President & Founder: Narada Michael Walden
Secretary: Elaine Lee
Treasurer: Sandy Monticelli

ADVISORS: Lucy Mercer

Narada Michael Walden - President and Founder
www.naradamichaelwalden.com
Marin County-based Narada Michael Walden, drummer (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jeff Beck, Weather Report), songwriter, producer, performer, Three time Grammy Winner, Emmy Winner has produced countless number-one hits with legendary artists such as Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, and Whitney Houston. He is credited with launching the careers of Houston and Mariah Carey, and the list of his collaborators reads like a Who's Who of popular music - Sting, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Ray Charles, Al Jareau, Diana Ross, Steve Winwood, Clarence Clemons, Gladys Knight and Barbara Striesand. He also produced soundtracks for popular films including: The Bodyguard, James Bond's Licence to Kill, and 9 ½ Weeks.

Mr. Walden has a long history of commitment to philanthropic causes. For seven straight years he has served as Music Director for the Rain Forest Concert at Carnegie Hall, a benefit spearheaded by Sting and Trudie Styler that has featured such marquee names as Elton John, Billy Joel, Sheryl Crow, James Taylor, Brian Wilson, Ravi Shankar, Nina Simone and, of course, Sting himself.

Elaine Lee - Secretary
Elaine Lee is a Bay area based attorney who specializes in estate planning and probate. Her professional career has included working as the manager of a family foundation, an executive director of a non-profit corporation, a law school instructor and an arbitrator,

Elaine is also a globetrotter who has visited 51 countries and traveled solo around the world in 1992 and 2004. She is a broadcast and print travel journalist as well as the editor of the book, "Go Girl: The Black Woman's Book of Travel and Adventure" published by Eighth Mountain Press.

As a founding member of the Narada Michael Walden Foundation and secretary of the Board she brings over 25 years of legal, marketing, public relations and event production "know how" to her role and looks forward to utilizing her unique skills and knowledge to make a significant contribution to the effective growth of the Foundation.

She is an avid long distance swimmer, bibliophile, salsa dancer, amateur astronomer, sailor, cyclist and she maintains a personal yoga and meditation practice. She volunteers at Alameda County Bar Association/Charles Houston Bar Association's low income legal clinic and the Berkeley Animal Shelter. Her websites are www.ugogurl.com and www.elaineleeattorney.com.

Sandy Monticelli - Treasurer
Sandy has had a long career in financial and operational positions. She was the Chief Operating Officer and a partner of Seneca Capital Management for 12 years until her retirement in 2005. Prior to joining Seneca she spent 4 years as the Director of Finance for the San Francisco Newspaper Agency (SF Chronicle and Examiner) and was a Senior Audit Manager at Ernst & Young for 9 years prior to joining the newspaper. She is a Certified Public Accountant. Sandy graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.S. degree in accounting in 1981.