Staff
Nicola Pine
Accountant & HR Generalist
Teaching Artists
Imani Waters
Vocal
Wesley Hortenbach
Vocal
Travonta Nance
Ukulele
Elise Butler-Pinkham
General Music
Traiveon Dunlap
Songwriting & Drumming
Katy Hays
Vocal
Matt Silverberg
Percussion
Mahogany Robinson
Teaching Fellow
William Williams
Teaching Fellow
Board
Jennifer Scholte
Chair
Director, Brand Management, Thomson Reuters
Ari Koehnen Sweeney
Vice Chair
Director of Creative Art Partnerships, Hennepin Arts
Louis Berg-Arnold
Treasurer
Senior Manager Tax Accounting, Medtronic
Justin Brown
Secretary
Director of Strategic Development, Ecolab
Tenelle Thomas
Family Representative
Mental Health Crisis Responder, Canopy Root Mental Health
Mercedes Yarbrough
Community Partner Representative
Community Engagement Manager, 825 Arts
Scott Hayman
IT Engineer, Concord
Cara Wilson
Teacher/Musician,
St. Joseph’s School of Music
Kelly Turpin
Development & Communications Director, Women’s Advocates
Dana Krueger
Director of Business Administration, Saint Paul Port Authority
Brian Ingalsbe
Office Services & DEI Coordinator, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Julie Huck
Donor Engagement Officer
Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative
Program Committee
Mercedes Yarbrough
Emmanuel Franklin
Gabrielle Noe’l
Matthew Valverde
Paolo Debuque
Natalia Romero Arbelaez
Nii Mensah
Marco Real d’Arbelles
William Williams
Mahogany Robinson
Founder
Zara Zanussi
Partners
