Staff

Terri founded WAM in 2003 while she was a tenured Professor and Director of the Sound Recording Arts Program at City College of San Francisco from 2001-2011. Her love of music and the recording arts spans 30 years as a songwriter, composer, recording engineer, and producer. Winston was signed as a recording artist, engineer and producer by Polygram and BMG, and has shared the stage with such acts as P.J. Harvey, Pixies, Throwing Muses, Flaming Lips, Fugazi, Cake, and Third Eye Blind. She has collaborated with Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Group and Greg Hawkes of The Cars and worked as a recording artist and producer for MainMan whose roster also included David Bowie, John Mellencamp, Lou Reed, & Iggy Pop. Winston has composed and produced theme music for KRON-TV's "First Cut" series, Banana Republic and films that have shown on BRAVO's Independent Film Channel, French Television's Cine Cinemas and major festivals all over the world. She has received an ASCAP songwriting award, Boston Music Award and Bay Area Music Award, is a voting member of the Recording Academy (The GRAMMY's) and is active in the Producers and Engineers wing. Winston has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University.

She is currently serving on the Recording Academy's (Grammy's) National Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion and The Academy of Country Music's Diversity and Inclusion Task Force.

Emily is a finance and operations leader with over 15 years of experience in the nonprofit sector. She has dedicated her career to organizations that create meaningful change in their communities. Her work has spanned a variety of mission-driven roles, each one deepening her commitment to equity, collaboration, and sustainable impact. Whether leading financial strategy, building operational systems or mentoring teams, she brings both heart and precision to everything she does.

When Emily is not working, she can be found wandering the streets of San Francisco - her favorite city to get delightfully lost in-or planning her next travel adventure. She believes in curiosity, community and the kind of learning that comes from stepping off the beaten path.

Andrea is a business-focused development and marketing professional with deep roots in the non-profit performing arts sector. She brings a rare combination of strategic vision, data fluency, and human-centered service to her work—helping organizations maximize resources, deepen donor relationships, and achieve their missions with clarity and impact.

Currently the Director of Development at Women’s Audio Mission, Andrea has previously led development efforts at the San Francisco Girls Chorus, ODC/Dance, and New Conservatory Theatre Center. Over nearly a decade, she has built and scaled individual giving programs, served as a trusted board liaison, and driven cross-functional collaboration to enhance fundraising outcomes.

With expertise in CRM administration, donor analytics, and high-touch stewardship, Andrea is passionate about using data and storytelling to inspire investment in the arts and empower underrepresented voices. Her leadership reflects a commitment to equity, excellence, and the transformative power of creative communities.

Brooke is the Grant and Development Manager at WAM bringing over 10 years of nonprofit experience. Originally from Arizona, Brooke spent 12 years in Salt Lake City,UT where she obtained two bachelors degrees in Sociology and Gender Studies in addition to a Masters Degree in Community Leadership. Brooke's passion for social issues and grassroots organizing keeps her firmly planted in the nonprofit world where she thrives working in environments with others who "get it" and seek to do good. She has experience in direct services, housing case management, volunteer coordination and program development in addition to grant writing and management.

She now lives in Flagstaff, AZ as the only fully remote member of the WAMily with her partner, 4 rescue pets and two year old sonl where they spend 99% of their time outside exploring their favorite forests.

Kathleen is a dynamic social media marketing leader with over eight years of experience turning creative campaigns into measurable results. She has spearheaded innovative influencer marketing strategies for top brands including L'Oréal, Natura USA, and BEARPAW, consistently pushing boundaries and surpassing expectations. Among her standout achievements, she transformed YSL Beauty’s earned media program to engage over 18K monthly influencer partnerships and led the highly successful relaunch of Urban Decay’s NAKED palette, achieving 100% sellthrough in under a week. Her passion lies in blending data-driven insights with authentic relationships to drive impactful campaign outcomes. Always eager to exchange ideas on social media marketing, campaign optimization, and digital innovation, Kathleen is a forward-thinking strategist and enthusiastic collaborator in the world of modern marketing.

Beyond her work in marketing, Kathleen is a true creative at heart. Her hobbies include content creation, junk journaling, writing, and using her hands to create new beauty in the world. After work, you can find her on a run, or caught in fantasy book snuggling her cat, Daisy.

Arielle is an audio engineer from Los Angeles. After graduating from the University of San Francisco with a Bachelor’s in Media Studies, she began her career in film exhibition and became Operations Manager of the Roxie Theater in San Francisco, where she was also a film projectionist. Eventually, she followed her desire to sharpen her technical skills and her passion for music and completed the audio engineering program at City College of San Francisco. During her training, she interned at WAM, where she fell in love with the organization’s mission and the community surrounding it. Since 2019, she has worked as a live sound engineer and studio engineer around the Bay Area, before coming to WAM in 2023 as the Studio Manager and engineer, as well as an instructor for adult education classes. In her spare time, Arielle is also a vinyl DJ and plays shows with her new wave/post punk band, Pound Puppies. Arielle is so excited to bring her wide skill set and experience to the role of Adult Education Manager, and to continue to help make audio more accessible to the community she loves.

Bri Holland is a vocal producer, audio engineer, singer, songwriter, and music educator based in Los Angeles, CA. Originally from southwestern Pennsylvania, Bri developed her passion for music through school choir and community theater. She later studied at the University of Chicago, gaining recognition in a cappella communities as a director, arranger, and engineer.

Notable career highlights include vocal engineering for the 2023 Grammy-nominated Broadway revival cast recording of Sweeney Todd, vocal production for animated series like DreamWorks’ Trolls: TrollsTopia and Madagascar: A Little Wild, and engineering for films such as tick, tick... BOOM!, Dear Evan Hansen, and Vivo. Bri was nominated for a 2022 MPSE Golden Reel Award for her sound editing work on tick, tick... BOOM! Her diverse portfolio also includes projects with artists like Jennifer Nettles, Sadie, and the cast of AZUL. Bri’s vocals have appeared on projects such as The Weeknd's Dawn FM, American Pie: Girls’ Rules, Vivo, Wednesday, Minx, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, and more. Her songwriting has been featured on numerous episodes of Nickelodeon's Alvinnn!!! And the Chipmunks.

As an educator, Bri has worked as a Teaching Artist with the Young Musicians Foundation, as a Fellowship Mentor and Engineer with the LA LGBT Center, and as the Music Artist in Residence with the Archer School for Girls. Rooted in abolitionist pedagogy, she is committed to amplifying the voices of girls, women, gender-expansive individuals, and creatives of all marginalized identities and backgrounds.

Minji Will is an educator, musician, and audio engineer from Chicago. With a degree in music education, she has experience teaching in public schools, at The People's Music School, and music directing at various community theaters. Minji believes music production and audio engineering are expansive and transformative tools for self-expression and collaboration, and she has dedicated herself to learning the craft. She has experience as a staff engineer, and studio manager at Gravity Studios in Chicago. Minji is excited to merge her educational, administrative, and technical background to support WAM’s mission.

Vivienne is a musician, storyteller, and educator based out of San Francisco, California. Knowing that art can be a catalyst for change, and both a healing and empowering practice, she has focused her work on increasing access to arts education and opportunities. As an educator, she has worked as a Teaching Artist with the San Francisco Opera and as a Senior Instructor of Audio Production with the Media Education team at YR Media in Oakland, CA.

Vivienne has also worked in various capacities at the intersection of music, sound, and advocacy with groups such as Primary Wave Music, Pollen Music Group, Color of Music Collective, and Bay Area Girls Rock Camp. She also has an extensive background in behavioral health and social services, most recently having supported the San Francisco Department of Public Health Behavioral Health Services Division as the TAY SOC Advisory Board Coordinator.

Vivienne is incredibly excited to bring together her background in program design, youth development, sound, and arts education to support the Girls on the Mic program, and the overall mission at WAM!

If it’s loud, weird, or emotionally devastating, Sammie’s probably into it. A guitarist, drummer, producer, and mix engineer with a deep love for all things heavy and handmade, she brings a musician’s soul and an engineer’s precision to every session—and she’s never met a fuzz pedal or strange mic placement she didn’t want to try.

She’s a classically trained percussionist who grew up gigging in punk and jazz bands, and she’s been on a lifelong quest to find the weird little sounds that make a song feel true. Originally from Chicago, Sammie spent nearly a decade in IT and software engineering before making the financially questionable but spiritually correct decision to go all-in on music. Over the years, she’s played everything from experimental art-rock to sludge metal, and currently plays in three active bands. A former WAM intern, Sammie sharpened her engineering chops at the legendary Record Plant in Sausalito, and thrives on collaboration, experimentation, and a little joyful chaos.

As Studio Manager and Staff Engineer at WAM, Sammie keeps the sessions smooth, the gear humming, and the interns happily over-informed. She’s especially passionate about supporting queer artists and creating a recording environment where everyone feels safe turning up and getting weird.

Laura is a post-production audio editor and engineer born and raised in San Francisco. As a youngster she performed in choirs and developed a deep love of music and all things related to the performing arts. Being a natural introvert, she redirected her passion for music behind the scenes as a post-production sound editor and sound designer. She earned her BFA in Music Production & Sound Design from the Academy of Art University in 2019. Through her internship at WAM she expanded her skillset to include live sound engineering.

Laura is passionate about BIPOC representation in media, particularly in the Latinx community. She is motivated by her own upbringing in an immigrant community to make music, art, and technology accessible to all students regardless of socioeconomic status. In her spare time, Laura enjoys discovering works by Latinx authors at local bookstores and attending DIY punk shows around the Bay Area. She is passionate about continuing to bring Girls on the Mic to the youth in the community where she was raised.

Ari is a dancer, DJ, audio engineer, and visual artist from Santa Cruz, Ca. Ari graduated from UC Davis with a BS in Environmental Chemistry & Dance in 2022. Alongside Ari’s artistic career, Ari is an educator and loves working with kids; especially sound related. Ari began working in Sacramento, CA as a peer mentor for a nonprofit organization called Future Development Youth Center (FDYC), focusing on giving opportunities to lower income youth - teaching them how to DJ, make beats, and produce music videos.

Working with kids has always provided Ari joy because they wish to give kids opportunities to tell their story, build confidence, and find creative outlets. They started being an audio engineer at the school radio station KDVS, where they recorded artists in an analog studio as well as put out two mixtapes on the KDVS label featuring all local artists. Then, they continued their passion in audio engineering and working in live sound when they joined WAM through their internship program in Fall 2022. The internship program gave Ari the confidence to continue to intertwine their artistic passions and their career path.

Ari learned DJing from their supervisor, Frank Woods, the founder of FDYC in 2019 and fell in love with the art of mixing. Ari found their passion for DJing old school hip hop to techno to inspire people to dance and have fun. Five years later, Ari spends their weekends DJing around the Bay setting the vibes through a blend of techno, Middle Eastern, Latin, and Afro beats, hip hop, and more. They are also passionate about making safe spaces for QTBIPOC folks. Alongside their passion for music, they continue to nurture their passion for performance in all directions. They work as a stage manager with SfArtsEd, work at the OASIS club as a lighting technician/designer, and collaborate with other artists to perform independent works.

Emily Bouton is a youth specialist, violinist, and artist based in Oakland. She graduated with a bachelors in Cognitive Science and Media Studies at McGill University in Montreal.

Emily worked for years as a Program Coordinator at A Home Away from Homelessness in SF, and previously as an STEAM educator for the Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art. She is driven by seeing people step into their creative power, facilitating the transformative/therapeutic process of making things, and witnessing the deeply cool things that youth create.

Currently, Emily plays in various Oakland-based orchestras. She also is a board member for Bay Area Girls Rock Camp.

Idh Bitar is a producer/vocalist transporting through obscured portals to sounds of undiscovered emotion, past, future, and fractured light. He began performing poetry in 2010, and since then has become a magnetic, multi-disciplinary performance artist and audio engineer in the Bay Area. Combining elements of gameboy, beat machines, synth, and genre fluid vocals, Idh creates visceral soundscapes to immerse into. They teach local youth various mediums of expression, and lead a bi-monthly writing workshop for local artists.

Hi, my name is Danielle Goldsmith. I am a recording engineer/mixer/producer based out of the Bay Area and Los Angeles, CA.
I began engineering at Women’s Audio Mission in 2016. Shortly after my training, I became a house engineer at Tiny Telephone in Oakland, CA, and in early 2021 I opened a home studio in Los Angeles called Wiggle World. I feel confident working in both the analog and digital domains. I love working in a wide range of styles and genres. I enjoy taking a highly personalized approach to recording. I like to work closely with artists to ensure we produce the best possible sounds in a fun and creative environment!