LEADERSHIP AND STAFF

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TEAM     BOARD     FOUNDERS BOARD

TEAM

Justine Adeboyejo
Teaching Artist, Visual Arts
she/her/hers

Collette Williams Alleyne
Chief Education Officer
she/her/hers

Matías Anaya
Teaching Artist, Music
she/her/hers

Nancy Avila
Accounting Manager
she/her/hers

Giselle Barrios
Senior Programs Coordinator
she/her/hers

Bob Bates
Co-Founder, Artistic Director
he/him/his

Emily Buttner
Teaching Artist, Ceramics
she/her/hers

Jennifer Carroll
Associate Director of Professional Development
she/her/hers

Amy Cuenco
Director of Finance & HR
she/her/hers

Dylan Diloretto
Teaching Assistant, Visual Arts
they/them/their

Zion El-Amin
Teaching Artist, Dance
he/him/his

George Garcia
EVP & Chief Operating Officer
he/him/his

Holli Hornlien
Associate Director of Work of Art
she/her/hers

Marshawn Hunter
Facilities
he/him/his

Jen Lathrop
Teaching Artist, Creativity Lab
she/her/hers

Holly Le
Senior Accountant
she/her/hers

Nick Manuguerra
Assistant Facilities Manager
he/him/his

Ashley Margo
Lead Designer + Teaching Artist, Media Arts
she/her/hers

Karina Mata
Teaching Artist, Media Arts
she/her/hers

Orlando Moreno
Associate Director of Programs
he/him/his

Cynthia Nava
Teaching Artist, Visual & Media Arts
she/her/hers

Adrian Noriega
Program Coordinator
he/him/his

Eva C. Perez
Lead Teaching Artist, Visual Arts
she/her/hers

Lidia Rodriguez
Teaching Artist, Music
she/her/hers

Wendy Roque
Senior HR Generalist
she/her/hers

Tom Simmermaker
Teaching Artist, Performing Arts
he/him/his

Christopher Suarez
Lab Tech and Studio Assistant, Ceramics
he/him/his

Matthew Sutphin
Communications Manager
he/him/his

Rebecca Tager
Teaching Artist, Ceramics
she/her/hers

Rosanna Tullio
Associate Director of Institutional Giving
she/her/hers

Sarah Tytus
Development Operations Associate
she/her/hers

Anabel Vallin
Operations Coordinator
she/her/hers

Alma Villegas
Senior Director of Development
she/her/hers

Nancy Deren Weingarten
Creativity Lab Studio Assistant
she/her/hers

Jonathan J. Williams
Program Coordinator

Shelby Williams-González
President & CEO
she/her/hers

BOARD OFFICERS

Kevin Pleasant
Chair
Chase

Jackie Harman
Vice Chair
COYN

Darris Sherman
Treasurer
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Lauren DeVillier
Secretary
Exceptional Minds

BOARD MEMBERS

Kingsley Afemikhe
Shield AI

Kara Ahmanson
The Ahmanson Foundation

Malina Brown
Sugerman Communications Group

Gillian Calof
ClimateWorks Foundation

Brian Goldsmith
Lionsgate

Allison Graff-Weisner
Otis College of Art and Design

Kapil Gupta
Boston Scientific

Roth Herrlinger
Evolution

Melanie Horowitz
GHJ Advisors

Tae Kim
Collins Kim, LLP

Norma Manzanares
Pivot Media

Toyin Moses
California Lawyers for the Arts

Vanessa Walker-Oakes
Flintridge Preparatory School

Grant Withers
Artium Investment

FOUNDERS BOARD

The Founders

Bob Bates

Irwin J. Jaeger

Founders
Board
Members

Geoffrey Anenberg

Wallis Annenberg

Kim Baer

Bill & Tamara Bagnard

Jon Basalone

Frank Baxter

Craig Benell

Alan Berro

Cynthia Harnisch Breunig

Al Brooks

Marvin G. Burns

Vera R. Campbell

Ira Cohen

Bob Davidson

Sharon DeBriere

Susan Emerling-Torres

Mitchell Frank

Bobbie Greenfield

Crosby Haffner

Eugene L. Hernandez

Douglas Hinchliffe

Steve Hirsh

Linda Hothem

Paul C. Johnson

Glorya Kaufman

Laurie Konheim

Melanie Lundquist

Rick Madden

Michael Maltzan

Jay Mangel

Jeff Marine

Silvia Marjoram

Randy Miller

Connie Moran-Romero

Scott Morielli

Anthony E. Nicholas

Drew Planting

Maura Rampolla

Monica Rosenthal

Joseph Sanford

Martha Saucedo

Steve Schoenholz

William Schoenholz

Eric Schotz

Michael Schreter

Bob Shearin

Mithra Sheybani

Mark Slavkin

Beatriz Stotzer

Katerina Tana

“Our wish is that every child in our community graduates from high school. All of our programs are designed to propel us towards that goal.”

– BETH TISHLER, FORMER CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER, INNER-CITY ARTS