Attendee Directory 

Attendees of BACFE Convening, June 2025
To facilitate connection, conversation, and field-building, all convening attendees are listed below.

  • Sama AbuAyyash, The Center for Cultural Power

  • Kerry Adams-Hapner, San Jose

  • Jamie Allison, Walter and Elise Haas Fund

  • Consuelo Alba, Watsonville Film Festival

  • Tonya Amos, Grown Women Dance Collective

  • Esailama Artry-Diouf, San Francisco Foundation

  • Lexi Adsit, Peacock Rebellion

  • Vanessa Camarena-Arredondo, Tao Rising

  • Lorraine Cawili-Thy, Grants for the Arts San Francisco

  • Cecilia Chen, Akonadi Foundation

  • Amy Chou, Grants for the Arts San Francisco

  • Coco Duhon-Kelley, San Francisco Arts Commission

  • Naomi Diouf, Diamano Coura West African Dance Company

  • Ruthie Dineen, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts

  • Aubrey Rawlins, Bold Ventures

  • Ashara Ekundayo, Artist As First Responder

  • Dan Berkson, Landau Family Foundation

  • Danielle Brazell, California Arts Council

  • Vanessa Whang, Cultural Strategy Advisor

  • Ayanna Kiburi, California Arts Council

  • Kristen Jacobson, Grants for the Arts San Francisco

  • Raysean Jones, SF Gov

  • Luwam Kahassay, The Center for Cultural Power

  • Julie Koo, San Francisco Foundation

  • Sheryl Lane, FIERCE Advocates

  • Lex Leifheit, City of Oakland Cultural Affairs

  • Debrah Giles, East Bay Community Foundation

  • Denise Pate, San Francisco Arts Commission

  • Rick Noguchi, California Humanities

  • David Littlefield, California Wellness Foundation

  • Michelle Lin, ARTogether

  • Jessica Love, Chrysalis Fund

  • Margot Melcon, Zellerbach Family Foundation

  • Olivia Malabuyo Tablante, Gerbode Foundation

  • Natalia Vigil, Walter and Elise Haas Fund

  • Emiko Ono, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

  • Mauricio Palma, Silicon Valley Community Foundation

  • Nilofar Gardezi, Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation

  • Leva Zand, ARTogether

  • Adam Fong, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

  • Aisha Goss, The Center for Cultural Power

  • Anna Hernandez, Walter & Elise Hass Fund

  • Demetria Huntsman, Akonadi Foundation

  • Tracy Hudak, California for the Arts

  • Alex Haber, Tao Rising

  • Liz Mundle, Emerson Collective

  • Leianne Wong Lamb, Contemporary Asian Theater Scene (CATS)

  • Ani Rivera, Galeria de la Raza

  • Nadine Rambeau, EPACENTER

  • Ted Russell, California for the Arts

  • Ayodele Nzinga, Black Arts Movement Business District Community Development Corporation, of Oakland, (BAMBD CDC)

  • Natalia Vigil, Walter & Elise Hass Fund

  • Shelley Trott, Kenneth Rainin Foundation

  • Sarah Williams, Kenneth Rainin Foundation

  • Tommy Wong, Civic Design Studio

  • Dr. Shamawn Wright, Bridge Builders to the New Generation

  • Kat Vang, Pisces Foundation

  • Amy Chou, Grants for the Arts San Francisco

  • Tabitha Tapia, Grants for the Arts San Francisco

  • Ali Sirkus Brody, San Francisco Foundation

  • Nyällah Muntaqim, San Francisco Foundation

  • Christine Tien, The California Endowment

  • Aman Sebahtu, The California Endowment

  • Ron Muriera, City of San Jose

  • Jerry Trotter, San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development

  • Xan West, FIERCE Advocates