CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY

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Annie Buckley, Founder and Executive Director, PAC; Professor, School of Art + Design, San Diego State University

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Erin Austin, PAC Chapter Director; Lecturer of Jewelry and Small Metals, Cal Poly Humboldt

 

Michele Burgess, PAC San Diego Faculty Associate; Lecturer of Book Arts, SDSU

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Jessica Humphrey, PAC San Diego Faculty Associate; Associate Professor of Dance, SDSU

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Araceli Mangione, PAC Teaching Artist; Art History, Imperial Valley College, SDSU

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Mary Anna Pomonis, PAC Fullerton Chapter Director; Assistant Professor of Art Education, California State University, Fullerton

 

Jim Woglom, PAC Chapter Director; Professor, Art Department, Cal Poly Humboldt

 

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STAFF

 

Marly Beyer, Teaching Artist

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Daisy Hernandez, Site Coordinator, CSU Fresno

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Gema Lopez, Teaching Artist

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Gabriela Garcia, Administrative Coordinator

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Jamie Pelusi, Program Assistant, SDSU

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John Rodriguez, Teaching Artist

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Heather Roessler, Program Coordinator

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Mark Taylor, Teaching Artist, Cal Poly Humboldt

 

Sophie Vradelis, Communication and Outreach Coordinator

 

Alicia Wolf, Financial and HR Coordinator

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ADVISORY BOARD

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Cait Ahearn, Development Consultant, Chair of Development Sub-committee

 

Mary Beth Barber, Special Projects and Assistant to the State Librarian, California State Library

 

Varina Bleil, Executive Director, The Maple Counseling Center

 

Cheryl Bonacci, Healing Dialogues in Action
 

Brian Heisterkamp, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Communication Studies, California State University, San Bernardino, Project Director, "Here to Career" Title V Grant

 

Raegan Kelly, Product Development, Geosphere LLC

 

Alison Lass, Homeboy Industries

 

Alexander Masushige, M.A.Ed, Secondary Art & Animation Teacher, Rialto Unified School District 

 

Peter Merts, Arts in Corrections Photographer

 

Elise Moersch, Ed.D, Director of Development, College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts, San Diego State University

 

Azadeh Shladovsky, Multi-disciplinary Artist & Designer, Founder & Creative Director, Azadeh Shladovsky Studio

 

Ray Smith, PhD, New Frontier Public Programs Manager, Sundance Institute

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Wendy Staggs, Artist, Writer, and PAC Alumnus

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Kristine N. White, Administrative Coordinator, San Diego State University

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Prison Arts Collective is grateful to all the dedicated professionals that volunteer to serve on our Advisory Board. We want to offer a special thanks to our founding board members, noted above for current members. Emeritus founding board members include: 

 

Varina Bleil, founding PAC Board and former Chair; member from 2017-2022; Executive Director, Maple Counseling Center

 

Phung Huynh, founding PAC Board and former Chair; member from 2014-2017

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