Staff & Board of directors

Production Manager: Jack Carpenter

Director of Operations: Arlene Kato

Development Assistant: Parna Basu

Programs Associate: Tyese Wortham

Bookkeeper: Meryl Larsen

Programs Assistant:

Marketing and Communications: Cara Storm, Marketing by Storm

Public Relations: Nina Sazevich

Core Volunteers

Valerie Arribe
Alice Fu
Julie Jang
Bobbie Mendes

Production Staff

San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival 2008
Artistic Directors: Carlos Carvajal and CK Ladzekpo
Artistic Director Liaison: Tyese Wortham
Scenic Designer: Dan Sweeney
Lighting Designer: Patty Ann Farrell
Sound Designer: Calvin LL Jones
Technical Director: Blake Manship
Stage Managers: Janeen Johnson and Kate Mattson
Assistant Stage Manager: Brent Lachapelle
Backstage Manager: Alena Bell Farrell
Production Manager’s Assistant: Julie Jang
Deckhands: Aaron Stephenson and Takeo Wong
Front of House Manager: Eyla Moore
Videographers: Kirk Schroeder and Michael Rohde
Documentary Camera Crew: Donald Bailey and Catalina Castillo
Hospitality Coordinator: René Hamilton
Gala Volunteer Coordinator: Gigi Jensen
Security: Faiza Baker-Yeboah

People Like Me 2008
Script and Stage Direction: Isabel Fine
Stage Manager: Janeen Johnson
Assistant Stage Manager: Regina Calloway
Scenic Designer: Heather Basarab
Audio Engineer: Dylan McMillan
Lighting Designer: Jose Maria Francos
Deck Hand: Aaron Stephenson
Front of House Manager/Outreach: Tyese Wortham
Videographer: Michael Rohde
Photographer: Andy Mogg
Hospitality: Cow Hollow Catering
Hospitality: René Hamilton

San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival Auditions 2008
Stage Manager: Patty Anne Farrell
Backstage Manager: Janeen Johnson
Front of House Manager: Bill Fraser
Stage Announcements: Amanda Almonte, Rudy Garcia, Diane Goldsmith, Esther Li
Sound Engineer: Ryan Snyder
Videographer: Kirk Schroeder
Stage Crew: Jose Navarette, Victor Temple
Audition Assistants: Tanilee Eichelberger, Alena Bell Farrell, Erika Simpson, Rebecca Wolfe

San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival 2007
Artistic Director: Carlos Carvajal and CK Ladzekpo
Scenic Designer: Sean Riley
Lighting Designer: Patty Ann Farrell
Sound Designer: Cuco Daglio
Technical Director: Sean Riley
Stage Manager: Janeen Johnson
Assistant Stage Manager: Alena Bell Farrell
Backstage Manager: Erica Simpson
Deckhands: Takeo Wong and Victor Temple
Front of House Manager: Bill Fraser
Videographers: Kirk Schroeder, Michael Rohde
Hospitality Coordinator: René Hamilton
Security: Umi Vaughan

Board of Directors

Amanda Almonte, Vice President

Owner, Citybloom, Inc. and former Executive Director of Ensambles Ballet Folklorico de San Francisco

Peggy T. Burns

Vice-President, OMI Government Relations, Inc.

Sherée Chambers, Vice President

Senior Sales Associate, Wilkes Bashford

Julia Cheng

Community Arts Advocate

Elaine Connell, Secretary

Community Arts Advocate

Judith Duffy

Community Volunteer and Arts Advocate

Rudy Garcia

Artistic Director, Alegria de San Jose. Director, Danzantes Unidos de California, and Principal Design Engineer, KLA-Tencor

Bruce Goff

Design Director, Principal-Domus Design Group

Diane Goldsmith

Artist-Agent, Graphic Designer

Jennifer Han

 

Esther Li, President

Certified Public Accountant

Herbert Rosenthal, Acting Treasurer

Immediate Past President, Foundation of the California State Bar

Susan Somaya, Gala Co-Chair

Chair, Ladies of the Consular Corps

Advisory Council

Bernard Boudreaux

Senior Manager, Community Relations, Target Corporation

Blanche Brown

Community Arts Advocate

Virginia Clasing

Liaison to the Consul General of Mexico

Lanie Denslow

International Director, The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising

Juan A. Dominguez

Program Manager, Grants for the Arts

Dr. Jerry Duke

Dance Department Chair, SFSU

Dennis Jang

CFO, Trans Pacific National Bank

David Lei

President, International Sources

Dr. Rolland Lowe

Retired Surgeon

Past President of the California Medical Association

J. William Morris III

Area Managing Partner, Retired KPMG Manager

Bernardo Pedere

Artistic Director, Filipiniana Dance Troupe