 Willie C. Archie, President
I have appreciated the arts for almost my entire life: singing in the children’s and youth choir’s of my church, and learning to play the coronet in the 7th grade. Later in life, becoming a director of a 15-voice ensemble in my church, and co-director of an original play: Heaven Has Room For Many Stars. I also became the music director of one of my church choirs (Inspirational Chorus) and on many occasions, directed our church’s mass choir. Currently I sign bass in our mass choir and selectively wild direct difficult anthems when requested by the minister of music. Over 30 years I’ve co-founded and directed a holiday chorus at my work: the UCOP Chorus whose repertoire included several Hebrew songs, along with the Hallelujah Chorus form Messiah. I am a member of the UC Berkeley Faculty Club Chorus and participated since 1975 in singing with the UC Monks Chorus directed by Milton Williams.
![Photo of Angela Brown]() Angela Brown
Angela Brown has been working as an educator for the past 15 years in the areas of art, literacy, special education, and english language development. For the last 6 years, she has focused on her work as an Arts Educator within San Francisco Unified (SFUSD) through teaching dance, performance, poetry, filmmaking, along with general education courses. During the school year 2008/2009 , Angela shared an Adobe Youth Voices grant with another SFUSD educator, Joseph Alter. She was also honored by the San Francisco Foundation with an Arts & Cultural Grant for Educators in the Spring of 2009. Angela is currently in pursuit of an MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute in the fields of Urban Studies & New Genres.
 Sheila Collins
New to San Francisco, Sheila Collins has earned a Master of Communication in 1994 and a Master of Psychology in 2007 where she practiced psychotherapy in Vermont. Ms. Collins with her husband share five children.
Upon arriving to the Bay Area, Ms. Collins became involved with theatre companies, particularly those devoted to the African American perspective. That is how she came to volunteer with the African-American Shakespeare Company.
Also an actress, Ms. Collins knows enough about theatre companies to know that the productions they mount are each hard-won victories over the scarcity of resources. Ms. Collins wishes to be on stage again and to be a part of helping theatre thrive. "I believe I can do that by serving on the Board of the African-American Shakespeare Company. I will be a supporter of this theatre company because I believe in its mission."
 Lance Huntley
Lance Huntley is a life long resident of the Bay Area. He was raised in San Francisco, and raised his family there as well. He attended Pelton Jr. High, Lowell High, SF City College, and graduated UC Berkeley with a degree in Biochemistry. He spent 30 years in Biotechnology in various areas such as laboratory work, Environmental Health and Safety, and Facilities Management. In recent years theatre transformed his life; he has taken acting classes from Studio ACT and elsewhere. He believes in the power of theatre to make a positive difference in people’s lives.
A working actor, he has performed in many plays all over the Bay Area; Lance appeared in AASC’s Taming Of The Shrew.
Lance has been on the boards of several non-profits, including Hillbarn Theatre, Peninsula Ballet Theatre, and the Peninsula Arts Council. He has also worked for a non-profit board as the Executive Director of the South San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
Taisha Rucker
Ms. Rucker obtained her B.A. and J.D. from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI. She has practiced law for fourteen years in a variety of legal disciplines. Her current position as a Program Director with an educational consulting company provides her with an opportunity to use her business and advocacy skills to create innovative programs to propel students toward living their dreams so that their ideas and creative capacity can transform their own lives as well as our world. She is also a singer and songwriter and is committed to art as a vehicle for personal transformation.
 Carrie Streeter
Carrie is a recent transplant to California and currently resides in the East Bay. She grew up in Illinois, and after graduating from high school moved to Utah, where she earned a Music Performance degree from Brigham Young University. During her college years she was very actively involved in the performing arts and held the position of principal oboist in several university ensembles, participated in U.S. and international tours, taught high school and university students, and participated in theater productions such as Kiss Me Kate, The Wiz and The Nutcracker.
Following graduation, she took a contract position in Europe assisting an American opera singer for a season and enjoyed exposure to the arts in Amsterdam. Upon her return, she spent time working in the areas of technology and telecommunications, and spent her spare time playing with various local bands. In 2000, Carrie returned to school and earned an MBA from the University of Utah, all the while maintaining her involvement in music and the arts. After graduation, she worked with Artist Point Productions to co-produce the music for a Utah production of the musical Evita. She was invited to serve on the board of directors for Jazz Arts of the Mountain West, and helped to produce the 2003 Salt Lake City Jazz Festival.
In late 2003, Carrie moved to the Bay Area, where she has worked full-time in the fields of finance and education. She has continued to be actively involved in the arts, playing with a variety of Bay Area bands and independent artists, and contributing her business skills to a San Francisco-based concert promotion firm. She currently spends her days at Pacific Educational Group, a San Francisco-based consulting firm promoting racial equity in education.
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