TEAM
STAFF
TANYA GAYER
Chief Curator
CENTER FOR NEW MUSIC
Administration & Production
The Center for New Music provides a wealth of expertise to the Soundwave team, supporting the organization’s administration, planning, and production. This work is led by Adam Fong, an experienced composer, performer, and producer of new music in the SF Bay Area.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SUKI O’KANE
Secretary – Treasurer
Percussionist, Composer, Instigator, Director of Administration, Walter & Elise Haas Fund.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG†
Member
Oceanographer and Executive Vice President at Kleinfelder
JOHN MOORE†
Member
Actor, singer, director, dramaturge, Associate Director at Urban Opera and Artistic Associate of Central Works Theater Company
JENNIFER PARKER
Member
Artist, Founding Director of OpenLab Collaborative Research Center at UC Santa Cruz
SAMANTHA SARTOR
Member
Producer, Senior Marketing Associate at Deloitte Digital
ALAN SO†
Member
Creative Director and Designer, Artist and Curator, Founder of MEDIATE Art Group, Creator of Soundwave
ADVISORY
Brent Miller, Musician, Co-Founder & Director of The Center for New Music
Agnes Szelag, Artist & Musician, Course Director at Ex’pressions College for Digital Art
Andrew Harvill, Facilities Supervisor for the National Center for International Schools
Barry Threw, Cultural Producer and Developer
Christina LaSala, Artist, Department Chair Individualized at California College of the Arts
David Graves, Musician and Composer
E.E. “Chip” Grant IV, Conductor, Founder & Artistic Director of Urban Opera
Edward Schocker, Musician, Co-founder of Thingamajigs
George Ridgely, Castro Street Fair Executive Director, Race Producer for Bay to Breakers
Jessica Resmond, Artist, Co-founder of MEI.collectiv
Josh Wilson, Journalist, Founder of Independent Arts and Media, Newsdesk.org, and The Fabulist
Marielle Jakobsons, Artist & Musician, Audio Artist at Electronic Arts
Odessa Chen, Musician
Patricia Watts, Founder and West Coast Curator of ecoartspace
Raub Roy, Sound Artist
Reenie Charrière, Artist and Arts Educator
Tana Sprague, Sound and Media Artist, and Cultural Producer
Tania Ketenjian, Radio Producer and Journalist, Founder of the [UnObserved]
Ben Davis, Founder of Words Pictures Ideas, Chair of Illuminate the Arts
Michael Smith, Manager Information Systems, Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr Fund
MEDIATE EMERITUS
Jane Thomsett (1998-2000)
Abi Ramsey (1998-2000)
Pol Williams (1998-2000)
Vicki Wong (1998-2000)
Jurgen Schaub (1998-1999)
Amy Chan (2003-2005)
Vivian Li (2003-2004)
John Moore (2005-2006)
David A. Graves (2007-2010)
Jessica Resmond (2007-2010)
Lilly Le (2008-2012)
Estelle Fabre (2006-2013)
Jorge Bachmann (2005-2014)
Britta Janssen (2012-2014)
Chelsea Akita (2013-2014)
Catherine Nueva Espana (2014-2015)
BOARD EMERITUS
Tracy Cates (2011-2012)†
Maya Stein (2011)†
Luc Meier (2011-2012)†
Elise Baldwin (2011-2014)†
Christina La Sala (2013-2015)
Kadet Kuhne (2013-2015)
Kristin Miltner (2013-2014)
Leigh Lehman (2014-2015)
Sarah Holcomb (2015-2016)
Jeff Ray† (2011-2016)
Elia Vargas (2016 – 2018)
† Founding Board Member