WORDPLAY BOARD & STAFF

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Tim'm West,

Board Chair

Senior Managing Director, LGBTQ Community Initiative,

Teach for America

Michele Kiner,

Treasurer

Accounting Vice President, Corporate Controller,

Messer Construction

Steve Yandell,

Vice Chair

Associate Professor of English,

Xavier University

Eve Bolton,

Trustee

Board Member,

Cincinnati Public Schools

Govinda Davis,

Trustee

Senior Associate,

Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

Jess DeLisio,

Secretary

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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Tina Macon,

Trustee

President & Senior Consultant,

AllMac & Associates, LLC

Ewaniki Moore-Hawkins,

Trustee

Co-Owner & Chief Detail Officer,

Soul Palette, LLC

Joe Moorman,

Past Chair

Senior Director of Organizational & Community Development,

Mayerson Academy

Aaron Parker,

Trustee

Lead ESL Teacher, Aiken HS &

Adjunct Faculty, TOESL, Xavier University

LEGACY TRUSTEES

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OUR STAFF

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Tom Monaco

Chair Emeritus

Elissa Yancey

Co-Founder & Trustee for Life

Gwen Dunn,

Staff Accountant

gwen@wordplaycincy.org

Libby Hunter,

Executive Director &

Co-Founder

libby@wordplaycincy.org

Michael Link,

Chief Storyteller

michael@wordplaycincy.org

Spring Starr Pillow,

Education Specialist

spring@wordplaycincy.org

Amy Tuttle, 

Director of Programming

amy@wordplaycincy.org

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

Laurent Che

Poetry, Spoken Word

Freda Epum

Poetry

Samuel Foulkes

Creative Writing

Hillary Hahn

Dance, Theater,

Creative Writing

Laila Hameen

Theater, Creative Writing

Pauletta Hansel

Creative Writing, Poetry

Brandon Hawkins

Visual Art

Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson

Creative Writing

Brandon Isaac

Spoken Word, Stand Up Comedy

Jeni Jenkins

Design Activist, Educator, Artist

Yalie Kamara

Poetry

Theresa Kulbaga

Creative Writing

Carlos García León

Poetry, Spoken Word, LTAB Coach

Kay E. Moore

Poetry, Creative Writing

Teisha "Murray"

Movement, Arts Integration

Elaine Olund

Creative Writing, Visual Art, Yoga

Kate Reidel

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Social Justice, Teen Enrichment

Annie Ruth

Multi-discipline Artist,

Visual Art, Creative Writing

Natalie Villacorta

Creative Writing

Ashley-Devon Williamston

Poetry, Creative Writing

Liz Wu

Music, Creative Writing

Simone Yael

Theater, Community Arts