Our Team

Staff

Linda Lucero, Executive/Artistic Director
Steve Cho, Production Manager
Alice Lin, Communications Manager
Raul Panzar, Administrative & Social Media Assistant Podcast >
Anastasia Buckley, Event Staff
Mark Farley, Event Staff
Jim Howley, Event Staff
Preston Justice, Event Staff
Lauren Langford, Event Staff
Diann Leo, Event Staff
Shannon Preto, Event Staff Website >
Peter Ray, Event Staff Website >
Samuel Sax, Event Staff
Amy Spencer, Event Staff
Lauren Wulfken, Event Staff
Josh York, Event Staff

Consultant Team

Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations Website >
Ray Moisa & Associates, Development
Rapt Productions, Video Documentation Website >
Michelle Foy, Bookkeeping
Crosby & Kaneda, CPA Website >

Pro-bono contributions

John Spicer, Official Photographer Photos >
David Wong, IT Consultant
MJM Management Website >
Latin Percussion Website >
Latino Entertainment Partners Website >
Preston Williams, Origami

Sponsors & Partners

Many thanks to our supporters.
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Board of Directors

Arturo Riera (president), Consultant
Mary McCue (treasurer), MJM Management Group
William Carney, Landscript Associates
Chi-Hsin Shao, CHS Consulting
Elaine Elinson, Consultant, Editorial & Communications
Sean Jeffries, Millennium Partners
Al Levitt, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLC
Ron Rowell, Common Counsel Foundation
Cathy Pickering, SFRA
Helen Sause, Retired SFRA
Geol Weirs, Consultant
Juan Rivera, Marketing Manager, Teatro ZinZanni

Arts Advisory Council

*Affiliations for identification purposes only.
Renee Baldocchi, deYoung Museum
Carole Deutch, Film & Events Producer
Nancy Deutsch, TODCO Poets
Kate Dumbleton, Executive Director, Chicago Jazz Ensemble
Zakiya Harris, Grind 4 the Green
Greg Landau, Music Producer/Educator
Chelis Lopez, KPOO-FM
Marcelo Lucero-Aviles, Jewels in the Square
Bill Martinez, Attorney, Producer
Alleluia Panis, KulArts
Shannon Preto, Dance Theater Shannon
Diane Sanchez, East Bay Community Foundation
Cynthia Taylor, Educator, Vocalist, Oakland Museum
Roberto Gutiérrez Varea, USF Perf. Arts & Social Justice Dept.
Audrey Yamamoto, ZEUM