Who is Elizabeth Brassart from My Life in France and what is their importance?

Brassart was the head of Cordon Bleu when Julia took her course there. The school seemed to decline during Brassart's leadership. Julia and Brassart did not get along well from the start. When Julia applied to take her final exam and her retest, Brassart ignored her for quite some time. Bugnard had to intervene in the situation in order to get Brassart to schedule Julia's exams.