Team

Staff:

Ms. Ryan Peters - Executive Director
Diaris Alexander - Program Director
Fred Thomas - RYSE Media Arts Coordinator
Jolly Sales - Operations Manager
Dan Reilly - Video Coordinator
Heidi Wiltsee - Grants Coordinator & Bookkeeping
Dyanna Loeb - Grant Writing Assistant
Andrea President - Program Assistant
Alex Pham - Video Program Assistant
David Moncayo - Studio Program Assistant
Emily Moldenhauer - UCSC Community Studies Intern

Instructors:

Kevin Ahkidenor - Freestyle Instructor
Femi Andrades - Artist Development Instructor
Larry Batiste - Instructor & Mentor
Will Bracy - Music Production Instructor
DoseOne - Freestyle Instructor
Christina Hall - Vocal Instructor
Josh Hollander - DJ Instructor & Mentor
Steve Hogan - Instrumental Band Director
Dominique Jones - Spoken Word Instructor
Rashidi Omari - Artist Development Instructor
Ross "DJ Aebldee" Robinson - DJ Instructor
Claytoven Richardson - Instructor & Mentor
Fred Thomas - Audio Engineering Instructor & Mentor

Board of Directors:

Patrick Anding
Allegra Bandy
Tom Ferguson
Kevin Gay
Virginia Harrison (youth)
May Chao Heller
Luke Joachim (youth)
Bob Kliger
Suzanne Koga
Chris Lyons (youth)
Fred Thomas
Roseanne Torres
Chris Wiltsee