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