Our Team

Meet our dedicated, passionate community of Teaching Artists, Staff, and Boards of Directors.

Staff

Amanda Newman

  • Program Manager, Social Impact

Autumn Tilson

  • Program Director, Arts Access for School and Community Partnerships

Bethany Parker

  • Managing Director of Development

Brandy Hill

  • Office Manager and Executive Assistant

Craig Hayes

  • Deputy Director of External Affairs

Dale Novella

  • TAP Co-Director of Communications, Operations, and Facilitation
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Javan Howard

  • TAP Co-Director of Curricula, Mentorship and Facilitation

Michele Kotler

  • Founder and Executive Director
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Shokoofeh Rajabzadeh

  • Program Manager, Teaching Artist Sustainability and Arts Access

Maria Schirmer

  • Program Lead
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Libby Mislan

  • TAP Coordinator
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Miranda Agnew

  • Young Adult Program Manager

Teaching Artists

Cornell Carelock

Erin Anderson

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Javan Howard

Libby Mislan

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Natalie Willens

Nichelle Ryan

Phyllis Capello

Reilly Horan

Valerie Hallier

Yael Ben-Zion

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Jean Wong

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Mayele Alognon

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Amanda Dettmann

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Emma B.B. Doyle

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Jenny Luna

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Lily Sarosi

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Anu Annam

Dale Novella

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Seanan Forbes

Adriana Guzmán

Maria Schirmer

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Ann Noling

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David Onabanjo

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Matthew Bussa

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Morgan Sendek

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Nancy McArthur

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Rita Liu

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Reuben Sack

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Veronica Rowan

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Dominique Doonquah

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Daemond Arrindell

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Arianna Ballabio

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Natie Barret

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Lulu West

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Katya Muromseva

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Jordany Genao

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Natalie Raskin

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Jashua Sa-Ra

Associate Board

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Katherine Lever

  • Associate Board Co-Chair
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Zachary Kuipers

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Johnathan Sargent

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Sophia Miller

  • Associate Board Co-Chair
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Joseph Simolacaj

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Maggie Rose

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Gloria Paulose

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Molly Ferrer

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Doug Kovel

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Tariq Jawahir

Board of Directors

Alex Perry

Andrew Ho

Colleen Lima

Jason Lynch

Jessica Hogue

Joan Sapinsley

  • Board Co-Chair

Marcus Vinicius Ribeiro

Michele Kotler

  • Founder + Executive Director

Monica Chen

Rossana P. Ionescu

Tracey Bey Johnson

  • Board Co-Chair
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Lori Bullock

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Deepak Shrivastava

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Caitlin Potratz Metcalf

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Justin Macke

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Theresa Dooley-Bollmann

  • Treasurer
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David Wolfe

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Josh Kleinbaum

  • Secretary
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Michael Cruz

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Marjorie McCarthy

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Olivia Kent

Associate Board

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Katherine Lever

  • Associate Board Co-Chair
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Zachary Kuipers

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Johnathan Sargent

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Sophia Miller

  • Associate Board Co-Chair
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Joseph Simolacaj

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Maggie Rose

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Gloria Paulose

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Molly Ferrer

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Doug Kovel

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Tariq Jawahir

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