Category: ARTS

         EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR                 Professional Experience      Executive Director    January 2009   to   Current       Media Enterprise Alliance.          Head-Royce School Instructor    January 1974   to   January 2010     Company Name                Chairman    January 2005   to   January 2010       Fine Arts Dept.  Head-Royce School (11 members in Visual, Music, Drama and Dance).          Director Summer    January 2003   to   January 2009     Company Name          a partnership between HRS and the Oakland Unified School District).  The program targets disadvantaged middle school students who have been identified by their teachers and principals as bright and motivated.  They are given.  academic, arts, and technology training on a full scholarship basis during a six-week summer session.  They are mentored monthly over the course of the year.          Education      B.A   :   Communications and Public Policy  ,   1969    University of California Berkeley          Communications and Public Policy        B.F.A   :     1970    University of California Berkeley-Fine Arts                  M.F.A   :     1972    San Francisco Art Institute                  UC Berkeley-Secondary Teaching Credential program   :     1973            Interests    2006-2008: EOBA/Smart Moves (a community center in the Sobrante district of East Oakland that provides tutoring, mentoring, and non-	violence training to approximately 50 children on a daily basis) Project coordinator for 2006-2008 renovation project. Coordinated project with 	East Bay Community Fund, Rebuilding Together Oakland, Temple Sinai, Pulte 	Construction, and Head-Royce School 2005-2007: Destiny Arts (An arts based organization the uses dance and martial arts in 	violence prevention training) Supervised production of promotional video, fund raising, worked with Destiny 	faculty as part of the Head-Royce Art and Technology Institute Summer: 2005-2007) 2005-2007: Malawi Youth Project (Implements projects  in Malawi, Africa) Involved in fundraising and installation of water and electrical systems at the Amai A Chifundo Orphanage in Blantyre, Malawi.  Also provided funds 	and equipment for youth soccer organizations nationally in Malawi. 1990- present: Rebuilding Together Oakland (Formerly Christmas in April) 	(Rehabilitates homes of low income elderly and disabled citizens in Oakland, as well as rehabilitation projects with schools and community centers)  *House captain, volunteer coordinator, project organizer, fundraiser Conference/Panel Facilitator: 2005: Arts Equity-East Bay Youth Access to the Arts: Groups represented: Destiny Arts, East Bay Asian Youth Center-Streetside 	Productions, YouthSounds/Bay Area Video Coalition, the Oakland Museum, 	Oakland Fund for the Arts (Organized panel of East Bay Arts organizations to 	talk about youth access in the arts) Pro-Bono Films: Video productions working with high school students for community non-profits. The films are used as an informational tool, and a marketing/funding aid. Non-Profit organizations/Video Productions: 2007-08 The East Oakland Boxing Association/Smart Moves (a community center in 	the Sobrante district of East Oakland that provides tutoring, mentoring, and non-	violence training to approximately 50 children on a daily basis, Oakland, Ca.) 2006: The George Mark Center (treats terminally ill children, San Leandro, Ca.) 2005: Destiny Arts (An arts based organization that uses dance and martial arts in 	violence prevention training, Oakland, Ca.) 2004: The East Bay College Fund (provides college scholarships for disadvantaged 	youth in the East Bay, Oakland, Ca 2003: The International Rescue Committee  (Helps refugees settle in the United States) Oakland-San Francisco, Ca. 2002: Oasis: (Hepatitis-C Clinic,  Oakland, Ca.) Awards: 2006-2008  Finnie Fellowship: Three year study/travel fellowship from the Head-Royce school 	to study and implement arts curriculum reflecting non-western cultures. 2005 Fellowship from the Fund for Teachers: Study of the art and culture of the  Aboriginal People of Australia, and the Maori People of New Zealand 1995   Cyberart: The Merging of Art and Technology, Arts Education Fellowship, The Council for Basic Education, The National Endowment  for the Arts, and the Getty Center for Art Education (Implementation of computer technology into an arts curriculum.)       Additional Information      Volunteer Work: Community Organizations: 2006-2008: EOBA/Smart Moves (a community center in the Sobrante district of East Oakland that provides tutoring, mentoring, and non-	violence training to approximately 50 children on a daily basis) Project coordinator for 2006-2008 renovation project. Coordinated project with 	East Bay Community Fund, Rebuilding Together Oakland, Temple Sinai, Pulte 	Construction, and Head-Royce School 2005-2007: Destiny Arts (An arts based organization the uses dance and martial arts in 	violence prevention training) Supervised production of promotional video, fund raising, worked with Destiny 	faculty as part of the Head-Royce Art and Technology Institute Summer: 2005-2007) 2005-2007: Malawi Youth Project (Implements projects  in Malawi, Africa) Involved in fundraising and installation of water and electrical systems at the Amai A Chifundo Orphanage in Blantyre, Malawi.  Also provided funds 	and equipment for youth soccer organizations nationally in Malawi. 1990- present: Rebuilding Together Oakland (Formerly Christmas in April) 	(Rehabilitates homes of low income elderly and disabled citizens in Oakland, as well as rehabilitation projects with schools and community centers)  *House captain, volunteer coordinator, project organizer, fundraiser Conference/Panel Facilitator: 2005: Arts Equity-East Bay Youth Access to the Arts: Groups represented: Destiny Arts, East Bay Asian Youth Center-Streetside 	Productions, YouthSounds/Bay Area Video Coalition, the Oakland Museum, 	Oakland Fund for the Arts (Organized panel of East Bay Arts organizations to 	talk about youth access in the arts) Pro-Bono Films: Video productions working with high school students for community non-profits. The films are used as an informational tool, and a marketing/funding aid. Non-Profit organizations/Video Productions: 2007-08 The East Oakland Boxing Association/Smart Moves (a community center in 	the Sobrante district of East Oakland that provides tutoring, mentoring, and non-	violence training to approximately 50 children on a daily basis, Oakland, Ca.) 2006: The George Mark Center (treats terminally ill children, San Leandro, Ca.) 2005: Destiny Arts (An arts based organization that uses dance and martial arts in 	violence prevention training, Oakland, Ca.) 2004: The East Bay College Fund (provides college scholarships for disadvantaged 	youth in the East Bay, Oakland, Ca 2003: The International Rescue Committee  (Helps refugees settle in the United States) Oakland-San Francisco, Ca. 2002: Oasis: (Hepatitis-C Clinic,  Oakland, Ca.) Awards: 2006-2008  Finnie Fellowship: Three year study/travel fellowship from the Head-Royce school 	to study and implement arts curriculum reflecting non-western cultures. 2005 Fellowship from the Fund for Teachers: Study of the art and culture of the  Aboriginal People of Australia, and the Maori People of New Zealand 1995   Cyberart: The Merging of Art and Technology, Arts Education Fellowship, The Council for Basic Education, The National Endowment  for the Arts, and the Getty Center for Art Education (Implementation of computer technology into an arts curriculum.)         Skills    academic, Arts, Enterprise, Teaching