Production Staff 2011

San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival 2011
Artistic Directors: Carlos Carvajal and CK Ladzekpo
Scenic Designer: Dan Sweeney
Lighting Designer: Patty-Ann Farrell
Sound Designer: Calvin LL Jones
Audio Engineers: Derek Jones, Matt Jones
Technical Director: Sean Riley
Technical Consultant: Stephen Clifford
Interim Production Manager: KT Graham
Assistant Production Manager: Julie Jang
Stage Managers: Blake Manship, Kate Mattson
Assistant Stage Managers: Krista Lane, Aaron Stephenson
Backstage Managers: Alena Bell-Farrell, Chijundu (Chi Chi) Okonmah, and
Rebecca Wolfe
Stagehand: Kilian Farrell-Alvarado
Front of House Managers: Bill Fraser, Eyla Moore
Program Book Writer: Patti Trimble
Festival Videographers: Michael Rohde and Kirk Schroeder
Hospitality Coordinator: Diane Theodorelos Cow Hollow Catering
Benefit Evening Catering: Chau Lam, chilipepperevents.com
Interns: Leila Anglin, Samad Raheem-Guerra, Samandar Pulodov
Core Volunteers: Lauren Matley, Bobbie Mendes, Jane Revelo, Gloria Vlachos, Maria Verdan

San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival Auditions 2011
Stage Manager: Patty-Ann Farrell
Backstage Manager: Janeen Johnson
Front of House Managers: Bill Fraser and Eyla Moore
Stage Announcements: Amanda Almonte and Rudy Garcia
Videographer: Kirk Schroeder
Deckhands: Kilian Farrell-Alvarado and Aaron Stephenson
Artist Check-in: Alena Bell-Farrell
Assistants: Leila Anglin, Julie Jang, Samad Raheem Guerra, Micaela Nerguizian, and Rebecca Wolfe
Backstage Assistants: Kwesi Anku, Micaela Nerguizian
Core Volunteer: Lauren Matley

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 Managers: 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

Board of Directors

Patricia Arellano

eBusiness Employer Portal Operations Manager, Blue Shield of California

Julia Cheng

Community Arts Advocate

Elaine Connell

Community Arts Advocate

Sydney Firestone

Deloitte Director, retired

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

Olga Milan-Howells

Real Estate Broker, Developer, and CPA (Inactive)

Julia Molander, Vice-President

Partner, Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP

Cynthia Plevin, President

Attorney at Law

Herbert Rosenthal

Attorney at Law

Susan Somaya, Chair

Chair, Ladies of the Consular Corps

Advisory Council

Amanda Almonte

Owner, Citybloom, Inc.

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

Jitu Somaya

Managing Director of Oppenheimer & Co.,

Board Member, State Bank of India