Holland Board of Directors & Advisory Board

We wanted you all to know what an incredible team we have behind this operation. So, without further ado, we present to you the Holland Board of Directors and the Holland Advisory Board.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bob Conrad, Public Information Officer, Nevada Department of Conservation
Bob Conrad is a public relations professional in the Reno area. He serves as the public information officer for the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and consults part time. He has been active in the Reno music scene for years, and he currently plays drums with The Firebombing and Dustraiser.

Grace Hutchison, Education Director, Reno Philharmonic
Grace Hutchison’s life has been shaped by music and art. As Education Director of the Reno Philharmonic, she helps bring music to nearly 30,000 young people each year. Grace grew up in the Black Hills of South Dakota playing piano, guitar, and clarinet. She performed regularly in a folk band with her father throughout her teens until she moved to Los Angeles, CA to further pursue music. She attended the Musicians Institute in Hollywood and worked in various music projects while promoting concerts, fashion shows, and other events. She moved to Reno in 2003, where she has been writing and performing as a solo artist (Grace Gatsby) with her guitars and piano. She recorded her debut album at Portland’s SuperGiant Studios in June 2010. Grace loves Reno, kids, animals, kind people, and the water.

Jasmine Cividino, Owner, Crush Hair Studio
Originally from Abita Springs, Louisiana, Jasmine migrated with her parents to Northern Nevada and fell in love with the desert and mountains. She opened her first business–Crush Hair Studio on Liberty–in 2005. Prior to being a hairstylist, she enjoyed working in restaurants and record stores. What drew her to Holland Project was her love of music, art, and being a mother of a youngin’.

Jevan Burchfield, Global Project Manager, Microsoft Licensing
Jevan Burchfield has been an active participant of the all ages music scene in Reno for 15 years playing in bands Evenground, Means to Amend, 1618, and a new unnamed project. He continues to book and play shows and support the all ages music scene. Jevan contributes time to the Holland Project by providing direction, business/operations skills, and vision, along with the rest of the Holland Project Board of Directors, to further the Holland Project mission of providing all-ages access to music, art, and activism for the Reno community’s youth. Jevan is currently the President of the Holland Project Board of Directors and uses every opportunity available to expand the reach of influence and notoriety of the Holland Project within our community and beyond.

Joe Ferguson, Holland co-founder / Educator, Rainshadow Community Charter High School
Reno-native Joe Ferguson is a co-founder of the Holland Project and currently sits on their Board of Directors as the Treasurer. Joe is a long-time activist, working with Sound and Fury Records, The Great Basin Community Food Co-op, and Reno Food Not Bombs. Joe is a teacher at Rainshadow Community Charter High School where he enjoys working with at-risk youth and watching them find success in their passions. Joe enjoys playing music, gardening, riding bikes, hanging out with his family, and helping Reno become a great place to be a kid.

Mark Dunagan, Attorney, McDonald Carano Wilson LLP
Mark is a longtime resident of Reno and a graduate of the University of Nevada as well as U.C. Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law. Growing up in Reno, Mark was actively engaged with the local arts community, and since he began practicing law in Reno in 2007, it has been important to him to maintain ties to the arts. Mark enjoys writing and is an occasional contributor to the Reno News and Review. He is also a proud co-founder and director of Volunteers for International Developers and Aid (VIDA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life on a community scale in developing countries around the world.

Megan Berner, Artist and Educator, University of Nevada, Reno
Megan Berner is an artist who currently teaches photography at the University of Nevada Reno and is working for the Nevada Conservation Corps combining photography and conservation efforts in Lake Tahoe. She received an Endowment Fund Grant from Sierra Arts Foundation in 2009 and was an Obermann Graduate Fellow at the University of Iowa in 2008 where she proposed teaching a class centered around gardening. She worked for public television for two years and has volunteered as a tutor for Limited English Proficient students at a local elementary school.

Ryan Gold, Owner, Imperial Bar and Lounge, Lincoln Lounge
Ryan Gold, an Illinois-native, is co-Owner and founder of Imperial Concepts LLC, Imperial Bar and Lounge, and The Lincoln Lounge. His businesses have contributed to revitalization of downtown and the Fourth Street corridor, increasing both quality and diversity of Reno’s nightlife.

Tim Conder, Co-owner of Bootleg Courier Company / Co-founder, Reno’s Black Label Bike Club
Tim is the co-owner of Reno’s first environmentally friendly delivery service—Bootleg Courier Company. He’s also an industrial artist/sculptor and all-around good guy.

ADVISORY BOARD

Ben Arnold, Wooster High School
Cari Cunningham, University of Nevada, Reno
Cassandra Joseph, Watson Rounds
Chris Fairchild, Grubb and Ellis
Dave Branson, WSCD
Dave LaPlante, One to One Interactive
Deane Albright, Albright, Pershing, and Associates
Delores Aiazzi, St. Marys
Dennyse Daniels, Pioneer Center
Erika Frick, FLF Films
Gretchen Bietz, Discovery Museum
Jim Litchfield, Fluid Concepts/Reno River Fest
Kathie Bartlett, Dickson Realty
Lauren Siegel, former director Nevada EcoNet
Marin Gillis, University of Nevada, Reno
Mark Curtis, Mark Curtis & Friends
Mercedes de la Garza, Mercedes de la Garza Architect Studio
Mike Steedman, Studio on 4th
Molly Conklin, Ferraro Group
Molly Dahl, Reed High School
Pan Pantoja, Drama Instructor / Playwrite
Paul and Deb Martin, Bibo Coffee Company
Rebecca LeBeau, Child Assault Prevention
Scott Walquist, KPS3
Susan Mayes Smith, TMCC High School
Tim Jones, Nevada Arts Council