Meet the Team

  • Elise Gallinot Goldman

    Executive Director
    she/her
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  • Stephanie Heriger

    Stephanie Heriger

    Director of Community Partnerships
    she/her
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  • Dr. Kyley Pulphus-Smith

    Education Director
    she/her
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  • Charlotte Kane

    Managing Director of Individual Giving
    she/her
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  • Nicholas Napolitano Comms Director

    Nicholas Napolitano

    Communcations Director
    he/him
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  • Daphne Parker Powell

    Outreach & Events Manager
    she/her
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  • Sirah Laub

    Sirah Laub

    Finance Manager
    she/her
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  • Krystal Henderson

    Krystal Henderson

    Operations Manager
    she/her
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  • Mia Rotondo

    Mia Rotondo

    Arts Integration Specialist
    she/her
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  • Paul Malbrough Jr.

    Arts Integration Specialist
    he/him
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  • Samantha King

    Samantha King

    Arts Integration Specialist
    she/her
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  • Zeb Hollins III

    Zeb Hollins III

    Arts Integration Specialist
    he/him
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  • Delia Grimes

    Program Coordinator
    she/her
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  • Chrissy Purcell

    Administrative Coordinator
    she/her
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  • Marisol Calambas Soscue Intern

    Marisol Calambas Soscue

    Graduate Assistant NOAA
    she/her
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  • Zuri Primos Intern

    Zuri Primos

    Communications Intern
    she/her
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Our Teaching Artists

  • Andrea Panzeca

    Esperanza Charter School
    she/her
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  • Emily Chiarizio

    Emily Chiarizio

    Audubon Gentilly, Audubon Uptown, & The Net
    she/her
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  • Eren Wilson

    Eren Wilson

    Hynes Charter School - Lakeview & UNO
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  • Kitty O'Connor

    Kenner Discovery, John T. Ochsner Discovery, & Renew
    she/her
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  • LaVonna Varnado-Brown

    Foundation Prepatory
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Our Board of Directors

Board Chair
Krystal Hardy Allen
Founder & CEO, K. Allen Consulting 

Treasurer
Jeanette Weiland
Assistant Vice President of Industry & Community Partnerships 
Tulane University

Emeritus Members
Campbell Hutchinson, 1999-2023
Allison Stewart
KID smART Founders, Artists

Board Members

Aaron “Flagboy Giz” Hartley
Artist, Curator, Educator

Stephanie Coln
SVP, LA Private Wealth Management Leader, Regions Bank

William H. Hines 
Managing Partner, Jones Walker

Tiffany Lin
Favrot Associate Professor of Architecture, Tulane University

Dr. Gwenesta Melton
Philanthropist

Michael Mimeles
Entrepreneur, Investor, Community Activist

Jeremy Jones
Executive Vice President, Hancock Whitney

Erin Hymel, DDS
Owner, Dentistry With Heart

John Rareshide 
Realtor

Nancy Rebold
Co-Founder and Life Long Director, Child Advocates of Connecticut

Carol McMichael Reese
Favrot Professor, School of Architecture, Tulane University

Ragan Gankendorff
Executive Director, Health System Clinical Affairs; Exec. Dir./Assoc. Chair, Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane School of Medicine

Rachel Bailey
Founder, Optimum Legal Consulting

Emily Wolff
Senior Director of Community Benefits, Children’s Hospital New Orleans

Seth Levine
Partner, Jones Walker

Keshara Powell
Bloomberg Arts Internship Graduate

KID smART’s donors partner with us to create a better future for our children, our schools, and our community. We’re so thankful for their generous support!

10,000+

AHB Foundation
Allison Stewart and Campbell Hutchinson
Booth-Bricker Fund
Ella West Freeman Foundation
Helis Foundation
Holt Family Foundation
Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana
National Endowment For The Arts
New Orleans Theatre Association
Oscar J. Tolmas Charitable Trust
Patricia & Bernard Goldstein Family Fund
Pro Bono Publico Foundation
RosaMary Foundation
The Aida Smith Johnson Fund for Children

5,000-9,999

Arts New Orleans
Azby Fund
Better NOLA Fund
Cahn Family Foundation
David Grunfeld
Entergy Charitable Foundation
Entergy New Orleans
Goldring Family Foundation
GPOA Foundation
Greater New Orleans Foundation
Hartwig Moss Insurance Agency
James A. Haslam II
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Mary E. Peters and Robert W. Polchow Foundation
Michael Mimeles
Nancy Rebold Family Fund
Regions Bank
Selley Foundation
The Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation
Walmart
Woldenberg Foundation

1,499-4,999

AOS Interior Environments
Argent Trust Company
Carey Bond and Henry Lambert
Cathy and Mark McRae
Celeste Coco-Ewing and Tom Ewing
Corporate Realty
Crescent Crown Distributing, LLC
Elly and Merritt Lane
Erin and JP Hymel
Eskew + Dumez + Ripple
Greater Houston Community Foundation - Dumas Family Fund
Gwenesta and Kenneth Melton
Hancock Whitney Bank
James & Mayme Rowland Foundation
Jennifer and John Rareshide
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre L.L.P.
Lauren and Patrick Templeman
LCMC Health
Louisiana Division Of The Arts
Meryt and Peter Foundation
Meryt and Peter Harding
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.
Platt Family Foundation
Primary Eye Care
R. Campbell Hutchinson
Ragan and Dino Gankendorff
Rebecca and Richard Weber
Robert E. Zetzmann Family Foundation
Ruth U. Fertel Foundation
RYCARS Construction LLC
Sheldon Lykes
Susan and Charles Schadt Fund
Susu and Andrew Stall
Toryah Cameron
Vincent Saia Foundation
Whelan Family Foundation
Woodward Design+Build

500-1,499

Adele and John Tiblier
Allison and George Freeman
Amanda and Don Massey
Amh Family Foundation
Angela Herbert White
Barbara and
Thomas Sands
Beth and Hugh Lambert
Bethany and Eric Paulsen
Camille Patti and Gregor Fox
Carol and Tom Reese
Caroline & Bo Reily
Catherine and Luke Lemoine
Cathy and Morris Bart
Constructco Inc
Courtney and Duffy Jones
Cox Communications, Inc.
Deirdre and Christian Hooper
Dickie Brennan Jr.
Dionne and Norman Barnum
Dyann Collins
Elizabeth and Brandon Long
Elizabeth and Joe Paretti
Erika and Jude Olinger
Felicia Rabito and Bill Ellison
GlobeNet
Gretchen and Peter Howard
Hutchinson Charitable Fund
Jackie Sullivan
Janna Green
Jeanette and Ben Jaffe
Jeanette and Jeff Weiland
Jeremy Jones
Jill and Minor Pipes
Jill Dupre and Joshua Mayer
Johnny Delashaw
K Allen Consulting
Karen and Ollie Edmunds
Karen and Rob Sobel
Kristin Beckman and Chip Crafton
Kristin Hendler
Leslie and Alex Guitart
Lisa Puckett Sinders
Lupo Family Charitable Fund
Marengo
Margo and Clancy DuBos
Marguerite LLC
Marie Keefe
Martine and Juan Linares
Mary Lupo
Michael Jones
Michelle and Aaron Dumont
Mimi and Claude Schlesinger
Nancia Sterling and Kristen Amond
Octavia Fund
PajWell Foundation
Pizza Delicious
Ralph Shaw
Robert Nobile
Robin and Bruce Crutcher
Roger Ogden and Ken Barnes
Sally and Jay Lapeyre
Sandra and Joel Chaisson
Sarah and Tommy Usdin
Shari and Eric Dusansky
Stephanie Goliwas
Susan Barnett
Susco Solutions
The Aaron Or Peggy Selber Foundation, Inc.
The Have a Dream Fund
Thomas Lewis
Tiffany and James Logan
Troy Scroggins Jr.
Vivian and Richard Cahn
Zasu

150-499

Allison Lewis & Pierre Stouse Family Fund
Alvertha and Austin Penny
Amy Davidson
Andrew O'Neill
Arielle Bobb-Willis
Bent Media, Inc
Bill and Gabrielle Mimeles

C. Gordon Johnson Jr.
Clifton Hutchinson
Cravitz Charitable Fund
Dana Reed
Deborah Nobile
Ellen Heriger
Heather LolleyIan Gusky
Independent Caveau
Jan and John Gallinot
Jane Boettcher
Jonathan McCall
Jonny Liss and Chad Smith
Judy and Allain Andry
Julia DeSimone
Karin Magnuson
Kathleen and Don Downey-Loe
Keely Romano
Kevin Lang
Lauren Shern
Leah Grassi
Libra Pealer
Linda Binder
Myra Loker Menville
Nancy and Matthew Rebold
Nathan and Ginny Horner
Nelea Absher
Nell and Eugene Tilton
Network for Good | Bonterra
Raine Bedsole and George Demmas
Sandy Feingerts and Jack Wiener
Susan and Jimmy Gundlach
Suzanne and Steve Dumez
Usdin Weil Foundation
Virginia Croft

>150

Aaron Collier
Alaine Azcona
Alvin David
Amanda Berger
Amazon Smile Foundation
Amy and John Haspel
Amy and Marc Glovinsky
Amy Petrie
Angela Schifani and Jason Bailey
Ann and Larry Rabin
Barbara Fitzpatrick
Barbara Lawson
Betsy Weiss
Brian Rodman
Bridget Landry
Bruce Nesbitt
Calvin and Tracy Mackie
Carmine Cedrone
Caroline Hayes
Carolyn Brou and Carlo Cuneo
Charles L. Whited Jr.
Claire Wilkinson
Clare and Charles Hall
Dani and Vanessa Levine
Deejah Figueroa
Desiree Packard
Dumez Development Group
Echo Olander and Sonny Schneidau
Eileen Wallen
Elise and Matthew Goldman
Elizabeth Zabel
Emile Wagner III
Emily Wolff
Estelle Cohen
Everett Paretti
Gail McDonough and James Evans
Gambel Communications
Gayle and David Berwald
Harriet Riley and Greg Browne
Heather Nelson
Heidi BreauxIan Johnson
Jacques L. Wiener and Sandra M. Feingerts Family Fund
Jarrett Johnson
Jean Cohen
Jennie Moctezuma
Jennifer and Doug Walner
Jennifer Roberts Smith
Jeremy Hunnewell
Jim Mounger

Joseph Smith
Karen Babin
Kasey and George Batiste
Katherine and William Rogers
Katie and Christian Rodriguez
Kelsey Bravender and Ian Cessna
Kimberly Pepp
Kirkland Green
Kitzi Goldman
Knox Goodman
Kristie and Edward Gonzalez
Krystal Henderson
La Shaunda Latham
LeeAnn Moss
Leigh Aucoin
Leona Stich
Lisa Blankenship
Lisa Mount and MK Wegmann
Lisa SaiaLiz and Mike Landry
Lori Jupiter
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Lynne Stern
M. Claudia Garofalo
Mara and Steve Kupperman
Marcel McGee
Marcia Mahoney and Steve Poor
Margaret Miles
Marguerite Oestreicher
Maria and Lamont Hayes
Maria Plotkina
Mark Masor
Martha Goodloe
Mary and William Sanders
Mary Hansen
Mary O'Dwyer
Mary Yanik
Melanee and Steve Usdin
Meredith and David Griffin
Mezzacappa Design LLC
Mona and Ben Louviere
Nai Latham
Naomi and Larry Orlansky
Nikki Mason
Noelle and Sam LeBlanc
Phoebe Gellman
Phyllis Beattie
Preston Broadhead
Provosty & Gankendorff, LLC
Rachel JaffeRachel White
RE/MAX N.O.
Rebecca Cooley
Rheba Schlesinger
Ruth Carlton
Samantha King
Sandra Burshell
Sarah Schirmer
Shannon Fazande
Sharon St. Angelo
Sheila and Tim Gold
Shirley Trusty Corey
Sid Bhansali and Gia Rabito
Sindy Scalfi
Stephanie Heriger
Stephen & Caroline Sontheimer Fund
Susan Talley and Jay Gulotta
Susan Zemanick
Suzanna Ritz
Suzanne and Mike Kearney
Suzy and Ted Bloch
Sybil T. Patten
Tanya Price
Tayla Celestine
Teresa R. Ogden
The Blackbaud Giving Fund
The Funding Seed
The JB Charitable Fund
The Rob Steinberg Giving Fund
Thomas and Irene Lutkewitte
Tiana Nobile
Tim and Duane Couch
Tina Meyer
Wendy M. Farrelly
Winnie and Mark Brown
Zeb Hollins III
Zoe Cuneo