Meet the Board
Jane Galbraith, Board Chair
Media relations specialist, Former Press Secretary to Mayor of Los Angeles, Journalist
Nancy Scher, Treasurer
Retired LAUSD teacher with over 30 years of experience teaching a wide range of students from special needs to highly gifted in a variety of school settings
Dr. Leah Bass-Baylis, Secretary
Retired principal, Director of E.A.T.S. (Education and Arts Teaching Solutions) and a Lecturer at California State University, Northridge.
Karen Benjamin
Vocal Coach, Karen's background is in opera and musical theatre. She is a vocal coach, teaches musical theatre workshops and directs musicals. She is a member of the family cabaret band the Von Chaps with whom she performs here in Los Angeles as well as worldwide.
Harriet Clark
Former dancer with American Ballet Theatre and Pacific Northwest Ballet, Current faculty of the American Ballet Theatre's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
Rebecca Wink
Sarah Fisher, OD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, UC BerkeleyMedia
Alisa Reyes, Brand and Marketing Ambassador
Actress, Producer, Spokesperson
Susan Gladstone
CDI Director
Carole Valleskey
CDI Founder; Former Principal Dancer, Joffrey Ballet
James Catterall, Director Emeritus, In Memoriam
Professor Emeritus, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
Director, Centers for Research on Creativity, Los Angeles/London. www.croc-lab.org
Bruce Gladstone, President Emeritus, In Memoriam
Electrical Engineer; Co-Founder: ComCore Semiconductor, FutureNet, FutureData
Advisory Board
Victoria Stevens, PhD
Clinical Psychologist, Performing Artist and Educational Consultant
Dyan Sublett
President, Martin Luther King Jr. Community Health Foundation
Alan Chapman
KUSC Radio Host
Terry Marks-Tarlow, PhD
Clinical and Consulting Psychologist, Author, Artist
Kirk J Luetkehans MD MPH
Pediatrician, Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles
Jacques d’Amboise, In Memoriam
Founder, National Dance Institute