BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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KEANU FORREST BRADY

Keanu Forrest Brady has been a San Francisco based artist since 2016. He received his Bachelors of Fine Arts (BFA) from the University of Utah. He has been dancing with FACT/SF as a Company Member since 2018, and joined the Board of Directors in 2023. He loves food, family, and the outdoors. 

 

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Jesse is a biologist with a background in new therapies for rare diseases and sustainable solutions in food and agriculture. Jesse lives in DC with his partner and two hounds. He likes to spend his spare time tending to an increasingly baroque backyard garden, volunteering to support young entrepreneurs working in sustainable biotech, and using microscope photography to explore the world around him.

 
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JOHN ENGSTROM, Treasurer

John Engstrom is a public interest attorney with experience working in the public, private, and non-profit sectors to improve health and equity outcomes for people in need. John focuses on designing and implementing data-driven health and welfare strategies and programs that support positive social health outcomes for vulnerable populations.

 
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JEANNE PFEFFER, President

Jeanne Pfeffer is a dancer, writer, and arts producer. Since relocating from Minneapolis to the Bay Area in 2009 she has worked with dozens of artists and cultural organizations to realize projects ranging from her own solo performance work to intercontinental dance production to the opening of a 10,000 sq ft performance space in the heart of San Francisco's Tenderloin district. She traveled as a U.S. culture representative throughout Russia in 2012 with FACT/SF and then again to Serbia in 2018 on behalf of CounterPulse. She lives in San Leandro with her family and writes fiction when her expertise is not otherwise engaged. 

 
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MARYAM ROSTAMI, secretary

Maryam Farnaz Rostami (AIA, LEED AP) is an architect and artist based in San Francisco. She is currently an Associate Principal at TEF Design and leads the JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) Agenda Committee at the firm. Maryam also writes and creates performance art, and is a co-founder of Nicole Kidman is Fucking Gorgeous. Her last solo show, Untitled 1396 played at Counterpulse as part of HMD's Bridge Project.

 
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CHARLES SLENDER-WHITE

Charles Slender-White (he/him) is a queer contemporary dance artist of mixed European and Roma descent. He is a choreographer, teacher, performer, and organizer, and the Artistic Director of FACT/SF. Slender-White has worked in more than fifty cities across twelve countries on four continents. He began his career in 2006 as a dancer with Provincial Dances Theatre in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and has since created more than 30 original works. His choreography has been commissioned by ODC Theater, CounterPulse, the US Department of State, and numerous others. Slender-White is one of 36 Countertechnique Teachers worldwide, and he completed his undergraduate degrees in Dance & Performance Studies and English Literature at UC Berkeley.

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