Alistair Jeffs
Director

Alistair is a San Francisco Bay Area native who has supported the arts throughout his life. Starting with his work in college radio at KSCU in Santa Clara during high school, Alistair has always kept an interest and connection with the arts - specifically design, music, illustration, animation, film, sculpture, and architecture. He has lived in Los Angeles, London, Amsterdam, and Madrid and is currently a manager in the video services industry. Alistair also contributes to the Peninsula tennis community by playing, captaining teams, running leagues and tournaments. Alistair graduated with a BA from the University of California and has ten US patents and one European patent in his name. Alistair joined the Art Bias board because he wants to help to sustain the invaluable contribution that arts and culture have made and will continue to make to our San Francisco Bay Area community and technology industries.

Shana T Bryant
Director

Producer and 21-year industry veteran, Shana has had a hand in crafting some of your favorite videogames (and might’ve even canceled a few!). From Devil May Crys and Resident Evils to Outer Worlds and even HoloLens, Shana has produced and developed profound experiences, spanning generations of platforms, genres, and media. 

Shana is a published author and avid comic artist, expounding ideas with a spoonful of charm and a touch of snark. Her literary contributions include Game Devs & Others: Tales from the Margins (2018, edited by Tanya DePass) and Women in Games: 100 Professionals of Play (2018, edited by Meagan Marie). She won’t stop talking about inclusivity in design, and she mentors on career management for underrepresented professionals. Shana is a steering committee member of the International Game Developer Association’s Women in Games SIG and supports Black in Gaming.

For a deeper look, join her at http://shanatbryant.com // terribleallies.com. 
Twitter: @mushrooQueendom and @terribleallies

Erika Adkins
Secretary of the Board

Erika Adkins creates two-dimensional works in both acrylic and encaustic. Her pieces rely on layering colors, textures, and meanings, often the result of multiple paintings on a single surface.

As a third-generation artist, Erika grew up assuming everything can be viewed for its aesthetic merit. Recently, her work has explored conflict: between humans and the environment, between her cats, or between history and individuals. Her current subject matter centers on books, belonging, and censorship.

Born in Pittsburgh, PA and now based in Half Moon Bay, CA, Erika holds a degree in Fine Art from Yale University and an MBA from Santa Clara University. She regularly shows at Madrone Arts in Pescadero, Mirada Art on Main in Half Moon Bay, The Vault in Half Moon Bay, and 7.3.1 Designs in Pacifica.

You can find her work online at: https://www.erikaadkins.com/
and on Instgram: https://www.instagram.com/erika.h.adkins/

David Jacobson
Director

David Jacobson, founder of Inkflow Communications, is a writer, writing instructor, and strategic communications consultant to social-impact organizations in the areas of youth development, sports/fitness, and DEI efforts. David’s work is rooted in a journalism career that started at age 15 in 1979 and has included thousands of articles, op-eds, blogs, and media placements for his employers and clients.

He has self-published Az der Papa (a YA coming-of-age novella), At the Cookout: A White Man’s Journey in Black America (memoir), and The Man Behind the Mask (collaboration with American Ninja Warrior athletes Flip Rodriguez and Noah Kaufman). David’s service in the arts also includes terms on Redwood City’s Racial Equity Mural Steering Committee and the Redwood City Parks and Arts Foundation Art Advisory Work Group, plus his ongoing work on the lost art of the mid-range jump shot.

Kimberly Abbi
Director

Kimberly says, “I’m excited to support strategic planning in marketing and fundraising, bringing my passion for art and its power to connect people. I look forward to helping raise awareness for the organization.”

Kimberly brings over a decade of marketing experience, having held key roles at leading companies including Colgate-Palmolive, Estée Lauder, SEPHORA, as well as several emerging, female-founded startups. A native of New York City with a lifelong appreciation for the arts, Kimberly owned a creative entrepreneurial venture, designing custom rhinestone and jewelry pieces for celebrities such as CeeLo Green, Madonna, and Jimmy Fallon.

She holds a Master’s degree in Marketing from the Fashion Institute of Technology and currently resides in Redwood City with her family. Deeply committed to her community, Kimberly actively volunteers through local initiatives—including church meal service programs, neighborhood cleanups, and her children’s school—where she serves as a key leader on the PTO fundraising committee.

Alan Hart
Director

Alan joined Art Bias in 2022 as a photographic artist, whose studio is now completely out of wall space for hanging more images.  Art Bias has provided him with the environment to enhance his creativity, being surrounded by so many inspiring artists!  He is looking forward to applying his business experience to the Art Bias mission of positive community impact through support of the arts.

As a photographer for 50+ years, he first focused (pun intended) on documenting mountain climbing in the Sierra Nevada, then moving to capturing explosive waves on the north coast of Kauai – and all forms of nature in-between. Along the route as digital photography evolved, he developed a destination photography workshop alternating between Monterey, CA and Poipu, Kauai, HI, resulting in dozens of students with new found skills and passion for photography.

Professionally Alan worked in the semiconductor industry, serving in roles from design engineer to director to general manager in multiple technology companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Agilent Technologies, Verigy, Maxim Integrated, and Advantest.  Unbeknownst at the time, his work resulted in automation of chip design and creation of non-volatile memories, and today the latter is used as the primary storage technology in digital cameras and mobile phones.  Alan has a BS Electronic Engineering from UC Berkeley and a MS in Solid State Physics and Semiconductor Simulation from Santa Clara University.  Alan serves on a climate mitigation advisory council at UC Berkeley and is a member of the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, CA.  His photographic portfolio can be viewed in his webstore at: https://alan-hart.pixels.com/  and his career experience may be seen on LinkedIn at: www.linkedin.com/in/alan-h-5438914

Marianna Kiraly
Director

Marianna Kiraly is a neurobiologist passionate about art and mental health. Her encaustic paintings are inspired by psychology, novel techniques and the desire to play with mind-stretching associations. Her art practice dances at the edge of reality and imagined existence.

Marianna grew up in Budapest, Hungary; she moved to the US in 2009 and to the Bay Area in 2011. She graduated in Bioengineering in 2007, and received her doctorate degree in Clinical Neurosciences in 2010. After completing her first postdoctoral position at a children’s epilepsy clinic in Milwaukee Wisconsin, she spent a decade at Stanford University as a Staff Scientist. She then led the development of the neuroscience program of a seed-stage Caltech-spinoff startup that helped them raise $52M in their series A financing round. Marianna currently holds a leadership position at a clinical stage (series B) Cleveland Clinic spinoff company that specializes in novel therapeutics to treat neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and brain cancer. In addition, she also serves as a board member of a non-profit organization that advocates for children and their families whom are affected by pediatric brain cancer (DIPG/ DMG).

Marianna says, she is very excited and honored to support Art Bias as best as she can, and she’s more than happy to offer her skillset and knowledge to serve local communities - with special emphasis on integrating vulnerable or marginalized members. "When being immersed in a creative moment and in the process of making art, we find a way for sharing joy and equality instead of focusing on our differences” - she says. She looks forward to bringing her fundraising experiences to the Art Bias Board, and thus to help building new programs that facilitate collective healing and wellbeing. 

Terra Fuller
Executive Director

Terra Fuller joined the Art Bias team in early 2022 and has led the organization through considerable growth. She utilizes her experience and acumen in the arts, fundraising, and marketing to support development of creative programs, increase partnerships, grow community engagement and develop opportunities for artists.

Terra was Program Director at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Grants Manager at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and Residency Manager at Mesa Refuge in Point Reyes, CA as well as Acting Director at the artist residency New Pacific Studio in both New Zealand and Vallejo, CA. Over a five year period, Terra led international cultural fieldwork projects supporting a women-led carpet weaving association in Morocco, a basket weaving cooperative in Namibia, and tigua painters high in the Andes in Ecuador. She is currently a board member of New Pacific Studio.

Terra has a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, an MFA from Yale University School of Art, and an MA in Arts Administration from Indiana University. Terra is a practicing artist, most recently showing at Root Division and Jenny Lemons in San Francisco, and Grizzly Grizzly in Philadelphia. Her website is www.terrafuller.com.

Tom Chapman
Resident Artist & Facilities Manager

Tom was born and raised in Montana where he was first introduced to art. When it started conflicting with sports, Tom put it away for over 25 years. Tom rode as a professional thoroughbred jockey for 20 years here in the Bay Area. As a way to relax on his days off, he took up his paintbrush again. He primarily paints what he knows best; horses, but also does pets, wildlife, and landscapes. He has been painting in oils for 25 years and produces giclée prints on canvas from many of his originals. Along with painting to sell through galleries, he also does commissions, and teaches classes in oils.

Tom’s plans for the future are to keep improving his skills and to expand from selling nation-wide to worldwide.

chapman-arts.com/

Yao Du
Former Board Treasurer

Yao is a mergers and acquisitions consultant and a chartered financial analyst (CFA). She enjoys browsing art galleries in her spare time and on her travels. She studied nonprofit and social purpose organizations as part of her MBA program and is inspired to help nonprofit organizations with her professional knowledge and experience. During her time living in Toronto, she was treasurer of Art Starts, a nonprofit art organization. Currently, she also volunteer for Anderson Collection of Stanford.