David Bourke

Dave served as a founding Board Member of Cascade School of Music. He is the President of Bourke & Company, a management consulting firm specializing in market research and organizational effectiveness. In Austin, he was a high-level supporter of HAAM 2005, nonprofit organization that provides over 52,000 healthcare appointments for area musicians.

Chris Cochran

Chris is a founder and partner in The Mortgage Professionals of Central Oregon. Chris has developed, owned and managed commercial real estate in Bend for many years and in 2011, he became a partner at Fratzke Property Management with Brian Fratzke. Chris was a long term Board Member prior to shifting to the Advisory Committee.

Bob Dickey

Former President & CEO of Gannett media company. Prior to that, Bob was President of Gannett's local publishing division prior to the company's split, from 2008–2015. In that role, he oversaw 92 daily news brands along with approximately 400 non-daily products.

Renee Gonzalez

Renee grew up in Los Angeles and Orange County, California. She studied in Colima, Mexico, and then completed a bilingual cross-cultural language internship through California State University Fullerton. She taught elementary school in Santa Ana, on the Pala reservation, and in a dual language program in San Clemente. In 2007, Renee and her family moved to Bend and she began teaching English language development and mainstream classes at Jewell. She also taught in the dual immersion program at Bear Creek Elementary for six years. Now Renee is inspired to develop a culturally responsive arts-integrated curriculum for LCA’s Raices program and Amiguitos summer club. She studied Intercultural Communications at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, and Arts Integration into the Curriculum through Lesley University.

Christy Lanfri

Cristy is an advocate for arts organizations, children's organizations, and environmental organizations throughout Oregon.

Lori Nelson-King

Lori is a Marketing Writer, Editor and Social Media Manager who centers her work around creating compelling brand identities via creative, customer-centric content. As a B2B copywriter, she helps companies clearly communicate complex information, while attracting high-quality leads and turning those prospects into customers.

Sally Russell

Sally was the former Executive Director of Cascade Festival of Music 2001–2006, Broken Top Ltd partnership 1998–2000, Cascade Cycling Classic 1991–1994. Longtime member of Friends of Columbia Gorge. Community supporter of many of the nonprofits in Central Oregon, including Tower Theater, Caldera, and XC Oregon.

Don Stevens

Don previously served on the CSM Board of Directors. His other non-profit board experiences in Central Oregon include the Ronald McDonald House, Mt. Bachelor Rotary Club and the City Club of Central Oregon. Don received a BS in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati, a Masters in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar in Denmark researching Danish school design. Following the Fulbright year, Don returned to his Alma Mater, U of Cincinnati, where he taught architectural design for 15 years as a tenured Associate Professor. This teaching experience included, among other duties, lecturing on architectural acoustics. This knowledge of acoustics was basic in his practice as an architect in his designs for theaters and schools with music departments. The most recent success was the design of the Madras Performing Arts Center.

Lorri Taylor

Lori is Vice President of Taylor NW LLC, where her focus is in the Land Development division overseeing projects including the recently completed Shevlin Health and Wellness Center. Lorri and her husband, Todd, have supported multiple community projects and nonprofits across our communities in Central Oregon.