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Our Mission

The Castro Valley Arts Foundation enriches the arts education of students and the community by securing funds and sustaining an endowment that enhances the operations and programming of the Castro Valley Center for the Arts.

Our Board of Directors
 
SERENA FOXWORTHY
has been a Castro Valley resident for many years. She was Owner / 
Partner of Foxworthy's Tire Pro Shop in Castro Valley and the Hayward 
Branch Manager for Certified Personnel Services Inc, of San Francisco. 
She is a member of the Castro Valley Chamber of Commerce and has
served on numerous committees and the Board of Directors for many years. 
Serena currently works for the Castro Valley Unified School District at the 
Castro Valley Adult School.
DUSTIN GACHERIEU is a teacher at Chabot Elementary School where he also produces, directs and conducts their annual musical production.  Prior to teaching at Chabot, he founded and directed 5 musical productions at Stanton School and served for two years as the student conductor of the Saint Mary’s College Choir.  He is an alumni of CVHS where he had the privilege of serving as the student member of the CVUSD Board of Education.  An arts advocate, Dustin enjoys conducting research in the numerous benefits of arts education.   
KRISTY HANSON
Vice-President
is a long time Castro Valley resident.  She is an Enrolled Agent and has served on the board of the East Bay Association of Enrolled Agents.  Now retired, she devotes her time to the Castro Valley Arts Foundation, her grandchildren and quilting.  
BERNIE KEMPEN
 
is a Certified Family Law Specialist with a practice in Castro
Valley and Modesto. He is Past President of the Castro Valley Rotary Club,
has been PTA President at Proctor; Creekside; and Castro Valley High School
as well as serving on the Proctor Elementary School Site Council and several
other CVUSD Boards. He and his wife Kathy live in Castro Valley with their
two teenage sons, David and Nick.  Bernie appears in some
local productions with son Nick just for fun.
SHERRIE KONG
Secretary
is an independent consultant. She is an amateur musician with the Castro Valley Adult School Orchestra, music advocate and is an officer of the Castro Valley Music Parents Society.
DARRELL LAVIN is a chiropractor in private practice since 1989. He serves on the board of the Castro Valley Sports Foundation and the Joseph Matteucci Foundation for Youth Non-Violence and is active with the Castro Valley Rotary Club and Rotary District 5170. CVHS alumni ‘81
TERRY LIEBOWITZ
President
is an educator, arts advocate and founding member of the Castro Valley Arts Foundation.
JERRY MACY is the Deputy Superintendent (Business Services) for the Castro Valley Unified School District. He serves as the primary liaison between the School District and the Foundation with a special emphasis on the construction, outfitting, and operation of the Center. He directed the establishment of the Center as a stand alone financial entity within the School District’s financial operations and works daily with the Center’s Managing Director to enhance the Center’s capabilities and operational capacity  
PAT PARR is Associate for Music Ministry at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Danville.  He has conducted over 50 musicals, both professional and community, for such groups as Broadway By the Bay, The Lamplighters, the Menlo School and Theater Now! in Marin.  He was Artistic Director for the L/GCSF for 11 years and has been Summer Music Camp Director for the San Francisco Girls Chorus for the past 10 years.  
LESLIE ROTHWELL has worked for the Castro Valley School District for over 20 years as principal of Vannoy Elementary and Castro Valley High School and is now Director of Pupil Services. She is on the Board of Directors for the Castro Valley Chamber of Commerce and held the office of Chamber President in 2002-2003.
ERMA SMITH
Past-President
is co-founder of the Smith Center for the Study of Private Enterprise at Cal State East Bay, and co-owner and Board member of the Nutek Corporation, a medical and surgical device sterilization company. She is a founding member of the Castro Valley Arts Foundation.
GAYLE FRY TULLY is Chief Financial Officer of Mohr-Fry Ranches, her family's 150 year old agribusiness. As a fourth generation Eden Township native, she has served as an officer and board member of many community and international organizations including Rotary District Governor in 2001-2002.
MARY VENEKLASEN has been involved in health education and counseling in the community. She is retired and remains active in arts and community affairs.
MICHAEL MORGAN
Honorary Board Member
is music director for the Oakland East Bay Symphony. He serves with many other musical organizations and is a widely acknowledged expert in arts education.

 
 
 
 

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