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Raymond
Kutz (Chairman) is a manager of pricing strategy at Sun
Microsystems and has worked in various capacities of marketing,
product and services management for the past 16 years at Sun.
He has a BS in Biology and Secondary Education from the University
of Missouri and an MBA from San Jose State.
Ray has made San Francisco home for 30 plus years after growing
up on a farm in Missouri where access to theater and performing
arts was extremely limited. That limited access to the arts
influences his passion today for making the arts accessible
to everyone. This passion was awakened after studying and
performing in improvisational theater and volunteering as
a photography docent at the Ansel Adams Gallery in the late
90's. More recently Ray has been singing with the San Francisco
City College chorus.
His involvement with the Festival began by attending performances
and "paying to get out" after each performance.
After learning more about the mission and observing the impact
of the Festival on multiple
communities, Ray joined the board in 2006 and began work as
the Board Advancement Chair. He looks forward to seeing the
Festival celebrate the next generation of thespians and arts
supporters in the Bay Area through its outreach into the Bay
Area and communities beyond. (Back
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Eleanor Jacobs
(Vice-Chair)) has loved Shakespeare since she was a high school
freshman. She's been active with the San Francisco Shakespeare
Festival since 2000, as a member of the Development Committee
and Board of Directors. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri,
Eleanor has a masters degree in Social Work from St. Louis
University. She was Executive Director of Catholic Social
Services/San Mateo;of the YWCA of San Francisco/Marin/San
Mateo;of Westside Community Mental Health Center, Inc. in
San Francisco; and she was President and CEO of the United
Way of Santa Clara County. Working in San Francisco's city
hall, Eleanor served as Homeless Coordinator in the administration
of Mayor Frank Jordan. She enjoys theater, movies and books."
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Linda Merriweather
(Secretary and Development Chair) has been a co-writer/producer/performer
with The Shlepperellas: Mothers Gone Mad! A native
of Southern California, she studied drama at UCLA before moving
to the Bay Area. She also studied improvisational comedy at
Stanford University under the direction of Patricia Ryan and
Dan Goldstein. Linda worked at Hewlett-Packard in marketing
and customer relations, eventually becoming a manager. She
serves on the board of directors of the San Francisco Shakespeare
Festival, a regional theater company and education provider
that sponsors annual Free Shakespeare in the Park productions
as well as innovative programs for kids such as Shakespeare
On Tour, Shakespeare Camps, and Midnight Shakespeare. (Back
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Keith Taylor
(CFO) has been active with the Festival since 1998 as a Board
member, as well as with other non-profit organizations. Keith,
a native South bay Californian, lives in Mountain View with
his wife of twenty-two years and their four children. As CFO
for Magellan Navigation, Inc., and partner with Tatum Partners,
LLC, Keith is a senior finance executive with more than 25
years of experience in the high tech and service industries,
with previous stints as CFO for Encover, Topio, BrassRing,
and CareerCentral.com, and in various finance roles at Global
1000 companies Adecco SA and Apple Computer, Inc. Keith earned
his CPA and CISA certifications while at EY, an MBA from SJSU
and a BSBA from Cal Poly. His love of the combination of arts
and youth education keeps him actively promoting the Festival
and its mission. (Back to 'Board
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Robert Chansler (Prior Chair) brought his enthusiasm
for Shakespeare to the South Bay from Pittsburgh where he
did graduate work at Carnegie-Mellon University. Rob and
his wife Kim attended Free Shakespeare in the Park on their
first date. Their daughter Katie is a 4-year veteran of
Bay Area Shakespeare Camps and was an acting intern in the
2006 Free Shakespeare. During the day, Rob manages software
development for storage area network vendor McDATA. (Back
to 'Board List')
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Stephen Hamilton,
trained as a Chartered Accountant and CPA, has lived in the
UK, France, and for the past twenty-five years, in the US.
He has worked in a number of hi-tech companies in a variety
of sales, marketing, and senior management roles. He is currently
an independent consultant helping companies and organizations
grow their business through the use of Internet based marketing
and communication tools. Stephen has been a board member since
1998 and has served as chairman of the board. Stephen's passions
are sailing and theatre but these days being on the board
is as close as he can get to treading the boards! He and his
wife Fiona enjoy all of the festivals programs and their two
teenage daughters are graduates of the summer camps. (Back
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Carole Krumland (Back
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Pamela Sogge directs the Scene7
Professional Services Organization at Adobe Systems. For
the last 14 years Pam has held executive positions in education,
consumer and SAAS software companies, and now focuses her
professional energies on delivering superior SAAS solutions
to her enterprise customers. Pam’s work in the non-profit
community have focused on education and social services.
She is very excited to direct her energy to the Festival
and advance its mission of promoting the enjoyment and understanding
of Shakespeare through its youth programs and public performances.
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Michael Li-Ming Wong
has drawn wisdom and inspiration from Shakespeare’s works
for more than two decades, and he believes strongly that Shakespeare
can and should be enjoyed by everybody, irrespective of education
or background. Michael served as Shakespeare coach to his
former boss, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in preparation for
her cameo appearance in Henry V at the Shakespeare
Theatre in Washington DC; he also wrote his own wedding vows
in the form of a Shakespearean sonnet. By day, Michael is
a partner in the San Francisco office of Ropes
& Gray, a leading global law firm. Michael received
a B.A. in English literature from Pomona College, and a law
degree from Harvard University. (Back
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