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)