BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
Laurie Miller – President
San Francisco Bay Area Director,
Construction & Engineering, AT&T
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2012
Kristina Cipriano – Secretary
Ballet Ambassador
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2017
Cheryl DeSimone
Philanthropist
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2009
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
Karen Lapointe
Ballet and Pilates Coach for the US Synchronized Swim Team
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2019
Umberto Leone, CFP, AAMS
Financial Advisor, Edward Jones
Lanita Mims
Owner, Tub-A-Roo Entertainment
Commissioner, Contra Costa County Women’s Commission
Commission, Contra Costa County Arts Commission (AC5)
Susan Boreliz
Executive Director
Ex-Officio
Lauren Jonas
Co-Founder/Artistic Director
Ex-Officio
Ashraf Habibullah – Emeritus
Co-Founder and President
Richard Sah, Ph.D. – Emeritus
Advisory Board
Solomon Belette, MBA
East Contra Costa Community Alliance Coordinator
Gina Buscheck
District Community Captain, Target
Jack Catton
Former Sales Manager, US Bank
John diBene
Assistant Vice-President – Senior Legal Counsel, AT&T Services, Inc.
Ruth Egherman
Director of Marketing & Sales for Arts Marketing Services
Kathy Ferber
Former Director, Non Profit Management Certificate Program, Cal State University East Bay
Lyla Foggia
Foggia Public Relations
William T. Gallagher
Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Golden Gate University School of Law
Arturo Jacobus
Former President & CEO, Atlanta Ballet
Ghislaine Escot-Johnson
Senior Program Officer, AVP, Bank of the West
Gail Murray
Former Mayor and City Council Member, Walnut Creek
Sylvia Perfetto
Pacific Gas & Electric
Thomas Guarino – Emeritus
Former Government Relations Manager, Pacific Gas & Electric