Manny Colindres is a seasoned Multicultural Marketing Consultant with over 20 years of experience in General and Hispanic Advertising. Growing up between the vibrant landscapes of Los Angeles and the sunny shores of Florida, he developed a unique perspective on multiculturalism, fueled by his love for LA sports, music, and dancing.

His passion for multicultural marketing was ignited by early work with independent musicians and eventually led him into brand management, where he had the privilege of working with renowned brands such as Pepsi-Cola, Verizon Wireless, Jack Daniel, Jameson Whiskey, and Don Julio Tequila. Alongside his professional journey, he pursued degrees in Recording Engineering and Communications.

Gil Gastelum has been in the music business since 1989, when he worked at an indie record shop near the University of Arizona campus in his hometown of Tucson, AZ. Gil moved to LA in 1994 to work in the music industry, a dream he had since discovering the West Coast Punk Scene.

After interning at MCA Records, Gastelum worked at the legendary A&M Records in product/project management, where he worked with: Blues Traveler, Soundgarden, and many emerging artists. Gil also worked as project manager at Croshal Entertainment Group for Smokey Robinson, Jackson Browne, and The Crystal Method.

In 2004, Gastelum created the boutique music management + record company Cosmica Artists. Cosmica has represented GRAMMY/Latin GRAMMY Award winners: Lila Downs, Gaby Moreno, Carla Morrison, La Santa Cecilia, more recently The Marías, Katzü Oso, Miranda del Sol, and Twanguero.

Kacey Bonner is the Board Chair for Music, Arts, and Community Los Angeles. She is an avid live-music fan and believes that all communities deserve access to the arts that enable people to lead fuller, richer lives.

Outside of her volunteer work, Kacey is a strategy expert and gifted storyteller focused on social impact and representation. Over the past 23 years, she has moved from teaching high school in South LA to leading campaigns that advance social and political issues through a justice framework. Most recently, she has worked with clients to end oil drilling in neighborhoods, translate rigorous academic research into work accessible to the communities it affects, and raise awareness of tenants’ rights and eviction-prevention services. Partners include The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, Stay Housed LA, and the Stand Together against Neighborhood Drilling Coalition.

Across her volunteer and professional work, Kacey brings an invaluable lens that prioritizes justice and amplifies the voices of those who too often go unheard.

Ronald Simms Jr. serves as Board Secretary for Music, Arts, and Community Los Angeles. He is also the Director of Communications at the Boston Law Association, where he oversees the Communications department’s strategic vision and the planning and production of key materials and assets for advocacy, fundraising, and event-based campaigns.

Before joining the Boston Law Association, he worked at Catalyst California as Associate Director of Communications. Prior to that, he served as Digital Communications Manager at New American Leaders, where he created and executed social media campaigns on immigrant rights, voting rights, and stories of first- and second-generation Americans in public office. He also served as Digital Communications Specialist at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund in New York City. Ronald spent several years in Okinawa, Japan, teaching English to children and adults. He is a graduate of New York University.

Ray López-Chang is a Queer organizer, native Angeleno, urban planner, and proud product of a Central American Chinese family of immigrants and refugees. At fifteen, he became the youngest elected official in California, serving as a Board Member of LA’s Historic Cultural Neighborhood Council. He served as Field Deputy and Director of Community Engagement for Board District 5 at LAUSD. At the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, Ray managed the CLASS Coalition to advocate for educational equity and co-constructed a $900K pandemic-relief grantmaking strategy.

Ray holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of San Francisco and a Master’s of Urban Planning and a Certificate of Public Policy from USC. In his spare time, Ray serves on the boards of Southeast LA’s YMCA, miVacunaLA, and Asian Democrats of LA County. Ray loves spontaneous adventures, participates in drag culture, regularly attends CrossFit, and frequently watches live music.

Beth is a partner at Bergman and Allderdice. She represents numerous local and national tax-exempt organizations, affordable housing developers, charter schools, community development financial institutions, institutional lenders, and government agencies. Her practice areas include corporate, real estate financing, affordable housing, economic and community development, tax-exempt governance, and tax-exempt financing.

Prior to entering private practice, Beth was Assistant Housing Coordinator to Mayor Bradley. After the 1994 Northridge earthquake, she served as counsel to the Los Angeles Housing Department, facilitating real estate loans between the city and nonprofit corporations.

Beth is a graduate of Brown University, Phi Beta Kappa, and of Harvard Law School, J.D. She was an Associate Editor for the Stanford Law Review and a clerk to the Hon. Chief Judge Consuelo B. Marshall, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Beth Bergman has been ranked a Super Lawyer from 2019 to the present and is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

When not advising nonprofits, Beth plays violin and viola with local symphonies and electric violin in experimental rock-and-roll projects, including Black Cactus, an LA band with psychedelic leanings.