#Grateful.
We are fortunate to have such a dedicated and passionate board of directors, who support our artists, children, and programs with a breadth and depth of talent and backgrounds in both the profit and non-profit sectors.
2018-2019 Board of Directors
Julie Wertz
Board President
Creative Director, jwDesignCo.
Janet Mohle-Boetani
Board Vice President
Deputy Medical Executive, California Correctional Health Care Service
Margaret Lourenço
Board Vice President
Co-Owner, Smart Elevator Tech, LLC
Martha Mangold
Board Secretary
Attorney
Kevin O’Connell
Board Treasurer
CPA, DZH Phillips LLP
Lorne Abramson
Principal
Co-Founder, ELM Advisors
Meryl Bennan
Writer, Realtor
Deborah Bishop
Writer
Joshua Blank
Attorney
Marcus Dyson
Artist, Educator
Gina Ferrante
Principal
Sherman Elementary School
Stephen Goldstine
Consultant
Oakland School of the Arts Alternative High School
Janet Mason Tarlov
Co-founder
Canyon Market
Sylvia Faison Wilkerson
Principal
Event Organizers
Artistic Advisory Board
Anne Abrams
Arts Advocate; Principal, A2 Communications
Agelio Batle
Artist, Educator
Richard Beggs
Film & Theatrical Sound Designer
Ray Beldner
Artist
Dawoud Bey
Photographer, Educator
Trish Bransten
Principal & Director, Rena Bransten Gallery
Rena Bransten
Principal & Director, Rena Bransten Gallery
Leela de Souza Bransten
Dancer; Vice President of Development, College Track
Joseph Bryant, Jr.
Pastor
Susie Buell
Founder, Esprit de Corp; Civic Leader
Catharine Clark
Director, Catharine Clark Gallery
George Coates
Founder, George Coates Performance Works
Peter Coyote
Actor, Author, Activist
Randy Craig
Composer, Educator
Christiane Crawford
Dancer, Dance Instructor
Deborah Cullinan
Executive Director, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Danny Duncan
Director, Playwright, Teacher
Laura Elaine Ellis
Co-Founder, Black Choreographer’s Festival; Dancer, Choreographer, Educator
Richard Gibson
Director, Academy of Ballet
Joe Goode
Founding Artistic Director, Joe Goode Performance Group
Ronn Guidi
Founder, Oakland Ballet
William Hack
Supervisor, SFUSD, Visual & Performing Arts
Ann Hatch
Founder, Oxbow School
Wayne Hazzard
Co-founder, Executive Director, Dancers’ Group
Kerri Hurtado
ArtSource Consulting
Rodney Earl Jackson, Jr.
SFArtsED Alumnus, Broadway performer
Margaret Jenkins
Artistic Director, Margaret
Jenkins Dance Company
Craig Jessup
Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Alonzo King
Artistic Director, Lines
Melecio Magdaluyo
Musician, Jazz Instructor, Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts
Rob Melrose
Artistic Director & Co-Founder, Cutting Ball Theater
Cria Merchant
SFArtsED Alumna,
Marriage and Family Therapist
Robert Moses
Artistic Director,
Robert Moses’ Kin
Abner Nolan
Artist, Educator
Kimi Okada
Co-Artistic Director, ODC/SF; Director,
ODC/SF Performance Gallery School
Vince Peterson
Founding Artistic Director,
Choral Chameleon
Diane Price
Founding Director, Young People’s
Teen Musical Theater Company
Jeff Raz
Founder, Clown Conservatory,
Actor, Director
Andrea Snow
Actress, Educator
Lori Starr
Executive Director, Contemporary Jewish Museum
Susan Stauter
Artistic Director, San Francisco Unified School District
Alice Waters
Founder, Chez Panisse Restaurant and Foundation
Paula West
Jazz Cabaret Singer
Lynne Winslow
President, Winslow & Associates
Charles Zukow
CEO & President, Charles Zukow Associates
Emeritus Board Members
A tip of the hat and tremendous gratitude to the women and men who have given so generously of their time and expertise to further the mission of the San Francisco Arts Education Project.
Richard Beggs
Film and Theatrical Sound Designer
Trish Bransten
Principal & Director, Rena Bransten Gallery
Becky Burad
Financial Operations Business Owner, Bridgeway, LLC
Natalie Greene
Artist, Educator
William Hack
Supervisor, SFUSD, Visual and Performing Arts
Susan N. Malone
Partner, Audit and Advisory Services Hood and Strong, LLP
James Molesky
Attorney
Abner Nolan
Artist, Educator
Tiersa Nureyev
Artist, Designer, Educator
Richard Olsen
Artist, Educator, SFArtsED Artist-in-Residence
Nathan Schouest
Assurance and Advisory Senior Manager, Frank, Rimerman & Co., LLP
Jane Spray
CFO Pisces, Inc.
Paulette Stracuzzi
Corporate Affairs, AAA Northern California, Nevada, & Utah
Anton Stuebner
Associate Director, Catharine Clark Gallery
Lynne Winslow
President, Winslow & Associates
BOARD MEMBERS IN MEMORIAM
Remy Charlip
Choreographer, Writer, Illustrator, Educator
Peggy Ford
San Francisco School of Circus Arts
Dan Kryston
Director, Musical Theater Program, Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts
Joan Mankin
Actor
