Brad Erickson, President
Executive Director, Theatre Bay Area
Dalouge Smith, Vice-president
President & CEO, San Diego Youth Symphony
John Gallogly, Treasurer
Executive Director, Theatre West
Kerry Adams Hapner, Secretary
Director of Cultural Affairs, City of San Jose
Deborah Cullinan
Executive Director, The Intersection for the Arts
Terence McFarland
Executive Director, LA Stage Alliance
Rachel Osajima
Executive Director, Alameda County Arts Commission
Richard Stein
Executive Director, Arts Orange County
Melinda Wagner
Legislative Liaison, Professional Musicians of California, AFM
To best serve its members, CAA continues to grow its board to represent every region in California, as well as representing organizations from a wide spectrum of budgets, artistic disciplines, multi-cultural programs and urban/rural communities.
If you are interested in serving California Arts Advocates as a boardmember, please email Advocacy@CaliforniaArtsAdvocates.org for information about board duties and responsibilities.
Contract Lobbyist
Kathryn Lynch, CAA Legislative Advocate
Principal, Lynch & Associates
CAA thanks the dedicated and hardworking people who have served as advocates for the arts in the past.
They played a significant role in supporting the arts, shaping public policy in California and continuing the mission of California Arts Advocates.
Past CAA Board Members (1996-2009)
Karen Ames, former Director of Communications, San Francisco Opera
Frank Amoss, President, Orange County Musicians Association, AFM Local 7
Ramaa Bharadvaj, Director, Angahara Ensemble
Craig Benedetto, Benedetto Communications
Tim Benge, former Executive Director, California Alliance for Arts Education
Leni Boorstin, Public Affairs Director, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Lisa Caretto, Past President and former Executive Director, California Arts Advocates
Debbie Chinn, former Managing Director, California Shakespeare Theater
Karen Clark, Poets and Writers, Inc.
Elizabeth Connell Nielson, San Francisco Opera
Kiyomi Emi, Marketing Associate, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Laura Esparza, Executive Director, Mexican Heritage Corporation of San Jose
Cate Foltin, former Executive Director, Theatre Bay Area
Dale Franzen, Madison Site Theater, Santa Monica College
Doug Hackney, Enterprise Group, Ltd.
Lars Hanson, Office of Cultural Relations, USC
Barry Hessenius, Arts Consultant, former Director, California Arts Council
Gail Gutierrez-McDermid, Department of Corrections, Arts Program
Joel F. Jacinto, Search to Involve Pilipino Americans
Arthur Jacobus, Executive Director, COPIA
Elliot H. Klein, UC Berkeley Lawrence Hall of Science
Teri Knoll, former Executive Director, California Association of Museums
Terence Liu, Public Corporation for the Arts
Al Maitland, former CEO, California Assembly of Local Arts Agencies, Executive Director, Berkeley Youth Symphony
Wally Malone, American Federation of Musicians, Local 153
Nancy A. Mims, San Francisco Symphony
Paul Minicucci, Next Generation Alliance, former Deputy Director, California Arts Council
Larry Oviatt, Legislation Action Coalition for Arts Education
Rebecca Rader, Director of Government and Foundations, San Diego Opera
Alma Robinson, Executive Director, California Lawyers for the Arts
Pat Schultz, Pat Schultz & Associates Communications
Kris Sinclair, Executive Director, Association of California Symphony Orchestras
Anne Smith, Chair, Graduate Arts Administration Department, Golden Gate University
Michael Stephens, San Diego Opera
Serena Tripi, former president, Dance Resource Center
Mary Vradelis, Executive Director, California Poets in the Schools
Brenda Jew Waters, West Coast Communications and Arts in River Park
Tim Wilson, Executive Director, Western Arts Alliance
Kara Grizzell Whittington, Audience Development Manager, San Francisco Symphony
Lee Wochner, President, CounterIntuity
