Staff & Organization

DTLA Alliance Staff

Suzanne Holley

President & Chief Executive Officer

sholley@downtownla.com

Nick Griffin

Executive Vice President

ngriffin@downtownla.com

Michael Ashkenasi

Senior Director, Administration and Policy

mashkenasi@downtownla.com

Kevin Begovich

Design Director

kbegovich@downtownla.com

Jorge Castro

Vice President, Operations

jcastro@downtownla.com

Bree von Faith

Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications

bvonfaith@downtownla.com

Gabriel Yeager

Director, Placemaking & Events

gyeager@downtownla.com

Maria Elena Hewett

Program & Communications Manager

mehewett@downtownla.com

Johnna Hughes

Content Marketing Manager

jhughes@downtownla.com

Gerald Pierce

Director, Maintenance

gpierce@downtownla.com

Elan Shore

Director, Economic Development

eshore@downtownla.com

Kevin Thomas

Executive Assistant

kthomas@downtownla.com

Board of Directors

Executive Officers

Dan Cote

Treasurer (Past Chair)

The Bloc

Robert Cushman

Vice Chair

Brookfield Properties

Adam Daneshgar

Chair

Langdon Street Capital

Stacy Lieberman

Vice Chair

Library Foundation of Los Angeles

Cari Wolk

Secretary

Athena Parking

Board Members

Alex Arroyo

Related Companies

Nejdeh Avedian

Los Angeles United Investment Company

Christopher Cawley

InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown

William Dacunto

Silverstein Properties

Evan Grobecker

CommonWealth Partners

Simon Ha (Resident Director)

Steinberg Hart

Robert Hanasab

Robhana Group

Jenni Harris

Atlas Capital Group

Jeff Herrera

Rising Realty Partners

Jennifer Kallend

Colburn School

Bonny Kirin-Perez

The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites

Joan McLane (Resident Director)

University of Southern California, Institute of Urology

Elyse Mallouk

The Broad

Mark Messana

Downtown Properties

Carol Pfannkuche

YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles

Mark Spector

Onni Group

Joe Suzuki

LBA Realty

Dulce Vasquez

Arizona State University

Alternates

Travis Addison

CommonWealth Partners

Andrew Daneshgar

Langdon Street Capital

Kira Perez

Rising Realty Partners

Susan Perlas

Silverstein Properties

Peklar Pilavjian

Los Angeles United Investment Company

Brittny Sovich

The Bloc

Peter Zen

The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites