About Us

Transforming children’s trauma to resilience through the arts.

Board of Directors

Officers
Matt Hargis
President, Overlap Consulting
Chadwick Campbell
Past President, Thomas Title & Escrow
Lisa Ludolph
Vice President, External Relations, Global Payments
Coree Neumeyer
Vice President, Board Governance, Quarles & Brady LLP
Julia A. Soto
Vice President, Internal Relations, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Elizabeth Shabaker
Treasurer, Versant Capital Management
Board Members
Margaret Blackwell
US Bank
Vicky Campo
Community Member
Margarita Cortez
Phoenix Suns Charities & Social Responsibility
Nura Eltaib
American Airlines
Mayra Flores
The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation
Amanda Ho
Pinnacle West Capital
LaMonte’ McDuffie
MMP Group LLC
Lane Seymour
Nuvei
Denise Sierra
Desert Financial Credit Union
Andrew Yocopis
Hargreaves & Savitvh LLP

Staff

Executive
Alicia Sutton Campbell
Executive Director
Marisa Skelpsa-Muñoz
Executive Projects Manager & Board Liaison
Programs
Matt Sandoval
Vice President of Programs
Jenna Christie-Tabron
Clinical Director
Danielle Tefft
Program Director
Beth Garrett-Coleman
Programs Manager
TJ Geist
Volunteer Manager
Erina Sanchez
Senior Program Coordinator
Paula Wilson
Senior Program Coordinator
James Atkisson
Program Coordinator
Casey Cole-Albertson
Program Coordinator
Corinne Philips
Volunteer Coordinator
AJ Rice
Programs Assistant
Development and Marketing
Justin Stewart
Marketing and Development Director
Tenneille Choi
Development Officer
Candace Langholff
Development Officer
Bea Bohannon
Development Coordinator
Kharli Mandeville
Marketing Coordinator
Sam Haldiman
Development Assistant
Operations
Catherine Brennan
Operations Director
Trisha Kim
Operations Manager
Aaron Lathrum
IT Manager
Genesis Labrador
Human Resources Specialist
Milly Barnett
Administrative Assistant

Teaching Artists

Kristine Kollasch

Murals
Shari Keith
Recycled Arts
Aaron Voigt
Metal Arts
Frank Thompson
Drumming
Thomas Stanton
Spoken Word
Eileen Morgan

Taiko Drumming
Oliverio Balcells

Visual Arts, Acrylics & Mixed Media
Linda Pullinsi

Painting
Christy Puetz

Sculpture and Fiber Art
Annette Sexton Ruiz

Painting, Ceramics, Mural Artist, Bookmaking, and Illustration
Catherine Thompson
Cooking
Melanie Sainz

Native Arts

Affiliates

Free Arts around the country operate independently, but we have very similar missions. Learn more about our affiliate partners and their creative communities.