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Staff and Board
Meet our Staff



KAREN MACK
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BETH PETERSON
COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAM DIRECTOR
LESLIE TAMARIBUCHI
STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS
DIRECTOR

DENA CHENG
DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER


VALERY MENDOZA-MARTINEZ
COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAM MANAGER
KAITWAN JACKSON
PROGRAM MANAGER -
PROMISE ZONE ARTS



ELIZABETH CHO
PROGRAM MANAGER -
PARTNERSHIPS
GUILLERMO ALVAREZ
CULTURAL ORGANIZER
HANNAH DOMINICA CHUA
SYSTEMS AND RESEARCH COORDINATOR
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ANAHIT POTURYAN
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
JAMES KEUM
OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
INDEYA EUBANK
PROGRAM COORDINATOR-
PROMISE ZONE ARTS

BRIANA RIVERA
COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR


JORE AARON
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
ULI BARAJAS
MARKETING AND
DEVELOPMENT INTERN
Meet our Board



TODD BECRAFT
ATTORNEY AT LAW
OFFICE OF TODD BECRAFT - LA
TAMMY BROWN
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY MARKETING AND ENGAGEMENT, SOCIETY OF CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITERS AND ILLUSTATORS
GLENN R. GATIEN
OPERATIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL EXECUTIVE



GUADALUPE CARDONA
ETHNIC STUDIES, ENGLISH, AND THEATRE EDUCATOR
SUSAN GRAY
CONSULTANT
BILL PARENT
RETIRED ASSOCIATE DEAN,
UCLA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS



EMILY RANGEL
ARTIST
TERESA LARA
GRANTS MANAGER, LOS ANGELES CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
IBERT SCHULTZ
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BLACK COLLEGE SUCCESS​
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