Board of Directors
Anita Engles
Co-President
Anita has been playing the violin with CWO for more than a decade and as well as an active member of the board. She is proud to be a member of the 1st violin section
Linda Kay
Co-President
Linda has been playing viola with CWO since 1996. She is a dedicated member and advocate of CWO. Linda has been an active board member since CWO created a board. She has a BA in Music from the University of PIttsburgh and has been a Registered Piano Technician since 1975.
Claire Baffico
Co-Vice President, Concertmaster
Claire holds degrees in Violin Performance and Music Therapy, and has been playing violin since the age of four. She has been a member of CWO for 4 years and is honored to be joining the board of directors this season. Outside of CWO, Claire provides music therapy services to individuals with mental health challenges and gigs with her rock band in local dive bars.
Sue Leonardi
Co-Vice President, Marketing Committee
Sue has been playing with CWO for 24 years. She has been active on the board since 2020. Sue also plays in several other groups including SF Pride Band, Contra Costa Wind Symphony, Melba’s Kitchen and The Prometheus Symphony Orchestra. She enjoys walking with dogs, practicing, being outdoors and spending time with her family.
Barbara Jones
Treasurer
Barbara has been playing with CWO for many, many years, taking breaks during some years. She was previously on the board and treasurer for the orchestra and is excited to be working with the board for our 40th anniversary this year. When not playing music, Barbara loves to travel and meet new people.
Tim Schoof
Marketing & Fundraising Committee Co-Chair
Tim is a violist who has played with CWO for about three years (second year on the board). When she’s not playing the viola, she works as a research scientist at a cochlear implant company and enjoys all sorts of textile and yarn crafts.
Kim Spalding
Marketing & Fundraising Committee Co-Chair
Kim is a bassist with a focus on classical music in her third year with CWO, second year serving on the board. When she’s not playing the bass, Kim leads a start-up working on AI solutions for the food distribution industry and enjoys time with her two kids.
Christine Kim
Marketing Committee
Christine picked up the violin at the age of five, and became a member of CWO in 2024. She is excited to join the board of directors this season, and contribute to the CWO community. When she is not playing music, you might find her climbing rocks or practicing ceramics.
Nancy Tennebaum Manheim
Grants Committee Chair
Nancy has played cello with CWO for one year and she is looking forward to her first year on the Board. Nancy was previously the owner of a structural engineering firm primarily designing upgrades for historic structures throughout the Bay Area and is now retired, enjoying music, hiking, baking, and spending time with her family.
June Bonacich
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Music
June has been playing piano, percussion and writing compositions for CWO for more than 10 years in addition to serving on the board. She is a professor of composition and musicianship at the San Francisco Conservatory Precollege Academy and has composed more than a dozen pieces - including several world premieres with CWO.
Jody Reguero
Music Librarian
Jody has been playing violin with CWO for over 5 years and serves as our music librarian. She finds the violin both rewarding and satisfying. When she’s not playing the violin she enjoys spending time at the beach and with friends and family.
Rachel Dersch
Marketing and Fundraising Committee
Rachel has been playing cello since she was 10 with the encouragement and support of her loving grandmother. She spent her childhood as a cellist going to Suzuki group classes, competing in the midwest, and touring Europe once! Rachel has been with CWO for one year and this is her first year on the board. Outside of orchestra, she is an electrical engineer for the state of California, and can be found rock climbing, surfing, skiing, and backpacking in her free time.
Christine Krezel
Board Member at Large
Christine has been playing trumpet with CWO since 2012 and is excited for her first year with the Board. When she’s not playing the trumpet, she works for the veteran’s health administration as a social worker. A veteran herself, she spent 4 years playing trumpet in the Marine Corps band. In her free time, she enjoys exploring nature and spending time with family and friends.
Cathryn Bruno
Board Member at Large
Cathryn Bruno grew up studying Suzuki violin in Oakland and has wonderful teenage memories of Friday Group Lessons in Berkeley and Saturday morning rehearsals with Oakland Youth Orchestra at Oakland Technical High School. After a 20 year hiatus, CWO Cellist Emilie Bergmann invited her to a CWO rehearsal and Cathryn was surprised that she could still read orchestra music, and even in her old Principal Second Violinist role. She teaches high school English at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley.
Joan Rosen
Board Member at Large
Joan has been playing violin with CWO for more than two decades and is a committed board member. She found a violin teacher in her second year in Yogyakarta, Java - riding her motorcycle to his house amongst taxis, rickshaws and buses - holding her violin across her lap and very carefully!
Chloe Lubin
Board Member at Large