About the Cultural Partnership

The Balboa Park Cultural Partnership is a nonprofit organization through which 24 full members of arts, science and cultural organizations in Balboa Park collaborate to achieve greater organizational efficiency, innovation and excellence. The Cultural Partnership’s member institutions vary in size and type and include museums, performing arts groups and theaters, cultural centers, gardens and the San Diego Zoo.

Our Values

Values that underlie the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership’s processes, outputs and culture include:

Collaboration

Working collaboratively is at the heart of all the Cultural Partnership does. We use our collective strengths and resources wherever possible to make us stronger together than we can be individually, through what we do as well as how we do it.

Stewardship

We respect and effectively build, utilize and preserve the cultural, human and financial resources of our community. We share and leverage these resources responsibly to make the experience of Balboa Park arts, science, and cultural institutions continuously more accessible — physically, personally, and intellectually — in person and virtually.

Learning

We value opportunities to learn from years of collective wisdom in Balboa Park as well as to continually build new skills, seek greater insights and challenge convention. This helps us to problem-solve, foster innovation and encourage new thinking. Sharing our learning advances the vitality of our members, our community, and the arts, science and cultural fields.

Innovation and Agility

The Cultural Partnership embraces the generative possibilities of collaboration. We strive to maintain an agile organizational structure that allows us to be open and strategically responsive to new opportunities, including ones in which we can be pioneers.

Connectivity

The Cultural Partnership members and the community are strengthened through our external relationships. Serving as the “go to” organization between Balboa Park organizations as a whole and the community encourages sharing, coordination and collaboration on a broader scale.

Excellence

The Balboa Park Cultural Partnership seeks excellence in all that we do in order to serve as a vital asset for our members and the community. The Partnership enhances our members’ capacity to achieve the highest professional standards and deliver the greatest value to their communities.

Our Board

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Our Members

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Our Team Members

Peter Comiskey, Executive Director

Kristen Mihalko, Deputy Director, Operations

Theresa Wulf, Deputy Director, Community Engagement

Rowan Hayes, Balboa Park Explorer Ticketing Assistant

Brendan Maxwell, Marketing Coordinator

Jesus Melendrez, Ticketing Operations Coordinator

Johann Milios, Marketing Assistant

Chris Nishijima, Senior Manager of Guest Experience

Gillian Rizza, Project Manager

Jennifer Weavers, Accountant