Program Founders and Beta Round Advisory Circle
The program is overseen by an advisory team of arts leaders who began meeting in July 2020 and will stay connected to the project throughout its duration as its funders, partners, administrators, and advisors. This group includes:
Esailama G. Artry-Diouf, Ph.D. (she/her)
Program Officer, Arts and Culture, San Francisco Foundation
Armando Castellano (he/him)
Artist & Trustee, Castellano Family Foundation
Tara Dalbo (she/her)
Deputy Director, La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley
Rhiannon Evans MacFadyen (she/they)
Artist, Curator, & Director, Emerging Arts Professionals San Francisco Bay Area (EAP)
Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez (she/her)
Executive Director, MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana
Maria Jenson (she/her)
Creative & Executive Director, SOMArts Cultural Center
Frances Phillips (she/her)
Program Director of Arts and the Creative Work Fund, Walter & Elise Haas Fund
Kevin Seaman (they/them)
Artist & Artistic Director, Diamond Wave
Stephan McLeroy (he/him)
Writer & Managing Director, Diamond Wave