Staff & Personnel




James

James Kass
Executive Director
415.255.9035 x10

jkass at youthspeaks.org

Hodari Hodari Davis
Director of National Initiatives
415.255.9035 x16

hdavis at youthspeaks.org
joan Joan Osato
Producing Director
415.255.9035 x15

josato at youthspeaks.org
bamuthi Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Artistic Director
415.255.9035 x11

mjoseph at youthspeaks.org
jason Jason Mateo
Program Director
415.255.9035 x13

jmateo at youthspeaks.org
khalil Khalil Anthony
Arts in Education Director
415.255.9035 x18

kpeebles at youthspeaks.org
leighanne Leighanne Sanchez
Managing Director
415.255.9035 x20

lsanchez at youthspeaks.org
chinaka Chinaka Hodge
Associate Artistic Director
415.255.9035 x14

chodge at youthspeaks.org
lauren Lauren Whitehead
Associate Program Director
415.255.9035 x20

lwhitehead at youthspeaks.org
dennis Dennis Kim
Development Associate
415.255.9035 x21

dkim at youthspeaks.org
sean Sean Mason
Web Master
415.255.9035 x12

smason at youthspeaks.org
erika
Erika Kent
Program Associate
415.255.9035 x12

ekent at youthspeaks.org
brandon Brandon Santiago
AIE Jr. Associate
415.255.9035 x23

bsantiago at youthspeaks.org
  Katri Foster
Jr. Associate
415.255.9035 x25

kfoster at youthspeaks.org
       
       
       


Spokes
Tiye Jones / Eugeniya Kirovsky / Hazel Kleingrove / Rena Stone / Terry Taplin / Luara Venturi / Denise Wallace / Nestor Reyes / Jean Teodoro / Simone Crew / Constance Castillo / Hadeel Ramadan / Robin Black / Eugeniya Kirovskaya / Drew Vai / Bianca Collins / Ebony Donnley / Bryant Phan / Allegra Wilson /

Board of Directors
Tony Rodriguez, President / LaShawn Route-Chatmon, Secretary / Sam Enoka, Treasurer/ James Kass, Executive Director / Eva Frank / Mary Bravehart Wallace / Jeff Daniels / Steve Wright / Lissa Soep / Weyland Southon / Brandon Santiago / Jon Melrod / Niles Lichtenstein / Catalina Ruiz-Healy / Ann Wintrob

School Visit Team
Rico Alvarez / Joellene Buccat / Ruby Veridiano-Ching / Abdull “Panama” Dominguez / Dove, Eric Foster / Dominique Jones / Geoff Harris / Jasmine Hudson / Michelle Lee / Ise Lyfe / Corina Peila / Prentice Powell / Rena Stone / Terry Taplin / Davin Thompson / Kirya Traber / Geoff Trenchard / Leah-Joy Turnbull / Denise Wallace.

Living Word Touring Company
Dahlak Brathwaite / Delina Brooks / James Clotfelter / Kamilah Forbes / Sekou Gibson / Ajayi Jackson / Paris King / Sean Riley / Tommy Shepard / David Szlasa / Amara Tabor-Smith / Adia Whitaker

Special Advisors
Dr. A.A. Akom / Dr. Jeff Duncan-Andrade / Rob Bailey / Deborah Brand / Dr. Jamal Cooks / Dave Eggers / Lawrence Ferlinghetti / Kamilah Forbes / Katri Foster / Dr. Shawn Ginwright / Sarah Haynes / Danny Hoch / Greg Hodge / Bob Holman / Jaime Jacinto / Sterling James / Howard Junker / Elaine Katzenberger / Stan Lathan / Clarissa Nicasia / Mark North / Nancy J. Peters / Kevin Powell / Erin Pursell / Monique Russell / Nicole Sawaya / Lateefah Simon / Clyde Valentin / Vajra Watson / Greg Worthington