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Laura Batti

Chairman of the Board and Personnel Committee

  • Co-Owner/President – Métier Marketing Communications, Inc. (25 years)
  • Volunteer with Shakespeare’s Associates since 2006

Education:

  • BA in Photo Journalism, California State University, Fresno
Lisa A. Tromovitch

President/Producing Artistic Director

  • Theater Director and Producer
  • Tenured Faculty, past Chair, University of the Pacific, Department of Theatre Arts
  • Past President, the international Shakespeare Theatre Association (member 1998 – present)
  • Founder Livermore Shakespeare Festival, co-founder Maine Shakespeare Festival

Education:

  • MFA in Directing, Meadows School of the Arts, SMU
  • BA, Magna cum laude, Dartmouth College, Phi Beta Kappa

Volunteer experience includes:

  • Executive Committee of Board of Directors, Bangor Convention & Visitors Bureau
  • Founding Chair, Bangor Region Arts Council
  • Selection Committee, Playwrights Foundation, Bay Area Playwrights Festival
  • Board of Directors, Dartmouth Club of Greater San Francisco
  • University service includes Pacific Humanities Scholars Task Force and Writing in the Disciplines Board
G. Bryan Balazs
  • Resident of Livermore since 1992 and retired from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Current Board member and Past-President, Mario Pedrozzi Scholarship Foundation
  • Current member, and Committee Chair for 2018, of the Measure G Oversight Committee within the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District
  • Extensive involvement with the American Chemical Society (an international scientific professional organization with 150,000 members): candidate for ACS President in 2013 and 2015, Past Chair of the Education Committee, Member of the Undergraduate Advisory Board, and member of several ACS Presidential task forces on education and employment
  • Chair of the 2012 International Chemistry Olympiad hosted by the U.S.
  • Application Reviewer for the Davidson Institute for Talent Development, an organization that awards scholarships for exceptionally gifted high school students
  • Multi-year participant in science advocacy and outreach events held in the Bay Area at middle and high schools

Education

  • Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1992, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
  • ITT/Fulbright Scholar in 1986 at the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany
  • B.S. in Chemistry in 1985, Washington and Lee University
Stephanie Fish
  • General Manager, Swirl on the Square, downtown Livermore
  • Adjunct Faculty Librarian, Las Positas Community College 
  • BA, United States History, Boston University
  • MLIS, Simmons College
Louise Gill
  • Independent College Admissions Advisor (retired)
  • External Freshman Admissions Reader, University of California, Berkeley
  • Member, three private Bay Area college scholarship foundations
  • Served 6 years, School Governor and President of PTA
  • Professional background in Executive Search, University Administration and Publishing

Education:

  • BA (Honors) English Language and Literature, University of Wales, Swansea, United Kingdom
Ellen Goold
  • Realtor, Legacy Real Estate & Associates
  • 14 years experience in Business Development & Business Analysis in the high-tech industry

Education:

  • BBA, Texas A&M University

Volunteer Experience:

  • Chairperson, Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District Superintendent’s Parent Club Information Council
  • Secretary, Livermore Valley Education Foundation
  • PTA Past President, Mendenhall Middle School
  • Past President, Livermore Playschool Inc.
  • Member, Women’s Council of Realtors, Inner Wheel Club & Real Estate Alliance of Livermore
Robert Koelle
  • Drug Safety Operations Director, Exelixis
  • BA in History and Political Science, University of Delaware
  • Volunteer Literacy Mentor, Wilmington Public Schools
  • Jefferson Public Service Award, Nominee
Lawrence Lagin
  • Professional artist (2018-present), Resident artist, Bothwell Arts Center, Livermore
  • Retired, NIF Deputy Project Manager, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • “Science on Saturdays” Science Program Outreach Founder and Chair
  • International Scientific Advisory Committee Member, International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems 
  • Chairman, International Atomic Energy Agency 8th Technical Meeting on Control, Data Acquisition and Remote Participation for Fusion Research
  • BS, Applied Physics, Columbia University 
  • PhD program, Physics, SUNY at Stony Brook
  • MA, Physics, SUNY at Stony Brook
  •  MS, Computer Science, Drexel University
  •  Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Visual Arts, UC Berkeley Extension
Janet Lide

Secretary

  • Member, Amador Valley Quilters
  • Employer, Oakland Athletics
  • Education: RN from Vermont College
  • Volunteer opportunities through church
  • Avid pickleball player
Mary Sweeney
  • Property Owner/Manager since 1995
  • Co-Chapter Leader, Dining for Women, Livermore Chapter
  • Volunteer with Livermore Homeless Refuge since 2014
  • Volunteer with Livermore Shakes since 2012
  • CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) 2009-2012 – working with foster youth
  • Determined Yogi

Education:

  • BS in Mathematics, Cal State Hayward
  • Teaching Credential, Cal State Hayward
Elizabeth E. Trutner (Beth)
  • Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law
  • Certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization since 1995
  • Principal in the firm Trutner Law Offices
  • Member, Eastern Alameda County Bar Association
  • Member, East Bay Trust and Estates Lawyers
  • Member, State Bar of California (Member of the Probate and Estate Planning Section)
  • Past President, Tri Valley Estate Planning Council
  • Past President, Mario Pedrozzi Scholarship Foundation

Education:

  • San Francisco Law School, graduated with honors
  • Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Davis

 

Administrative Staff

Katie Marcel

Managing Director

  • Assistant Director, Livermore Downtown, Inc. (6 years)
  • City of Livermore Commission for the Arts
  • Actor, Musical Theater Performer, various venues in NYC, 1997-2002
  • Associate Talent Manager, Vanguard Management NYC, 2000-2002

Education:

  • BA in Theatre Arts, Santa Clara University
  • Musical Theater Workshop, CAP 21, Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, 1996

PHOTO BY Gregg Le Blanc, CumulusLight.com.
Ryan Tasker, Justin Genna, Jennifer Le Blanc & Mary Ann Rodgers in Cyrano de Bergerac, 2017.
Directed and Adapted by Lisa A. Tromovitch.
Costumes by Barbara Murray.