Board & Staff

Executive Committee

CHAIR
FRANCES PHILLIPS
Senior Program Officer, Walter & Elise Haas Fund
San Francisco

TREASURER
ED HONOWITZ
Pasadena School Board Member
Pasadena

SECRETARY - TBD

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVE
NANCY CARR
Consultant for Visual and Performing Arts,
Curriculum & Instructional Leadership Branch
California Department of Education
Sacramento

CHAIR, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
JIM THOMAS
Coordinator, Visual & Performing Arts
Orange County Department of Education
Costa Mesa

BOARD AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
LESLIE JOHNSON
Director, Education & Outreach
Center Theatre Goup
Los Angeles

CHAIR, FUND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE - TBD

Board of Directors

KRISTINE ALEXANDER
Executive Director
The California Arts Project (TCAP)
San Bernardino

PAUL AMMON
Professor of Education
UC Berkeley
Orinda

NANCY CARR
Visual & Peforming Arts Consultant
California Department of Education
Sacramento

TOM DECAIGNY
Executive Director
Performing Arts Workshop
San Francisco

CHERYL YEE GLASS
President
California Associaion of Music Education (CMEA)
Danville

RANDY GOODSON
CEO
Accretive Investments, Inc.
San Diego

REBECCA HAWLEY
Early Childhood Program Director
MOCHA (Museum of Children's Art)
Oakland

JEFF HOLLAND
Superintendent
Sutter County Superintendent of Schools
Yuba City

ED HONOWITZ
School Board Member
Pasadena

SUZANNE ISKEN
Director of Education
Museum of Contemporary Art
Los Angeles

RON JESSEE
Visual & Performing Arts Coordinator
San Diego County Office of Education
San Diego

LESLIE JOHNSON
Director, Education & Outreach
Center Theatre Group
Los Angeles

GAI JONES
California Educational Theatre Assoc. (CETA)
Ojai

CAROL KOCIVAR
Legislative Liaison
California State PTA
San Francisco

CAROL LIU
former State Assemblywoman
La Canada

SUSAN MCGREEVY-NICHOLS
President,
California Dance Educators Association (CDEA)
Santa Monica

LIZZY MOORE
West Regional Director
The Recording Academy
Santa Monica

SARAH MURR
Global Corporate Citizenship, Community Investor
The Boeing Company
Seal Beach

LOUISE MUSIC
Arts Learning Coordinator
Alameda County Office of Education
Hayward

JOAN PALMER
Co-Chair
District Arts Team
Pasadena

ANTHONY PARREIRA
Liaison
California Teachers Association
Los Banos

FRANCES PHILLIPS
Senior Program Officer
Walter & Elise Haas Fund
San Francisco

DANA POWELL RUSSELL, ED. D.
Consultant
San Jose

KATHY ROGERS
President
California Art Education Association (CAEA)
Oak Park

CARL SCHAFER
Music Consultant/Music Ed. Coordinator
California Baptist University
Upland

LINDA SHAFER
PTA Education Commissioner
Education Commission, CA State PTA
Covina

MARK SLAVKIN
Vice President, Education
Music Center Los Angeles County
Los Angeles

VICTORIA STEVENS
Psychologist
CalArts
Santa Monica

JIM THOMAS
Coordinator,Visual & Performing Arts
Orange County Department of Education
Costa Mesa

Staff

LAURIE SCHELL
Executive Director
e-mail: [email protected]
PH: 626.578.9315 x101

JOE LANDON
Policy Director
e-mail: [email protected]
PH: 916.440.1855

AMY HEIBEL
Communications Director
Email: [email protected]
PH: 626-578-9315 x100

LYNN GRIMM
Office Administrator
e-mail: [email protected]
PH: 626.578.9315 x102