Staff & Board of directors

Director of Operations: Arlene Kato

Director of Development: Rob Taylor

Programs Manager: Tyese Wortham

Programs Associate: Mahea Uchiyama

Production Assistant: Julie Jang

Administrative Assistant: Lorenza Lee Blanco

Bookkeeper: Meryl Larsen

Festival Interns: Kwesi Anku and Lizzie Jones and Micaela Nerguizian

Development Intern: Alissa Elegant-McCoy

Marketing and Communications: Cara Storm, Marketing by Storm

Public Relations: Jennifer Roy, Roy Public Relations

Core Volunteers

Production Staff

San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival 2010
Artistic Directors: Carlos Carvajal and CK Ladzekpo
Scenic Designer: Dan Sweeney
Lighting Designer: Patty-Ann Farrell
Sound Designer: Calvin LL Jones
Technical Director: Blake Manship
Stage Manager: Kate Mattson and Chi Chi Okonmah
Assistant Stage Manager: Aaron Stephenson
Backstage Manager: Alena Bell-Farrell
Production Manager's Assistant: Julie Jang
Stagehands: Kilian Farrell-Alvarado and Matt Jones
Front of House Managers: Bill Fraser and Eyla Moore
Videographers: Michael Rohde and Kirk Schroeder
Hospitality Coordinator: Diane Theodorelos
Gala Catering: Chau Lam, chilipepperevents.com
Gala Volunteer Coordinator: Gigi Jensen
Artist Relations: Micaela Nerguizian

San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival Auditions 2010
Stage Manager: Patty-Ann Farrell
Backstage Manager: Janeen Johnson
Front of House Manager: Bill Fraser
House Manager: Eyla Moore
Stage Announcements: Amanda Almonte and Rudy Garcia
Videographer: Kirk Schroeder
Hospitality: Diane Theodorelos
Deckhands: Kilian Farrell-Alvarado and Aaron Stephenson
Audition Assistants: Alena Bell-Farrell, Julie Jang, Rebecca Wolfe
Backstage Assistants: Kwesi Anku, Micaela Nerguizian

San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival 2009
Artistic Directors: Carlos Carvajal and CK Ladzekpo
Artistic Director Liaison: Tyese Wortham
Scenic Designer: Dan Sweeney
Lighting Designer: Patty-Ann Farrell
Sound Designer: Calvin LL Jones
Technical Director: Blake Manship
Stage Manager: Janeen Johnson
Assistant Stage Manager: Aaron Stephenson
Backstage Manager: Alena Bell-Farrell
Production Manager's Assistant: Julie Jang
Deckhands: Kilian Farrell-Alvarado and Dylan McMillan
Front of House Managers: Bill Fraser and Eyla Moore
Videographers: Michael Rohde and Kirk Schroeder
Hospitality Coordinator: René Hamilton
Gala Catering Coordinator: Chau Lam, chilipepperevents.com
Gala Volunteer Coordinator: Gigi Jensen
Artist Relations: Faiza Baker-Yeboah

People Like Me 2009
Script Writer: Jeff Raz
Co-Script Writer: Brenda Wong Aoki
Director: Jael Weisman
Production Manager: Jack Carpenter
Producer/Arts Education Director: Ruth Mankin
Scenic Designer: Kevin King
Set Design: Lydia Tanji
Lighting Designer: Patty-Ann Farrell
Audio Engineer: Dylan McMillan
Stage Manager: Chi Chi Okonmah
Deckhand: Aaron Stephenson
Front of House: Faiza Baker-Yeboah
Photographers: Andy Mogg and Austin Forbord
Videographer: Michael Rohde
Programs Associate: Tyese Wortham
Programs Intern: Mei-Ling Murray

San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival Auditions 2009
Stage Manager: Patty-Ann Farrell
Backstage Manager: Janeen Johnson
Front of House Manager: Bill Fraser
House Manager: Eyla Moore
Stage Announcements: Amanda Almonte and Rudy Garcia
Videographer: Kirk Schroeder
Hospitality: Diane Theodorelos
Deckhands: Aaron Stephenson and Takeo Wong
Audition Assistants: Alena Bell Farrell, Julie Jang, Mei-Ling Murray, Rebecca Wolfe

Board of Directors

Amanda Almonte

Owner, Citybloom, Inc. and former Executive Director of Ensambles Ballet Folklorico de San Francisco

Peggy T. Burns

Vice-President, OMI Government Relations, Inc.

Sherée Chambers, Vice-President

Senior Sales Associate, Wilkes Bashford

Julia Cheng

Community Arts Advocate

Elaine Connell

Community Arts Advocate

Judith Duffy

Community Volunteer and Arts Advocate

Rudy Garcia

Artistic Director, Alegria de San Jose. Director, Danzantes Unidos de California, and Principal Design Engineer, KLA-Tencor

Philomena King

Managing Director of King & Co. Works of Art

Esther Li

Certified Public Accountant

Susan Somaya, President

Chair, Ladies of the Consular Corps

Advisory Council

Brenda Berlin

Former Executive Director of Young Audiences of N. California

Bernard Boudreaux

Senior Manager, Community Relations, Target Corporation

Blanche Brown

Community Arts Advocate

Lanie Denslow

International Director, The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising

Dr. Jerry Duke

Professor Emeritus and retired Coordinator of Dance Studies, SFSU

Diane Goldsmith

Artist-Agent, Graphic Designer, Square Moon Productions

Dennis Jang

CFO, Trans Pacific National Bank

David Lei

President, International Sources

Lynn Luckow

CEO, Craigslist Foundation

J. William Morris III

Retired KPMG Managing Partner

Magan Patel

Former Executive Vice President of Union Bank,

Former Chairman of Union Bank International,

Former Trustee of World Affairs Council

Bernardo Pedere

Artistic Director, Filipiniana Dance Troupe

Herbert Rosenthal, Advisory Council Chair

Attorney at Law

Jitu Somaya

Managing Director of Oppenheimer & Co.,

Board Member, State Bank of India

Kelly Trevethan

Managing Director, Trevethan Capital Partners