BNAI´s Board of Directors are volunteer citizens from both Mexico and the U.S. (Bisbee, Naco, Douglas and Agua Prieta) with extensive experience in the arts, educational and community work in binational settings.

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Lori Keyne Chair of the Board, Co-founder

Lori is a musician, educator and researcher. Lori received her DMA from the University of Arizona and is an instructor of music at Cochise College, where she founded a binational choir. Her choirs have performed at international conferences, including America Cantat, College Music Society Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica and the Latin American Choral Music International Conference in Tucson, Arizona. Música sin Fronteras, the chorus for the Bi-national Arts Institute, has performed in Mexico, Panamá, and Cuba. She was a guest lecturer at the 2014 International  Federation of Choral Music in Seoul, Korea. She received a Fulbright Border Award in 2011 as well as in 2016, and works with musicians in Sonora, Mexico. Lori delights in musical collaborations that include contributing performers from different countries.

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Seth Polley Board Member & Co-founder

Seth is an award-winning social studies teacher at Bisbee High School, former vicar at St. John’s and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Churches, and former director of the Episcopal Border Ministry. He and Lori Keyne, who are married, lived and worked in Panama for several years, where she taught at the University of Panama while he was priest-in-charge of the Episcopal Cathedral.

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Heidy Pedroza Secretary

She is also responsible of our Social Media.

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Maria Asaro Board Member

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Rosie Mendoza Board Member

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Francisco Barrios Executive Director & Teacher

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