BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mariana Astorga-Almanza

Lynwood Unified School District

Sarah Cohen

Huron | GG+A Global Philanthropy

Merryl Goldberg

California State University, San Marcos

Carrie Hahnel - Secretary

Bellwether

Jesús M. Holguín - Chair

School Administrator

Mathew Espinosa-Castro

Sacramento State

Elda Pineda - Treasurer

P.S. ARTS

Aldo Ramírez - Vice Chair

Voices College-Bound Language Academies

Mark Slavkin

Arts Administrator

Miguel Perez

Los Angeles County Office of Education

Cyrus Wadia

YugaByte, Inc.

Karen Williams

Entertainment Industry Foundation Roybal Film and Television Fund

Leadership Advisory Partners

STAFF

Ricky Abilez

Program Director

Dr. Veronica Alvarez

Executive Director

Amber Collins-Lopez

Director of Finance & Operations

Alice Custance-Baker

Administrative Associate

Abe Flores

Deputy Director

Kathya M. López

Arts Now Program Manager

Youth Advisory Council

Eva Asiddao

Naomi Ahuchogu

Michael Balerite

Jaira Mendoza

Maya Shtangrud

Policy Council

Create CA’s Policy Council is composed of allied partners from education, business, arts and parent organizations. Working in conjunction with the Board of Directors, the  Policy Council builds a state-wide policy agenda and common understanding to collectively address the systemic challenges and opportunities for equitable access to high-quality arts education for all California public school students.

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