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 |
NANCY ANDRZEJCZAK | President | California Art Education Association (CAEA) | Corona |
DONNA ARTUKOVIC | Legislative Advocate, Education | California State PTA | San Francisco |
JAMES BENANTI | Liaison | California Teachers Association | Redlands |
SARAH BROTHERS | Arts Education Manager | Arts Council Santa Cruz County | Santa Cruz |
PEGGY BURT | Executive Director | The California State Summer School Arts Foundation | Pasadena |
RAY CAGAN | Arts Learning Coordinator | Alameda County Office of Education | Hayward |
TOM DECAIGNY* | Cultural Affairs Director | San Francisco Arts Commission | San Francisco |
CELESTE DEWALD | Executive Director | California Association of Museums | Santa Cruz |
ERIC ENGDAHL | Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education | CSU East Bay Arts Education Initiative | San Rafael |
BRAD ERICKSON | Representative | Californians for the Arts | San Francisco |
DENISE GRANDE | Director of Arts Education | Arts for All | Los Angeles |
EMILY HALL* | President/CEO | Olive Grove Consulting | Belmont |
ED HONOWITZ* | Education Policy Advisor | Senator Carol Liu, 25th Senate District | Glendale |
CAROL HOVEY | Past President | California Educational Theater Association (CETA) | Ojai |
PENNI HUDIS | Director for Pathway and Curriculum Development | ConnectEd | Berkeley |
SOFIA KLATZKER | Executive Director | Arts for LA | Los Angeles |
JESSICA KRONENBERG | President | California Dance Education Association (CDEA) | Los Angeles |
JESSICA MELE | Executive Director | Performing Arts Workshop | San Francisco |
JACK MITCHELL** | Secondary Arts Consultant | California Department of Education (CDE) | Sacramento |
KRIS MURRAY | Executive Director | Young Audiences of Northern California | San Francisco |
REBECCA NEVAREZ | Executive Director | Latino Arts Network | Pasadena |
KRISTEN PAGLIA | Executive Director | P.S. Arts | Los Angeles |
LINDA PARZYCH | Education Marketing Manager, Western Region | Crayola, LLC | San Francisco |
FRANCES PHILLIPS | Program Director | Walter and Elise Haas Fund | San Francisco |
ALEC RAFFIN | Executive Director | Streetside Stories | San Francisco |
CARL SCHAFER | Music Consultant | San Bernardino County Music Educators Association | Upland |
SANDY SEUFERT | Advisor at Large | Teaching Artist Support Collaborative of California (TASC) | Los Angeles |
MARK SLAVKIN* | Vice President, Education | Music Center Los Angeles County | Los Angeles |
ROBERT SMILAND | CEO | Inner-City Arts | Los Angeles |
MIKE STONE | President | California Association for Music Education (CMEA) | Sweetwater |
BILL THOMPSON | Executive Director | Young Storytellers Foundation | Los Angeles |
WILLIAM TISDALE* | Owner | Wats Associates | Los Angeles |
JEFFRY WALKER | Trustee | National Guild for Community Arts Education | New York City |
CRAIG WATSON | Director | California Arts Council | Sacramento |
* California Alliance Board ** Government Agency Liaison
Revised 04/21/15