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
