Eilish Lancaster
President & Interim Treasurer

Eilish is a life-long maker. While she enjoys working in many mediums, she spends most of her creative time sewing & upcycling garments, and making leather bags. She is always focused on reuse and making the most of all materials.

Her professional life has revolved around technical program management in Microsoft, Amazon and Google working on many consumer electronics products including TV and mobile.

She loves nothing better than a multi-tab, multi-formulae spreadsheet and brings that level of rigor to everything she works on. She enjoys volunteering in the community, and mentoring/sharing her career learnings with others. Her passions include hiking and running.

Eilish lives in Redwood City with her husband and 2 very spoiled cats.

Jeanette Karthaus
Director

Jeanette is a seasoned brand designer who is passionate about creating meaningful experiences and branded touchpoints. She is particularly inspired by initiatives promoting positive social change in favor of our environment and humanity. Her ability to create real outcomes through human connection and collaboration constitutes the true reward of her chosen career path.

Her 15 years of experience have seen her hold various positions in design, sales, marketing, and publishing, ultimately leading to her own design partnership catering to several companies and organizations locally in the Bay Area, nationally, and internationally. During this time Jeanette led various commercial endeavors such as the launch of a paper product company that earned national acclaim and representation in retail outlets such as SFMoMA Museum Store and Neiman Marcus. Her foray into textile design has been featured in the New York Times Style section, and Design Within Reach.

Jeanette holds a BFA in Graphic Design from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

Rupali Sharma
Director & Secretary

Rupali is a video gaming expert with 15 years of experience working on popular games from Electronic Arts and Take-Two Interactive. She brings valuable skills in product strategy and executing complex projects to the Art Bias board. Rupali has actively participated as a speaker and mentor in the entertainment and tech community. Outside work, she enjoys exploring the visual arts and is known for her impressive Bollywood dance skills.

Alistair Jeffs
Director

Alistair is a San Francisco Bay Area native who has supported the arts throughout his life. Starting with his work in college radio at KSCU in Santa Clara during high school, Alistair has always kept an interest and connection with the arts - specifically design, music, illustration, animation, film, sculpture, and architecture. He has lived in Los Angeles, London, Amsterdam, and Madrid and is currently a manager in the video services industry. Alistair also contributes to the Peninsula tennis community by playing, captaining teams, running leagues and tournaments. Alistair graduated with a BA from the University of California and has ten US patents and one European patent in his name. Alistair joined the Art Bias board because he wants to help to sustain the invaluable contribution that arts and culture have made and will continue to make to our San Francisco Bay Area community and technology industries.

Shana T Bryant
Director

Producer and 21-year industry veteran, Shana has had a hand in crafting some of your favorite videogames (and might’ve even canceled a few!). From Devil May Crys and Resident Evils to Outer Worlds and even HoloLens, Shana has produced and developed profound experiences, spanning generations of platforms, genres, and media. 

Shana is a published author and avid comic artist, expounding ideas with a spoonful of charm and a touch of snark. Her literary contributions include Game Devs & Others: Tales from the Margins (2018, edited by Tanya DePass) and Women in Games: 100 Professionals of Play (2018, edited by Meagan Marie). She won’t stop talking about inclusivity in design, and she mentors on career management for underrepresented professionals. Shana is a steering committee member of the International Game Developer Association’s Women in Games SIG and supports Black in Gaming.

For a deeper look, join her at http://shanatbryant.com // terribleallies.com. 
Twitter: @mushrooQueendom and @terribleallies

Erika Adkins
Director

Erika Adkins creates two-dimensional works in both acrylic and encaustic. Her pieces rely on layering colors, textures, and meanings, often the result of multiple paintings on a single surface.

As a third-generation artist, Erika grew up assuming everything can be viewed for its aesthetic merit. Recently, her work has explored conflict: between humans and the environment, between her cats, or between history and individuals. Her current subject matter centers on books, belonging, and censorship.

Born in Pittsburgh, PA and now based in Half Moon Bay, CA, Erika holds a degree in Fine Art from Yale University and an MBA from Santa Clara University. She regularly shows at Madrone Arts in Pescadero, Mirada Art on Main in Half Moon Bay, The Vault in Half Moon Bay, and 7.3.1 Designs in Pacifica.

You can find her work online at: https://www.erikaadkins.com/
and on Instgram: https://www.instagram.com/erika.h.adkins/

Terra Fuller
Executive Director

Terra Fuller joins the Art Bias team as Executive Director with experience and acumen in directing artistic programs, generating creative community, and fundraising in support of artists.

Terra was Program Director at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Grants Manager at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and Residency Manager at Mesa Refuge in Point Reyes, CA as well as Acting Director at the artist residency New Pacific Studio in both New Zealand and Vallejo, CA. Over a five year period, Terra led international cultural fieldwork projects supporting a women-led carpet weaving association in Morocco, a basket weaving cooperative in Namibia, and tigua painters high in the Andes in Ecuador. She is currently a board member of New Pacific Studio.

Terra has a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, an MFA from Yale University School of Art, and an MA in Arts Administration from Indiana University. Terra is a practicing artist, most recently showing at Root Division and Jenny Lemons in San Francisco, and Grizzly Grizzly in Philadelphia. Her website is www.terrafuller.com.

Tom Chapman
Resident Artist & Facilities Manager

Tom was born and raised in Montana where he was first introduced to art. When it started conflicting with sports, Tom put it away for over 25 years. Tom rode as a professional thoroughbred jockey for 20 years here in the Bay Area. As a way to relax on his days off, he took up his paintbrush again. He primarily paints what he knows best; horses, but also does pets, wildlife, and landscapes. He has been painting in oils for 25 years and produces giclée prints on canvas from many of his originals. Along with painting to sell through galleries, he also does commissions, and teaches classes in oils.

Tom’s plans for the future are to keep improving his skills and to expand from selling nation-wide to worldwide.

chapman-arts.com/

Yao Du
Former Board Treasurer

Yao is a mergers and acquisitions consultant and a chartered financial analyst (CFA). She enjoys browsing art galleries in her spare time and on her travels. She studied nonprofit and social purpose organizations as part of her MBA program and is inspired to help nonprofit organizations with her professional knowledge and experience. During her time living in Toronto, she was treasurer of Art Starts, a nonprofit art organization. Currently, she also volunteer for Anderson Collection of Stanford.