Leadership & Staff





Ernest Baker
Teaching Artist, Dance

Eugenia Barbuc
Teaching Artist, Creativity Lab







Daniel Curtis
Teaching Artist, Photography



Zion El-Amin
Teaching Artist, Dance

George Garcia
EVP & Chief Operating Officerhe/him/his

Joseph Henderson
Teaching Artist, Performing Arts




Jovonie Leonard
Teaching Artist, Dance

















Board Officers

Grant Withers
Board ChairCapital Group

Kapil Gupta
Vice ChairBoston Scientific

Julia Taylor-Brown
TreasurerThe Garcia Companies

Vanessa Walker-Oakes
SecretaryFlintridge Preparatory School
Board Members

Kingsley Afemikhe
Shield AI
Kara Ahmanson
Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association
Malina Brown
Sugerman Communications Group
Patricia Brum
Snell & Wilmer, LLP
Gillian Calof
ClimateWorks Foundation
Lauren DeVillier
Standing Ear Productions, LLC.
Brian Goldsmith
Lionsgate
Allison Graff-Weisner
Otis College of Art and Design
Jackie Harman
COYN
Roth Herrlinger
Evolution
Jeffrey E. Jaeger
Standard Communities
Tae Kim
Collins Kim, LLP
Thomas Kim
Insomniac / Live Nation
Melissa Passman
Seyfarth Shaw, LLP
Christian A. Pierce
Actor/Writer/Producer
Kevin Pleasant
Chase
Margaret Richard
MLR Consulting Partners
Darris Sherman
Universal Pictures Home EntertainmentThe Founders


Irwin J. Jaeger
Co-FounderFounders Board Members

Geoffrey Anenberg
Creative Space
Wallis Annenberg

Kim Baer

Bill & Tamara Bagnard

Jon Basalone
Trader Joe's
Frank Baxter

Craig Benell

Alan Berro

Cynthia Harnisch Breunig

Al Brooks

Marvin G. Burns

Vera R. Campbell

Ira Cohen

Bob Davidson

Sharon DeBriere

Susan Emerling-Torres

Mitchell Frank
Spaceland Productions
Bobbie Greenfield

Crosby Haffner
Synan Holdings
Eugene L. Hernandez

Douglas Hinchliffe

Steve Hirsh

Linda Hothem

Paul C. Johnson

Glorya Kaufman

Laurie Konheim

Melanie Lundquist

Rick Madden
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Michael Maltzan

Jay Mangel

Jeff Marine

Silvia Marjoram
American Business Bank
Randy Miller

Connie Moran-Romero

Scott Morielli
Graff Californiawear
Anthony E. Nicholas

Drew Planting

Maura Rampolla

Monica Rosenthal

Joseph Sanford

Martha Saucedo

Steve Schoenholz
Tempted Apparel
William Schoenholz

Eric Schotz

Michael Schreter

Bob Shearin

Mithra Sheybani
Attorney
Mark Slavkin

Beatriz Stotzer

Katerina Tana
