meet
Our team
Carson Elrod
Executive Director
Cofounder & Board Member
Actor, Teacher, and Advocate
Jenny Grace Makholm
Chief External Officer
Cofounder & Board Member
Angela Taylor
Head of People & Culture
Board Member
DEI Specialist
Ruby Huynh
Jr. Marketer
Graphic Designer
Aeneas Sagar Hemphill
Copywriter
Playwright & Screenwriter
Ellie East
Jr. Marketer
Nikkole Salter
Board President
Pulitzer Prize nominated
Playwright & Actress
Professor of Theater Arts
Howard University
Emmanuel Wilson
Board Secretary
Dramatist
Former Co-Exec Director
Dramatist Guild
Brooke Ishibashi
Cofounder
Matthew-Lee Erlbach
Co-Founder
Producer, Screenwriter, Actor & Filmmaker
WGA Captain & member Arts Leadership Council for Arts Alliance Illinois
Nhi Corcoran
Cofounder
building the most brilliant, passionate and effective staff in Arts Advocacy
That begins with diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility as cornerstones of our priorities. It is imperative that our organization reflect the country it seeks to serve in every way possible. That’s not just a boilerplate values statement, it’s also a commitment to doing our work to the absolute best of our ability.
Organizations with more diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility outperform organizations without it.
