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"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more when it is in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

Board of Directors

CALIFORNIA HUMANITIES BOARD MEMBERS

OLIVER ROSALES, BOARD CHAIR
Professor of History
Bakersfield College
Bakersfield

DR. BIDHAN CHANDRA ROY, BOARD VICE CHAIR
Professor of English
California State University, Los Angeles
Founder of WordsUncaged
Los Angeles

MINA PARA MATLON, TREASURER
Cultural Worker
Davis

NEHA BALRAM, SECRETARY
Program Analyst—Cultural Affairs
City of Oakland
Oakland

TAMARA MOZAHUANI ALVARADO
Program Officer
The David and Lucille Packard Foundation
Los Altos

*ROBERT MAILER ANDERSON
CEO
UpCal Entertainment
San Francisco

THOMAS K. ARNOLD
Publisher and Editorial Director
Media Play News
Carlsbad

GENEVIEVE CARPIO
Associate Professor Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies University of California, Los Angeles

*SHIVA FARIVAR
Principal
SKF Consulting Services
Language Instructor
Irvine

*FRITZ FRIEDMAN
President
The Fritz Friedman Co.
San Diego

RACHEL HATCH
Chief Operating Officer
Institute for the Future
Redding

RAFAEL LEMUS
Associate Professor of Spanish
Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
California State University, Fresno

SKYE PATRICK
Library Director/CEO
Los Angeles County Library

GIL ROBERTSON
President
African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
Los Angeles

*JENNIFER STEELE
Retired Real Estate Professional
Social Worker
Long Beach

DANIEL B. SUMMERHILL
Assistant Professor of Poetry/Social Action and Composition
California State University, Monterey Bay

JENNIFER MAYTORENA TAYLOR
Associate Professor
Department of Film and Digital Media and Social Documentation MFA Program
University of California, Santa Cruz

DARYLE WILLIAMS
Professor and Dean
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
University of California, Riverside

PENELOPE WONG
President
Penelope Wong & Associates
San Francisco

*Gubernatorial Appointees

NOMINATE A NEW BOARD MEMBER:

California Humanities seeks board nominations on a revolving basis to serve three-year terms on its Board. For more information, please click for Board Committee Descriptions. If you would like to nominate a new board member please download the form below and email it to nominate@calhum.org. Candidates must be nominated by someone other than themselves. Download the Nomination Form

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