Board of Directors
President
James Easton
Group Vice President and Division Manager, Hughes Aircraft Company, retired
Community affiliations: Child & Family Guidance Center, DaCamera Society
Secretary
Cherie Brant Historic Research & Writing
Community affiliations: Museum of Ventura County; Small Publishers and Writers Network, Ventura Boys & Girls Club, Sandpipers Toastmasters Club, X-L Toastmasters Club, California Literary Arts Society
Christine Beirne
Artist
Community affiliations: Ojai Studio Artists: Board of Directors, Vice President; Buenaventura Art Association: Board of Directors, President; Community Memorial Hospital Art Program; California Art Club, Associate member, Ventura County Arts Council
Cecile Faulconer-Gurrola
Ceramist
Community affiliations: Ventura County Potters Guild; Buenaventura Art Association; Ventura County Arts Council; Volunteer, Focus on the Masters
Richard Franklin
Artist/Ceramist;
Hospital Architect, Retired
Community affiliations: American Institute of Architects; Ventura County Potter’s Guild; Ojai Art Center; Studio Channel Islands Art Center; California State University at Channel Islands
W. Scott Miles
Educator/Photographer
Program Director, Brooks Institute
Community affiliations:Faculty member/Professional Photography
Program Director, Brooks Institute; Advertising Photographers of
America; Photo Imaging Educator Association
Margaret Travers
Executive Director, Ventura County Arts Council
Community Affiliations: Regional Art Museum Task Force, Studio Channel Islands Art Center Board Art Trek, Inc, Ventura USD Education Partnership Arts Collaborative, Ventura County Regional Civic Alliance/Ventura County Community Foundation, Conejo Las Virgenes Future Foundation
Gerald Zwers
Artist, Framer, Northwind Studios
Community Affiliations: Ventura Film Society, Ventura County Medical Center, The Coastal Community Cancer Center, Santa Paula Society of the Arts, Santa Clara Valley Hospice, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County, Santa Paula Museum, Ventura Hillsides Conservancy, Ventura County Arts Commission, United Way, Food Share, Buenaventura Art Assoc.