​Our Team

​Christine Bell, Executive Director

​BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Mike Clement, Fund Development Chair
• Sharon Morton-Sims, Treasurer and Finance Chair
• Helena Lazo, Education Chair
• Lauren Boone, Youth Development Chair
• Mary Rouleau, Land Use and Economic Development Chair
• Juan Ochoa, Southwest Rides Board Representative
• Bri Barker-Lewis
• Karina Odom
• Rocio Ocampo
• Douglass Fairbanks Manigault lll
• Deniss Waitzman
• Catalina Rios
• Tom Goddeeris

​PROGRAM STAFF

• Christine Bell, Executive Director
• Linuel Adkins, Facilities Manager
• Jay Saenz, Administrative Assistant 
• Jessica Jauregui, Bookkeeper 
• Raul Echevarria, Land Use and Economic Development Director
• Lisa Marie Rodriguez, Curator of Parks and Green Spaces
• Alicia McCormick, Youth Development Leader
• Edgar Gomez, Youth Leadership Coordinator
• Alejandra Gomez, Education Initiatives Coordinator
• Mariah Bosquez, Impact and Improvement Coordinator
• Patrick Boyle, Volunteer Coordinator 
• Melissa Gonzalez, Bennett Afterschool Site Coordinator
• Rosa Avendano, Navigator & Earhart Site Coordinator
• Philip Patrick, Southwest Urban Arts Mural Project Coordinator
• Vania Ruiz, Leaders in Training Program Coordinator
• Leslie Samano, Youth Workforce Development Navigator
• ​Abel Torres, Youth Workforce Development Navigator