Board President

With two decades of expertise in growth strategy and innovation, Stephanie Cochinos has held leadership roles at Fortune 100, fintech, and consulting companies.  She is the founder of 195 Strategy, focused on transforming complex business challenges into human-centered solutions. She holds a BA from Georgetown University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

As a photographer, Stephanie creates work that explores the intersection of cultural identity and place, highlighting the poetry found in landscapes and built environments across the world.  The images reflect her interest in how shared human experiences transcend geographic and cultural boundaries.  Her work has been featured in exhibitions at Viewpoint Photographic Art Center and the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP). 

Board Secretary & Programming Chair

Artist, Researcher, and Curator

Ashima Yadava is an artist, researcher and independent curator. She works on long-form stories which focus on issues of gender equity and racial justice approaching art as a means to social activism and reform.

Born in New Delhi, India, Ashima is a fellow of the California Arts Council, Director’s Fellow from the International Center of Photography, New York and also the Director of Community at Authority Collective. Her work has been exhibited around the world including at the deYoung Museum, Root Division, the United Nations, Rotterdam Photo Festival, Rhode Island School of Design, Technische Museum (Dresden, Germany) and Camera Torino (Italy) among others. And features in publications including NPR, National Geographic, Mother Jones, SFChronicle, to name a few. 

Ashima is the founder of Huq : I Seek No Favor which brings together over 100 artists and thinkers to respond to the abortion ban. Instagram: @indigonyx

Board Development & Governance Committee

Joanna Knutsen (she/her) is a photographer and arts professional from San Francisco. She graduated from New York University with a major in Art History and a minor in Anthropology. Before joining SF Camerawork as a former Gallery Manager, Joanna was a Digital Marketing Specialist at Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco, and a Work Scholar at Aperture Foundation in New York. Her own photographic work is interested in the impressions and histories of natural landscapes.