2026-27 Board of Trustees

Officers

Giulia Newton

PRESIDENT; Community Leader

Nickie Williams

VICE PRESIDENT, ADVANCEMENT; Community Leader

Lea Kong

VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT; Community Leader

Tim Kay

VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE; Partner, Snell & Wilmer, LLP

Susan Shieldkret

VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNITY RELATIONS; Community Leader

Board of Trustees

Suzanne Appel
Shauna Bradford
David Chase
Sophia Hall Cripe
Laura Cushing
David M. Emmes, PhD

Mike Gray
Susan Hori
David Ivers
Sarah McElroy
Tara Netherton

Paula Orologas
Regina Oswald
Mark Peterson
Bill Schenker
Jen Sternshein

Tammy Tang
Ernesto Vasquez
Julia Voce
Michelle Williams
Felix Yan

Presidents Circle

Wylie A. Aitken
N. Christian Anderson III
Thomas W. Britton Jr.
Sophia Hall Cripe
Maury DeWald
J. Steven Duncan
J. Michael Hagan
Lawrence M. Higby
Mrs. Lawrence M. Higby
Damien M. Jordan
John P. Kensey
Ronald L. Merriman
Peter M. Ochs
Thomas D. Peckenpaugh
Thomas D. Phelps
Alan Slutzky
Geoffrey L. Stack
Thomas C. Sutton
Samuel Tang
Timothy Weiss

Emeritus Trustees

Barbara Glabman
Lydia Wang Himes
Betty Eu Huang
Olivia A. Johnson
Teri Kennady
Mrs. Ann L. Mound
Barbara Roberts
Laurie Smits Staude
Sue Stern
Mrs. Delane J. Thyen
Socorro Vasquez
Elaine J. Weinberg
Tod White

Honorary Trustees

Julianne Argyros
Timothy Weiss

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Photo: Satya Jnani Chavez, Gabriela Carrillo, Eduardo Enrikez, Crissy Guerrero, Alicia Coca and Luzma Ortiz in the 2021 production of American Mariachi by José Cruz González, part of Outside SCR at Mission San Juan Capistrano, Photo by Jenny Graham.