Susana Smith Bautista ’84
Jennifer Schultz Bertolet ’86
Michael W. Biard
Susana is a scholar on museums, digital technology, and the arts, and has recently earned her doctorate as a Provost Fellow at the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California, where she also received her master’s degree in Art History/Museum Studies.
Jennifer is a real estate broker and Senior Vice President at David N. Schultz, Inc., a leading local property management and real estate brokerage firm in Glendale founded by her father David. The company currently manages approximately 140 apartment buildings, primarily in the San Gabriel Valley. In addition to property management services, Jennifer and her father are active brokers serving clients in purchasing and selling apartment properties. She has worked at the firm for over 20 years in various capacities including property supervision, sales, and overseeing corporate operations.
Michael serves as Executive Vice President, Distribution, Fox Networks where he oversees distribution of Fox’s 43 domestic television networks and related services by all of the major cable, satellite, and telco operators. He directs the business strategy and negotiations with video distributors and works closely with all the Fox networks on wide-ranging distribution activities on all linear and non-linear platforms, including video-on-demand, online, mobile, and other emerging platforms. Michael joined Fox as Director of Affiliate Business Affairs in 2000. He held a number of roles in the distribution group before assuming his current duties in 2010.
Susana has almost 20 years experience in the art world in Los Angeles, New York, and Greece working with museums, commercial galleries, and non-profit art spaces. She was Executive Director of the Mexican Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, Editorial Director of www.LatinArt.com, and an Associate with the Daniel Saxon Gallery. She served the City of Pasadena as the Arts and Culture Commissioner for six years. Susana has presented her research at numerous international conferences including Digital Humanities, Museums and the Web, Arts in Society, the European Science Foundation, the National Communication Association, and Digital Media & Learning. She has assisted in research on museums and libraries in the digital age (MacArthur Foundation grant), assistant taught, and lectured on “The Communication Revolution, Entertainment, and the Arts.” Susana served on the Westridge Board of Trustees’ School and Mission and Governance Committees. She and her husband Juan Felipe have a son, Nicolas.
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Jennifer received her Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of California, Los Angeles and her Master of Business Administration and Master of Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California. Jennifer is outgoing Chair of the Westridge Alumnae Council and has been involved in supporting the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Glendale Adventist Medical Center. She is a member of the Westridge Centennial Steering Committee and served on the Westridge Board of Trustees’ School Committee. She and her husband Chris have a daughter, Lucy ’19.
Before Fox, Michael was an attorney for Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe and previously Keesal, Young & Logan. He graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor’s degree in biology-psychology and earned a Juris Doctorate (Cum Laude) from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. Michael served on the Westridge Board of Trustees’ Asset Management and Advancement Committees. He is also a board member at the Sierra Madre Church of Christ. He and his wife Lori have two children, Kendall ’16 and Dylan.