Staff & Board
Behind every magical Revels moment is a team of dedicated people. Our Executive and Artistic Staff, volunteer Board of Directors, and Advisory Council give their time and talent to make our Midwinter show and year-round events possible.
Executive Leadership
TIFFANY FAJARDO
Executive Administrator
Tiffany comes to Revels with a wealth of experience in the music industry and non-profit organizations, including her current position as Executive Director of Calliope East Bay Music and Arts, where she has also served in several executive board positions, and her prior roles as Interim Assistant Director at the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music and Director of Strategic Partnerships and Audience Engagement at Berkeley Symphony. In addition to arts administration, Tiffany maintains a private oboe studio and is a proud music educator, having spent many summers working at the Hayward La Honda Music Camp as a counselor, coach, and Senior Camp Coordinator.
Artistic Leadership
California Revels proudly presents theatre productions involving whole communities in their creation and implementation. We continue to include production-specific artistic and musical leadership in our Midwinter celebrations.
JERI REED
Artistic Director
Jeri has contributed to California Revels since 2010. Jeri has nurtured our program for Young Performers (middle and high school) and worked with other American and European community and youth theater groups. Ms. Reed has also been the choreographer and associate director for the Interlandia folk group at Penn State University.
SHIRA KAMMEN
Music Director
Multi-instrumentalist and occasional vocalist Shira Kammen has spent well over half her life exploring the worlds of early and traditional music. A member for many years of the early music Ensembles Alcatraz and Project Ars Nova, and Medieval Strings, she has also worked with Sequentia, Hesperion XX, the Boston Camerata, the Balkan group Kitka, the King’s Noyse, the Newberry and Folger Consorts, the Oregon, California and San Francisco Shakespeare Festivals, and is the founder of Class V Music, an ensemble dedicated to providing music on river rafting trips. She has performed and taught in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Israel, Morocco, Latvia, Russia and Japan, and on the Colorado, Rogue, Green, Grande Ronde, East Carson and Klamath Rivers. Shira continues to teach and tours extensively, sharing her expertise in the world of early music worldwide.
ANNE BINGHAM GOESS
Assistant Music Director
Anne brings to us her long-time experience of Irish music in the SF Bay area, adding to that her notable talent for historical research, which she uses in putting together an authentic experience of the people and stories behind the traditions.
MICHELE SULLIVAN
Production Manager
As well as being a keystone of California Revels, Michele has smoothed the way for many Bay Area productions with companies such as Lamplighters, San Francisco Opera, Livermore Opera, and West Bay Opera.
Board of Directors
SARAH LAMB
Director
President & Executive Co-Director
CHRIS BRYDEN
Treasurer / CFO
JOANN WU
Secretary & Executive Co-Director
CHAS SCHLEY
CAROLYN THIESSEN
Director
Get Involved with your Board
Are you interested? Consider which way you want to participate and support California Revels in fulfilling our mission!
VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME
Have a skill to share, or just want to pitch in? Project volunteers choose their focus area and how much time they can give. No ongoing commitment required. We'd love your help.
JOIN A BOARD COMMITTEE
Want to get more involved without jumping straight into board membership? Our committees are where a lot of the real board work happens, focusing in on areas like fundraising, advertising, merchandising, community outreach, programming, and more. You choose what fits your interests and schedule. Meetings are need-driven and infrequent.
BECOME A BOARD DIRECTOR
We're actively seeking new Directors! We're especially interested in people with professional expertise in law, finance, or fundraising. We are equally interested in people who are intellectually and emotionally engaged in the arts, fascinated by ritual theater, history, culture, or philosophy, and energized by turning ideas into action. Board members meet monthly and engage with projects and committees as their bandwidth allows (some involvement is expected). We welcome members of all cultural and economic backgrounds.
Contact our office to let us know what you’d like to do to keep Revels going strong.
Advisory Council
Ellin Barret
Helen Wills Brown Dirk Burns
Lisa Lowe
Carl Ludewig
David Metcalf
Michael Schmid
Marcia Vastine
Dave Watt
Malcolm Carden
Gabriel Hurley
Fred Konkel