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General Contact

info@worldartswest.org or call 415.474.3914.
You may contact the staff directly at their email addresses below:


Staff

Executive Director: Julie Mushet

Festival Artistic Directors: Carlos Carvajal, CK Ladzekpo

Production Manager: Jack Carpenter

Festival Manager: Arlene Kato

Marketing and Communications Director: Terry Conway

Production Associate: Micaela A. Nerguizian

Bookkeeper: Meryl Larsen

Public Relations: Scott Horton

Intern: Takeki Shimamoto

Core Volunteer: Cherylee Joy

 

Credits

Festival Graphic Design:
Jason Fuges
Basic 8 Creative
www.basic8creative.com


Web Development and Maintenance:
Third Strand, Inc.
www.thirdstrand.com


Web Design:
Erika Bauer
ebStudios Creative
www.ebstudios.com

Photography:
RJ Muna
Bonnie Kamin

Research and writing for program and website pages:
Patti Trimble 2008-present
www.pattitrimble.com


 


2013 Festival Team


Technical Director: Sean Riley
Lighting Designer: Patty-Ann Farrell
Sound Designer: Calvin LL Jones
Sound Assistant: Robert Williams
Scenic Designer: Sean Riley
Stage Manager: Kate Mattson
Assistant Stage Manager: Elena Judith Valladolid
Program Book Writer: Patti Trimble
Festival Videographers: Michael Rohde, Austin Forbord
Video Artist: Olivia Ting
Hospitality: Diane Theodorelos /Cow Hollow Catering
Backstage Volunteer Coordinator: Amy Wang
Patron Services: Rob Taylor
Merchandise Manager: Cherylee Joy Abiva
Intern:Takeki Shimamoto


2013 Festival Auditions Team


Stage Manager: Patty-Ann Farrell
Audio Engineer: Matt Jones
Announcers: Rudy Garcia and Jenna Lane
Deckhand: Takeo Wong
Deckhand: Kilian Farrell-Alvarado
Artist Check-in: Krista Lane, Dylan McMillan, Rebecca Wolfe, Amy Wang
Panel Moderator: Mahealani Uchiyama
Panelist Recorders: Leila Anglin and Rob Taylor
Front of House Managers: Bill Fraser and Eyla Moore
Merchandise Manager: Cherylee Joy Abiva
Videographer: Austin Forbord
Hospitality: Diane Theodorelos/Cow Hollow Catering



Board of Directors


Patricia Arellano, Secretary
eBusiness Employer Portal Operations Manager, Blue Shield of California

Sydney Firestone, Treasurer
Deloitte Director, retired

Rose Garcia
President, ASN Natural Stone, Inc.

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

Aaron Goldsmith
Consultant

Philomena King
Managing Director of King & Co. Works of Art

David Lei
President, Chinese Performing Arts Foundation

Julia Molander, Vice-President
Partner, Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP

Cynthia Plevin, President
Attorney at Law

Herbert Rosenthal
Attorney at Law

Olga J. Sanchez
Attorney - Financial Services, Retired

Ashish Sharma
Head of Global Sales and Consulting, Wells Fargo

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 No. California

Bernard Boudreaux
Senior Manager, Community Relations, Target Corporation

Blanche Brown
Community Arts Advocate

Elaine Connell
Historian, 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

Lynn Luckow
President & CEO at LikeMinded
Former CEO, Craigslist Foundation

Fiona Ma
Former State Assemblywoman, District 12

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