WORDPLAY BOARD & STAFF

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Joe Moorman,

Board Chair

Senior Director of Organizational & Community Development,

Mayerson Academy

Michele Kiner,

Treasurer

Accounting Vice President, Corporate Controller,

Messer Construction

Steve Yandell,

Secretary

Associate Professor of English,

Xavier University

Eve Bolton,

Trustee

Board Member,

Cincinnati Public Schools

Govinda Davis,

Trustee

Senior Associate,

Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

Jess DeLisio,

Trustee

UX/UI Designer,

Procter & Gamble

Indi Ekanayake,

Trustee

School Design Partner,

Transcend Education

Manuel Iris,

Trustee

DePaul Christo Rey High School and

Poet Laureate of the City of Cincinnati

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Priya Klocek,

Trustee

Owner,

Consultant On The Go LLC

Aaron Parker,

Trustee

Lead ESL Teacher, Aiken HS &

Adjunct Faculty, TOESL, Xavier University

Nick Pietoso,

Trustee

Owner,

Nicola's Restaurant

Tim'm West,

Trustee

Senior Managing Director, LGBTQ Community Initiative,

Teach for America

LEGACY TRUSTEES

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OUR STAFF

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Tom Monaco

Chair Emeritus

Elissa Yancey

Co-Founder & Trustee for Life

Spring Starr Pillow,

Education Specialist

Gwen Dunn,

Staff Accountant

TEACHING ARTISTS

Many of WordPlay's programs are led by teaching artists—trained professionals in the visual, performing or literary arts who use creativity as a vehicle for personal storytelling, critical literacy and a range of youth development skills. 

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Anjali Alm-Basu

Comic Art, Bookbinding

Geoff Barnes

Dance, Theater

Terrence Burke

Puppeteer

Courtney Carroll

Counselor

Laurent Che

Poetry, Spoken Word

Samuel Foulkes

Creative Writing

Pauletta Hansel

Brandon Hawkins

Creative Writing, Poetry

Visual Arts

Brandon Isaac

Spoken Word, Stand Up Comedy

Yalie Kamara

Poetry

Theresa Kulbaga

Creative Writing

Carlos García León

Poetry, Spoken Word, LTAB Coach

Teisha Murray

Dance

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