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Milton Bowerman, Board Member
Long-time
member Milt joined the Board in 1994. He is a working musician and a retired
music teacher. Along with Ed Keller, he developed and managed the youth music
competitions in Hayward for many years. He was instrumental in developing the
Hayward Honor Band. As a response to the dwindling focus on music in the school
district, Milt helped get a grant and rallied music teachers to develop the
first Hayward Band and Orchestra Festival, which has been part of the Alameda
County Art IS Education program. He is teacher and camp director of the Hayward
La Honda Music Camp, directs a community swing band for Castro Valley Adult
School, and is Board Member for YMCA Camp Jones Gulch, which promotes music,
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Winda Shimizu, Executive Director
 Winda is Executive Director of the Hayward Arts Council and
Curator of the Sunset Gallery at Hayward Center/Adult School where the HAC
office is located. In March 2018 Winda was inducted in the Alameda County
Women’s Hall of Fame for Culture and Art.
As a commissioner for the Alameda County Arts Commission, she is devoted
to exhibit the work of young artists in Alameda County. She has also been working with a committee of Hayward
schools’ staff, teachers, parents, and patrons of the arts to develop a Master
Visual and Performing Arts Plan, so all students have access to first-rate arts
education. She is the Arts Now Leader supporting the HUSD with the VAPA plan. She
is bilingual and bicultural in Spanish and English with a Master’s degree in
Public Relations and Public Affairs. Winda is the former President of A.R.T.,
Inc. (Artists Relaxing Together), a non-profit art organization based at the
Adobe Art Gallery in Castro Valley. She chaired the Creative Writing Workshop
and the Poetry and Art Show for middle and high school students at the Castro
Valley Library while in the board of the Castro Valley Educational Foundation
(CVEF). Winda often is a contributing writer for the CV Forum and Tri City
Voice newspapers. She is member of the CV Chapter of Dinning for Women
(diningforwomen.org). Her photography has been shown at Foothill Gallery, Adobe
Art Gallery, and John O’Lague Galleria. Winda is passionate about promoting the
work of local artists to enrich community life.
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