CALIFORNIA HUMANITIES BOARD MEMBERS
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
*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
DR. HONORA CHAPMAN
Associate Dean
College of Arts & Humanities
California State University, Fresno
*SHIVA FARIVAR
Principal
SKF Consulting Services
Language Instructor
Irvine
*FRITZ FRIEDMAN
President
The Fritz Friedman Co.
San Diego
RACHEL HATCH
On Sabbatical
Redding
SKYE PATRICK
Library Director/CEO
Los Angeles County Library
*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
JESSICA WEARE
Vice President of Corporate Responsibility
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Mountain View
PENELOPE WONG
President
Penelope Wong & Associates
San Francisco
*Gubernatorial Appointees
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