About > Staff + Board
Meet the team driving change
Our staff
Julie Baker
Chief Executive Officer
Tracy Hudak
Director of Field Engagement
NeFesha Yisra'el
Director of Programs
Eduardo Robles
Senior Manager of Communications
Teri Ball
RAIN Project Manager
L.T. Martinez
Executive Assistant
Jean Young
Communications Coordinator
Jennica Bisbee
Field Engagement Coordinator
Martha Demson
Paymaster Program Specialist
Board members
Jennifer Laine
CAA Board President Executive Director, San Benito Arts Council Hollister
Edmund Velasco
CAA Vice President Local 7 Musicians’ Union Orange County
Dalouge Smith
CAA Treasurer CEO, The Lewis Prize for Music San Diego
Leticia Rhi Buckley
CFTA Board President CEO, LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes Los Angeles
Jonathan Glus
CFTA Vice President Executive Director, City of San Diego Commission on Arts and Culture San Diego
Patrick Brien
CFTA Treasurer Vice President & COO Arts Orange County
Cara Goger
CFTA Secretary Executive Director, Mariposa County Arts Council Mariposa
Jennifer Kane
Executive Director, Arts Connection: The Arts Council of San Bernadino County Joshua Tree
Victoria L. Hamilton
Board Director, Prebys Foundation
Eliza Tudor
Executive Director, Nevada County Arts Council Grass Valley
Josiah Bruny
CEO, Music Changing Lives Moreno Valley
Heather Angelina Dunn
Partner, DLA Piper LLP US California Lawyers for the Arts Oakland
Sean Fenton
Executive Director, Theatre Bay Area San Francisco
Rafael González
CEO & President, Grand Performances Los Angeles
Maria Jenson
Creative and Executive Director, SOMArts Cultural Center San Francisco
Lyz Luke
Executive Director, Living Jazz Oakland
Felicia Shaw
Executive Director, San Diego Regional Arts and Culture Coalition
Nurit Siegel Smith
Executive Director, Music Forward Foundation Los Angeles
Usha Srinivasan
Co-Founder, Mosaic America San Jose
Megan Van Voorhis
Director of Convention & Cultural Services, City of Sacramento Sacramento
Bridget Cantu Wear
Associate Director of Development, Strategic Partnerships The Old Globe Theatre San Diego
Who we are
We’re advocating for legislation to make California more creative
We’re working to increase California’s investment in the arts, make creativity an integral part of our economy, and give artists in California a voice in Sacramento.
Careers at CA Arts Advocates
There are no open positions.
Help us build awareness of the arts in California
Our sister organization, California for the Arts, provides programs and services to make advocating for the arts easier than ever. As a 501c3, they help promote awareness of the arts, while California Arts Advocates – a 501c4 – ensures the arts are represented on a legislative level.
