Aaron has been actively involved with reDiscover since 2009, joined the board in 2015, and became Board President in 2020. He has had art shows in the gallery space, exhibiting works of collage and sculptures that feature recycled and reclaimed materials. In 2010-2011, Aaron the Senior Lead Instructor for the first two years of Tinkering...
Mari is a Seattle native who began working at a young age in her family’s thriving cafe, bakery, and catering business. Mari was certain the creativity gene had skipped right past her and the business path would be her calling. But after watching Gever Tulley’s popular TED Talk on "5 Dangerous Things You Should Let...
Donna Tiocao has been a board member since 2020. A partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, she is passionate about education, charitable work, and community development in Los Angeles.
Board Member Lynne B. Clark has been working in the Los Angeles non-profit sector for nearly three decades. Following her tenure as Director of Development at UCLA’s Fowler Museum (1997-2008) she began her own fundraising consultant business where she specializes in working with community-based arts organizations. During this time, she has served as a grant...
Trevor Gililland has been a reDiscover Center board member since 2021. A musician, woodworker, and computer artist, Trevor brings a wealth of business acumen from his work with Adobe and Magento, including guidance for reDiscover's strategic planning, ecommerce strategies, and connection with LA-based tech community.
Cathy Kersh Millstein joined reDiscover's board in 2022. Raised in Los Angeles, she has spent most of her career working to improve the lives of her fellow Angelenos. Following five years as a lawyer in private practice, Cathy entered the nonprofit sector as a Program Manager at New Schools Better Neighborhoods (NSBN) and later as...
Max Nishimura joined reDiscover's board in 2020. Max is a Southern California native, born and raised in Orange County, California. After earning his B.A. in Sociology from UC Berkeley, Max served as an AmeriCorps VISTA member at Maker Guilds, a local Los Angeles nonprofit that brought STEAM and Making opportunities to underserved communities. After his...
Dr. Kristen Paglia has been involved with reDiscover since her teenagers were kindergartners. She joined the board in 2020. The Chief Executive Officer of P.S. Arts, Kristen is a leading voice in Los Angeles for high quality arts education for all. She has taught at UCLA and Claremont Graduate University, helped to draft California Department...
Linda Solomon is a retired engineer and mother of three who is passionate about providing equitable STEAM education opportunities for Los Angeles' youth. reDiscover's focus on children's self-direction and abilities to think and problem solve matches what she has seen in a career in aerospace, in her own children's lives, and in her work in...
Director Emerita and Board Member Co-founder and former Executive Director of the reDiscover Center, Mary Beth Trautwein brings problem solving skills developed from a career in design and her passion for nature to inform our programs and services. She strives to bring reDiscover?s mission to life by connecting with artists and environmentalists in the community....