Board of Directors
March 2012. Left to right: Jeanette Yu, Andrea Plesnarski, Parker Monroe, Lena Zentall, Kate Knickerbocker, Marilyn Zivian, Martin Cohn. (Not in photo: Tim Allen, Tom Dunworth, Judith Flynn)
President: Martin Cohn Founder, Cohn & Wells
Cohn &Wells, one of the ten largest direct marketing firms in the United States, was merged into the Euro RSCG international network. Mr. Cohn has served as president of the Board of Directors of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and as a member of the boards of San Francisco Performances, French American International School and the Instituto Italiano Scuola.
Vice President: Jeanette Yu Program Editor, Publications Department, San Francisco Symphony
Ms. Yu, a talented cellist, has graduate degrees in both English and Music. She has been Publications Fellow at the Commonwealth Club of California, and Editor at the Tsunah News.
Secretary: Lena Zentall Project Manager, University of California, California Digital Library
Formerly with the administrative staff of the San Francisco Symphony, Ms. Zentall has worked in a wide breadth of industries including software, biotech, nonprofit, corporate, and education. She brings experience in project management, strategic planning, integrated marketing, and design.
Treasurer: Tim Allen Partner, Allen/Loeb Associates
Mr. Allen is a consultant for governmental and non-profit agencies. He specializes in writing grant applications to support health programs and social services, and conducts evaluations of grant-funded projects. His experience includes serving as the executive director of a nonprofit agency.
Tom Dunworth Partner, Dunworth Associates
Mr. Dunworth is the founder and a partner with Dunworth Associates, a national fund raising and non-profit management consulting firm. He has served a wide variety of Bay Area organizations as a consultant and chief development officer. He has also served as a board member with Noe Valley Chamber Music and the California Maritime Academy/CSU.
Judith Flynn Director, Montessori Children's Center of San Francisco.
Ms. Flynn is recognized as a leader in the field of early childhood education. She serves on the boards of American Bach Soloists and San Francisco Childcare Providers Association and brings to Left Coast a lifelong passion for music. She admires LCCE’s unique programming -- combining works new and old in a way that enlightens each.
Kate Gambs Knickerbocker ESL Teacher; Philanthropist
Dr. Knickerbocker has been teaching and tutoring adults English as a Second Language for more than ten years. Her dissertation research brought together her loves for music and language in investigating whether speakers of tonal language were better able to recognize pitch. She has been a volunteer in musical organizations since high school.
Andrea Plesnarski Left Coast Chamber Ensemble musician
Ms. Plesnarski has served as a musician board member with Oakland East Bay Symphony for the past 8 years. She has volunteered with Students Run Oakland for several seasons and now works as a garden mentor with City Slicker Farms in Oakland. Ms. Plesnarski is Principal Oboist with Oakland East Bay Symphony and actively freelances in the Bay Area. She is a graduate of the Curtis Institute, where she studied with John de Lancie and Richard Woodhams.
Marilyn T. Zivian, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Senior Scholar; York University, Toronto, Canada
Dr. Zivian has served on the faculty of York University in Toronto as Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, and Chair of the Psychology Department. An experienced researcher and grant writer, she is a longtime supporter of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. Dr. Zivian is also a board member of Breast Cancer Action, a national non-profit advocacy/activist organization.
