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Board of Directors & Advisory Board

Board of Directors, Honorary Board & Advisory Board
The California Music Project has attracted the generous support of a distinguished Board and Advisory Board representing the best in California music, education, arts, business and personal integrity.  Thank you for your energy, counsel and continued support.

 
Board Members
Board Member Affiliation
Barbara J. George, Chair Former Chair,
California Arts Council
Leigh White, Co-Chair Attorney
Phyllis Epstein, Co-Chair Former Vice Chair
California Arts Council
Joseph Alamieda, Treasurer
Ted Cady Event Director
San Jose State University
Marcella Davidson Aviles President, CEO Mexican Heritage Museum
Steve Cinelli CEO, Prestwick Partners
Donna Conaty Director, School of Music and Dance
San Diego State University
Bobbi Elliott The Jack Elliott Music Project
Michael Fahn Fahn & Company
Dr. Edward C. Harris Director, School of Music & Dance SJSU
Dr. Diana Hollinger Project Director and Developer,
CMP MTTI, Site Administrator
San Jose State University
Jim Gunderson Governance and Transactions LLC
Muriel Johnson Executive Director, California Arts Council
Diem Jones Director of Programs
Arts Council of Silicon Valley
Joe Lamond CEO, NAMM
Russ Sperling CMP MTTI Site Administrator
Director of Visual and Performing Arts,
Sweetwater Union High School District
   
Honorary Board Members
Herb Alpert
Musician
Jerry Brown & Anne Gust
Attorney General of California
Kathleen Brown
Senior Advisor, Goldman Sachs
Nancy Bechtle
Former President San Francisco Symphony
Dave Brubeck Musician
Bruce Chizen
CEO, Adobe Labs
Hal & Eunice David
Lyricist and Philanthropist
Gray & Sharon Davis
Former Governor, State of California
William Friedkin & Sherry Lansing
Film Director & Entertainment Executive
Marcy & Mort Friedman
Chairperson, California Arts Council
Jack O'Connell
California State Superintendent of Schools
Arnold Schwarzenegger & Maria Shriver
Governor of California
Pete & Gale Wilson
Former Governor, State of California
   
Advisory Board
Advisory Board Member Affiliation
Don Passman
Los Angeles
Entertainment Attorney
Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown
Glenna Avila
Valencia
Director, Community Arts Partnership
California Institute of the Arts
Richard Foos
Los Angeles
CEO, shout!Factory
Debra Hughes
Los Angeles
President, Crystal Ball Entertainment
Former President, NABFEME LA Region
Laurie Schell
Pasadena
Executive Director
California Alliance for Arts Education
Dr. Jerry Hiura
Los Gatos
Artist and Dentist with Hiura & Hiura, Inc.
Past Chair, Arts Council Silicon Valley
Juan Carrillo
Sacramento
Past Chief of Grant Programs
California Arts Council
Leslie Miller
San Francisco
Dewey Square Group
Muffie Meier
San Francisco
Principal
Public Affair
Ann McCrow
Santa Cruz
Director of Development, Arts
University of California – Santa Cruz
Ann Miller
San Francisco
Attorney, Nixon Peabody
Diem Jones
San Jose
Director of Programs
Arts Council Silicon Valley
Hayley Sumner
Los Angeles
President, Sumner Management Group and
Strategic Counseling
Tor Hyams
Los Angeles
President, HyLo Entertainment, producer of
children’s music projects
   
California Arts Council Liaison Affiliation
Kristin Margolis
Sacramento
Arts Program Specialist
California Arts Council
   
Alliance Partners
California Music Educators Association
California Arts Council
California Alliance for Arts Education
National Association of Black Female Executives in Music & Entertainment
California State Student Association