2020 Annual PAL Members Meeting
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 7pm PT
Due to COVID-19 restrictions this year’s meeting will be held on Zoom. Meeting opens 11/18 at 6:55pm PT.
Vote today for PAL’s Board of Directors
Voting Eligibility & Details
Voting closes Wednesday, November 18th at 7:30pm PT
Voters must must be current PAL members (if you are unsure of your membership status please email Aly@pacificartleague.org)
(1) vote per PAL member
PAL members as of November 1, 2020 can vote
Voting members must be 18 years or older
Due to COVID-19 restrictions there will be no in person voting or voting by mail. All votes need to be submitted electrically by clicking the pink button below
All voting is confidential
Board candidate details are below
Board Candidates
Celeste Parisi
Current Board Member Up for Reelection After Their First 3-Year Term
Celeste Parisi is currently working as a Faculty Member at Apple University. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of San Francisco, Celeste has spent the entirety of her professional career at Apple, working in various roles: Recruiting, Marketing and Communications, and Employee Education. Her expertise includes teaching, writing, and curriculum development. In her free time, she loves to spend time outdoors, try out new recipes in the kitchen, and develop her watercolor and oil painting skills.
Teri Vershel
Current Board Member Up for Reelection After Their First 3-Year Term
Teri has been an art lover her entire life and wants the arts to thrive in her community. She’s been in the Bay Area for over 30 years and has contributed on other arts’ boards, as well as, school boards and fundraising boards. She has a degree in Computer Science and worked in industry for over 15 years. She and her husband, Mark, have a daughter out of college and a son in high school, so she has many connections in the community through the schools. She recently finished a photography degree and enjoys taking street photographs and portraits. She is a photographer at Pro-Bono Photography, an organization that pairs non-profits that need photography services but have no budget with photographers. She also enjoys theater, music, reading, yoga and traveling.
Paul Barsley
Current Board Member Appointed to the Board During the 2019/2020 Fiscal Year
Paul has over 35 years of leadership and general management experience in product design and development, design consulting and business operations in telecommunications, healthcare and computer industries. These range from start-up companies to large providers of technology services. He has held Vice President or C-level roles at a number of companies most recently at Celestica, Vocera Communications and IDEO. Paul enjoys helping to grow companies through the involvement in business strategy, business planning, product design and financing. He is currently a certified mentor with Score helping small businesses start and grow. Paul has an engineering degree from Brighton University, England.