Our Team

Our Staff

Marlene Paul, Executive Director

Nicole Jones, Donor Relations Director

Taekia Glass, Program Director

Sydni Ham Myers, Communications Manager

V aughn Garland, Program Manager for community-based programs

Michael Zetlan, Program Manager for Atlas-based programs

Gina Lyles, Program Manager for juvenile justice programs

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

E ric Tomlin, Office Manager

Matt Davidson, Operations Specialist

Sharron McDaniel, Outreach Coordinator

Interns
Jennie Baker, Program Intern (Bonner Scholar, University of Richmond)
Carlton Smith III, Partnership for the Future Intern

Teen Leadership Council
Jada Battle
Alyssa Brown
Justin Daniels
Sabiya Davis
Quincy Evans
Tyler Fisher
Myasia Goode
Cloëy Hagins
RaJahné Harris
Breana Mahoney
Natalia Mangaroo
Geovanny Mejia
Chris Oliver
Tatyana Turner
Markee Watson

2018-2019 Board of Trustees

President: Joeffrey Trimmingham
President, Philip Reese

Vice President: Sharline Aboutanos
Surgeon, Richmond Plastic Surgeons

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

Summer C. Frein
Director of Brand Management, Altria

Sarah Kim
Deputy Director, The Valentine

Jen Kostyniuk
Director, Dominion Energy Communications

Corbin Neuner
Community Volunteer

Sean O’Brien
Advocacy and External Affairs Liasion,
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

Harrison Hayes
Director of Pathways to Health Care Workforce at VCU

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

Jacqueline McDonnough
Community Volunteer

Alan Rudnick
Community Volunteer

Stephanie Smith
Cheif 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.