SD Arts and Culture Steering Committee

Victoria Hamilton – Chair, SD Arts and Culture Challenge - President, Californians for the Arts

Matt Carney – Co-Chair, San Diego Regional Arts & Culture Coalition

Matt D’Arrigo – Director of Creative Youth Development, Clare Rose Foundation

Alex Goodman – Secretary, North County Philanthropy Council

Jonathon Glus – Executive Director, City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture

Jill Hall – Artist, Author and Chair of The San Diego Foundation Creative Catalyst Program

Lee Ann Kim – Founder, Pacific Arts Movement

Shayla James - Chair, Rising Arts Leaders San Diego and Owner, Sempre Music Studio

Susanna Peredo Swap – Founder & Executive Director, Vanguard Culture

Felicia Shaw – Interim Executive Director, Women’s Museum of California

Lynnette Tessitore – Past Co-Chair, San Diego Regional Arts & Culture Coalition

Alan Ziter – Past Co-Chair, San Diego Regional Arts & Culture Coalition

SD Artist Relief BIPOC Advisory Committee

Shayla James - Chair, Rising Arts Leaders San Diego and Owner, Sempre Music Studio

Alessandra Moctezuma, Arts Professor & Curator, Mesa College

Alondra Alvarado, Girl Scouts San Diego

Brandon Steppe, The David's Harp Foundation

Dinah Poelinitz, Founder, Hillstreet Country Club

Leticia Gomez Franco, Senior Arts and Culture Funding Manager, San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture

Campaign Team Members

Akiko Surai, Artist & Educator

Alessandra Monteczuma, Arts Professor & Curator, Mesa College

Alyssa Mopia, Futures Past Co.

Aya Ibarra, Interim Executive Director, The Aja Project

Carmela Prudencio, Asian Solidarity Collective, Pacific Arts Movement

Dea Hurston, Playwright, Arts Advocate

Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, Founder, Moxie Theater

Diana Benavidez, Artist, organizer

Dinah Poelinitz, Founder, Hillstreet Country Club

Elise Prosser, Arts Advocate

Eric Keen-Louie, Producing Director, La Jolla Playhouse

Ferdi Gassang, Development Director, La Jolla Music Society

Fernando Lopez, Executive Director, San Diego Pride

Gaidi Finnie, Executive Director SD African American Museum of Art

Kim Heil, Casting Director, San Diego REP

Larry Baza, Board Member, California Arts Council

Lenin Gutierrez, Arts Advocate

Leonardo Nam, Actor & Arts Advocate

Melissa Adao, Choreographer & Teaching Artist, Mesa & Grossmont Colleges

Ramel Wallace, Artist and Founder, The Holyfield

Rizzhel Javier, Teaching Artist & Advocate, The Aja Project

SD Artist Relief Fund Review Panelists:

Evan Apodaca, Centro Cultural de la Raza

Ahmed Dents, San Diego Rep

Tanisha Harrell, 211 San Diego

Nate Howard, Movement Be

Rizzhel Javier, Teaching Artist & Advocate, The Aja Project

Tomoko Kuta, New Children's Museum

Sofia Zaragoza, Blindspot Collective