THE Policy Council

The Alliance’s Policy Council is composed of allied partners from education, business, arts and parent organizations. Working in conjunction with the Board of Directors, it is charged with authoring the Vision Framework [PDF: 116KB] and recommending annual Strategic Priorities, which guide the work of the California Alliance. By engaging a broad cross section of stakeholders, this enables Alliance to focus on the most pressing issues and concerns facing arts education at the state and local levels.

Membership in the Policy Council is open to all organizations that have an ability to mobilize people and advocate on behalf of arts education. The goal is to build a Policy Council that has a balanced representation among education, business, arts and parent organizations.
 
There is an annual fee for participation on the Policy Council. The fee covers the cost of participation and provides general operating support for the Alliance’s programs and services. The Policy Council meets twice annually, rotating between Northern and Southern California. For more information, email [email protected]

Policy Council

SARAH ANDERBERG
Director
CCSESA Arts Initiative
Sacramento

DANIELLE BRAZELL
Executive Director
Arts for LA
Los Angeles

TROY J. BOTELLO
State Executive Director
VSA California
La Habra

SHARYN CHURCH
Deputy Director
Inner-City Arts
Los Angeles

CHRIS CLARK
CEO/Founder
The SMART Foundation
Laguna Hills

TOM DECAIGNY*
Principal
Canopy Consulting
San Francisco

CELESTE DEWALD
Executive Director
California Association of Museums
Santa Cruz

JOHN EGER
Professor
Creative Economy Initiative, College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts, SDSU
San Diego

ERIC ENGDAHL
Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education
CSU East Bay
Arts Education Initiative
San Rafael

BRAD ERICKSON
President
California Arts Advocates
San Francisco

MARTHA FLUOR
President Elect
California School Boards Association
West Sacramento

SHANA HABEL
President
California Dance Education Association (CDEA)
Los Angeles

ED HONOWITZ*
Board Member
Pasadena Unified School District
Pasadena

PENNI HUDIS
Director for Pathway and Curriculum Development
ConnectEd
Berkeley

JEFF JENKINS
President
California Association for Music Education (CMEA)
Chula Vista

ANA JIMENEZ-HAMI
Founder and Executive Director
Orange County Children's Therapeutic ARTS Center
Santa Ana

LINDA JOHNSON
Executive Director
Streetside Stories
San Francisco

GAI JONES
Past President
California Educational Theater Association (CETA)
Ojai

AMY KITCHENER
Executive Director
Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Fresno

SOFIA KLATZKER
Senior Advocacy and Research Manager
Arts for All
Los Angeles

DEBBIE LOOK
Vice President for Education
California State PTA
San Francisco

JESSICA MELE
Executive Director
Performing Arts Workshop
San Francisco

JACK MITCHELL**
Secondary Arts Consultant
California Department of Education (CDE)
Sacramento

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

REBECCA NEVAREZ
Executive Director
Latino Arts Network
Pasadena

KRISTEN PAGLIA
Executive Director
P.S. Arts
Los Angeles

ANTHONY PARREIRA
Liaison
California Teacher's Association
Los Banos

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

CARL SCHAFER
Music Consultant
San Bernardino County Music Educators Association
Upland

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

MALISSA SHRIVER**
Chair
California Arts Council
Sacramento

TIM TAYLOR
Assistant Superintendent
Sacramento County Office of Education
Sacramento

ANDREA TEMKIN
Visual & Performing Arts Manager
Alameda County Office of Education
Hayward

BILL THOMPSON
Executive Director
Young Storytellers Foundation
Los Angeles

JEFFREY WALKER
Trustee and Chair, Advocacy Task Force
National Guild for Community Arts Education
Sunny Vale

SUSAN WUERER
President
California Art Education Association (CAEA)
Huntington Beach

 

* California Alliance Board
** Government Agency Liaison

Revised 7/7/11