Our Team

Our Staff

Marlene Paul, Executive Director

Trey Hartt, Deputy Director

Taekia Glass, Program Director

Sydni Ham, Communications Manager

Kate Duffy, Program Manager for community-based programs

Michael Zetlan, Program Manager for Atlas-based programs

Gina Lyles, Program Coordinator for juvenile justice programs

Mark Strandquist, Creative Director for the Youth Self Advocacy Through Art program 

Eric Tomlin, Office Manager

Matt Davidson, Bookkeeper and Database Coordinator

Interns
Jennie Baker, Program Intern (Bonner Scholar, University of Richmond)
Sharron McDaniel, Advocacy Coordinator for the Youth Self Advocacy Through Art program
Carlton Smith III, Partnership for the Future Intern
 
2016-2017 Teen Leadership Council*
Chris Bolling
Alyssa Brown
Jonaé Crump
Adia Davenport
Melissa Flores
Antione Ford
Cloëy Hagins
RaJahné Harris
Jendayi Johnson
Trevor (Anaya) Jones-Ball
Jack McClure
Geovanny Mejia
Savannah Peters
Da'Quon Stith
Dominique Vick
Donald Vick

*The 2014-15 teen leadership council participated in a web design program to help inform the design of this current site. Each time you reload the site you’ll see a new header on the homepage and a new theme. 
 
2016-2017 Board of Trustees

President: Charlie Connell
Principal, Punch
 
Vice President: Joeffrey Trimmingham
President, Philip Reese
 
Secretary: Sarah Abubaker
Director of Advancement Data, University of Richmond
 
Treasurer: Elsie Rose, CPA
Business Manager, Agincourt Capital Management
 
Sharline Aboutanos
Surgeon, Richmond Plastic Surgeons
 
Tammy Jackson
Organizational Culture Administrator, Virginia Commonwealth University Division of Human Resources
 
Nicole Jones
Contract and Procurement Manager, Library of Virginia
 
Sarah Kim
Deputy Director, The Valentine
 
Jen Kostyniuk 
Director, Dominion Energy Communications
 
Corbin Neuner
Community Volunteer
 
Sean O’Brien                                                                                                                                         
Senior Development Officer,
Bon Secours Richmond Health System Foundation      
 
Paula Saylor-Robinson
Director of Audience Development and Community Engagement, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
 
Chris Vassey
Client Manager, Thomson Reuters

Albert Walker
Healthy Communities Liaison, Bon Secours Richmond Health System 
 
Liz Weiss                                                                                                                                              
Loyalty Marketing Manager, CarMax

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.