Björn, a grandnephew of Wolfgang, comes from Kassel in Germany. He is interested in the art of his great-uncle since his youth. Björn has a master’s degree in German philology and works as specialist for digital asset management. He has also been active as a writer and has published poems, travel stories and a novel.

Originally from Hamburg, Germany, Inga earned a Master of Arts degree from the University of Southern California and has worked at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego and as a Managing Director of a local orchestra. She is a lifelong professional Early Music performer and teacher. Inga brings her passion and knowledge for art, her experience as non-profit administrator, as well as her fluent German language skills to the Foundation.

Steve is an instructor of European and U.S. political history with the Osher Lifelong Institute at the University of California, Riverside. He is a post career 70+ re-imaginer serving on the Boards of the Rivers and Land Conservancy and the Riverside Philharmonic. In his past professional life he served as a policy, planning and management advisor to multiple municipalities and as an instructor of globalization and public policy at Northwestern University. As a student of history with German heritage, Steve has long since held a keen interest in the life and times of Wolfgang Wolff.

Dale has spent his life in the garment industry in Hawaii. He inherited his parents’ clothing business, then bought and served as creative director of the legendary Kahala label. He has also worked with Patagonia on the Pataloha label. Dale is an avid waterman and lives in Honolulu, HI.

Patty Kestin has over 20 years experience as a community activist, volunteer, board member and fundraiser with the objective to secure equal access to health, education, food and the courts for low-income individuals and families in Los Angeles. Patty holds an M.B.A. from U.S.C. and a J.D. from New York Law. She is fascinated by the life journey and work of Wolfgang Wolff and its historical and artistic significance.

Son of a mechanic and a librarian, Gary Phillips is a fiction writer. Violent Spring his debut mystery almost thirty years ago was named in 2020 one of the essential crime novels of Los Angeles. Phillips is a writer / co-producer on FX’s Snowfall, a cable show streaming on Hulu about crack and the CIA in 1980s South Central where he grew up. He remains captivated not only with the breadth of technique Wolfgang Wolff employed, but his fascinating life story as well.

As the son of Wolfgang Wolff, and born in Tahiti, Goetz has always appreciated his father’s artistic talent and ability to capture the images of the Tahiti of Goetz’s youth. Many of Wolfgang’s later themes resonate with Goetz’s work for social justice. Goetz organized several exhibits for his father later in Wolfgang’s life. Now as a retired university professor from UCLA, Goetz wants to devote his time to sharing Wolfgang’s art with the world.