Board of Directors
Brian O'Connor, MS: President
Margaret Richardson, JD: Vice President
Suzanne Obst, MBA: Secretary
Nathan Suter, MFA: Treasurer & Co-Founder
Mitch Temple, MFA: Co-Founder
Judith E. N. Albino, PhD
Ellen Martin, MBA
Matthew Rogers, BFA
Michelle Townsend, MA
Keira Kotler, MFA
Jon Casey Clary, BFA (Studio Artist Representative)
Whitney Lynn, MFA (Studio Artist Representative)

Advisory Board
Advisory Board Members offer expertise and support on various projects & tasks throughout the year
Keith Bencher - VP of Strategy & Finance, Gamespot (CNET)
Aaron Brady - Marketing, Gap Co.
Consuelo Crosby - Engineer
Emily Dreblow- Owner, Soulflower
Bobby Dunn
Mark Dwight - Owner, Rickshaw Bagworks; Former CEO, Timbuk2 Bags
Kate Eilertsen - Interim Director of Visual Arts, YBCA; Former Executive Director, MOCFA
Geoff Etnire - Attorney, Hoge, Fenton, Jones, & Appel, Inc.
Mara Flanagan - Former Executive Director, Root Division
Erik Frey - Packaging Design, Method
Katharine Gin - Artist & Educator; Founder, Educators for Fair Consideration
Payvand Kadivar
Marcy Karpowitz - Consultant, Grow Marketing
Kristofer Konietzko
Keira Kotler- Artist & Art Consultant
Mike Krouse - Former Events & Exhibitions Coordinator, Root Division
Boris Lieberman - Attorney, Farallon Group LLC
Lindsey Lyons - Alumni Relations Associate, CCA
Tara Medve - Development Director, Women's Community Clinic
Dan Mosher
Janine Okmin - Education Programs, Contemporary Jewish Museum
Jeannene Przyblyski - SF Arts Commissioner, Resident Faculty (SFAI), Artist
Marc Ruxin - Strategic & Business Planning
Rhanda Salma - Real Estate Broker, Salma Associates
Fred Stemmler - Certified Public Accountant
Russ Uman - Web Techologies, Public Library of Science
Dave Warnke - Artist & Arts Educator
Eddie Zalayet - Certified Financial Planner, Wachovia
Jennifer Scroggs-Zalayet - Advertising Sales, Time Inc
Jeff Zawadsky - Venture Capitalist

2007-08 Curatorial Committee
Andrea Antonnacio: Associate Director, Swarm Gallery; Freelance Curator
Sarah Finlay: Freelance Writer/Curator
Selene Foster: Root Division Staff & Resident Studio Artist
Michelle Mansour: Root Division Executive Director
Jeannene Przyblyski: SFAI Faculty, SF Arts Commissioner
Michelle Townsend: Director, Spur Projects
Edmund Wyss: Root Division Affiliate Artist

ABOUT ROOT DIVISION:
Root Division is an arts and arts education non-profit located in the Mission District of San Francisco. Root Division's mission is to improve appreciation and access to the visual arts by connecting personal inspiration and community participation. We provide subsidized studio space to working artists in exchange for their service in creating shared learning opportunities for the community. Artists develop creatively and professionally by teaching art to underserved youth, leading adult education classes, and producing exhibitions that showcase local emerging artwork. By combining multiple opportunities for creative exchange, Root Division cultivates an artistic ecosystem that enriches life throughout the Bay Area.

Root Division is supported in part by grants from Grants for the Arts: SF Hotel Tax Fund & Voluntary Arts Contribution Fund, The San Francisco Foundation, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, and the Potrero Nuevo Fund. The Second Saturday Exhibition Series is sponsored by the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, the San Francisco Arts Commission through a Cultural Equity Grant/Organizational Project Grant, the Fleishhacker Foundation, and the Zellerbach Family Foundation.

For further information regarding events and/or press materials, please do not hesitate to contact Selene Foster at 415.863.7668 or events@rootdivision.org.