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Malissa Feruzzi Shriver
Malissa was appointed to the California Arts Council in 2005 and served as chairman for four years. She was co-chair of the California Task Force on Creative Education, appointed by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson. Malissa is the co-founder of CREATE CA, a statewide coalition of partners working to restore arts education to public schools. She is the former 1st Vice President of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies board, chairing the Arts Learning Advisory Committee. Malissa is a former board member of WESTAF, the Western States Arts Federation, serving on their congressional advocacy committee as well as the executive committee. Malissa is also a former member of the California Alliance for Arts Education Policy board, the California Music Project and serves on the board of trustees for the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), the advisory board of GET LIT, and for CRoC, the Centers for Research on Creativity. She attended UCLA and the Harvard Kennedy School's State and Local Government Program and in 2014 won the national arts education award from Americans for the Arts. She was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Laguna College of Arts and Design.