John
Kreidler,
Executive Director
Prior to joining Cultural Initiatives Silicon Valley, John served 19 years
with the San Francisco Foundation as the top Program Officer for the Arts
and one year as Acting Director. John has also served as Director of Administration
for the San Francisco Art Institute and headed the Alameda County Neighborhood
Arts Program. He now serves on the Board of Directors for CompassPoint
and San Francisco Foundation Community Initiative Funds, and is on the
Advisory Board of the Nonprofit Finance Fund and the Institute of Museum
Services. John earned his M.A. in Public Administration from the University
of California at Berkeley and has published several articles, including
“San Francisco Arts at the Beginning of a New Century” for
the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association newsletter,
and “Leverage Lost,” an analysis of arts funding and workforce
dynamics over the last thirty years.
Laura
Jason, CFRE, Associate Director
Laura comes to Cultural Initiatives from the California Academy of Sciences
in San Francisco, where she served as Senior Development Officer, responsible
for corporate and foundation programs. Previously, she was the Principal
of Grants Management in Menlo Park, Grants Officer for the San José
Museum of Art, and Founder and Executive Director of the Bay Area Writers
Workshop. Her career began at Ridge Vineyards, and volunteer affiliations
have included the Commonwealth Club of California, Poetry Flash, Villa
Montalvo Center for the Arts, and National Association of Writers' Conferences
and Retreats. She received an Arts Administration Fellowship in Literature
from the National Endowment for the Arts, and holds an M.F.A. in Creative
Writing and a B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Asian Art History,
both from Mills College.
Vanessa
Shieh, Operations Manager
Vanessa joins Cultural Initiatives Silicon Valley with extensive administrative
experience from her previous work with San Francisco law firms. While
working for a patent attorney, she helped draft, edit and prepare patent
applications to be sent to the United States Patent Office. Vanessa also
worked with various labor unions while she managed the office of Katzenbach
and Khtikian, a labor law firm in San Francisco’s North Beach. She
holds a B.A. in English from the University of San Francisco.
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