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
AVP, Small Business Specialist
Small Business Banking | Regional Bank
Union Bank
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2022
Kristina Cipriano – Ex Officio Secretary
Ballet Ambassador
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2017
Lorraine Donovan
Lorraine Donovan Realty
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2022
Victoria Sandbrook Flynn
Grants Consultant
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2022
Sandy Garcia
Business Banking Relationship Manager, U.S. Bank
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2022
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
Umberto Leone, CFP, AAMS
Financial Advisor, Edward Jones
Diablo Ballet Board Member since 2020
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
Recruiter for Service Champions Heating and Air Conditioning
Jack Catton
Former Sales Manager, US Bank
John diBene
Assistant Vice-President – Senior Legal Counsel, AT&T Services, Inc.
Ruth Egherman
Marekting Director, Bankhead Theatre
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
Debbie Toth
President and CEO, Choice in Aging
Thomas Guarino – Emeritus
Former Government Relations Manager, Pacific Gas & Electric