ABOUT Linda Tillery Linda Tillery is a Bay Area legend, an ethnomusicologist, producer, percussionist, arranger and vocalist, educator and beloved performer. A San Francisco native, she founded the Cultural Heritage Choir twenty years ago to bring African diasporic...
ABOUT Koshland Young Leader Awards “The Koshland Young Leader Awards recognize the next generation of leadership in our community. Established by Dr. Daniel Koshland, Jr., this scholarship program provides financial assistance to college-bound San Francisco...
ABOUT Jordan Simmons The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards presents Jordan Simmons, artistic director of the East Bay Center for Performing Arts, with the Helen Crocker Russell Award for building a better future for young adults through music and...
ABOUT John Santos The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards presents John Santos, musician and cultural activist, with the Helen Crocker Russell Award for making music that transcends cultural barriers and serves as a tool for social justice. As an...
ABOUT Jane Garcia Jane Garcia, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2007 Community Leadership Awards (the Robert C. Kirkwood Award). Jane’s visionary advocacy reflects the cultures and languages of patients and has advanced the national, state, and regional public...
