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
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