CVRep Board of Directors

Mr. Cohan is the Managing Director of PeaksCo LLC, a consulting practice with a specialty in helping to finance mission-oriented projects that benefit low-income communities throughout the U.S. He has primarily focused on real estate finance, investment, development, acquisitions and portfolio asset management during his 35-year career. He is now also an enthusiastic local hiker and pickleball player. Mr. Cohan has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Nicole Taylor, CPA, CFE is a senior accountant with Maryanov, Madsen, Gordon and Campbell in Palm Springs specializing in audit for nonprofits, tax and forensic accounting. She grew up in Reno, NV and was active in the community throughout high school and college with various organizations. Working with CVRep has been an incredible opportunity to become more involved with and give back to the Coachella Valley. She is passionate about making all forms of art and art education accessible for everyone and is elated to be a part of CVRep.

Mr. Leonard trained as an artist until deciding to pursue a career as a paintings restorer. He worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for five years, and then spent twenty-six years as a paintings restorer at The J. Paul Getty Museum. In 2012, he was invited to join the staff of the Dallas Museum of Art as Chief Conservator. After helping to build the museum’s conservation department and serving subsequently as the interim Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs, he returned to creating his own work in 2017. He is represented by Louis Stern Fine Arts in West Hollywood, California.

Ms. Jacobs hails from Chicago, Illinois, where she served as a prosecutor in the Cook County State’s Attorney Office for several years before retiring to Palm Desert in 1991. She is an avid supporter of Eisenhower Medical Center, Big Horn BAM, the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission, the McCallum Theatre, Palm Springs Art Museum and serves on the MAC board of Palm Springs Art Museum.

Ms. Wiseman is an interior designer as well as an image consultant for print and television. She worked for Roger and Chaz Ebert on the PBS television show “Ebert Presents At The Movies.” Certified by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) as a fitness trainer, Atma is also an aquatic therapy rehab instructor. She is a board member of Israel Cancer Research Fund, and has served on the board of the Steinway Society of Riverside County as the past VP of Marketing. Atma’s board service to CVRep includes a position on the executive and finance committees. Both her parents were active in community theatre.