February 6, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Shonda Moore
Cellphone: 951-963-4362
Electronic mail: smoore@calhum.org
(Oakland, CA)—California Humanities is happy to announce the election of 4 distinguished professionals to its Board of Administrators, strengthening its dedication to advancing the humanities all through the state. Justin Fichelson, a Gubernatorial Appointment, joins Abe Peck, Priscilla Enriquez, and Abe Hughes. All 4 deliver a wealth of expertise and fervour for the humanities to their roles.
This milestone comes as California Humanities celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, marking 5 a long time of fostering connection, understanding, and creativity via the humanities.
Newly Elected Board Members
Justin Fichelson (Gubernatorial Appointee)
An entrepreneur and humanities advocate, Justin Fichelson is the Co-Founder and co-CEO of Sidekick Information, a venture-backed AI expertise firm. He beforehand based Fichelson Actual Property Group and holds a Bachelor of Arts in American Historical past from the College of San Francisco. Deeply engaged within the arts, he serves on the Work Council on the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Younger Leaders Circle on the Milken Institute, and as a Wrightsman Fellow on the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork.
Abe Peck
Abe Peck is Professor Emeritus and Director of Enterprise-to-Enterprise Communication at Northwestern College’s Medill College of Journalism. Throughout his illustrious profession in journalism, publishing, and strategic communication, he has labored with over 100 media retailers and consulted globally. An achieved creator, Abe has written or contributed to 10 books, together with Uncovering the Sixties: The Life and Instances of the Underground Press. His dedication to the humanities extends past academia, reflecting his lifelong ardour for storytelling and media engagement.
Priscilla Enriquez
A visionary chief in philanthropy, Priscilla Enriquez is President and CEO of the James B. McClatchy Basis, the place she champions the development of a thriving multiracial democracy, fosters inclusive management, and amplifies community-driven native journalism to strengthen Califonia’s Central Valley. With over 20 years of expertise in grantmaking, she is at present Chair of AAPIP, advocating the development of philanthropic management. She was beforehand the previous Chair of the Metropolis of Sacramento Arts, Tradition, and Financial Artistic Fee. Her dedication to larger schooling fairness earned her the Champion of Change Award from Enhance Your Tomorrow.
Abe Hughes
Abe Hughes is a worldwide enterprise chief with intensive company and entrepreneurial expertise. For over twenty years, he has labored in agriculture, development, and prescribed drugs within the U.S., Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. A passionate supporter of the humanities, he studied Latin American Historical past at Cornell College, supplementing his schooling with coursework in artwork historical past, Russian literature, and a number of languages. For the previous thirty years, Abe has been a devoted collector of latest Latin American and Chicano artwork.
California Humanities at 50
This yr marks the fiftieth anniversary of California Humanities, a nonprofit devoted to connecting Californians via cultural and historic exploration. Over the previous 5 a long time, the group has funded hundreds of tasks, amplifying various voices and fostering significant public dialogue.
The appointment of those 4 esteemed people displays the group’s ongoing mission to raise and develop the function of the humanities in California. Their experience and management will assist information California Humanities into its subsequent chapter of affect and innovation.
For extra details about California Humanities and its applications, go to www.calhum.org.
About California Humanities:
California Humanities is a nonprofit associate of the Nationwide Endowment for the Humanities. For 50 years, California Humanities has labored to attach Californians to concepts and each other, serving to folks study their shared historical past and tradition via the humanities. To be taught extra, go to calhum.org, or like and comply with on Fb, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
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