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CounterPULSE Staff
(Photo: Right-Click and "Save Link as" to download hi-res version) Jessica Robinson has served CounterPULSE for seven years, initially as Managing Director, and now as Executive Director. She has ushered CounterPULSE through a merger and relocation, tripling the organization ’s budget during her tenure as director. She designed and implemented CounterPULSE’s successful Artist in Residence program, and has curated dozens of performances and workshops. She has also served as guest curator for organizations such as Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the San Francisco International Arts Festival. Jessica is a writer, performer and political activist and her dance writing has been published in In Dance and on CriticalDance.com. She has worked in administration, production, and publicity for artists and arts organizations including Jess Curtis, Keith Hennessy / Circo Zero, Dance Through Time, and the Erika Shuch Performance (ESP) Project. More recently, she served as Assistant Director of “Orbit” by the ESP Project at Intersection for the Arts. Jessica is an adjunct faculty member at the New College of California where she has designed and implemented courses including “Activist Arts Synthesis”, “Arts Administration and Cultural Organizing” and “20th Century US History through the Arts.” During her tenure on the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee she has been responsible for curating and co-producing the annual Bay Area Dance Awards. She serves on the Arts Advisory Board of the Oakland Noodle Factory, the steering committee for San Francisco Arts Forum, and the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Alternate ROOTS, a service and granting organization for community-based artists in the Southeastern United States. She has been the recipient of awards and scholarships from Dance/USA and the Bill T. Shannon Leadership Institute.
Hae-Jin Kim
Hae-Jin Kim is thrilled to serve as Program Manager for CounterPULSE. She brings to CounterPULSE a thoughtful enthusiasm for the diverse and extensive arts programming made possible by its dedicated staff and passionate audience. Hae-Jin holds a Masters degree from Stanford University where her studies specialized in Art Education. Her most recent experience includes acting as a director for a New York American art gallery, and prior to that she worked at SFMOMA and a New York auction house. Hae-Jin has a background in curating, marketing, events, budgeting and research and loves working with artists, students and all members of the public art community alike. She lists Florence, Italy among her favorite places to sojourn. Hae-Jin is no stranger to bungee jumping nor sampling exotic cuisine such as fried caterpillars and enjoys sipping a steaming mug of a delicately brewed citron tea while watching The Bicycle Thief film.
Ryan Crowder joined CounterPULSE in August, 2008 as the Outreach Coordinator after years in non-profit advocacy work focused on LGBT empowerment and non-discrimination. He holds a Masters degree in Human Sexuality from San Francisco State University where he studied homophobia and heterosexism and also has a background in research, event planning and website development. Ryan has lived in San Francisco for the past 5 years and resides with his partner, Ed and cat, Chammee in the Mission. He enjoys crocheting, graphic novels, quirky media and surprising and awe-inspiring film and performance.
Julie joined the CounterPULSE staff in July of 2008 as the Front of House Coordinator. She comes to CounterPULSE after having spent the last decade earning her B.A in psychology from Macalester College in Minnesota, traveling and studying art history in Europe, living and working as a visual artist in Mexico, and finally plunging into San Francisco in 2007. She currently studies dance with Sara Shelton Mann and serves as Company Manager for Jess Curtis/Gravity.
Darl Andrew Packard
Darl Andrew Packard is a Baltimore, Maryland native who graduated with a double major in Communications and Theater from Goucher College. Prior to moving to the West Coast Andrew worked for a local television news outlet in Baltimore where he was the Entertainment News Producer and the Morning News Editor. He found San Francisco in 2006 by way of David Dower and Josh Kornbluth both of whom he met at the Sundance Theater Lab; he still works as Josh Kornbluth's Stage Manager and Traveling Technical Director. Andrew also frequently works with The Z Space Studio and Word for Word Performing Arts in various capacities. Andrew is excited to serve as CounterPULSE's Theater Manager and learn all he can about the interesting people and projects that come through our wonderful space.
Catherine Herrera is an experienced project coordinator who has organized and created collaborations for film, radio and television projects that reach across cultural, social and economic boundaries to expand the role of tradition and non-traditional art forms in sustaining community. Catherine has collaborated with arts organizations in S.F., the Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Antonio, Tx., and Mexico City. Catherine has worked for a range of clients through her company Flor de Miel Media, including Active Voice, Teatro Vision, Las Isabellas, Women of Color Resource Center, Childhood Matters/Nuestros Ninos radio programs, and International Latino Film Festival. Catherine explores the role of heritage-based performance through traditional dance, and as a filmmaker, drawing from her own Latino and Indigenous/Native roots. Catherine's work explores issues of cultural identity and can be found published and exhibited at venues in the United States and Mexico.
Lily Taylor is a vocalist, composer, and teacher now living in San Franisco, CA. She obtained a degree in Contemporary Music from College of Santa Fe (New Mexico), soaking up the influences of David Dunn, Mirabai Daniels, Joan LaBarbra, Steven Miller, Polly Tapia- Ferber, and others. Taylor is currently collaborating with aerialist Rain Willson, SoundArts Studios, Malaysian artist Kamal Sabran, musician Karina Denike, and artist/ musician Sean Miller.
Jaclyn Burleigh is ecstatic to be a part of CounterPULSE Internship Program. She holds a pivotal role by providing CounterPULSE devoted Staff with support and enthusiasm. Jaclyn graduated with a BA in Dance, Theater Production, and Social Science from The Evergreen State College. Her more recent endeavors was with MUSA a performance collective that went on tour through the Pacific Northwest and Northern California with original choreography and music. Jaclyn’s background includes dancing, choreographing, producing, events and love’s working with diverse artists, and all members of the art community. She enjoys food, laughing, her friends and taking spontaneous trips out of town.
Sheena is excited to be the CounterPULSE Executive Intern for the summer. She is currently pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts in Dance at Mills College in Oakland. Sheena sees working at CounterPULSE as a great opportunity to support community based performing arts and utilize her solid background in non-profit administration and fundraising. Sheena also has a strong commitment to social justice and supporting social conscious artists. Mostly recently Sheena was a featured artist during the 2009 Black Choreographers Festival in February. Sheena currently lives in Oakland and loves to spend time w/ her partner Mari and dog Moss.
Macklin Kowal
Joie Rey Coen
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Ryan Crowder
Julie E. Phelps
Lily Taylor
Jaclyn Burleigh
Sheena Johnson