Gustavo was appointed as Arts for LA’s Executive Director in December 2018.  Prior to working with us, he was the Western Regional Director for Young Invincibles (YI), where he was responsible for leading YI’s California offices, including its West Coast expansion. As director, he set strategic direction and advanced YI’s policy priorities on health care, higher education, jobs, and civic engagement for the region.

Before starting at Young Invincibles, Gustavo was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of L.A. Plaza de Cultura y Artes (LAPCA), overseeing the day-to-day operation of a county museum, including the oversight of a master plan committee responsible for strategically developing three acres of additional museum campus. From 2010-2012, Gustavo led the Maestro Foundation, a classical music and performance arts foundation, as the Director of Organizational Development. Between 2007-2010, he assessed and recommended business growth strategies in the US marketplace for the global Fortune 500 Company, American Honda Motors, Co.

Gustavo holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from American Jewish University and a dual Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies with an emphasis in socio-politics and economics and Art History from the University of California Santa Barbara. Gustavo served on the Board of Directors of the Create: Fixate Arts Organization (2006-2010). He is a current Strong Workforce Implementation Advisory Board Member for the California Community Colleges, Advisory Board Member for the California Physician’s Alliance and founding Board Member of Silverlake Forward.

Quetzal Flores (he/him) is a Chican@ musician, producer, cultural strategist, and organizer raised in East Los Angeles. He is the founder and musical director of the Grammy Award–winning Chican@ band, Quetzal. Shaped by his family, mentors, and the vibrant Chican@ arts and cultural community—as well as his work in prison education—Quetzal has been part of transformative cultural movements on local, transnational, and international levels.

Through his work with Community Power Collective and across broader movement networks, Quetzal helps reconnect communities with ancestral and diasporic cultural practices that foster interdependence, joyful embodiment, accountability, and resistance to systems of oppression.

He is deeply committed to cultivating strong, trust-based relationships within and beyond his professional circles as a foundation for collective healing and transformation.

Hataya Tubtim (she/her) is an arts leader, educator, and social practice artist committed to equity, access, and community-rooted cultural work. She currently serves as the Executive Director of the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation, where she supports the museum’s strategic initiatives to expand arts access across historically underrepresented communities, particularly those within communities of East Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley. 

Her earlier work as an educator and public and socially engaged artist centered on public pedagogy, creative collaboration, and social empowerment in various contexts including business districts, public schools, public health, and other community-based settings. Drawing from a career that bridges nonprofit work, teaching, and community practice, Hataya brings an artist-informed perspective to arts advocacy and policy. Her work reflects a deep belief in the power of the arts to transform institutions and advance cultural equity in Los Angeles.

Morenike Dosu serves as Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) for DreamWorks Animation. In this role, she draws upon her 20+ years of Animation & VFX experience to develop and execute DEI initiatives aligned with DreamWorks’ goals to recruit, retain and cultivate their inclusive workforce.

With a love of animation and a genuine passion for the people that create this artform, Morenike is a key strategic partner to DreamWorks’ business leaders and HR. By diagnosing opportunities and analyzing data related to DEI, Morenike builds strong relationships within all levels of the studio’s workforce and partners with multiple DEI stakeholders across DreamWorks and Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) to foster collaboration, connection, and professional growth – nurturing a studio culture where storytellers can craft universal moments that make dreamers around the globe feel seen and welcomed.

Prior to DreamWorks, Morenike has worked across the world at top-tier global studios such as Animal Logic in Sydney, The Moving Picture Company in London, and Framestore in Los Angeles. She holds a Masters of Design Science at the University of Sydney and has been credited on a multitude of blockbusters such as ‘Prometheus’, ‘The Jungle Book’, and ‘Puss In Boots: The Last Wish’.