Gamelan Sekar Jaya

BOARD
 

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 — Founder
California Youth Symphony, Executive Director
Joined Gamelan Sekar Jaya Board: 1983




Gregory Ghent — Board Chairman
Art Appraiser: Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Joined Gamelan Sekar Jaya Board: 2003



Eric Crystal — Board Member
Vice Chair, Center for Southeast Asia Studies (Retired)
U.C. Berkeley (l986-2000), Ph.D. Anthropology
Joined Gamelan Sekar Jaya Baord in 1990

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



Rose Nisker — Member President / Ex-officio Board Member
Les Aerielles Performance Troupe, Asst. Artistic Director
BA UCLA World Arts and Cultures
Joined Gamelan Sekar Jaya Board: 2012


Evan Gilman — Vice President / Ex-officio Board Member
Blue Bottle Coffee
BA Interdisciplinary Visual Arts; Art History; UW, 2005
Joined Gamelan Sekar Jaya Board: 2012


Monali Varaiya — Co-Secretary / Ex-officio Board Member
Research Associate in Medicinal Chemistry, Genentech
RA Small Molecule Drug Discovery, UCB 2010
Joined Gamelan Sekar Jaya Board: 2012

Ellen Perlman — Co-Secretary / Ex-officio Board Member
Freelance Editor
MA University of Michigan, Southeast Asian Studies
Joined Gamelan Sekar Jaya Board: 2012

STAFF

EMIKO SARASWATI SUSILO — Director
Joined the Staff in 2011

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.

STAR COMMITTEE

Rose Nisker—President [ex officio board member]

Evan Gilman—Vice President [ex officio board member]

Monali Varaiya—Co-Secretary [ex officio board member]

Ellen Perlman—Co-Secretary [ex officio board member]

Todd Greenspan—Treasurer [ex officio board member]

Ni Luh Andarawati—Cultural Consultant
I Made Moja—Cultural Consultant
Andrej Hronco—Gong Kebyar Co-Coordinator
David Aue—Gong Kebyar Co-Coordinator
Steve Johnson
—Angklung Co-Coordinator
Ed Garcia—Angklung Co-Coordinator
Samuel Wantman—Jegog Co-coordinator
Kathy Bouvier—Jegog Co-coordinator
Susan Lamberth—Dance Coordinator
Lisa Gold—Gender Coordinator
Mudita Nisker—Member-at-Large
Paddy Sandino—Member-at-large