OUR BOARD

Alex Lee — Chair

Deputy Director, TGIJP Founder

San Francisco, CA

Member since 2023

Mai-Thy Vuong — Treasurer    

Finance Operations Director, Creativity Explored

San Francisco, CA

Member since 2023



Hoi Leung — Secretary

Curator and Arts Administrator

San Francisco, CA

Member since 2022

Elena Gross, Ph.D.

Artist and Scholar

San Francisco, CA

Member since 2022

Ajuan Mance, Ph.D.

Artist, Comic Creator, Illustrator

Professor of English and Ethnic Studies, Dean of Digital Learning, Mills College

Oakland, CA

Member since 2022

Elena Rose Vera

Artist, Pastor, Community Organizer, Multnomah

Portland, OR

Member since 2022


Morey Riordan

CEO, Nonprofit & Philanthropic Leader

San Francisco, CA

Member since 2024


Patricia Powell

Professor of Literature, Mills College

Oakland, CA

Member since 2024


Glen Helfand

Writer, Critic, Curator

San Francisco, CA

Member since 2024

FOUNDERS

Jeff Jones
Fundraiser/Grant Writer, SF Arts Democratic Club, Political Action Chair
Cultural Affairs Taskforce (1992/2006)
Board Member (1993-2021)

Lenore Chinn
Figurative and realist visual artist, San Francisco
SF Human Rights Commission (1988/1992)
Board Member

Pamela Peniston
Former Artistic Director, QCC; Photographer, Scenographer
Asst. Artistic Director – Theater Rhinoceros 1992-94
Board Member (1993-2021)

Rudy Lemcke
Multidisciplinary artist and curator, San Francisco
Robert Bell outstanding achievement award, SF State Multimedia Studies Program
Board Member (1993-2018)