WORDPLAY BOARD & STAFF
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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Joe Moorman,
Board Chair
Senior Director of Organizational & Community Development,
Mayerson Academy
Phillip Ridley II,
Treasurer
Asst.Vice President, Business Banking,
U.S. Bank
Steve Yandell,
Secretary
Associate Professor of English,
Xavier University
Eve Bolton,
Trustee
Board Member,
Cincinnati Public Schools
Indi Ekanayake,
Trustee
Thriving Learning Communities (TLC) Program Specialist,
Mayerson Academy
Nick Pietoso,
Trustee
Owner,
Nicola's Restaurant
Regina Carswell Russo,
Trustee
Founder & Chief Media Messenger,
RRight Now Communications
Tim'm West,
Trustee
Senior Managing Director, LGBTQ Community Initiative,
Teach for America
LEGACY TRUSTEES
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Tom Monaco
Chair Emeritus
Elissa Yancey
Co-Founder & Trustee for Life
OUR STAFF
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Libby Hunter,
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Karen Harshaw,
Chief Development Officer
Amy Tuttle,
Director of Programming
Desirae Hosley,
Community Engagement Coordinator
Sarah Nimmo,
Development & Communications Coordinator
Spring Starr Pillow,
Lead Teaching Artist
Mia Vera,
Program Coordinator
Yasmin Payne,
Program Assistant
TEACHING ARTISTS
All of WordPlay's programs are led by teaching artists—trained professionals in the visual, performing or literary arts who use the arts to enhance learning. Teaching artists might use acting to support reading comprehension, dance to teach poetry or puppet-making to teach storytelling, creating an engaging and creative learning experience for students.
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Anjali Alm-Basu
Comic Art, Bookbinding
Terrence Burke
Puppeteer
Courtney Carroll
Counselor
Jori An Cotton
Creative Writing,
Spoken Word Poetry
Samuel Foulkes
Creative Writing
Pauletta Hansel
Creative Writing, Poetry
Brandon Hawkins
Visual Arts
Brandon Isaac
Spoken Word, Stand Up Comedy
Yalie Kamara
Poet-in-Residence
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Theresa Kulbaga
Creative Writing
Mauri Moskowitz
Ceramics, Visual Arts
Teisha Murray
Dance
Tanyqua Oliver
Poetry
Elaine Olund
Creative Writing, Visual Art, Yoga
Annie Ruth
Multi-discipline Artist,
Visual Art, Creative Writing
Natalie Villacorta
Creative Writing
Liz Wu
Music, Creative Writing
Simone Yael
Theater, Community Arts