TAPA Team
Jacoba Knaapen
Executive Director
Scott Dermody
Dora Awards and Outreach Manager
Maetzin Alvarado
Membership Manager
Katie Gorham
Operations Manager
Adel Tipora
Development Officer
TAPA Team Support
Anne-Marie Krytiuk
Social Media and Photographer
Eddie Kastrau
Dance Consultant and IT Specialist
Jason Aviss
Bookkeeper
Catherine Maleikova
Advocacy Administrator
John Rahme
Consultant - Audio Recording Studio
Juan Sebastian Laverde
Production Manager - Self-Tape Studio
Catalin Petrisor Calinescu
Creative Technology Consultant and Music Specialist
TAPA Board of Directors Executive
Michael Sinclair
General Manager, Obsidian Theatre
TAPA Board of Directors, President
Executive Committee
Advocacy Committee
Dora Jury Eligibility Committee
Leonard McHardy and John Harvey Award Committee
Executive Committee
Advocacy Committee
Dora Jury Eligibility Committee
Leonard McHardy and John Harvey Award Committee
William Milne
Vice President of Finances and Administration, TO Live
Treasurer, TAPA Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Chair, Finance Committee
Natalie Sandassie
Senior Development Officer, Canadian Opera Company
TAPA Board of Directors, Secretary
Executive Committee
Fundraising Committee
Dora Eligibility Committee
Chris Goddard
Founder, Craft Brand Company + Brunswick Bierworks
TAPA Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Fundraising Committee
Dora Awards Eligibility Committee
President, PAIS Board of Directors
TAPA Board of Directors
Indrit Kasapi
Artistic Producer, Theatre Passe Muraille
Chair, Ray Ferris Innovation and Sustainability Grant
Chair, Dora Awards Jury Selection Committee
Victor Pokinko
Executive Producer, Bad Hats Theatre | Creative Producer, Bad New Days
Co-Chair, Indie Caucus
Gloria Mok
Managing Producer, Nightswimming
Social Justice Committee
Co-Chair, Indie Caucus
Dora Jury Selection Committee
Co-Chair, Indie Caucus
Dora Jury Selection Committee
Lucy Eveleigh
Festival Producer, Luminato Festival
TAPA Board of Directors
Chair, TRIP Committee
Indie Caucus
Chair, Christine Karcza Disability Leadership Award Committee
Colin Rivers
Senior Partner, Marquis Entertainment
TAPA Board of Directors
Communications Committee Commercial Theatre Committee
Communications Committee Commercial Theatre Committee
Gerard Roxburgh
Artistic Administrator, National Ballet of Canada
TAPA Board of Directors
Finance Committee
Advocacy Committee
Past Presidents
Kelly Straughan
Executive Director, Theatre Aquarius
2020-2023 Past President, TAPA Board of Directors
Régine Cadet
Director, Explore and Create, Canada Council for the Arts
2018-2020 Past President, TAPA Board of Directors
