Officers & Board Members

Dr. Lewis Peterman, president pro tem
School of Music and Dance (Emeritus)
San Diego State University
peterman@mail.sdsu.edu

Dr. Purna Patnaik, treasurer
ppatnaik@centerforworldmusic.org

Prof. Danlee Mitchell, secretary
School of Music and Dance (Emeritus)
San Diego State University
anitadanlee@cox.net

Farhad Bahrami
Persian Cultural Center, San Diego

Jennifer Case
Department of Education
State of New Mexico

Dr. Lance E. Nelson
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of San Diego
webmaster@centerforworldmusic.org

MaryEllen O'Malley
Curriculum Coordinator for Visual and Performing Arts (Retired)
San Diego County Office of Education

Dr. Arkal Shenoy
General Atomics, San Diego

Advisory Board

Sudakshina Alagia
Performing Artist, San Diego
Hindustani Classical Music

Yolanda Chacon Beniquez
Artistic Director, La Fiesta Danzantes de San Diego
Mexican Dance

Susan Bernstein
Tristaff Group, San Diego
Anthropology

Mohammad Bazari
San Diego
Persian Music

Victoria Howard
Collector of Musical Instruments, Los Angeles
Organology

Mark Lamson
Artistic Director, Soul Beat, San Diego
Latin American Music

Vicki Maheu
Folk Dance Center, San Diego
Dance Ethnology

Robert Rivera Ojeda
Director, Bronze, Musica de Atzlan, San Diego
Chicano Music

Dr. Nyoman Wenten
California Institute of the Arts
Indonesian Dance and Music

Modified: May 31, 2007