Arlene Vidor, President

Vidor currently serves on the City of Glendale Arts & Culture Commission. She is on the Board of Directors of Antaeus Theatre Company and the Glendale Historical Society’s Advisory Council. She was a Glendale Historic Preservation Commissioner from 2008 through 2017.  Vidor was President of The Glendale Historical Society from 2002 to 2009 and received the Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017.  Prior to becoming a full time community volunteer, she was Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Baxter BioScience.  email

Tamara O’Connor, Vice President

O’Connor brings a wealth of community arts expertise to our Board.  She is Vice President of Community Arts Resources and has worked on many important public arts initiatives for that firm, such as the City of Glendale Public Art Program Plan, Hollywood Arts Retention Project for the CRA/LA, Playa Vista’s Bandshell Art Plan, Redlands’ Mission Gables Facility Study, and the City of Calgary’s International Music Festival.  She previously produced non-fiction television programming and remains an active member of the Producers Guild.

 Mary Jamora, Treasurer
Jamora spent thirty-eight years with Nestle, most recently as Director of Information Systems. She  has a Bachelors degree in Business Management from the University of Redlands and a UCLA certification in Industrial Relations. She volunteers at  “Dress for Success”, a non-profit organization assisting women re-entering the workplace. She also serves on the Steering Committee for the Nestle Retired Employees Association. email

 

Debra Thompson, Secretary

Thompson has taught at Glendale Community College for ten years and is Adjunct Professor of Art History.  She serves as Chairperson of the Associates’ National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper.   Thompson is on the  Board of Directors of Antaeus Theatre Company.  email

 

Debra Burchett-Lere, Director

Burchett-Lere brings a wealth of professional art experience to our Board of Directors. She is the Executive Director of the Sam Francis Foundation.  In addition Debra has worked with many arts organizations, including ARTTABLE/New York, MOCA,  and Gemini G.E.L.. She is  a grant writer, consultant and long standing member of the Appraisers Association of America. email

 

Simon Wright,  Director

Wright is located in both Glendale and London, England. He is an attorney for a leading reinsurance company and is qualified to practice law in both California and England. In 2014 he and his partner hosted the Brand Associates’ second “Glendale Collects” fundraising event.   He also  Chairs the Bentinck Close Homeowners Association in London. email

 

Caley Cannon, Ex Officio, Director

Canon is Senior Library Arts & Culture Supervisor with the City of Glendale, with oversight of the Brand Library & Art Center.  Previously she had held the position of Art Librarian at Brand.

Brand Associates Advisory

Jaime Nichols, Executive Producer of Celebrate Dance is our volunteer curator of the Brand Associates dance series