Cultural Center Advisory Board
(2005-2006)
 Abolfazle Mohamadi, Chair |
| Dr. Renu Dube, Vice-Chair is the Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication, teaches intercultural communication, history and theory of rhetoric critism in addition to environmental rhetoric at the undergraduate level. Her research and publication interests lies in the area of feminist studies, cultural studies, postcolonial rhetoric and issues of globalism. |
 Leah A. Barrett is the Director of the Student Union & Student Involvement at Boise State University. Her professional experience in Student Affairs began in 1992 at the University of Wyoming. From there she worked at Arizona State University and Valparaiso University before coming to Boise State University in 1998 |
 Christy Babcock Quintero is Boise State's International Student Advisor. Her job (which she absolutely loves!!) entails providing immigration and cross-cultural advising and support services to international students, along with planning social activities and coordinating the annual International Food Song and Dance Festival. She also serves as the International Student Association's advisor. Christy has a variety of international travel, study, and work experience. She has worked with students of all ages for 15+ years as a teacher and an advisor. When it comes to assisting students, she pulls from any number of resources in order to best serve the individual student.
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 Amy Herzfeld Amy works as the executive director of the Idaho Human Rights Education Center, builders of the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in downtown Boise. A native Idahoan, Amy has been active in statewide progressive movement building for over ten years. Her work experience ranges from nonprofit advocacy and community organizing to electoral management and award-winning journalism. Amy has a degree in American History and Gender Studies from Boise State University and is a graduate of Western State Center's Western Institute for Organizing and Leadership Development. Currently, Amy serves as board president of the Idaho Women's Network and Speak Out co-chair for Your Family, Friends and Neighbors. She is also an advisory member of Western States Center's regional gender justice committee. She is to serve on the BSU Cultural Center Advisory Board. |
 Sue Chew
is one of the ringleaders for starting the group laughing and cracking up. She always says if you can find the "humor" or the "good news" , you got it licked! Besides her social justice interests, she is currently teaching some anatomy/physiology labs, tutoring (coaching & cajoling) students thru Bio 100 & 227. In her own studies, she is always asking herself if she is studying smart ! |
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 Duane Lee Boyle is a member of the Intertribal Native Council, the student organization on campus for the promotion of Native American culture. He has a degree in Operations Management Major from Boise State University. Lee has been very active as a traditional dancer and craftsman and is the main person involved in creating a Native American Intrepretive Center in Boise. |
 Catherine Harris is the director of academic programming for Canyon County, West Campus and Weekend University for the Division of Extended Studies at Boise State University. She came to Boise State in 1988 after 18 years of living, working and raising a family in the Federated States of Micronesia. Catherine continues to pursue her international interests by indulging in international travel and literature. |
 Sonya Reyes-Rosario is a native Latina activist from San Antonio, Texas. She has lived in Idaho since 1994. Ms. Reyes-Rosario is the Executive Director and the founder of the Women of Color Alliance (WOCA), an organization dedicated to working with and empowering African American, Latina, Native and Immigrant women by addressing social, political and economic justice in the state of Idaho. Ms. Reyes-Rosario was a Lead Organizer for USAction affiliate United Vision for Idaho's Campaign Finance Reform (CFR) project, on which she worked closely with Tribal Sovereigns and Latino communities. She is published in a book of Latina writers/poets living in Idaho and has also produced a documentary on Native Women from the five Sovereign Nations in Idaho. The documentary was viewed at the Chicano Film Festival, in San Antonio, Texas "CineFestival 2000, Cada Cabeza-Un Mundo." |
 Ellwood " Woody" Howard represents BSU's Gay/Student Alliance (GSA) organization-Bisexuals, Gays, Lesbians, and Allies for Diversity (BGLAD). He is an Earth Science Major at BSU striving for a lifelong dream to teach. Following graduation from High School in 1981, he entered the US Navy where he was released for being Gay, after which he moved to Southern California and became active in several Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered (GLBT) organizations. He worked as an Environmental Stress Technician, Customer Service/Technical Support Representative, and in Management-again he was forced to deal with GLBT discrimination at the workplace. He is greatly concerned regarding equal rights and representation of students within the school and the community. Woody serves in an effort to help create a greater level of interaction between BGLAD and all the Universities cultural organizations and the general student body. By helping educate people regarding GLBT equal rights, he hopes to produce an atmosphere of friendship and respect between all GLBT and straight students, the faculty and the Administration. |
 Timothy Flaherty is a junior studying finance in the College of Business and Economics. With a background in public service, volunteer work, and years of experience in legal research he welcomes the discussions surrounding higher education. He is a member of several student organizations on campus including the Student Alumni Association, the College Republicans and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Tim enjoys spending his free time playing golf, taking in a baseball game or football game, and of course exploring the vast Idaho wilderness every chance he gets. |
Gary Tucker | Maria Lazo |
Phetsamay Olson Student-At-Large 
