New York City and co-founded a duet dance theater company, Q&A Productions. After volunteering as a production assistant at one of Pentacle’s APAP showcases, Quincie joined Pentacle’s staff in 2014. Before becoming Director of Programming, she was Director of the Administrative Support Program, developing the program into what it is today over a 4-year period. During her time at Pentacle, Quincie's excellent management and leadership skills were honed through two successful seasons coordinating and working with the artists of the Pentacle Dance Series at the Rubin Museum; administering Pentacle’s Internship program for three sessions during a period of rapid growth in the program; and serving as one of the program administrators working directly with artists in the ART program. Being a dance artist herself helps inform her work with emerging artists and better understand their administrative needs. In addition to her work at Pentacle, Quincie is a fitness instructor, the development associate of the Brooklyn Americana Music Festival, and a sewing teacher.
Jacob Litvack
Operations and Program Associate
Jacob Litvack was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where he developed a love for live performance at a young age. Pursuing his passion, Jacob went on to receive a B.A. in Theatre with an Emphasis in Acting from USC’s School of Dramatic Arts in 2021, while being Vice President of the Theatre Student Association and Marketing Chair of Aeneid Theatre Company. Moving to New York in the Fall of 2023, Jacob is excited to be joining Pentacle as an Office Adminstrator to support developing artists and talents in the creative field.
Kevin Lo
Fiscal Associate
Kaiching (Kevin) Lo grew up in Taiwan and moved to the United States to pursue an education in 2016. He has a BBA in International Marketing from Baruch College and is currently enrolled in Baruch’s MA Arts Administration program. Kevin developed a passion for the arts by immersing himself in New York’s many museums and art galleries. His newfound interest led him to take a decisive step towards becoming an arts administrator. With his prior experience in sales and marketing, nonprofit bookkeeping, and current graduate coursework in arts administration, Kevin is excited to provide fiscal support to performing artists in his role as fiscal associate at Pentacle.
Felicia Rosenfeld
Interim Executive Director
Felicia Rosenfeld has been purposefully involved in the performing arts and social service communities for decades. Felicia began working at Pentacle as an intern in 1983. She joined Pentacle’s Board in 1986, and then returned in 2002 as Director of Educational Programming. She became Director of Programming in 2006 and then served as Co-Director until June 2015. While at Pentacle, Felicia established an LA office for eight years and oversaw infrastructure programming in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. From 2015-2018, she was Executive Director of Dance Resource Center (DRC), the service organization for dance in the Greater Los Angeles Area. She continued as DRC Community Advocate from 2018-2022. Since 2018, through FARconnector, Felicia has served as a mentor, thought partner and organizational strategist, working with individual artists and creative organizations to attain organizational wellness and professional health. She created DEFT, Dance Executive Fellowship Team, a fellowship nurturing thoughtful talented arts executives committed to strong flexible infrastructure. Felicia also practiced law for five years and then was Director of Product Development for Civic Research Institute, a publishing company focusing on the criminal justice and tax systems for eight years.
Felicia has served as a panelist for the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the LA County Arts Commission, the Culver City Arts Commission, and the Santa Monica Department of Cultural Affairs. She served on the Dance/USA Board of Trustees for six years (helping create and co-chairing the Committee on Equity, Inclusion and Diversity), as well as on boards and committees for multiple arts, educational and social service organizations. Felicia currently serves on the Board of Directors of Arts for LA. Through her participation in Americans for the Arts, Californians for the Arts, Arts for L.A., Dance Resource Center, and New Yorkers for Culture and Arts Felicia advocates for support of the arts and for arts to play a role in all sectors on national, state, and local levels.
Upon being appointed as Interim Executive Director by Pentacle’s Board of Directors on February 1, 2024, Felicia worked alongside Executive Director Clarissa Soto Josephs to bring about a smooth transition before assuming full leadership on April 1, 2024. Her goals as Interim Executive Director are to continue Pentacle’s invaluable infrastructure support for its partner artists and organizations and to bring all its stakeholders together to build the next exciting chapter in Pentacle’s history as the organization approaches its 50th anniversary.
Brian Sounalath
Fiscal Associate
Brian Sounalath studied Social Economics and Theater at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he lived before moving to New York. Prior to joining Pentacle, he worked in accounting at the Creative Artists Agency, with responsibilities in accounts payable and expense tracking for agents. He has also worked in television production, managing an office for a writers’ room where he handled all expenses and payroll. Early on in his career, he was a night auditor for a boutique hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Additionally, he has experience working in casting, as a script coordinator for animation shows, and was also a professional actor. As a Fiscal Associate at Pentacle, Brian is excited to put his math skills to good use in supporting artists on their creative journeys.
Harry Sukonik
Fiscal Associate
Harry Sukonik is a 2023 graduate of Johns Hopkins University and The Peabody Institute, where he received a B.F.A. in Dance with Directed Studies in Sociology. His academic journey is distinguished by notable achievements, including being selected as a Sandra Hittman Scholarship Recipient and receiving the 2022 Experiential Leadership Award for his outstanding contributions to Johns Hopkins University. Harry brings valuable experience from his previous administrative roles at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and The Peabody Institute’s Collegiate Dance Program. He is thrilled to be joining Pentacle’s team as a Fiscal and FIA Associate and hopes to make meaningful contributions to the organization's mission and vision.
Board of Directors
Robin Carol | Communications Director, Public Art Fund
Ashley Calhoun | Early Childhood Education Consultant
James Pierre-Louis | Private Equity Associate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Margaret Wagner Dahl | Former Associate VP for Information Technology & Analytics, Georgia Tech
Stephane Duret | Founder & Executive Director, Kaiser's Room
Marilyn Peck Francescon (Chair) | Attorney
Stefi George | Attorney
Mathew Heggem | Founder & CEO, 10kCreators LLC
Alexandra Knowles | Director of Business Development & HR, DanceBody
Felicia Rosenfeld | Interim Executive Director, Pentacle