Board of Directors

Dr. Timothy Rice
President
Professor Emeritus
Department of Ethnomusicology
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Dr. Lance Nelson
Vice President
Professor Emeritus
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of San Diego

Dr. Bernard Ellorin
Secretary
San Diego Community College District
Samahan Filipino American Performing Arts & Education Center

Jake Bakke
Treasurer
Senior Consultant, Data Analytics
Booz Allen Hamilton

Dr. Purna Patnaik
Outreach Coordinator
Global Analytics Holdings, Inc. (retired)

Sue Asghari
Senior Marketing Strategist
Intuit – TurboTax

Mary Dawe
Appellate Court Attorney (retired)
California Court of Appeal

Dr. David Harnish
Professor Emeritus
Department of Music
University of San Diego

Ralph Inzunza
Consultant, Producer, Writer

Shari Johnston-O’Neill
Sr. Manager, Business Process Management
Kaiser Permanente

Dr. Tom Johnston-O’Neill
The Worldview Project

Connie Kaczmarczyk
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Private Practice

Shibani Patnaik
Applied Data Finance

Colin Rice
Affordable Housing Developer

Preston Swirnoff
ARTI Global Education

Monica Wishard
Student
University of San Diego

N.B.: All board members contribute financially.

Board Members Emeritus

Dr. Robert E. Brown (1927-2005)
Founding President
Professor Emeritus
School of Music and Dance
San Diego State University

Dr. Lewis Peterman
Professor Emeritus
School of Music and Dance
San Diego State University

Prof. Danlee Mitchell (1936-2024)
Professor Emeritus
School of Music and Dance
San Diego State University

Dr. Arkal Shenoy
General Atomics, San Diego (retired)

Mandyam Venkatesh
General Atomics, San Diego (retired)

Artistic Advisory Board

Dr. Supeena Insee Adler
Department of Ethnomusicology
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Music of Thailand and Laos

Sudakshina Alagia
Performing Artist, San Diego
Hindustani Classical Music

Dr. Ric Alviso
CSU Northridge
Ethnomusicology

Farhad Bahrami
Performing Artist, San Diego
Persian Music

Yolanda Beniquez
Art Director, La Fiesta Danzantes de San Diego
Mexican Dance

Dr. Curtis Bouterse
Independent Scholar, San Diego
American Traditional Music and Organology

Dr. William Bradbury
CSU San Marcos
Music Composition

Prof. Ty Constant
National University of Singapore
African Music

Susan Enowitz
Commissioner of Literary Arts, Coronado Cultural Arts Commission
Independent Scholar
Anthropology

Jonathan Fohrman
Dean
School of Arts & International Languages
MiraCosta College
Polynesian Music

Victoria Howard
Collector of Musical Instruments
Organology

Dr. Meghan Hynson
Visiting Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology
Department of Music
University of San Diego
Music of Bali and Java

Martin Koenig
Ethnographer and Dance Ethnologist
Balkan Music and Dance

Natasha Kozaily
Performing Artist
Owner
Kalabash School of Music + the Arts
Caymanian Music

Mark Lamson
Director, Sol e Mar Events, San Diego
Lecturer, Latin Music Ensemble, San Diego State University
Latin American Music

Jennifer Case Nevarez
Community Learning Network
Educational Travel and Immersion, Community-Based Learning

Robert Ojeda
Director, Musica de Atzlan, San Diego
Chicano Music

Mary Ellen O’Malley
Visual & Performing Arts, Curriculum Coordinator
San Diego County Office of Education (retired)
Performing Arts, Puppetry

John Suter
Nonprofit Arts Administrator (retired)
Executive Director, Center for World Music (1980-84)
Nonprofit Organization Management

Dr. Nyoman Wenten
California Institute of the Arts
Indonesian Dance and Music

Dr. Holly Wissler
Independent Scholar, Cusco, Peru
Indigenous Andean and Amazonian Musical Rituals