About YAU
WHO WE ARE
Ann Kita M.A. Executive Director
Shan Buckley Grants Manager
Isabella Mellish Program Assistant
Sylvia Campbell Accounting
Dr. Denise Smith Allen – Research
Sally Strand – Web & Graphic Design
Teaching Artists
Emma Davis – Dance
Dan Gerics – Theatre
Marcia McGee – Yoga & Spoken Word Poetry
Ella McAndrew – Theatre
Meghan C. Kelly – Visual Arts
Sharlene Howe – Visual Arts
Canisha Bell – Yoga & Spoken Word Poetry
Talia Wooten – Dance
Board of Directors
Steven Hull – Chair
Program Manager MDHHS – Alger, Marquette & Schoolcraft counties. Youth Arts: Unlocked Co-founder & Former Visual Arts Teaching Artist.
Honorable Jessica Hammon – Vice Chair
Genesee County 67th District Court Judge. Past President Genesee County Bar Association & Former Youth Arts: Unlocked Yoga Teaching Artist.
Chuck Gurden – Treasurer
Retired Vice President of Baker Center for Graduate Studies/Baker Online & Baker College Enrollment Center St. Francis School of Law. Board Member Friends of Modern Art (Flint Institute of Arts).
Linda Pylypiw – Secretary
Retired Attorney at Law. Past Board President of Flint Public Library, Greater Flint Arts Council and the Flint Institute of Arts.
Jacob Blumner
Professor of English and Director Marian E. Wright Writing Center at the University of Michigan Flint.
Joshua Cambri, Esq. & M.S.W.
Legal Fellow at the City of Flint, Legal Department.
Honorable Mary A. Hood
Genesee County 7th Judicial Circuit Court Family Division Judge & Past Genesee County Family Court Referee.
Mark Jagos, LMSW
Retired Genesee County Pretrial Services & Community Corrections. Past Program & Prison Reentry Coordinator for New Paths, Inc. & Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Michigan, Social Work Department
Mikki Silvey (Lowrie)
Attorney at Law – Senior Tax Manager, Property Tax.
Todd Womack, LMSW
Program Manager Social Work Department at the University of Michigan Flint.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
7th Judicial Circuit Court Genesee County / Genesee County Juvenile Justice Center / Peckham, Inc.
Artdillo Studios / Bangtown Studios On The Go / Buckham Gallery /Elga Credit Union / Flint Crepe Company / Flint Downtown Small Business Association / Flint River Water Coalition / Genesee County Prevention Coalition / Greater Flint Arts Council / Motherly Intercession / Serenity Community House – Flint
Exhibition Venues: Buckham Gallery / Comma Bookstore & Social Hub / Flint Crepe Company / First Presbyterian Church – Flint / Good Beans Cafe / Greater Flint Arts Council / St. Paul’s Episcopal Church –Flint / Totem Books
Special Thank You to Flint Crepe Co. for hosting Youth Arts: Unlocked art pieces in their establishment!
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