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Our Team

We are a bold and courageous community of educators, Board Members, and Staff bound together by a common cause that has defined what we do since 1969.

Current Positions
 
 

Officers

  • Susan Baerwald

    Board President
    Co-founder and Co-owner, Just Folk

  • Joseph Maalouf

    Board Vice President
    Special Education Teacher, LAUSD

  • Ron Dean

    Board Treasurer
    Ronald Dean, a Law Corporation

  • Ellen Seldon

    Board Secretary
    Service Coordinator, Westside Regional Center (Retired)

Board of Directors

  • Betty Goldberg

  • Petite Konstantin

    Executive Director, L.A. GOAL (Retired)

  • Maria Lurence

    Director of Retail Operations, Savage x Fenty

  • Andrew N. Weissman

    JD, Law Offices of Arkin & Weissman

  • Peter Wendel

    Realtor, Compass

Staff Members

  • Kimberly Austin, Ed.D.

    Executive Director

  • Lubna Mohamed

    Assistant Director

  • Christina Kim

    Executive Admin. Assistant

  • Rachel Hamburg

    Director of Development

  • Aaron Matsuda

    Assistant Director of Development, Communications and Marketing

  • Apinya Srikhwanthong

    Director of Visual Arts

  • Amoura Gonzalez

    Assistant Director of Visual Arts

  • Blanca Martinez

    Program Support Lead
    Bilingual - English/Spanish

  • Dylan Staal

    Program Staff

  • Thomas Meyer

    Program Staff

  • Linds Walczak

    Program Staff

  • Edmound Veyna

    Art Staff

  • Pablo Suñé

    Music Therapist
    Bilingual - English/Spanish

  • Chris Knight

    Accountant

  • Mary Dean

    Tai Chi Instructor

  • Cameron Murphy

    Drama Director

  • Mary Rojeski

    Program Instructor

Members’ Representatives

  • Elizabeth H.

    Member Representative

  • Jimmy W.

    Member Representative