_Free Arts: About Us

About Us

Transforming children’s trauma to resilience through the arts.

Board of Directors

Officers

Amber M. Wayne

President

Chadwick Campbell

President-Elect

Cathy Graham

Past President and Vice President, Board Governance

Timothy A. Smith

Treasurer and Vice President, Finance and Operations

Andrew Yocopis

Vice President, Development

Ted Anderson

Vice President, Marketing

Karen Grande

Vice President, Outreach

Board Members

Margaret Blackwell

MUFG

Vicky Campo

Community Member

Melinda Conway

Northrop Grumman

Margarita Cortez

Phoenix Suns Charities & Social Responsibility

Nura Eltaib

American Airlines

Mayra Flores

The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation

Matt Hargis

Point B

Amanda Ho

Arizona Public Service

Ryan Johnson

Salt River Project

Lisa Ludolph

Global Payments

Sherida McMullan

Lyft Headquarters

Lane Seymour

Nuvei

Elizabeth Shabaker

Versant Capital Management

Diane Vanderburgh

Edward Jones

Staff

Alicia Sutton Campbell

Executive Director

Marisa Skelpsa-Muñoz

Senior Executive Coordinator & Board Liaison

Programs

Jessica Flowers

Program Director

Rukiya Anthony

Program Administrator

Marisa Arellano

Program Manager

Justin Stewart

Senior Marketing Coordinator

Beth Garrett

Program Coordinator

Paula Wilson

Program Coordinator

Development

Bridget Costello

Development Director

Tenneille Choi

Development Officer

Candace Langholff

Development Officer

Bee Bohannon

Development Assistant

Operations

Stephanie Smith

Operations Director

Travis Harrick

Operations Manager & Associate Director of Building Hope

Catherine Brennan

Finance Manager

Erina Meneses

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.