By Paul Pulizzano

Clair Bright

Clair Bright joined the Creativity Explored Board in 2014. She has worked in technology media in the Bay Area since 1995 and since 2003 as Vice President & Publisher at San Francisco-based Extension Media.

A graduate of University San Francisco, Clair earned her Masters degree in Nonprofit Management in 2011. Clair and her husband Jeff have lived in the Mission Dolores neighborhood the past 15 years.

From childhood I was raised with an appreciation for the arts that saw past the commerce and hierarchical nature of art markets to recognize the incredibly deep and vital human emotions that compel human beings to make and share art. I believe that the ability to express oneself through art is a basic human right that society can only benefit through supporting.

It is a great honor to expand my fellowship with like-minded individuals of all ages and backgrounds who support the Mission & Goals of Creativity Explored, and are dedicating their energies and personal resources toward the organization’s success, growth and stability.

Our Current Board

David Prowler, President
Brit Epperson, Vice President
John Jordan, Treasurer
Carol Waitte, Secretary
Lisa Baird
Ruth Berson
Clair Bright
Marcello Lariosa
Rel Lavizzo-Mourey
Jeannine Merritt-Elzey
Arianna Orland
Greg Price
Gargi Talukder
Leah Tarlen
Craig Vaughan
Cheryl Ward

Administrative, Management & Support Staff

Linda Johnson, Executive Director
Karyn Freer, Operations Manager
Shaelyn Hanes, Administrative Assistant
Megan Hover, Development Manager
Ann Kappes, Director of Licensing
E. Francis Kohler, CE2 Studio & Services Manager/Visual Arts Instructor
Michael Korcek, Director of Marketing & Partnerships
Cléa Massiani, Exhibitions Coordinator
Paul Moshammer, Studio Director
Prasant Nukalapati, Outreach and Community Programs Coordinator
Elena “Bety” Ortiz, Habilitation Aide
Renée Rhodes, Communications Associate
Ken Paul Rosenthal, Art & Exhibition Preparator
Liliana Torpey, Development Associate
Jaime Wong, Gallery Coordinator

Teaching Artists

Victor Cartagena, Visual Arts Instructor
Suda Changkasiri, Visual Arts Instructor
Gilles Combet , Visual Arts Instructor
Leeza Doreian, Visual Arts Instructor
Carole Fitzgerald, CCSF Visual Arts Instructor
Andrew Gilson, Visual Arts Instructor
Judith LaRosa, Visual Arts Instructor
Eric Larson, Assistant Studio Manager & Visual Arts Instructor
Joseph McGovern, Visual Arts Instructor
Geri Montano, Visual Arts Instructor
Larry Morace, Visual Arts Instructor
Michael Napper, Visual Arts Instructor
Pilar Olabarria, Visual Arts Instructor & Services Coordinator
Glenn Peckman, Visual Arts Instructor
Enrique Quintero, Visual Arts Instructor
Patricia Rubio, Visual Arts Instructor
Horace Washington, Visual Arts Instructor