Board & Staff

Executive Committee

CHAIR
LESLIE JOHNSON
Director of School Programs, Music Center of LA County Education Division
Los Angeles

TREASURER
CO-CHAIR, BOARD AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
FRANCES CARRILLO
Arts Education Consultant
Carlsbad

SECRETARY
CHAIR, PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE
DANA POWELL, Ed.D.
Arts, Education, and Philanthropy Consultant
San Jose

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
LOUISE MUSIC
Arts Learning Coordinator
Alameda County Office of Education
Hayward

CO-CHAIR, BOARD AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
JOAN PALMER
Arts Commissioner
Pasadena Arts Commission
Pasadena

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

Board of Directors

MITCHEL AIKEN
Director, AFI Screen Education
American Film Institute
Los Angeles

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

PAUL AMMON
Teacher Education, University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley

NANCY CARR
Visual & Performing Arts Consultant,
CA Department of Education
Sacramento

FRAN CARRILLO
Arts Education Consultant
Carlsbad

CAROLYN ELDER
Theatre Arts Teacher
Past President, California Educational Theatre Association (CETA)
Sacramento

RANDY GOODSON
Accretive Capital Partners, LLC
San Diego

SAM GRONSETH
Music Specialist, Paradise Elementary School
Past President, California Music Education Association (CMEA)
Paradise, CA

ED HONOWITZ
School Board Member, Pasadena Unified School District
Pasadena

JEFF HOLLAND
Superintendent, Sutter County Office of Education
Yuba City

SUZANNE ISKEN
Museum of Contemporary Art, Education Dept.
Vice President, Museum Educators of Southern California
Los Angeles

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

LESLIE JOHNSON
Director of School Programs
Music Center of LA County- Education Division
Los Angeles

CAROL KOCIVAR
Legislative Liaison
California State PTA
San Francisco

CAROL LIU
Former State Assemblywoman
Pasadena

SUSAN MCGREEVY-NICHOLS
Arts Consultant
Co-President California Dance Educators Association
Santa Monica

LOUISE MUSIC, Chair
Arts Learning Coordinator
Alameda County Office of Education
Hayward

JOAN PALMER
Arts Commissioner
Pasadena Arts Commission
Pasadena

ANTHONY PARREIRA
Liaison
California Teachers Association
Los Baños

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

DANA POWELL, Ed.D.
Arts, Education, and Philanthropy Consultant
San Jose

CARL SCHAFER
Arts Education Consultant, Music Education Director, CA Baptist University
Board President, Arts Council for San Bernardino County Upland

VICTORIA STEVENS, Ph.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist; Psychoanalyst; Professor; Arts Education Consultant, CA Institute for the Arts
Santa Monica

GLEN THOMAS, Ph.D.
Former Executive Director
CA County Superintendents Educational Services Association
Sacramento

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

PENNY VENOLA
President, California Art Education Association

Staff

LAURIE SCHELL
Executive Director
e-mail: laurie@artsed411.org
PH: 626.578.9315 x 101

JOE LANDON
Policy Director
e-mail: joe@artsed411.org
PH: 916.440.1855

NICOLE RUSSELL
Office Administrator
e-mail: nicole@artsed411.org
PH: 626.578.9315 x 102