CALIFORNIA HUMANITIES BOARD MEMBERS
RACHEL HATCH,
BOARD CHAIR
Chief Operating Officer
Institute for the Future
Redding
NEHA BALRAM,
BOARD VICE CHAIR
Senior Government & Community Relations Representative
Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART)
Berkeley
MINA PARA MATLON,
BOARD TREASURER
Cultural Worker
Davis
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
Los Angeles
*SHIVA FARIVAR
Principal
SKF Consulting Services
Language Instructor
Irvine
*FRITZ FRIEDMAN
President
The Fritz Friedman Co.
San Diego
NILOFAR GARDEZI
Program Officer and Grants Manager
Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation
Walnut Creek
RAFAEL LEMUS
Associate Professor of Spanish
Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
California State University, Fresno
Fresno
KAREN MACK
Founder and Executive Director
LA Commons
Los Angeles
CHRISTOPHER H. PETERS (Puhlik-lah/Karuk)
President
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples
Eureka
GIL ROBERTSON
President
African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
Los Angeles
DR. BIDHAN CHANDRA ROY
Professor of English
California State University, Los Angeles
Founder of WordsUncaged
Los Angeles
*JENNIFER STEELE
Retired Real Estate Professional
Social Worker
Laguna Beach
DARYLE WILLIAMS
Professor and Dean
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
University of California, Riverside
Riverside
PENELOPE WONG
President
Penelope Wong & Associates
San Francisco
*Gubernatorial Appointees
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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
