Board of Directors

Jon Horstmann is a Family Medicine physician who has practiced in the San Bernardino Valley for 35 years.

Jon graduated from Washington University School of medicine in St. Louis and did his residency training in San Diego, Chicago and Long Island, New York. He is board certified in both Family Medicine and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine.

Long involved in the training of medical students and younger physicians, Jon is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at UCR School of Medicine.

Jon believes strongly in giving back to the community. He has participated in numerous volunteer medical trips over the years, primarily to clinics in Mexico. Presently, he is a volunteer physician at the Lestonnac Free Medical Clinic in San Bernardino.

For recreation, he and his wife Nancy are avid sailors and enjoy sailing in the San Pedro area, Catalina and Mexico. They are members of the first Presbyterian Church in San Bernardino.

Margaret Worsley is Principal Clarinetist of the San Bernardino Symphony, and Professor of Music at San Bernardino Valley College. Originally from Huntington Beach, she is an active freelance musician throughout Southern California. Margaret has obtained degrees from California State University, Fullerton (Bachelors of Music), the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto (Artist Diploma), and University of Michigan (Masters of Music). She is a member of both the Clarendon Quintet and the West Coast Wind Quintet, is the Artistic Director of the Orange County Clarinet Consort (OCCC), and is a member of the American Federation of Musicians—in both Locals 7 and 47. Margaret has an enthusiasm for reading, tending to animals big and small, singing badly in community choirs, faking it in the wine-tasting scene, and playing about five chords on her electric guitar. She’s married to Frank Lenz, who plays the drums and writes songs.

Dr. Anne Viricel has served as Executive Director of the San Bernardino Symphony since September of 2013. In this role, she spends her days creating opportunities for visibility and philanthropy for the region’s longest running and most prestigious professional orchestra.

In addition, since 2000, she has been a professor at the University of Redlands School of Business where she specializes in quantitative operations and strategy coursework. She has been awarded the University’s Excellence in Teaching Award twice, in 2013 and in 2018.

Dr. Viricel was appointed to San Bernardino Community College Board of Trustees in 2015, then elected to the Board in 2016. In this role, her focus is on policies that improve operational efficiencies and campus safety, and increasing opportunities for student success.

Dr. Viricel is also an author, having published numerous of academic and industry articles and, most recently, collaborated on the autobiography of educator and civil rights activist Dr. Margaret Hill. In addition to her role as a San Bernardino Valley Concert Association Board Member, she is a current member of The San Bernardino County Natural History Museum Foundation Board and the County’s Arts Connection Board. She is also an active member of the American Association of University Women, the Bonnes Meres Auxiliary of the Children’s Fund, the highland Woman’s Club, and the Assistance League.

Her recent awards include Assembly District 40 City of Highland Woman of the Year, League of Women Voters Citizen of Achievement Award, the Black Culture Foundation’s Black Rose Award, and she was named a Woman of Distinction by Senator Mike Morrell for both the cities of Highland and San Bernardino.

Lucas Cuny is an active independent film maker and published author. He’s produced video content for Cal State LA, local non-profit organizations, and his production company, Slate Inc. His program emphasis include production, writing, and directing. One of his favorite film makers is John Cassavetes.

Juan Delgado is Professor Emeritus in the English Department at California State University, San Bernardino, where, in addition to his professorial duties, he chaired the English and Communication Studies Departments and served as the university’s interim provost. His collections of poetry include “Green Web” (1994), published by the University of Georgia Press and selected by poet Dara Weir for the Contemporary Poetry Prize; “El Campo” (1998), a collaboration with the Chicano painter Simon Silva and published by Capra Press; and “Rush of Hands” (2003), published by the University of Arizona Press. His most recent book, “Vital Signs” (2013), was a collaboration with photographer Thomas McGovern and won the Before Columbus Foundation’s American Book Award.

One can find a sample of his poetry and a critical essay on his last book at the Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/juan-delgado. In recent years, he has presented his photopoetics and signage throughout southern California in museum exhibitions such as “Más Allá del los Fencesat” the Peppers Gallery in Redlands, 2017. “Manos, Espaldas y Blossoms,” a collaborative art project with Thomas McGovern featured their artwork and poetry in the groves of the California Citrus State Historical Park, 2018: http://sweet-sour-citrus.org/projects/manos/. “Sign Language,” a mixed media exhibition at the CSUN Art Galleries, featured the collaborative work of McGovern and Delgado, and the artwork of Amando Lerma and Carlos Ramirez, aka “The Date Farmers:” https://www.csun.edu/mike-curb-arts-media-communication/art-galleries/events/sign-language.

Professor Delgado has experience with educational organizations at the local, national, and international levels. He is one of co-founders of SCIPP (Students and Coyotes Instruction in Poetry and Prose), a literary and artistic program, centered on working with children and their parents. See “SCIPP Short Doc:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdQwa4Is5m0. In addition, he is a board member for the Dorothy Ramon Learning Center, whose founder and president, Ernest H. Siva (Cahuilla/Serrano), is a Tribal leader with a distinguished record of service to Tribal communities. For several years, Delgado has been the co-director of “Native Voices: Poetry Festival,” which celebrates native writers and artists and provides literary and artistic workshops for children and teens from the Morongo Reservation and local communities. See “Native Voices:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3_kMN–cPQ.

Andy Hernandez is a retired educator and businessmen. A Vietnam Veteran, he has been an advocate in the pursuit of using disabled Veterans in government procurement. He received his formal education at the University of California and is also trained as a journeymen painter thru the local Union. Andy is a native of San Bernardino and continues to be active in the community through St. Bernardine Catholic Church and the American Legion. He enjoys gardening and has been writing reflective memories of his life and times. Andy is married to his wife Sylvia and they have three adult children, with one grandchild, living in the Inland Empire.

Jim Morris has over twenty years of experience working in the fields of financial analysis, municipal law and public agency governance. Jim is currently Managing Director at UFI, a financial advisory firm, where he specializes in long-term forecasting, fiscal stabilization and financial sustainability planning for cities and special districts. Jim began his professional career as a public law attorney with Best Best & Krieger LLP, where he served as Assistant City Attorney for the cities of Corona and Ontario, and General Counsel for Western Municipal Water District. Born and raised in San Bernardino, He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, and received both a Juris Doctorate and Master of Urban Planning from UCLA. Jim, Dawn and their two sons currently reside and enjoy life in San Bernardino.