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
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
Eva Asiddao
Naomi Ahuchogu
Michael Balerite
Jaira Mendoza
Maya Shtangrud
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.
