Staff

MOCHA's staff is known throughout the Bay Area for their talent and dedication

	Susan Rothstein, Interim Executive Director Susan is a transition specialist and has served as Interim Executive Director for a variety of Bay-area nonprofits. She believes that a change in leadership offers many positive opportunities and is thrilled to be working with the MOCHA team at this important juncture. Susan holds an MBA degree in Public Management from Stanford and spent three years as a freelance sculptor and art teacher prior to business school.
	Masako Hoshino Kalbach, Director of Operations Masako oversees MOCHA's overall operations, including finance, HR, IT and facility management to ensure efficiency of the organization. She has years of experience working in nonprofit administration and program/events management. Masako is also an independent filmmaker. She graduated from Mills College with a double major in International Relations and French Studies, and studied 3D modeling, animation and filmmaking in San Francisco State University's Multimedia Studies Program.

	Kristin Palm, Director of Development & Communications Kristin oversees all of MOCHA’s fundraising activities, as well as media outreach and other communications projects. Kristin is also a journalist and poet, and she teaches poetry to students in the Bay Area. She holds a Master of Urban Planning degree from Wayne State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College.
	Rae Holzman, Director, Museum Programs After receiving a degree in Craft/Design from San Francisco State University, Rae started her own doll company selling custom-made caricature dolls to retailers across the country. She and her dolls have been featured in publications such as the SF Chronicle, Atlanta and People. She also served as the Manager of the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse for several years. Her favorite pastime is finding scrap materials and inventing ways to use them in artmaking.
	Adella Wright, Receptionist/Office Manager Adella is the first person you see when you walk into MOCHA. She oversees the office, answers the phones and welcomes everyone with a smile.
	Liz Roddy, Administrative Assistant Liz comes from a theatrical, musical and environmental background in the nonprofit world. Liz graduated from Sonoma State University, where she received her B.A. in Literature and Theater Arts. A technician, stage manager, DJ/sound artist and administrator, she has worked with EXIT Theater, ODC Theater, SF Mime Troupe and RIPE Theater.
	Kelly Doyle, Program Coordinator, Afterschool & Early Childhood Kelly joined MOCHA in 2001, bringing her unusual facility for both left and right brain thinking. Kelly's right brain provides ongoing support to the teaching artists and works closely with MOCHA program directors and school staff to coordinate residency and professional development programming and curricula. Kelly's left brain manages the design of MOCHA's data collection systems and evaluation tools. She holds a BA in Fine Arts and English from Southampton College.
	Roxanne Padgett, Program Coordinator, School-day & Professional Development Roxanne was born in Oakland and her family has lived here for three generations. She knew she wanted to be an artist when she did her first art project at age 4. It was a mixed media piece with gumdrops and a dishtowel. Roxanne has been teaching art to kids for over 30 years, at MOCHA for 11 years. Roxanne continues to create artwork in a variety of media—paint, collage, assemblage, textiles and visual art journals.
	Amanda Wilkening, Program Coordinator, Museum & Early Childhood Amanda has been with MOCHA for six years in various positions, from Little Studio Artist to her current role as Museum General Manager. She has a background in technical theater and has participated in numerous public mural projects and large art installations.

Teaching Artists

	Anne Garvey Anne has a BFA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Montessori Elementary Education at St. Mary’s College. Anne has been teaching art in the Bay Area and abroad for the past three years.
	Brandy Gardner Brandy recently arrived at MOCHA after teaching art in New York and throughout the Bay Area. She has been a professional ceramic and metal sculptor for more than 10 years. She obtained her BFA in Spatial Arts from Cal State East Bay.
	Doug Calderon Doug has been teaching visual art for 15 years. His primary disciplines are comic art, video animation, painting and marionettes. He has exhibited his work throughout the Bay Area including at the Dia de Los Muertos Festival in Oakland.
	Danielle Freeburn 2008 marked Danielle's 10th year as an art teacher. Through museum programs and residencies, she is able to create original curriculum and support MOCHA's unique visual arts programming.
	Jesse Williams Artist, music lover, total geek. Jesse has been drawing since he was 4 years old. Comic books were his start and, even today, Marvel comic characters have a special place in his heart. He holds a degree in Visual Communications, which he practiced for about 15 years until he discovered how much he loves teaching and watching kids develop their artistic skills with his help.
	Jill McLennan Jill is an urban landscape painter who has worked in elementary art education and special education for nearly a decade. She holds a BFA in Art from Hampshire College and an MA in Arts Education from the Art Institute of Chicago. She is an active artist, exhibiting work throughout the Bay Area and as a member of the Jingletown Community Organization and Mercury 20 Gallery in Oakland. WEBSITE
	Jordana Autrey Jordana’s first art teacher was her mother. She grew up in an artist colony surrounded by creative arts people. Jordana considers herself a creative arts artist who specializes in technology, theater design, multimedia, costume design, recycle/reuse, painting and collage.
	Julia Storrs Her architect father, who let her paint murals on the walls, supported Julia’s interest in art. After art school at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, Julia was involved in exhibition design and arts administration. Her move west led her to a job as Project Director for Pro Arts in Oakland. Julia has worked on and off for MOCHA since 1990, is a mother to a high school student, and a practicing artist in mixed media and art furniture.
	Kara Fortune Kara has been a teaching artist at MOCHA for 15 years and has worked as an artist in the Bay Area for 25 years. He attended UCLA and Otis College of Art and Design. He is co-founder of the art collective Soul Salon 10 as well as a founding member of Town Park, a skate park and visual design center in Oakland.
	Laura Echegaray Laura just started with MOCHA. She previously trained and worked as an architect. She also works as a puppeteer and community disability educator, as well as a teacher of Spanish and art at several schools in the SF Bay Area and at the Boys & Girls Club in San Leandro.
	Marcela Florez Marcela is a Colombian artist and art teacher who has been living in the Bay Area for three years. She joined the MOCHA team in 2006 as a teaching artist conducting afterschool residencies in Oakland with elementary and preschool children. She is currently attending the San Francisco Art Institute where she will earn a Master of Fine Art degree in 2009. Marcela loves making art with little children and teenagers, and she incorporates her experiences with youth in her own art practice. She is passionate about urban history, printmaking and drawing.
	Meadow Presley Meadow has worked as an art teacher in Los Angeles and the Bay Area for more than ten years. In addition to her work at MOCHA, she teaches in the Adults with Disabilities program for the Oakland Unified School District. She has exhibited her sculpture and mixed media artwork at various Bay Area and Los Angeles galleries.
	Michelle Villoria Michelle is the daughter of an artist, so she has always been exposed to the art world. She is an accomplished ceramic artist who enjoys rake and pit fire methods. Michelle has been teaching for over 15 years and joined MOCHA in 2007. She is known for her bubbly and energetic teaching style.
	Miranda Bergman Miranda has been an arts educator and muralist for over 35 years, working at MOCHA as a teaching artist since its inception. Her murals stretch locally and internationally. She loves to teach visual art to all grade levels, giving young people the skills needed to access their creative voice as well as their personal empowerment.
	Nicole Chan Nicole completed her Master of Arts at John F. Kennedy University in 2008. She is currently pursuing expressive arts therapy and child development.