Board of Directors

Dr. Lewis Peterman, President
School of Music and Dance (Emeritus)
San Diego State University

Prof. Danlee Mitchell, Vice President
School of Music and Dance (Emeritus)
San Diego State University

Vicki Maheu, Secretary
Folk Dance Center, San Diego

Dr. Purna Patnaik, Treasurer
Global Analytics Holdings, Inc.

Dr. Lance E. Nelson, Webmaster
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of San Diego

Paula Peterman, Webmaster
American Language Institute
San Diego State University

Dr. Arkal Shenoy
General Atomics, San Diego

Prof. Mark Hertica
San Diego Miramar College

Linda Higley
Genomics Institute
Novartis Research Foundation

Mandyam Venkatesh
General Atomics, San Diego

David Mark Leon, Esq.
Port of Seattle

Executive Director

John R. Gabriel
john@centerforworldmusic.org

Advisory Board

Dr. Ric Alviso
CSU, Northridge
Applied Ethnomusicology

Dr. David Harnish
University of San Diego
Ethnomusicology

Dr. William Bradbury
CSU, San Marcos
Composer and Professor of Music

Dr. Curtis Bouterse
Independent Scholar, San Diego
American Traditional Music and Organology

Dr. Holly Wissler
Independent Scholar, Cusco, Peru
Indigenous Andean and Amazonian Musical Rituals

Dr. Nyoman Wenten
California Institute of the Arts
Indonesian Dance and Music

Dr. Alexander Khalil
UC, San Diego
Byzantine Chant and Asian Music

Prof. Ty Constant
National University of Singapore
African Music

Sudakshina Alagia
Performing Artist, San Diego
Hindustani Classical Music

Farhad Bahrami
Performing Artist, San Diego
Persian Music

Mark Lamson
Artistic Director, Soul Beat, San Diego
Latin American Music

Yolanda Chacon Beniquez
Artistic Director, La Fiesta Danzantes de San Diego
Mexican Dance

Robert Rivera Ojeda
Director, Bronze, Musica de Atzlan, San Diego
Chicano Music

MaryEllen O'Malley
Curriculum Coordinator for Visual & Performing Arts (retired)
San Diego County Office of Education
Performing Arts (Puppetry)

Jennifer Case
Via International ~ Via Southwest
International Exchange and Education

Victoria Howard
Collector of Musical Instruments, Los Angeles
Organology

Susan Bernstein
Tristaff Group, San Diego
Anthropology

Modified: December 16, 2011