Gamelan Sekar Jaya

Board of Directors

Rachel Cooper — Founder
Coordinator, Lectures and Performing Arts, The Asia Society
Founded Gamelan Sekar Jaya: 1979

Michael Tenzer — Founder
Professor, Department of Music, University of British Columibia, Vancouver
Founded Gamelan Sekar Jaya: 1979

Jim Hogan — Board Chair
California Youth Symphony, Executive Director
Joined Gamelan Sekar Jaya Board: 1983

Sean Aquino — President
Creative Producer, Kapor Enterprises Incorporated
Joined Gamelan Sekar Jaya Board: 2009

Alexis Brayton — Vice President
Staffing Consultant, Amyris Biotechnologies
Joined Gamelan Sekar Jaya Board: 2010

Todd Greenspan — Treasurer
Director, Academic Planning, Office of the President, University of California
Joined Gamelan Sekar Jaya Board: 1998

Kim Workman — Co-Secretary
Program Coordinator, SFSU's College of Extended Learning
Joined Gamelan Sekar Jaya Board: 2008

Deborah Lloyd — Co-Secretary
University of California
Consultant

Eric Crystal — Board member
Coordinator, Center for South and SE Asia Studies, U.C. Berkeley (retired)
Joined Gamelan Sekar Jaya Board: 1985

Gregory Ghent — Board member
Art Curator, Auctions by the Bay
Joined Gamelan Sekar Jaya Board: 2005

STAFF

EMIKO SARASWATI SUSILO — Director
2011-2012

Emiko, the daughter of esteemed Javanese musician Hardja Susilo and arts presenter Judy Mitoma, was surrounded by great artists from a young age. Emiko received her Bachelor of the Arts degree in Anthropology at UC Berkeley, and went on to study music and dance at STSI Denpasar through the Darma Siswa program. She received her Master’s degree in Asian Studies and a Certificate of Completion for South East Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Emiko is a founding member of Gamelan Cudamani, a Balinese arts school and performing company dedicated both to the study of traditional Balinese arts. Associate Director of the company, she is responsible for organizing Cudamani's international projects, and for developing and overseeing curriculum for Cudamani's music and dance programs. Emiko joined Gamelan Sekar Jaya as a student in 1991, and is currently is Company Director through June 2012.

Sara Gambina-Belknap — General Manager
Joined the Staff in 2006

Sara has held a management position with Gamelan Sekar Jaya for over five years. Sara received her Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology degree with honors in 2003 from UC Berkeley, with a focus on cultural anthropology and ethnographic video making. Within her professional career, she is committed to serving the public through programs that are not-for-profit, at their core collaborative, cross-cultural, empowering, educational, and serve these basic principles: preserve cultural heritage; innovate within living artistic traditions; and engage dialogue and diplomacy across ethnic, national, and gender lines via arts education and outreach.

Steering Committee

Sean Aquino—President [ex officio board member]

Alexis Brayton—Vice President [ex officio board member]

Kim Workman—Co-Secretary [ex officio board member]

Debbie Lloyd—Co-Secretary [ex officio board member]

Todd Greenspan—Treasurer [ex officio board member]

Ansel Schmidt—Gong Kebyar Coordinator
Steve Johnson
—Angklung Co-coordinator
Ed Garcia—Angklung Co-coordinator
Samuel Wantman—Jegog Co-coordinator
Kathy Bouvier—Jegog Co-coordinator
Gayatri Saldivar—Dance Coordinator
Lisa Gold—Gender Coordinator
Mudita Nisker—Member-at-Large
Paddy Sandino—Member-at-large