BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Laurie Miller – Co-President
San Francisco Bay Area Director,
Construction & Engineering, AT&T
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2012
Cheryl DeSimone – Co-President
Philanthropist
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2009
Valerie Akin
PNC Bank
Vice President, Business Banking Relationship Manager
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2022
Victoria Sandbrook Flynn
Grants Consultant
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2022
Al Fontes
Retired Software Engineer
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2026
Sandy Garcia
Business Banking Relationship Manager, U.S. Bank
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2022
Brittany Griffin
VP, Deposit Relationship Manager, Community Bank of the Bay
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2023
Elizabeth Green-Sah
Asian Art Museum Docent and Philanthropist
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2019
Fred Lambright – Treasurer
Vice President, Mechanics Bank
Community Development Manager/CRA Officer Community Development
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2018
Richard M. Leavitt, M.D.
Physician
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2025
Umberto Leone, CFP, AAMS
Financial Advisor, Edward Jones
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2020
Kelly Rowland, Esq.
Business and Corporate Attorney, Donahue Fitzgerald LLP
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2025
Ashraf Habibullah – Emeritus
Co-Founder and President
Richard Sah, Ph.D. – Emeritus
Advisory Board
Solomon Belette, MBA
East Contra Costa Community Alliance Coordinator
Jack Catton
Former Sales Manager, US Bank
John di Bene
CEO, di Bene Tech Law
Ruth Egherman
Marketing Director, Bankhead Theatre
Kathy Ferber
Former Director, Non Profit Management Certificate Program, Cal State University East Bay
William T. Gallagher
Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Golden Gate University School of Law
Arturo Jacobus
Former President & CEO, Atlanta Ballet
Lynn Mackey
Contra Costa County Superintendent of Schools
Gail Murray
Former Mayor and City Council Member, Walnut Creek
Sylvia Perfetto
Pacific Gas & Electric
Debbie Toth
President and CEO, Choice in Aging
Thomas Guarino – Emeritus
Former Government Relations Manager, Pacific Gas & Electric