
OUR TEAM
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY
Annie Buckley, Founder and Executive Director, PAC; Professor, School of Art + Design, San Diego State University
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
Jessica Humphrey, PAC San Diego Faculty Associate; Associate Professor of Dance, SDSU
Araceli Mangione, PAC Teaching Artist; Art History, Imperial Valley College, SDSU
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
STAFF
Marly Beyer, Teaching Artist
Daisy Hernandez, Site Coordinator, CSU Fresno
Gema Lopez, Teaching Artist
Gabriela Garcia, Administrative Coordinator
Jamie Pelusi, Program Assistant, SDSU
John Rodriguez, Teaching Artist
Heather Roessler, Program Coordinator
Mark Taylor, Teaching Artist, Cal Poly Humboldt
Sophie Vradelis, Communication and Outreach Coordinator
Alicia Wolf, Financial and HR Coordinator
ADVISORY BOARD
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
Wendy Staggs, Artist, Writer, and PAC Alumnus
Kristine N. White, Administrative Coordinator, San Diego State University
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