Carin Gilfry, Chair
Carin joined the board in 2023, and is very excited to be supporting arts and culture in Rancho Cucamonga. Carin grew up in Rancho Cucamonga, and after living for many years in LA and New York City, she relocated back to RC with her husband and two children in 2020. Carin is an award-winning voice actor, singer, producer, and event coordinator. She is the vice president of the National Association of Voice Actors (NAVA), and the co-chair of the VOcation Conference. As a voice actor, she has worked with major brands like Volkswagen, FedEx, Apple, Estee Lauder, Pfizer, Citibank, and more, and she is currently the national brand voice of CVS Health. Carin works in every genre of voiceover from video games to training videos to narrating true crime series. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the USC Thornton School of Music and a Master of Music from The Juilliard School.
Jillian Fowler, Vice Chair
Jillian joined the board in 2019 and has been with U.S. Bank for over 13 years where she manages sponsorships and community efforts for the Inland Empire Market. Jillian is responsible for leading the Inland Empire’s community engagement through volunteerism and employee giving. Jillian holds a Bachelors of Arts in Business from University of Redlands and a Masters of Business Administration with a dual concentration in Marketing and Management / Leadership from the University of La Verne.
Paula Pachon, Secretary
Paula Pachon joined the Board in 2013 upon her retirement from the City of Rancho Cucamonga where she served for many years as staff to the Rancho Cucamonga Community & Arts Foundation. In addition, she was the Campaign Coordinator for the successful Promoting Arts and Literacy Campaign that raised $5.2 million for the Victoria Gardens Cultural Center during its construction. Paula has lived in the city of Rancho Cucamonga for over 30-years and has a long history of giving back to her community through her volunteer work on numerous boards and community organizations including as Vice-Chair for VNA Hospice & Palliative Care of Southern California; President of Willow Park Homeowner’s Association, Past President of West End Family Counseling Services, and is member of Assistance League of the Foothill Communities and the Association of American University Women. Always a theatre lover, one of the many things that Paula now enjoys doing is taking her 3 grandchildren to the Lewis Family Playhouse at the Cultural Center to experience the magic and wonder of live professional theatre.
Mark Rivera, Treasurer
Mark Rivera was appointed by the City Council in April 2013. Mark, like his fellow Board members, has actively involved himself and family in the community. He has supported organizations including Steven’s Hope, Pomona Valley Habitat for Humanities and Humane Society. Mark is a Partner with Maurer, Graf & Rivera LLP accounting firm, a local accounting firm, and his intent is to use his expertise to assist the Foundation on financial matters and has pledged to help secure funding to support the Foundation’s mission and goals.
Tina Chen, Member
Tina joined the Foundation in December 2012 and has served in various board officer positions for the past 6 years. Tina, a highly regarded attorney in the community, opened her own firm Law Office of Tina M. Chen in 2018. Tina and her family have resided in the community for over ten years and are strong supporters of the arts and are regular attendees at the Lewis Family Playhouse, where her children adore attending live performances. Tina is also a strong supporter of keeping arts in schools and sees its long-term benefits towards developing well-rounded individuals. Along with her legal expertise and governance priorities, Tina also brings her enthusiasm in helping the Board achieve their fundraising goals to ultimately bring more arts to the community.
Tina Gilfry, Member
Tina joined the board in January 2023 and is passionate about the arts, who says her life is abundant with the arts creatively and mindfully. Tina’s family is full of artists including her husband, Rod Gilfry, who is a professional opera singer, along with her children and grandchildren who are all actively involved in the arts. “Music, dance, love and art, in general, are the heart and soul of our family.” A recent retired school teacher of 32 years in the Etiwanda School District, Tina now leads a choir of over 100 children at Grapeland Elementary. “I choose an artful live and I am passionate about it,” said Gilfry. “I also want my life to be charitably involved in the community where I live. I believe if we don’t support the arts we will be suppressing the deepest dreams, heartfelt emotions and aspirations of so many people.”
Bryan Snyder, Member
Bryan has served on the Board since January 2010. He joined the Foundation to help fund and bring arts to the community, especially to young audiences. Bryan sees the value of the arts through his wife and children who participate in performing arts programs in the community. Bryan is a Certified Public Accountant, Senior Manager with Roorda, Piquet, & Bessee, Inc. He is a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Bethany Encina, Executive Director
Bethany Encina is a Rancho Cucamonga-based music educator and arts advocate who was appointed as the Foundation’s Executive Director in 2025. After receiving her Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal Performance in Music Education from Chapman University and her Master of Art in Teaching Choral Music from the University of South Carolina, Bethany served as Director of Choirs at Los Osos High School, her alma mater, for ten years. Her active choral program consistently received superior ratings in both performance and literacy, and were acclaimed for their commitment to performing in the community, around the country and overseas. Bethany has continuously served on the board of the Southern California Vocal Association since 2016 in the roles of Membership Chair, Vice President of High School Honor Choir, and in her current position of President-Elect. She also continues to expand her impact on the arts community as adjunct music faculty at Chaffey College and in her new role as Executive Director of the RCCAAF.
Leslie Matamoros, Arts Programs & Marketing Coordinator
The Rancho Cucamonga Community & Arts Foundation is delighted to welcome Leslie Matamoros to our team as our new Arts Programs & Marketing Coordinator! Leslie will be handling RCCAAF’s School Arts Sponsorship, Student Arts Scholarship, and Community Arts Grant programs. The Foundation provides approximately $125,000 funding each year, distributed to our local schools, graduating students, and several arts organizations to support, increase, enhance arts and arts opportunities in our community.
With her extensive experience in marketing, Leslie will also be managing the Foundation’s social media accounts, RCCAAF’s monthly arts e-newsletter, and continue to generate valuable arts related content on our website to assist our community with accessing the arts and arts information.
Leslie is no newbie, rather she is widely known in the local arts community, serving in many notable roles including as Curator for the Ontario Museum of Art for several years, as a board member for The Arts Area, a member of the City of Rancho Cucamonga’s Public Art Committee, and she currently serves as the Education Director at the Sam and Afreda Maloof Foundation. She has over 20 years of experience in interpretive exhibit development and contemporary art installation. In 2005, she graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a B.A. in Studio Art. In May 2017, she graduated from Claremont Graduate University with a M.A. in Arts Management. Her goal is to foster the arts by partnering with local governments and nonprofit organizations and to increase the equitable access to and visibility of arts and culture in the Inland Empire. Leslie can be reached at Leslie.Matamoros@rccaaf.org.