About Us

Transforming children’s trauma to resilience through the arts.

Board of Directors

Officers

President – Coree NeumeyerQuarles & Brady LLP

President-Elect; Vice President – Julia SotoPhoenix Children’s Hospital

Vice President – Jessica RestrepoCommunity Member

Vice President – Liz Shabaker – Versant Capital Management

Treasurer – Maggie Blackwell Community Member

Secretary – Nura Eltaib – American Airlines

Board Members

Internal Relations – Margarita CortezPhoenix Suns Charities

External Relations – Scott Freeborn Point B

External Relations – Cathy GrahamDesert Financial Credit Union

Governance – Amanda Ho – Pinnacle West Capital

Governance – Lisa Ludolph – Global Payments

Internal Relations – Jade SunWilson College Prep

External Relations – Manny Tarango – SRP

Staff

Executive
Matt Sandoval
Executive Director
Marisa Skelpsa-Muñoz
Executive Projects Manager & Board Liaison
Programs
Danielle Tefft
VP of Programs
Kerri Kaczmarczyk
Program Director
Beth Garrett-Coleman
Programs Manager
Erina Sanchez
Senior Program Coordinator
Milly Barnett
Program Coordinator
Sam Haldiman
Program Coordinator
Annika Meulink
Statewide Program Coordinator
Corinne Philips
Volunteer Coordinator
Development and Marketing
Jodie Sprayberry
Vice President of Philanthropy
Bea Bohannon
Philanthropy & Marketing Analyst
Ruby Maderafont
Organizational Assistant
Operations
Blain Logan
Operations Director
Aaron Lathrum
IT Manager
Genesis Labrador
Human Resources Specialist

Teaching Artists

Alyssa Rodriguez – Movement and Sound Healing

Ashley Burns – Movement and Meditation

Bryson Bost – Visual Arts, Patterned Drawing

Carlos Urtubey – Guitar and Music

Chanel Bragg – Theater

Danica Koestner – Dance and Movement

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

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

 

Affiliates

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