Peter Rothblatt joined the Performing Arts Workshop Board of Directors in December 2005. He continues an involvement with the Workshop that began in 1987 and includes a ten-year period as Artist-in-Residence and Intern Trainer/Supervisor. An artist himself (a dancer and musician), he believes in the Workshop’s mission of bringing art, creative process and self-reflection to children from all walks of life. Other work experience includes teaching dance at Rhythm and Motion, a community-based Dance Center and serving for seven years as Associate Director of that Center.
Monique Olivier, Vice-President
Monique joined the Workshop board in February 2006. A lawyer and social justice advocate with a background in theater design and direction, Monique is committed to Performing Arts Workshop’s mission of bringing arts education to urban youth. In her law practice at The Sturdevant Law Firm in San Francisco, Monique represents individuals in consumer protection, employment rights, and civil rights cases. She also serves as a volunteer attorney for the Legal Aid Society–Employment Law Center and as a member of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.
Ron Reitz, Treasurer
Ron Reitz joined the Workshop's board in 2008 as a member of the Finance Committee. This role is in-line with his experience as a CPA working in the nonprofit sector. Ron joined the Board to contribute to the Workshop's mission of providing young people the opportunity to learn and express themselves through the arts. His interests include bicycling, backpacking and exploring California deserts.
Jason McMillan, Secretary
Jason joined Tides Center in August of 2004 providing comprehensive human resources management services to the organization. Jason has over 15 years of experience in benefits and human resources management with companies such as Aon Consulting, Calvin Klein, Hilton Hotels and Restoration Hardware. Jason is certified as a Senior Professional of Human Resources through the Society for Human Resources Management and is a member of the Northern California Human Resources Association and the California Association of Non-Profits.
Jason joined the Performing Arts Workshop board in November of 2007. Jason loves the performing arts and is very excited to be able to contribute to an organization that promotes learning and education for youth.
Gini Dold
Gini Dold is principal of E.R. Taylor Elementary School, San Francisco's second largest elementary school with over 650 students, 70% of whom qualify for free or reduced lunches. A leader in the school reform movement, Gini is committed to the Workshop's mission of helping young people develop critical thinking, creative expression, and basic learning skills through the arts.
Kathy Gin
Katharine Gin is a photographer, filmmaker, and educator. After receiving her BA in Architecture from Yale University in 1994, Katharine started Hot Shots, a photography and media literacy program that served over 350 low-income children in Connecticut housing projects. Since then, she has taught arts and creative writing to youth in public schools, after-school programs, detention centers, and community centers. Her photographic work with youth has been published widely in local and national publications, including a full-page spread in The New York Times. She also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Oregon, where she taught advanced undergraduate courses in creative writing. Since 2002, Katharine has been an advisor to the Nelson Fund at Silicon Valley Community Foundation, where she manages the fund's philanthropic investments in arts and education.
Karen Harris
Karen M. Harris, ASA, CFA, Vice President in the Capital Markets Research Group. Karen joined Callan in May 2000. She is responsible for assisting clients with their strategic investment planning, conducting asset allocation and liability studies, developing optimal investment manager structures, and providing custom research on a variety of investment topics. Karen works with a broad range of clients, from public to corporate pension plans, state and private insurance funds, endowments, foundations and operating funds. Karen is also an instructor at the “Callan College” and has spoken frequently at the Callan Investments Institute. She is also a shareholder.
Johnny Mansour
Johnny Mansour is the founder of PodOmatic.com. PodOmatic specializes in the creation of sophisticated tools and services that enable anyone to easily find, create, distribute, promote and listen to both audio and video podcasts. The premiere destination for veteran and novice podcast creators and consumers, PodOmatic is the largest and most widely used service for creating and hosting podcasts.
Johnny has spent his career working within technology and telecommunication organizations, moving early stage start ups forward and negotiating and capturing key accounts with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies. In addition to assisting early stage technology startups, Johnny launched a successful brand consulting company that provided services to such companies as EBay, Accenture and Intrawest.
Gregory Marks
Gregory joined the Performing Arts Workshop Board of Directors in December 2005 and is dedicated to the Workshop’s mission of using the performing arts in developing critical thinking, creative expression and basic learning skills in children who would not normally benefit from an arts-educational experience. Gregory comes to the table with eighteen years of professional fundraising experience having led annual fund and membership campaigns, special event production and stewardship efforts with organizations as diverse as the YMCA of San Francisco, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Exploratorium, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the San Francisco Opera. Gregory is a professional singer and member of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors (AFTRA). He has a Masters of Music in Voice from the College –Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati and a Bachelor of Music Education and single subject teaching credential from San Francisco State University He has sung professionally throughout the SF Bay Area and has been a member of the San Francisco Opera Chorus for over 20 seasons. He can be seen in the Oscar winning documentary “In the Shadow of the Stars” a compelling film on the lives of SF Opera Chorus members. He is also an adjunct lecturer with the Los Medanos College voice faculty and has a private voice studio in San Francisco.
Sajjad Masud
Sajjad earned his MBA at Harvard Business School and his MSE in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has held many titles: Director of Product Marketing, Group Product Manager, CEO and Founder of Apvision, an offshore software and services company focused on solutions for the financial sector. Earlier in his career, he held several engineering and consulting positions at Oracle Corporation. Sajjad is a board member at San Francisco Contemporary Players and currently serves on the Workshop's Marketing Committee.
Annie McGeady
Annie McGeady has nearly 20 years experience working with nonprofit organizations and higher education institutions in a variety of capacities. She leads enrollment management at Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center. Prior to Saybrook, Annie worked with a consulting group that advised nonprofits representing areas of education, arts and culture, and disability rights. Annie holds membership in higher education professional associations and is involved with her daughter’s school. She is committed to developing access to creative resources and opportunities for the young and the young at heart.
Debbie Molof
Debbie Molof is principal of Mission Education Center Elementary School (MEC), a San Francisco Public School for newly arrived Spanish speaking immigrant students, who transition to other public schools after one year. Debbie has been a teacher and administrator in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) for the past 25 years, promoting and supporting arts education. She is committed to the Workshop's mission which promotes integrating standards-aligned arts programming with the classroom curriculum and helps students' develop critical thinking, creative expression and basic learning skills through leadership in the classroom.
Adrienne Leight Rogers
Adrienne joined the Performing Arts Workshop Board of Directors in 2010. A lawyer and a mother, Adrienne is committed to the Workshop’s mission of helping children develop critical thinking and problem solving skills through arts education. Adrienne is on the Board of the Friends of Harvard Swimming and Diving. She is also a member of the Recent Alumni Board of Hastings College of the Law. She teaches legal writing and research at Hastings.
Cyrus Wadia
Cyrus joined the Performing Arts Workshop's Board of Directors in 2009. He is and intellectual property and music & recording industry attorney at Cooper, White & ooper, LLP in San Francisco. Cyrus focuses his law practice on trademarks, copyrights, Internet-related transactions and litigation, and represents artists, writers and designers in protecting their intellectual property. An avid musician, Cyrus strongly believes in the Workshop's mission of developing critical thinking, creative expression and learning skills in young people through arts education, and the Workshop's support of local artists and teachers.
Merti Walker
Merti Walker is a working artist, with a degree in sculpture from Mills College in Oakland. She is currently working as a painter, and studying portraiture. She has lived and worked in San Francisco for decades, raised her children here, and understands the need for art in our schools. Other boards Merti has served on include Capp St Project, California Crafts Council, and the SF Civil Grand Jury.
Founder, Director Emeritus: Gloria Unti
Since 1956, Gloria Unti has been helping to evoke the creativity of children, educators, and artists. Trained extensively in the Hanya Holm, Martha Graham, and Jose Limon techniques, Ms. Unti has dedicated herself to advancing the arts as a force for education, expression, and individual empowerment in the community. Ms. Unti’s work in schools and community centers has been featured in major publications, such as Now and Look, documented on film by the Guggenheim and Carnegie Foundations, and covered by numerous television stations. She has been honored with many awards including the Honor Award from the California Dance Education Association, the Honor in Dance Award from the San Francisco Arts Commission, the Hall of Fame Award from Dance Bay Area, and the Isadora Duncan Award for Sustained Achievement, and the WAVE award from GirlSource.
E-mail: gloriasarvis@yahoo.com
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