About the Cultural Partnership

Our Values

Values that underlie the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership’s processes, outputs and culture include:

Collaboration

Working collaboratively is at the heart of all the Cultural Partnership does. We use our collective strengths and resources wherever possible to make us stronger together than we can be individually, through what we do as well as how we do it.

Stewardship

We respect and effectively build, utilize and preserve the cultural, human and financial resources of our community. We share and leverage these resources responsibly to make the experience of Balboa Park arts, science, and cultural institutions continuously more accessible, physically, personally, and intellectually, in person and virtually.

Learning

We value opportunities to learn from years of collective wisdom in Balboa Park as well as to continually build new skills, seek greater insights and challenge convention. This helps us to problem-solve, foster innovation and encourage new thinking. Sharing our learning advances the vitality of our members, our community, and the arts, science and cultural fields.

Innovation and Agility

The Cultural Partnership embraces the generative possibilities of collaboration. We strive to maintain an agile organizational structure that allows us to be open and strategically responsive to new opportunities, including ones in which we can be pioneers.

Connectivity

The Cultural Partnership members and the community are strengthened through our external relationships. Serving as the “go to” organization between Balboa Park organizations as a whole and the community encourages sharing, coordination and collaboration on a broader scale.

Excellence

The Balboa Park Cultural Partnership seeks excellence in all that we do in order to serve as a vital asset for our members and the community. The Partnership enhances our members’ capacity to achieve the highest professional standards and deliver the greatest value to their communities.

Our Board

Balboa Park Cultural Partnership Board of Directors

Officers

Jessica Hanson York, Board President - Mingei International Museum

Erika Kohler, Vice President - San Diego Zoo

Bill Lawrence, Treasurer - San Diego History Center

Makeda Dread, Secretary - WorldBeat Center

Dr. Micah Parzen, Immediate Past President - Museum of Us

Board Members

Kate Battenfeld - San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory

Desha Crownover - San Diego Junior Theatre

Judy Gradwohl - San Diego Natural History Museum

Jack Harkins - The San Diego Veterans Museum

Ana Hernandez - Centro Cultural de la Raza

Nik Honeysett - Balboa Park Online Collaborative

Luanne Kanzawa - Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum

Jim Kidrich - San Diego Air & Space Museum

Lenny Leszczynski - San Diego Automotive Museum

Katy McDonald - Forever Balboa Park

Megan Pogue - Timken Museum of Art

Nancy Scheuermann - Village Arts Center

Timothy J Shields - The Old Globe

Dr. Steven Snyder - Fleet Science Center

Andrew Utt - ICA San Diego

Roxana Velasquez - The San Diego Museum of Art

Michael Warburton - San Diego Model Railroad Museum

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Our Team

Peter Comiskey

Kristen Mihalko

Theresa Wulf

Rowan Hayes

Brendan Maxwell

Jesus Melendrez

Johann Milios

Chris Nishijima

Gillian Rizza

Jennifer Weavers

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Officers

Board Members

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