Board of Directors and Advisory Council

The Kala Board of Directors meets on a bi-monthly basis. A number of the Board members are active arts professionals, local business leaders, and have strong ties to the art community.

Davis Riemer, President
Jimin Lee, Vice-President
Amrita Singhal, Treasurer
Perrin Meyer, Secretary
Bruce Helmberger, Finance Committee Chair
Sylvia Solochek Walters, Liaison to the Kala Advisory Council
Alice Beasley
Kelley Berg
Maya Hara
Archana Horsting
Sue Kubly
Carol Ladewig
Manny Lopez
Julie McCray
Lucy Puls
Jules Roman
Suzanne Tan

*In loving memory and special appreciation to Peter Selz (1919-2019) and Larry Chaset (1947-2022) for their tenure on the Kala Board of Directors. If you’d like to donate to the Larry Chaset Arts Education fund, you can do so here or contact ellen@kala.org

Kala’s Honorary Board of Directors – no meetings and a non-voting honorary board role for those with more than a decade of service on the Board of Directors

Frederick Fassett
Thomas Foster
Joanne Kamiya
Yuzo Nakano

The Kala Advisory Council meets one to two times a year.

Barbara Anderson
James Ken Butler
Kevin Chen
John DeMerritt
Kate Eilertsen
Spergon Hunt
Cynthia Ona Innis
Gisela Insuaste
Sharon Jue
Claire Kessler-Bradner
Sarah Klein
Mary V. Marsh
Robin McCloskey
Patrick McMenamin, Advisory Council President
Apollonia Morrill
Michelle Nye
Josh Oliver
Dawline-Jane Oni-Eseleh
Trina Ostrander
Nora Pauwels
Steve Pickle
Foad Satterfield
Maryly Snow
Patricia Thomas
Stephen Thomas
Andrea Voinot
Jessie Williams
Gordon Yamate

*In loving memory and special appreciation to Scott Atthowe (1944-2024)Julia Marshall (1947-2022), Martin Paley (1930-2024), Jim Melchert (1930-2023) for their tenure on the Kala Advisory Council