Dean’s Arts Board

Board Members

Dean Tiffany Ana López

Executive Board Members

Matt Bailey
Community Supporter

Shazad Ghanbari, Ph.D.
Design Principal
AIA International | Westgroup Designs

Reza Jahangiri
Founder and C.E.O.
American Advisors Group

Tom Nielsen
President
The Nielsen Company
Emeritus UCI Foundation Trustee

Sheila Peterson
President
Beachside Books LLC
UCI Foundation Trustee

Cheryll Ruszat
Executive Director
Montessori Schools of Irvine
UCI Foundation Trustee

Richard Ruszat
President
Montessori Schools of Irvine
UCI Foundation Trustee

Ivan Williams
Executive Producer & Executive Vice President
Scenario Entertainment
Ex-officio UCI Foundation Trustee

Sustaining Board Members

Rachel Fine
Executive Director & C.E.O.
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Susan Hori
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Mary Watson-Bruce, Ph.D.
Community Supporter

Ex-officio Board Members

Jerry Mandel
President
Irvine Barclay Theatre

Ellen Ruskin-Gillman
Associate of the Chancellor

Richard Stein
President & C.E.O.
Arts Orange County

Honorary Board Member

Joan Beall
Community Supporter

Contact Us

For questions about the Dean’s Arts Board or how to make a difference at the UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts, please contact:

Sarah Strozza
Director of Development
(949) 824-0629
sstrozza@uci.edu

Anna Forman
Executive Assistant to the Dean
(949) 824-8792
abmuelle@uci.edu

Briana Watson
Associate Director of Development
(949) 824-8750
briana.watson@uci.edu

Nicole Ogurek
Development Coordinator
(949) 824-16139
nogurek@uci.edu