About YAU

STAFF

Shelley R. Spivack – Community Outreach and Development Director
C.L. Fields – Program and Operations Director
Isabella Mellish – Program and Administrative Associate
Dr. Denise Smith Allen – Research Consultant
Sally Strand – Web & Graphic Design

TEACHING ARTISTS

Emma Davis – Dance
Dan Gerics – Theatre
Marcia McGee – Yoga & Spoken Word Poetry
Ella McAndrew – Theatre
Meghan C. Kelly – Visual Arts
Sharlene Howe – Visual Arts
Canisha Bell – Yoga
Talia Wooten – Dance
Frankie McIntosh – Spoken Word Poetry

BOARD

Steven Hull – Chair
Rapid River, MI
Program Manager MDHHS – Alger, Marquette, Schoolcraft counties; YAU Co-founder and former YAU Teaching Artist (visual arts)

Justin Scanlon – Vice Chair
Burton, MI
Author; Musician; Educator

Linda Pylypiw – Secretary
Flint, MI
Attorney at Law; past Board President: Flint Public Library, Greater Flint Arts Council and the Flint Institute of Arts

Bella Kritz – Treasurer
Fenton, MI
Retired; former grant administrator at United Way of Genesee County

MEMBERS

Jacob Blumner
Flint, MI
Professor of English
Director, Marian E. Wright Writing Center
University of Michigan-Flint

Chuck Gurden
Flint, MI
Retired – Vice President, Baker Center for Graduate Studies/Baker Online, Baker College Enrollment Center, St. Francis School of Law; Board Member – Friends of Modern Art (FIA)

Jessica Hammon
Burton, MI
67th District Court Judge; former YAU Teaching Artist (yoga); past President – Genesee County Bar Association

Ethan Hibbard
Grand Blanc, MI
Victim/Family Advocate – Voices for Children Advocacy Center; former VISTA Volunteer – The Art House

Mary Hood
Flint, MI
Attorney/Referee – 7th Judicial Court, Family Division

Dora King
Beecher, MI
Mt. Morris Township Trustee; Director – Youth Karate-Ka Association

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Genesee County Juvenile Justice Center (GCJJC)
Genesee County Juvenile Probation
Voices for Children
Peckham, Inc.
Good Beans Cafe
Flint Crepe Company
Crust – A Baking Company
Barnes & Noble
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church –Flint
Totem Books
Buckham Gallery
Greater Flint Arts Council
Art of Yoga Project
S. Campbell’s Accounting & Tax Service
Blackmore Rowe Insurance
B’s Bowling Center/Frank Pepp
SF Burke & DJ Anderson Charitable Fund
Suellen J. Parker, Attorney at Law
Attorneys for Indigent Defense (AID)
Vic Bond Sales
Lee Maxwell
Jessica Mainprize-Hajek, Attorney at Law
Steady Eddy’s Café
Refinery Hair Co.
Case Island Glass
Youth Karate-Ka Association
Hometown Family Haircare
The Flint Institute of Arts; Michelle Dummer
7th Judicial Circuit Court-Family Division
Mt. Morris Schools
The Hon. Dawn Weier
The Hon. Brian S. Pickell
The Hon. John Gadola
The Hon. Ariana Heath
The Hon. Jessica Hammon
Elga Credit Union
Archie Hayman, Attorney at Law
Bobby Mukkamala, M.D.
Nita Kulkarni, M.D.
Brian Tesler, M.D.
Rowe Professional Services Co.
Ann & Khalil Saab
Linda Pylypiw
Sally Ann Strand, Art and Design Studios
M.A.D.E. Institute
Black Girls Do Yoga
Motherly Intercession
Marcia McGee
Comma Bookstore
Bangtown Productions
Justin Scanlon
Flint River Watershed Coalition
Mary Hood for Circuit Judge Committee
Congressman Dan Kildee
Mayor Sheldon Neeley
SRS Photos
Hailee Hull
Nick Hunter
Great Lakes Smoothie Co. & Eatery
Flint Farmers Market
Linda Pylypiw
Steve Hull
Wendy Poppen
Hurley Foundation