President – Coree Neumeyer – Quarles & Brady LLP
President-Elect; Vice President – Julia Soto – Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Vice President – Jessica Restrepo – Community Member
Vice President – Liz Shabaker – Versant Capital Management
Treasurer – Maggie Blackwell – Community Member
Secretary – Nura Eltaib – American Airlines
External Relations – Scott Freeborn – Point B
External Relations – Cathy Graham – Desert Financial Credit Union
External Relations – Kelly Hopler – Marketing Consultant
External Relations – Manny Tarango – SRP
Governance – Amanda Ho – Pinnacle West Capital
Governance – Lisa Ludolph – Global Payments
Internal Relations – Margarita Cortez – Phoenix Suns Charities
Internal Relations – Amy Looper – Resilient Growth
Internal Relations – Jade Sun – Wilson College Prep
Denise Jauregui, LCSW – Cultivando Wellness
Matt Sandoval, M.Ed., LMSW
Chief Executive Officer
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Marisa Skelpsa-Muñoz
Executive Projects Manager & Board Liaison
Danielle Tefft
VP of Programs
Beth Garrett-Coleman
Director of Programs
Rebeccah Carlson
Volunteer Engagement Manager
Sam Haldiman
Program Manager
Erina Sanchez
Senior Program Coordinator
Annika Meulink
Statewide Program Coordinator
Anitza Milic Ángel
Program Coordinator
Aubrey Watkins
VP of Philanthropy
Bea Bohannon
Director of Philanthropy
Barry Halvorson
Marketing Director
Devon Johnson
Annual Fund Manager
Blain Logan
VP of Operations
Erin Patrick
Office Manager
Genesis Labrador
Human Resources Specialist
Liberty Thwaits
Operations Team Assistant
Val West
Organizational Assistant
Alyssa Rodriguez – Movement and Sound Healing
Ana Santos – Visual Arts, Zines, Murals
Angela Soliz – Visual Arts, Painting
Ashley Burns – Movement and Meditation
Brandon “Mic Mavan” Plunk – Beats Making, Spoken Word
Brittney Garcia – Visual Arts
Bryson Bost – Visual Arts, Patterned Drawing
Carlos Urtubey – Guitar and Music
Chanel Bragg – Theater
Danica Koestner – Dance and Movement
Denise Garcia – Expressive Movement, Visual Arts
Deserae McCall – Dance, Yoga and Movement
Diana Calderon – Visual Arts, Print Making, Notebook making, and Painting
Eileen Morgan – Taiko Drumming
Lizzy House – Yoga and Mindfulness
Emily Costello – Visual arts
Fernando Barajas – Graffiti
Folade – Drumming
Francisco Garcia – Graffiti, Freestyle Poetry, and Murals
Frank Thompson – Drumming
Fankie Marchi – Spoken Word
Ginamarie Nieves-Rosenfeld – Visual Arts, Sculpting
Isaac Caruso – Murals and Painting
Jacob Buttry – Theater and Acting
Jay Tatum – Spoken Word
DJ Dimension – DJ
Karen Battaglini – Dance
Karen Onken – Visual Arts
Kris Kollasch – Visual Arts
Kristin Wesley – Visual Arts, Painting and other mediums
Linda Pullinsi – Visual Arts, Painting and Collage
Lynne Roth – Visual Arts, Mixed Media
Steve Price – Creative Writing, Mindful Journaling, Poetry and Yoga
Mario Barela – Bucket Drumming
Marisa Arellano – Dance
Megan Atencia – Spoken Word
Mei-Kuei Cruise – Chinese Arts
Myrlin Hepworth – Spoken Word
Niamey Thomas – Dance and Movement
Philippa Johnstone – Horticultural Therapy
Sean Medlin – Spoken Word
Shari Keith – Visual Arts, Art with found items
Shelly Love – Photography and Visual Art
Sherdes Leona – Spoken Word, Photography, Video, Sound Art, Digital Art, and Sculpture
Tiesha Harrison – Visual Arts, Painting
Tomas Stanton – Spoken Word
Vo Vera the Ronin – Dance and Movement
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