Culture Shock Board of Directors
 
Board of Directors:
 

Catalina Samokhvalof Shoate, President

 

      Catalina is the president of the Board of Directors for Culture Shock San Diego and a cardio hip hop instructor for Culture Shock Dance Center. She has worked closely with Angie Bunch and the team as a production director for more than four years and continues to do so. Prior to accepting the position on the Board, she served one year as the administrative director for Culture Shock San Diego and was a member of the staff.
      Catalina is currently the Director of Human Resources for a local real estate investment company. She has had continued success as an HR professional through her employment with various law firms and professional memberships, including the Society for Human Resources, Association of Legal Administrators, San Diego Employers Association and Legal Marketing Association.
 
 


David Muscat, Treasurer

      David Muscat is a San Diego State University graduate with a Bachelors of Science in Applied Arts and Sciences. He has made his home in University Heights and is part of a large extended family; David is the youngest of eight children.
      David was VP of Operations for 2 large companies in the Bay Area of California for 10 years, focused in the area of acquisitions and mergers and development of computer software. David is extremely involved with the community and non-profits. David has chosen State Farm as his career choice in order to combine his love of business, interest in the community, and passion for helping people plan their future.
 
 


Sharon Bunton, Secretary

      Sharon has been around Culture Shock Dance Center for the past 4 years or so taking classes as recreational dancer, and is new to the Board. She is employed at the University of San Diego and has worked there for the last 11 years. She started out as a temporary employee and became full-time a few months later. She is the Executive Assistant in the Biology Department, and she works for 15 full-time professors, and about 12 part-time professors. Sharon has volunteered at the Polinsky Children's Center, Kaiser ER, Aquatic Adventures, Big Brothers/Sisters program, Wetland Restoration projects, just to name a few. She is a firm believer in volunteering and giving back to the community.
 
 




Christine Kerr, Board Member

      Christine is a mother of two small children who actively volunteers her time to non-profit organizations. She served as director of hospitality for the Rady Children's Hospital La Jolla Auxiliary, working closely with Mojgan Rady in 2006-2007. Also, she is the 2007-2008 co-chair for the Gillispie School Gala, in which she expects to raise more than $150,000. She has almost completed her B.A. in writing/literature at University of California, San Diego UCSD).
      She worked two years at Southwestern Community College as a writing tutor; two more at UCSD for OASIS (Office of Academic Support and Student Services) as a writing tutor again; edited the university's literary magazine, Temper, and was awarded the McNair Fellowship for her work in sociology. She has published some of her poetry and looks for-ward to publishing her short stories as well as here first full-length novel. Christine spent ten years as a bookkeeper for a property management and real estate investment firm in San Diego.
 
 
Liz Bernal, Board Member

      Liz is a native San Diegan and a professionally trained graphic designer. She began her career over twenty years ago working in large corporate art departments, moving on to an award-winning design firm and eventually starting her own business, Bernal Design in 2001.
      She has served as a BVA (Business Volunteer of the Arts) member with San Diego Performing Arts League and as a member of AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts), a professional association for designers. Having a natural appreciation for all aspects of design, she was inspired to launch an apparel line, Thread619, in the spring of 2008.
 
Staff:
 

Angie Bunch, Founder & Executive Director

 

      Angie is a professional dancer and Nike, Inc.-sponsored dance athlete from San Diego, California. She is the founder and Executive Director of Culture Shock Dance Troupes, Inc., a professional hip hop dance company and youth outreach organization. Since creating this world-renowned dance phenomenon in San Diego in 1993, she has seen the troupes expand into Los Angeles; San Francisco; Las Vegas; Chicago; Washington, D.C.; and Atlanta. Motivated by a powerful mission and successful programs, this organization has gained attention abroad and now operates in Canada and the United Kingdom.
      Angie can be seen in the recently released book Fearless Women: Midlife Portraits, written by Nancy Alspaugh and Mary Ann Halpin. She was also honored with the Channel 10 News "Leadership Award." Angie has taught hip hop at San Diego Mesa Community College for more than 20 years. She is co-owner of Culture Shock Dance Center, located near Old Town in San Diego, California.
 
Sherry Hill, Administrative Director

Sherry has been an outstanding portrait photographer for 20 years. She is the administrative director for Culture, Future and Mighty Shock San Diego. Sherry has been happily married for 24 years and is also the mother of three great kids. She lives in Carlsbad, California.
 
 






Sherman Shoate

      Sherman was born in San Pablo, California, and grew up in San Diego. While attending Mesa College, where he was a member of the football and track teams, he enrolled in Angie Bunch's Hip Hop class and was instantly drawn to dancing. Following only his instincts, Sherman declined several sports scholarship offers in order to pursue a career in dancing.
      He continued to study under Angie's direction, and joined Culture Shock Dance Troupe in 1998. Sherman's innate talent for performing and brilliant stage presence quickly earned representation with DDO and BLOC Talent Agency. His credits include several music videos for Missy Elliott, and Britney Spears, as well as concert tours with TLC, Chante Moore, Mary J. Blige and Destiny's Child. He has performed at Sea World, the San Diego Zoo, in movies and television commercials, at a number of television stations and several local theaters. His most valued role, however, comes as the director of Culture Shock San Diego, having carried the title for over seven years.
      Sherman is currently an instructor at Culture Shock Dance Center, where he teaches all levels of hip hop. He is frequently called upon to instruct classes nationally and worldwide.
 
 
Cheyenne Kibblewhite

      Cheyenne began dancing with Culture Shock in 1995 and has danced on both the San Diego and San Francisco troupes. She has had many roles within the organization, including administrative director and assistant director. Now she serves as the director for Mighty Shock and Mini Shock and is a member of the advisory staff. Cheyenne is both proud and honored to be a part of an organization with such a strong mission statement and is actively involved in Culture Shock's continuous service to the community.
 
Advisory:
 

Jeri O'Keefe, Consultant

 

      Jeri O'Keefe & Associates is a consultant who counsels business owners and managers on operations, financial and accounting matters, and human resource issues. As a career executive director in professional service firms, and as an officer of a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit California corporation, Jeri advises Culture Shock Dance Troupe on organizational and board of director-related issues, and provides outsourced accounting services.
 
Al Harnois, Esq., Legal Advisor

      Al is currently working on his thesis and is set to graduate in 2008 with his seventh college/university degree, an advanced law degree in Intellectual Property (LL.M. IP) from the University of Santa Clara.  His other degrees include an AS in Mathematics, a BS in Psychology, a BS in Accounting, a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, a Masters degree in Computer Science, and a Law degree. Professionally, Al is a Senior Intellectual Property Attorney for startup company Bridgelux, Inc. in Silicon Valley.  He has over fifteen years of engineering experience as well and has taught computer science classes, including web design.
 
Risa Blumlein

      Risa is a librarian for San Diego County Libraries, specializing in technology design and management, and is in her culminating year of San Jose State's Library and Information Sciences graduate program. Risa received her BA from UCSD in sociology in 2003, and began work as Culture Shock's development director in 2004. Risa was also a Culture Shock company dancer from 2005 to 2007.
 
 
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