meet our
Board of Directors
Fred Scholder, President
Founder & CEO of private companies (retired)
Dee Menzies, Vice-President
Head of School, Carlthorp School; Director of First United Methodist Church Preschool, Santa Monica (retired)
Ali Mogharei, Vice President
Dentist, Santa Monica
Mimi Yu, Treasurer
Professor, University of Southern California (retired)
Raymond Knapp, Secretary
Distinguished Professor of Musicology, Director of UCLA’s Center for Musical Humanities
David Houldsworth, Assistant Secretary
Office Manager, US Office of Tourism Australia
George Collins
Attorney, Law Offices of George W. Collins
Patricia Johnston
Music Educator, Musician
Steve Olsen
Vice President, J. Paul Getty Trust (retired)
Elisa Warford
Associate Professor, University of Southern California
meet our
Executive Staff
Cindy Bandel, Executive Director
Roger Kalia, Music Director
meet our
Artistic Advisor
Jubilant Sykes
Baritone
meet our
Advisory Board
Pierluigi Bonvicini
Architect
Henry Gronnier
Musician, Faculty and Chair of Community School String Department, Colburn School
Junko Hara
Senior Program Manager Hoag Memorial Hospital
Richard Kaufman
Musician, Conductor of Pacific Symphony Pops concert
Maggie Kharrazi
Attorney, Kharrazi & Associates
Dennis White
Chairman, White & Company Insurance Inc. (retired)