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Kate Boyd designs scenery and lighting in the Bay Area. Recent productions include Long Christmas Ride Home at Magic Theatre; Splittin' the Raft at Marin Theater; Blue Orange at Aurora Theater, Nickle and Dimed for Theaterworks and BRAVA! and Marriage of Figaro for Center Rep. At Harbor Theater she has designed scenery for Taming of the Shrew and The Importance of Being Earnest. Ms. Boyd teaches design and was a recipient of the Gerbode Design Fellowship with the Working Women Festival.

Tracy Fraas has an undergraduate Finance degree and a MBA in Accounting from Cal State Hayward. She has always worked in the social justice arena and is currently the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer for Lutheran Social Services of Northern California. Proud to be a feminist, Tracy loves to hike, read and cook. Serving on the board of Woman's Will enables Tracy to combine her volunteer skills and admiration of Theatre Arts to ensure a wider audience for this wonderful art form is reached.

Emilia Jones earned a masters degree in Child Development from San Francisco State University in 2003, and a masters degree from U.C. Berkeley's Social of Social Welfare in 2006. She has extensive experience working with at-risk children and families in areas such as domestic violence, homelessness, developmental disabilities and foster care. Emilia currently works as a social worker with Children and Family Services in San Mateo County.

Regina Schaffer is primarily a teacher and musician. She performs piano recitals annually and also performs often as an accompanist. She has been teaching piano privately for the past 10 years to students of all ages and levels. Her own music study began at age 4 but music and music education became her career with the decisions to complete a teacher training course and begin teaching (in 1997) and also to attend the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (2001-2005) where she earned her Bachelor's degree is piano performance. She is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in piano performance at Mills College.

In addition to performance and music education Ms. Schaffer has been an activist in every community she has lived in. She has done extensive volunteer work to help non-profits supporting the arts, animal rights and social change.

Thomas Virsik grew up in the East Bay and, after a few years away, calls it home by choice. He prefers theater over cinema, valuing both the imperfections and visceral triumphs of live performance over prerecorded reliability. An attorney in private practice for over ten years, he lives in Oakland with his wife and her many art projects. He is honored to be on the Board and have the opportunity to lend a hand.