Board & Staff

Board of Directors 2011–12

Officers

  • President, Sabrina Riddle
  • Vice-President, Treasurer and Finance Chairperson, Bruce McDougal
  • Vice-President, Secretary and Governance Chairperson, Diana Cohn
  • Vice-President and Audit Chairperson, Johann Zimmern
  • Executive Committee, At Large, Raman Frey
  • Executive Committee, At Large, Brooke Waterhouse

Members

  • Berit Ashla
  • J.D. Beltran
  • Charles Betlach II
  • Rob Epstein
  • Jeffrey Filimon
  • Ronald W. Garrity
  • Suzanne Greischel
  • Elna Hall, Ph.D.
  • Sean Heywood
  • Margaret Jenkins
  • Kevin King
  • Richard Laiderman
  • Erik Mayo
  • Rekha Patel
  • Samira Rahmatullah
  • Vicki Shipkowitz
  • Nicole Ward

Emeritus
  • Helen Sause

Staff

Administration

  • Executive Director, Kenneth J. Foster [ bio ]
  • Executive Assistant, Krikor Didonian
  • Managing Director, Scott Rowitz [ bio ]
  • Finance Director, Claire SunSpiral
  • Senior Accountant and Payroll Specialist, Nalinee Siroros
  • Accounting Assistant, Veronica Bretzer
  • HR Director, Victoria Sanchez
  • HR Manager, Brenda Stone
  • IT Director/Sr Database Administrator, Robert Kenmotsu
  • Systems Manager, Alex Herreria
  • Desktop Support Administrator, Rafael Miranda

Community Engagement

  • Director of Community Engagement, Joël Tan [ bio ]
  • Senior Program Manager, Katya Min
  • Senior Program Manager, Beth Pickens
  • Program Manager, Nick Colin
  • Performing Arts Educator, José Navarrete
  • Education and Engagement Specialist/ Youths Art Manager, Laurel Butler

Development

  • Senior Director, External Affairs, Charles Ward [ bio ]
  • Development Manager, Institutional Support, Sandie Arnold
  • Director Major Gifts, Namrata Gupta
  • Membership Manager, Emily Lakin
  • Development Associate, Amanda Verwey

Events

  • Events Director, Lisa Elliott
  • Audiences Services Manager, Kati Voluntine
  • Events Manager, Jesse Lindow
  • Events Assistant, Kealan Cunningham

Facilities

  • Facilities Director, Tony Pellegrini
  • Facilities Lead, Leo Diaz
  • Facilities Technician, Miguel Paez

Film/Video

  • Film/Video Curator, Joel Shepard [ bio ]
  • Film/Video Curatorial Assistant, Jonathan Knapp
  • Film/Video Technician, Doug Katellus

Marketing and Communications

  • Senior Director of Marketing & Communications, Kathy Budas [ bio ]
  • Communications Manager, Maureen Dixon
  • Marketing Manager, Denise Esteves
  • Marketing and Communications Assistant, Michael LoPresti
  • New Media Manager, James Im
  • Graphic Designer, Emily Glaubinger
  • Ticket Service Manager, Christina Coughlin
  • Assistant Ticket Service Manager, Juanita Lam
  • Webmaster, Chris Brown
  • Web Assistant, Mason Koo

Performing Arts

  • Director of Performing Arts, Marc Bamuthi Joseph
  • Performing Arts Manager, Isabel Yrigoyen
  • Performing Arts Coordinator, Roko Kawai

Production

  • Technical Director, José María Francos
  • Production Manager, Jodi Feder
  • Theater Head Electrician, Thomas White
  • Theater Audio Engineer, Cedric Lathan
  • Forum Technician, Guy Brenner

Visual Arts

  • Director of Visual Arts, Betti-Sue Hertz [ bio ]
  • Adjunct Curator, Julio Morales
  • Curatorial Assistant, Thien Lam
  • Senior Exhibitions Manager, Amy Owen
  • Exhibitions Designer, Gabriel Harrison
  • Senior Preparator, Patrick Gillespie
  • Registrar, Anne Marie Purkey Levine
  • Assistant Registrar, Rebecca Silberman