Our Team

Our Staff

Marlene Paul, Executive Director

Nicole Jones, Donor Relations Director

Taekia Glass, Program Director

Dean Whitbeck, Communications Strategist

V aughn Garland, Program Manager for community-based programs

Maurice Jackson, Program Manager for Atlas programs

Ashley Short, Youth Engagement Coordinator

E ric Tomlin, Office Manager

Matt Davidson, Operations Specialist

Interns
Abigail Ehmcke, Graphic Design Intern

Teen Leadership Council
Milani Cargill
Tyler Fisher
Bianca Gaines
Myasia Goode
Kahlo Harrison
Breana Mahoney
Chris Oliver
Kayla Rucker
Isiaiah Taylor
Tatyana Turner
Sage Thomas
Ian Wolverton

2019-2020 Board of Trustees

President: Joeffrey Trimmingham
President, Philip Reese

Vice President: Sean O'Brien
Advocacy and External Affairs Liaison,
Bon Secours Richmond Health System Foundation

Treasurer: Elsie Rose, CPA
Business Manager, Agincourt Capital Management

Secretary: Harrison Hayes
Director of Pathways to Health Care Workforce, VCU

Summer C. Frein
Director of Brand Management, Altria

Chris Hairston-White
Sales Executive | Commercial Middle Market, SunTrust

Sarah Kim
Deputy Director, The Valentine

Adrienne Cole Johnson
Director of Family and Community Engagement, Peter Paul Development Center

Alice Livingston
Owner, Reynolds Gallery

Jacqueline McDonnough
Community Volunteer

Corbin Neuner
Community Volunteer

Emilia Penney
VP, Private Client Associate, Bank of America Private Bank

Alan Rudnick
Community Volunteer

Paula Saylor-Robinson
Director of Audience Development and Community Engagement,
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Stephanie Smith
Chief Curator at the Institute for Contemporary Art

Marlene Paul
Executive Director, ART 180

We Believe in Young People

Each young person is a valuable part of our community. We promise to offer a supportive and nurturing environment, which allows our young people an opportunity to bring into being the beauty that exists within their creative spirits.

We Believe in Creative Expression

Everyone will be free to be an artist who can give birth to a masterpiece, because we recognize that innovation is the heartbeat of growth.

We Believe in Communication

We seek to provoke ideas and stimulate conversation that encourages self-awareness and expression of diverse perspectives, remove barriers of fear, create a better understanding of humanity, and illuminate hope.

We Believe in Compassion

We advocate kindness to heal division and resolve conflicts, because everyone has a right to be heard, to experience love, and to be treated with dignity and mutual respect.

We Believe in Community

We value the importance of collaborative relationships, which celebrate diversity. We recognize that by sharing together we're capable of making even greater creative contributions that can enhance the well-being and quality of life for the whole.

We Believe in Change

We embrace change as a gift that empowers young people to transform our world through creative expression. It provides opportunities to be passionately engaged in a natural process of learning, challenging complacency and discovering opportunities to live a meaningful life.