Board of Directors

Charlene Pesquiera Burner

Charlene Pesquiera Burner

Vice President, National Institute of Contract Management

Frances Diaz

Frances Diaz

TUSD Assistant Principal Retired / Treasureer / Parent

Joseph E. Rodgers

Joseph E. Rodgers

Acting Board President / Founder / Artistic Director

Soleste Lupu-Rodgers

Soleste Lupu-Rodgers

Acting Board President / Founder / Artistic Director

David Adams

David Adams

Owner and Founder at BLACK RHINO International

Advisory Members

  • Susan Kelly, Lawyer, Juvenile Division Pima County Defenders Office
  • Larry Bruce, Media Consultant/Strategic Planner
  • David Nevins, Webmaster Owner of Aji Translation, LLC
  • Jim Hentz, Accountant, Camber Accounting
  • Dr. Molly Faulkner, Professor at Palomar College, Guest Teacher at Burklyn Ballet.
  • Charon Battles, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Deputy Director for Programs

Emeritus Members

  • Dietrich Benjamin, Personal Trainer / Board Secretary
  • Jodi Horton, Public Relations consultant, APR, Fellow, PRSA
  • Alfred L. Urbina, Attorney General and Chief Prosecutor, Pasqua Yaqui Tribe
  • Dina Dieglio Attorney – Charnesky and Dieglio / Vice President / Parent
  • Maurice Grossman *
  • Marian Lupu*, Founder Pima Council on Aging, 
  • Robert Nevins*, University of Arizona Professor of Architecture, Retired

*Deceased