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BOARD
Vera’s Board provides direction and oversight to keep Vera legal and solvent. Board meetings happen at 6pm in the Vera conference room on the 4th Monday of every month (there is no Board meeting August, November and December).
Contact: boardofdirectors@theveraproject.org
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Jonathan Zwickel
Chair
Executive communications strategist, journalist, arts advocate
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Kim West
Vice Chair
Attorney at Law, Mix Sanders Thompson PLLC
Musician, Smokey Brights
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Phil Bouie
Fundraising Chair
Development Officer, LegalVoice
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Abe Claiborne
Co-founder, 2 Doors Management
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Mary Robins
Musician, Biblioteka
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Scott Rosen
Philanthropist, Volunteer
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Andrew Walsh
Collections Manager, Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library
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Blake Nakatsu
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Betsy Troutman
Chief Advancement Officer, KEXP