Imagination Celebration Leadership

The Imagination Celebration is guided and evaluated by the Program Committee of Arts Orange County. This committee is composed of directors of arts organizations, arts educators, and community leaders. Final plans are implemented by Arts Orange County staff and approved by the Arts Orange County Board of Directors.

Imagination Celebration Program Committee

Jim Thomas, Orange County Department of Education
Chairman

Diane Acosta, Garden Grove USD
Aimee Aul, Fullerton Museum Center
Phyllis Berenbeim, Very Special Arts Orange County
Kimberly Burge, University of California, Irvine
Andrea Dominguez, Orange County Museum of Art
Georgia Freedman-Harvey, 4th District PTA
Pamela French-Blaine, Pacific Symphony
Kate Hoffman, Huntington Beach Art Center
Michael Jacobs, Golden West College
Steve Lustig, 4th District PTA
Mary Lyons, Arts OC Board
Dru Maurer, City of Mission Viejo
Barbara Scholl, Capistrano USD
Sylvia Turner, Santa Ana College
Brad Van Patten, Irvine USD
Nancy Warzer-Brady, Orange County Performing Artscenter

Special Thanks

Garden Grove Unified School District for exhibition management:
Anita Shaffer, Fine Arts Coordinator
Diane Acosta, Program Facilitator

Arts Orange County Staff

Richard Stein, Executive Director
Patricia A. Wayne, Director of Programs and Education
Jon Wagner, Development Director
Cecilia Chavez, Member Relations Coordinator
Amparo Ochoa, Administrative Assistant

Arts Orange County Board of Directors

Officers

Darrel Anderson, Civic Leader, Newport Beach
President

Mary Lyons, Civic Leader, Newport Beach
Immediate Past President

Michael Moad, President, Senegence, Newport Beach
Vice President, Administrative

David Krajanowski, Managing Partner, Singer Lewak Greenbaum & Goldstein LLP, Irvine
Treasurer

Susan Hori, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, Costa Mesa
Secretary

Members

Phyllis Berenbeim, Consultant, OC Department of Education, Trabuco Canyon

Kimberly Burge, Senior Lecturer, Education, University of California, Irvine

Dean Corey, Executive Director, Philharmonic Society of OC, Irvine

Roger Faubel, President & CEO, Faubel Public Affairs, Lake Forest

John Forsyte, President, Orange County’s Pacific Symphony, Santa Ana

Michael Jacobs, Retired Dean of Fine Arts, Newport Beach

Janice Johnson, Civic Leader, Laguna Beach

Susan Lindquist de la Parra, President, The Bridge Advisory Group, Irvine

Ellen Marshall, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, Costa Mesa

Michael McGee, Director, Main Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton

Douglas McIntyre, Director, Entertainment Development, Disney Entertainment Productions, Anaheim

Carl Neisser, President, The Neisser Company, Newport Beach

Patricia Poss, Civic Leader, Fullerton

Douglas Rankin, President and COO, Irvine Barclay Theatre, Irvine

Mel Rogers, President, KOCE-TV, Huntington Beach

Richard Schweickert, President, Schweickert & Company, Irvine

Alexander Stimpson, Private Wealth Advisor, Merrill Lynch, Newport Beach

Judith Swayne, Retired Executive Director, OC Community Foundation, Laguna Beach

Jim Thomas, Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator, OC Department of Education, Costa Mesa

Paula Tomei, Managing Director, South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa

Sylvia Turner, Associate Dean, Fine and Performing Arts Division, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana

David White, Partner, Haskell & White LLP, Irvine

Emeritus Board

David Emmes, Producing Artistic Director, South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa

John Stahr, Retired Partner, Latham and Watkins, Costa Mesa