Access San Francisco - Cable Channel 29

The Access SF Board of Directors meets quarterly starting with the station's annual meeting in October. Meetings are held at 6:00pm at 1720 Market Street (at Valencia) and are open to the public. Although the board usually meets quarterly (usually the 3rd Mondays of October, January, April, and July), please call the main desk to confirm the date, time and location of any board meeting you plan to attend. Occasionally unforeseen circumstances require the cancellation or rescheduling of a board meeting.

Please review the Board Meeting Guidelines & Information (PDF) in advance if you are planning to attend. The agenda allows time for public comment at both the beginning and end of the meeting. The Access SF Board follows parliamentary procedure at its meetings.

Next Board of Directors Meeting:

Date:July 21, 2008
Time:6:00pm
Where:1720 Market St. at Valencia

Supporting Documents & Board Resources:

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2008 - Board Of Directors & Bios

Hayato Yoshida - Board President
Hayato Yoshida is currently an Account Manager at Acxiom Digital, an Integrated Digital Marketing Technology and Services company. He has over 12 years of Online and Digital Marketing experience, including previous stops at W3.Com, LinkExchange, and McCann-Erickson (Zentropy Partners). His experiences include managing large-scale marketing campaigns for Global 2000 companies (e.g., Microsoft, GM, Gap Inc.), as well as integrated Web and Interactive development for various Silicon Valley technology companies. In addition to his work in Digital Marketing, Hayato has also spent a large amount of time in support of various San Francisco non-profit organizations, including Asian-American Theater Company, Asian-American Recovery Services, Bindlestiff Studio, and Youth Multi-Media Access Program. In 2003, he sat as a founding Board member for Bindlestiff Studio, and served as Board Chair from 2004-2005, and Interim Managing Director from 2005-2006. As a member of Access SFs Board of Directors, he has sat on the Marketing/PR/Outreach committee and helped with the organization of the 2005 Youth Media Festival, which aired during National Media & Democracy Week. Hayato Yoshida is a graduate of Pomona College with a degree in Media Studies.

Peggy Coster - Board Vice President
Disability Advocate & Public Access Producer
Peggy Coster has been a board member since December 2000. Since then she has learned how to produce her own television show, Disability Today, which airs on Public Access Channel 29. Coster also recently won a national Hometown Video Award for her show about how steps affect the ability of mobility-impaired persons to live independently and to take part in the conversations that determine social policy. She has extensive experience advocating on a variety of issues facing persons who live with disability, including housing and long term care. Coster has emphasized the special difficulties faced by people who do not qualify for In Home Supportive Services, MediCal, and other programs intended to make it possible for disabled persons to live interesting and independent lives.

April Elkjer - Board Treasurer
Media Consultant
April Elkjer is a media consultant working with such organizations as the Independent Television Service, Center for Asian American Media and Hope Road Consulting. Previously she wore multiple hats in project management and communications for six years at the Asian American Journalists Association, a national non-profit with a mission to increase the numbers of Asian American journalists and news managers in the industry. Recently, she finished managing an ITVS outreach campaign around PBS debut broadcasts for the Worlds Apart-Common Voices featuring two Southeast Asian refugee youth films REFUGEE and DEATH OF A SHAMAN.

Patricia A. Montgomery - Board Secretary
Founder, W.O.V.E.N. Ministries
Patricia A. Montgomery is the eldest of six children and was born and raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, later moved to San Francisco in 1975 with her family. An alumnus of Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. She has a B. A. in Mass Media Arts with a concentration in Radio, TV & Film. She was selected to the Host Broadcast Program in 1996 and later participated in the 1996 Centennial Olympics as a Graphic Assistant Liaison for the sport of Judo that were held in Atlanta, Georgia. She's the Founder of W. O. V. E. N. Ministries International (Women Of Virtue, Excellence & Nobility). A ministry dedicated to developing a covenant relationship with God through spiritual and practical devotion to Him, by instilling the seven Christian virtues that are like colored threads in a tapestry. She is committed to encourage women to fulfill the dreams and purpose for their lives and the Body of Christ through the Word of God.

Damien Chacona - Board Member
Volunteer Service Manager, Volunteer Center
Damien Chacona has spent most of his nonprofit career counseling youth with special needs in residential treatment facilities. Before joining the nonprofit sector in 2002, Damien worked as a Business Development Coordinator for an engineering firm and did freelance marketing and Public Relations work. His background in therapy and social services and his overwhelming desire to re-ignite civic-mindedness in society brought Damien to The Volunteer Center in February 2007. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Corporate Communication at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Stu Smith - Board Member
Retired Publisher & Producer
64, single and on the move, Stu says he is inching toward the destiny awaiting me that is rich in joyful opportunity and a convergence of experience, strength and hope best shared with my fellows in the spirit of love. A retired publican, publisher and public relations neophyte who sees powerful potential everytime two or more humans join together to learn something and make it useful or helpful to others. "I'm a man who hopes to simply choose to accept where he is and to make it transforming to himself and those nearby through attraction rather than promotion." A lifelong love of music, a tradition of providing entertainment for others in clubs and for many not for profit special events bring Smith to Tin Pan Alley Productions with passion & commitment to serving both the performing arts community and the not for profits that are beneficiaries of the artistry and compassion of so many performers.

Kumar Subramanian - Board Member
Founder & CEO of MediaMelon
Mr. Subramanian has strong experience within the communications technology industry. He is currently the CEO of MediaMelon, an IP based video delivery company in San Francisco. He has worked in bussines development at Lucent and Digital Island, and in investment banking at UBS Warburg's M&A and Corporate Finance Groups. Mr. Subramanian holds an MBA from Duke University and an Electrical Engineering degree from IIT-Bombay.

John Tunui - Board Member
Public Access Producer & Community Activist
John Tunui was born on Aitutaki in the Cook Islands. He was raised by his grand parents while his parents immigrated to New Zealand. He later joined his parents as a teenager and attended schools in New Zealand. He was a youth leader among the Polynesian communities for many years before heading off on his international travels and landed in San Francisco. He studied drama at Dominican College and had his plays produced in the Bay Area. He still works among the Polynesian community in the SF Bay Area; most recently as a cultural advisor at Balboa High School. He was also the chef at a local food program for five and a half years.

Meera Balakumar - Board Member
Senior Associate, Presidio Partners LLC

Christine Garcia - Member Representative
Attorney

Krista Maguglin - Board Member
Associate, L.E.K. Consulting

Saqib Mausoof - Board Member
Analyst/Filmmaker

Geoffrey Moore - Board Member
Compliance Manager, Wells Capital Management

Zane Blaney
Executive Director & Ex Officio Board Member