Make an Impact

Board service at SOMArts is a meaningful and gratifying opportunity to give back to an organization that is vital to the Bay Area’s arts ecosystem.

To learn more about board service, email boardservice@somarts.org.

 

Board Chair Opportunity

SOMArts is seeking a dynamic and committed Board Chair to partner closely with the Creative & Executive Director and the Board of Directors to provide governance, leadership, and strategic support. Explore the full details of this role by visiting the link below:

SOMArts’ Current Board

  • Yennga Khuong, Interim Board Chair, Director of Parks and Programming, San Francisco Giants
  • Woody Hanson, Interim Chair, Associate Principal, SITELAB urban studio
  • Mitch Grummon, Board Treasurer, Publisher
  • Dania Cabello, Board Member, Artist, Educator, and Embodiment Practitioner
  • Stella Lochman, Board Member, Director of Activation and Programming, San Francisco Parks Alliance
  • Erica Waltemade, Board Member, Director of Placemaking, SOMA West CBD
  • Paola de la Calle, Artist
  • Voleine Amilcar, Board Member, Director of Marketing and Audience Services, Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Emeritus Board Members

 

  • Jess Bullock, Board Member, Sr. Staff Content Designer, Pinterest
  • Trisha Lagaso Goldberg, Board Chair, Independent Curator & Public Art Consultant
  • Lisa Burger, Board Secretary, Executive Director, Independent Arts & Media
  • Mike Anderson, Board Treasurer, Director of Finance, McKesson
  • Luke Spray, Board Member, Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships, SF Parks Alliance
  • Lois Langevin-King, Board Member, Founder & Creative Director, Under Ground Queens Spa Director, Sunset Soundsystem Campout
  • George McCalman, Board Member, Creative Director, McCalman Co.
  • Robel Yemiru, Board Member, Head of Product Operations Benchling
  • Rhiannon MacFadyen, Board President, Co-director, Emerging Arts Professionals
  • Thor Kaslofsky, Principal, Kaslofsky & Associates
  • Michele Carlson, Art Practical
  • Sylvette Sawyers, Board Member, VP of Talent Acquisition, Opendoor
  • Alex Cook, Digital Product Management, @WalmartLabs
  • Sherry Suisman, Educational Consultant and Lecturer, San Francisco State University
  • Rhodessa Jones, Co-artistic Director of Cultural Odyssey, founder of the Medea Project, actress, dancer, singer, writer and teacher
  • Iris Fluellen, Associate Director at the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
  • Nickolos Gomez, Architect
  • Dorothy Santos, Writer, Editor, Curator and Educator
  • Brian Freeman, Playwright, Director, former director of the Pomo Afro Homos theater group
  • Jacob Foster, Attorney
  • Sarah Davis, Producer, event planner
  • Drake Hawthorne, Architect and Designer at Perkins + Will; sculptor
  • David Kennedy, Attorney at Law
  • Lex Leifheit, former SOMArts Executive Director
  • Carlos Loarca, former SOMArts Gallery Director, Artist and Muralist
  • Tom Mazzolini, Producer of SF Blues Festival, Member of President’s Advisory Committee of
    National Blues Foundation
  • Josette Melchor, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Gray Area Foundation For The Arts (GAFFTA.)
  • Ruth Passen, Coordinator of Potrero Hill Festival, Staff of Potrero Hill Neighborhood House
  • Ernest Rivera, former SOMArts Director of Technical Services
  • Anita Sanchez, Former Board President of West Bay Pilipino Multi-Service Corp.