Janet Gloyd Davis | Board Chair
Vicki Dennis | Vice Chair
Our Staff
Celeste Smeland
Executive Director
Celeste Smeland joined Arts Benicia as Executive Director in 2015. She has more than 30 years of non-profit arts administration experience and has worked with many Bay Area organizations including…
Peg Jackson
Administrative Coordinator
Peg was a successful portrait photographer for years. But life ~ as in mid-life! ~ took her in a completely new direction: designing jewelry, living in Benicia, and serving as…
Jean Purnell
Development Associate
Jean Purnell joined Arts Benicia as Development Associate in April 2017 after serving as a volunteer. She moved to Benicia in 2013 after a career at University of the Pacific…
Our Board of Directors
Chuck Potter | Treasurer
Barbara Duvall | Secretary
Ryan Cason
Mary Fried
Sabine Thompson
Wendy White