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.

Kailen is an enthusiastic development professional dedicated to arts and culture in the nonprofit sector. Kailen brings several years of experience from her time as the Research & Development Manager at BAVC Media. In that role, she supported fundraising efforts across five distinct departments and led program evaluation, data collection strategy, and field-wide studies. Kailen seamlessly blends streamlined organizational metrics into concise impact findings to further funding relationships.Her research work in the arts includes field studies on the state of Bay Area Film and Media professionals’ creative and economic sustainability, as well as the status of audiovisual preservation work happening across the country’s museums, archives, libraries, and community organizations. She has presented at several conferences, community building events, and local government agencies. Kailen earned a BA in Sociology from California State University, Long Beach and previously worked with the San Mateo County government and the research institution Child Trends on data-driven projects.

Abby Ha is a nonprofit development professional and performing artist passionate about fostering community connection through live music and the arts. Since 2017, she has worked and volunteered with young people in her communities to educate, advocate, and create inclusive spaces that bring people together through creativity and collaboration.
She holds a B.A. in Anthropology from UC Berkeley, where she researched the intersection of DIY culture, community building, and underground music scene behavior. After graduating, she joined The UC Theatre’s Concert Career Pathways workforce development program as a Community Development Intern and was later promoted to Grant Writer and Community Development Associate, supporting donor engagement, grassroots fundraising, and workforce development initiatives in the arts.
Beyond her nonprofit work, Abby is a bassist who has performed in jazz bands, a dancer, and a longtime participant in community theatre, both onstage and behind the scenes as a stagehand. She continues to bring a holistic, informed perspective to her development work, believing in the transformative power of accessible education in the arts.

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.

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.

Wendy Baker is an audio producer, educator, and program manager with a background in storytelling, media arts, and youth development. Since 2003, she has worked with young people across San Francisco in public schools, after-school programs, and community spaces. As a longtime Digital Arts Program Manager, Wendy led youth through hands-on audio and video production. She also managed day-to-day operations, mentored staff, and supported workforce development programs by helping young adults build real-world experience through studio-based media production, resume writing, and collaborative work experiences including grant writing and project planning.

Wendy is certified by Adobe Youth Voices and the Center for Digital Storytelling. She has led participatory media projects that combine sound, visual art, and public engagement. She worked as a radio producer for KALW Radio and later developed a creative partnership with the station that enabled youth in her program to produce and edit stories for broadcast on KALW Radio's My Mix Tape series. Wendy connected youth to real-world media opportunities by supporting young artists in producing content for public broadcast, including music and interviews aired on KPFA Radio and a weekly youth-led music and culture TV show produced for SF Commons. Alongside her work with youth, Wendy produces narrative and experimental audio focused on place, identity, and community voice. Her work has aired on KALW, KPFA, BMIR, and NPR, and has been featured at the Megapolis Audio Festival.

She leads creative teams, builds systems that support impact, and creates environments where youth voice, creativity, and leadership can thrive. Her work is grounded in collaboration and the belief that stories connect people and spark change.

A producer, recordist, and mix engineer with a deep love for all things heavy and heartfelt, Sammie is always chasing the rough edges and happy accidents that make a song feel real.
She’s a classically trained percussionist and self-taught guitar shredder who grew up gigging in punk and jazz bands. Over the years, she’s played everything from experimental art-rock to sludge metal, and still plays live whenever possible.
Originally from Chicago, Sammie spent nearly a decade in IT infrastructure and software engineering before making the financially questionable but spiritually correct decision to go all-in on music. A former WAM intern, Sammie honed her craft as a house engineer at the legendary Record Plant in Sausalito.
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 pushing the bounds of their creative imaginations.

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.

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.

Jeanette Andrews is an artist and creative technologist born and raised in the Bay Area. She uses code as a medium of art and experiments with alternative tools for composing music in the browser. In her work, she explores data sonification, computational music theory, and is devoted to researching the historical and socioeconomic contexts that shape different genres.

Jeanette has a background in data science and has deepened her artistic practice through her internship with Women’s Audio Mission, as well as programs at Gray Area, the School for Poetic Computation, and Soundial. In addition to teaching with WAM, she is currently a teaching assistant for the Gray Area Creative Code Intensive, helping students build programming expertise for creative media, audio-visual performance, and interactive applications. She uses her technical background to enrich her creative work; she loves bringing together different mediums and is always looking to collaborate!

Kyra (she/they) is a community organizer, media advocate, and Instructor at Women's Audio Mission. With over a decade of youth work experience across San Diego County, their career has centered on youth leadership, public health education, and advocacy through student-led creative initiatives.

Kyra has held leadership roles directing programs for East County Youth Coalition and South Bay Youth 4 Change, designing curriculum and facilitating youth-driven campaigns. A major highlight was serving as Executive Producer of the student-directed documentary Rebuild Mountain Empire High. Kyra guided students through the nine-month creative process, from story development to production, resulting in a film that won First Place at the 51st Annual San Diego Journalism Awards and helped secure state funding to rebuild the school.

Kyra's journey with WAM began as a participant in the Spring 2025 Internship, building on formal training from the Media Arts Center San Diego's Workforce Development Initiative. Now, as an Instructor, Kyra has come full circle, bringing a decade of youth programming experience paired with technical media skills to guide students as they discover how their own stories can shape the future.

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!