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关于我们

我们的团队

在 Creative West,我们拥有一支由专业人士组成的团队,他们拥有不同的技能和背景,但共同的热情是支持创造力和创新。

我们致力于通过合作项目和社区参与来促进艺术表达和文化丰富。我们的员工很自豪能够支持和扩大该地区艺术家和创作者的声音。

管理人员

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Christian Gaines,他/他/他的

总裁兼首席执行官

盖恩斯是一位电影、艺术和技术领导者,在非营利和营利领域拥有丰富的经验,曾在圣丹斯电影节、夏威夷国际电影节和美国电影协会担任领导职务。五年来,他一直在 Withoutabox 负责业务开发,这是一个电影节提交平台,已被亚马逊旗下的 IMDb 收购。2013 年,盖恩斯成为 ArtPrize 的执行董事,ArtPrize 是一项颠覆性的国际艺术比赛,每年在密歇根州大急流城举行,他还曾担任密歇根州艺术和文化委员会和 DisArt 董事会成员。2019 年 1 月,盖恩斯加入 Creative West,带领该组织实现了显著增长,并开启了 Creative West 的新篇章。他是国家艺术机构大会 (NASAA) 的董事会成员,最近开始担任美国地区艺术组织联合会主席。盖恩斯热衷于为艺术家和文化传承者创造机会,创造快乐的空间,并激励团队发挥出最佳水平。

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凯拉·巴夫姆·霍根

执行协调员

Kaela Buffum Hogan 支持 Creative West 的执行董事、副董事和董事会,是领导团队和董事会成功的关键合作者,他们带领组织走向未来。Buffum Hogan 拥有表演艺术学士学位,在后台接待和餐饮方面拥有十多年的工作经验。之前的艺术管理经验包括在表演艺术专业人士协会 (APAP) 年度会议的新兴领袖学院教室担任课堂助理,以及在肯尼迪中心美国大学戏剧节 (Region VII) 担任行政助理和客户关系协调员。闲暇时,她喜欢园艺、烹饪艺术、参观博物馆和现场音乐。

艺术技术系统

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克里斯蒂娜·维拉

业务总监

Christina Villa guides all operational and strategic business initiatives to support the execution of Creative West’s strategic plan and the short, medium, and long-term objectives of CaFE, GO Smart, Public Art Archive, and ZAPP. Serving as part of Creative West’s leadership resource team, Villa ensures the business department initiatives and projects complement the overall work of the organization and its guiding principles. Prior to joining Creative West, she worked with the city of Aurora, Colorado’s Art in Public Places program, and Colorado’s state arts agency, Colorado Creative Industries. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Metropolitan State University of Denver and a leadership development certificate from the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation.

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阿什利·阿里亚斯

ZAPP® 和 CaFÉ™ 客户体验协调员

Ashley Arias 协助为 ZAPP® 和 CaFÉ™ 计划的用户提供支持,以确保客户满意度。在加入 Creative West 之前,Arias 曾担任医疗助理和 COVID 检测员。工作之余,她喜欢与未婚夫和孩子共度时光,并在厨房学习新技巧。

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Mareike Bergen,她/她的

ZAPP® 管理器

Mareike Bergen 负责监督 ZAPP 产品运营团队,以确保客户满意度和保留率以及 ZAPP 网站的技术发展。Bergen 拥有伯特利学院数学学士学位和计算机科学辅修学位,并具有客户服务和活动策划背景。她来自堪萨斯州,大学毕业后搬到了丹佛。工作之余,她喜欢滑雪、徒步旅行和烹饪。

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德鲁·查韦斯

ZAPP® 客户体验协调员

Drew Chavez 协助为 ZAPP 计划提供客户支持。在加入 Creative West 之前,他曾在丹佛大都会区担任销售代表和遛狗员。闲暇时,Chavez 喜欢打篮球、去健身房、读书和在大自然中消磨时光。

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曹健

销售协调员

Ken Cho 主要负责 CaFÉ 和 ZAPP 的销售工作。他负责推广 Creative West 的 SaaS(软件即服务)平台的所有内部和外部销售计划,同时还与所有相关内部部门协调,为 Creative West 的所有客户创造卓越的客户服务体验。加入 Creative West 之前,Cho 住在华盛顿特区的东海岸,并担任 4P Foods 的高级当地食品倡导者,这是一家致力于帮助小规模有机农民在当今食品经济中蓬勃发展的公益公司。Cho 拥有埃尔姆赫斯特学院的英语学士学位。在工作之余,他喜欢骑自行车旅行和花式自行车骑行,例如 Tweed Ride(在那里他遇到了他的妻子 Laine),并且对 3D 打印非常着迷。

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Owyn Cooper

CaFÉ™ 和 ZAPP® 通讯和营销经理

Owyn Cooper manages and coordinates Creative West’s efforts to present a professional, consistent voice for the CaFÉ and ZAPP audiences. With a background in communications and social media marketing, she creates consistent messaging across all platforms. Before joining the Creative West team, she worked with Denver South, the University of Denver, and Pluralsight to develop effective marketing campaigns and engaging content. Cooper grew up moving around the United States, including the western states of California, Utah, and Colorado. She graduated from Emerson College with a degree in visual media arts production and a minor in marketing communications. In her free time, she enjoys exploring Colorado with her dog, playing board games, and watching Colorado Avalanche hockey.

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Kelsey Foster,她/她/她的

GO Smart™ Coordinator

Kelsey Foster supports GO Smart operations through day-to-day customer support and technical troubleshooting. Foster assists customers in contract renewals, composing one-on-one training sessions with clients, and responding to client emails and questions. Foster grew up in Colorado and earned a bachelor’s degree with honors in creative writing from the University of Colorado Denver. She is also a proud member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. In her free time, she enjoys reading, writing, and watching films.

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洛里·戈尔茨坦

公共艺术档案馆™高级经理

Lori Goldstein 是 Creative West 公共艺术档案馆的高级经理。Goldstein 负责系统的长期规划、产品开发以及监督向档案馆添加公共艺术收藏。在加入 Creative West 之前,她曾担任俄勒冈州莱克奥斯韦戈艺术委员会的公共艺术和项目经理。在艺术委员会工作之前,她曾在档案馆成立初期担任承包商。Goldstein 还曾担任 Braaksma Design 的公共艺术助理,这是一家公共艺术工作室,其项目已在全国各地委托。她获得了科罗拉多学院的历史学学士学位和科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的艺术史硕士学位,主修公共艺术。Goldstein 目前担任丹佛非营利性艺术车库的董事会主席和公共艺术对话的董事会成员。

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GO Smart™ Program Manager

Jessica Gronich leads strategy and operations for Creative West’s grant management SaaS platform, GO Smart™. She partners with marketing and technology teams to drive growth, strengthen sales, and enhance the user experience. She also oversees client services in collaboration with the GO Smart Support Coordinator, who leads day-to-day engagement and retention efforts. Jessica holds a bachelor’s degree in public relations from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining Creative West, she worked with nonprofit organizations focused on international relations, policy, and education.

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黄艾安娜

CaFÉ™ 运营协调员

Ayanna Hwang 为 ZAPP 和 CaFÉ 项目提供客户支持。她目前正在科罗拉多大学攻读广告和媒体研究学位。然后她将继续在丹佛中医学院学习整体医学。在加入 Creative West 之前,Hwang 从事水资源保护营销工作,并在一家促进文化意识的非营利组织工作。工作之余,她喜欢绘画、参加节日/音乐会和摄影。

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Amelia Leinbach,她/她的

ZAPP® 运营协调员

Amelia Leinbach 支持各种 ZAPP 运营和流程,包括合同续签、客户沟通和技术发展。Leinbach 在科罗拉多州长大,获得了科罗拉多州立大学社会学学士学位。她最喜欢的艺术作品之一是 Marcel Caram 的“O Pescador de Violão”。闲暇时,她喜欢徒步旅行、看电视和吃意大利面。

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Michelle Martinez-Monday, she/her/hers

商业金融专家

Michelle Martinez-Monday oversees the financial operations of the revenue generating programs within Creative West. She manages all financial activity for the organization’s two largest programs, CaFE and ZAPPlication, and is responsible for maintaining accuracy, compliance, and clear reporting across both. Martinez-Monday supervises the Business Operations Coordinator, and assists leadership in overall financial strategy through detailed analysis, reporting, and cross-functional collaboration. She also evaluates existing workflows, develops new processes, and identifies and corrects inefficiencies to strengthen internal controls and operational effectiveness. In addition, she provides limited support to arts administrators on financial matters related to their CaFE and ZAPP accounts. Outside of work, Martinez-Monday is building her real estate investment portfolio. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Metropolitan State University Denver. She has three adult children, one of whom also works at Creative West. In her downtime, she enjoys time with family, traveling, taking long walks, seeing shows, eating great food, watching movies, and reading when time permits.

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Erika McLoud

业务运营协调员

Erika McLoud serves as Business Operations Coordinator at Creative West, reporting directly to the Business Financial Specialist. In this role, she supports financial and administrative operations across the organization’s largest revenue-generating programs, CaFE and ZAPPlication. She is responsible for maintaining accurate data entry across systems, including uploading financial activity into Sage, invoicing clients, updating client profiles, and preparing and calculating bank deposits. McLoud tracks and shares incoming payments organization-wide, and ensures timely and accurate distribution of mail. She also manages contract administration for both CaFÉ and ZAPPlication. Her work supports financial accuracy, organized recordkeeping, and consistent operational workflows. She is currently pursuing a degree in business. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, cooking, painting, and spending time with loved ones.

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阿利亚·拉米雷斯

商业项目协调员

Aliah Ramirez 协助为 ZAPP 和 CaFÉ 项目提供客户支持。她目前就读于红岩社区学院,即将转学到科罗拉多大学攻读护理学学士学位。工作之余,她喜欢陪伴丈夫和孩子,也喜欢阅读。

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Jenna Sansonette,她/她的

ZAPP® 客户支持协调员

Jenna Sansonette assists customers with numerous ZAPP processes to ensure success on the platform. Her focus is onboarding new clients, holding new administrator orientations, and assisting clients with additional ZAPP services. Prior to joining Creative West, she was the Director of Customer Support for an international fair trade organization, working with artisans on a global scale. She has recently completed Front-End Development courses through the University of Illinois Springfield and plans to continue her education in UX design and web development.

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泰勒·斯佩勒

CaFÉ™ 客户体验协调员

Tyler Speller 是 Creative West 的 CaFÉ 项目的客户体验协调员。她拥有怀俄明州卡斯珀学院的副学士学位,她曾自豪地以全额奖学金进入大学学习排球。除了为该项目提供客户支持外,Speller 还是一名健康和保健倡导者,目前正在攻读认证个人健身和营养教练两项证书。在加入 Creative West 之前,她曾在其他客户支持领域以及幼儿教育领域工作。工作之余,她喜欢健身、户外活动以及各种艺术和文化表达,包括绘画、舞蹈和写作等。当然,她爱她的家人,因为她在这个世界上最重要的角色首先是做她公主女儿的母亲!

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Raquel Vasquez,她/她/她的

CaFÉ™ 高级经理

Raquel Vasquez is the Senior Manager for the CaFÉ (CallforEntry) program at Creative West. She oversees the system’s administrative performance, ensuring that the software service effectively supports Creative West’s mission to benefit the arts and creative industries. In this role, she leads program operations and contributes to ongoing software improvements. She works closely with business and technical teams on design, specifications, testing, deployment, sales, and marketing to ensure end-user needs and program success remain central priorities. Vasquez holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Metropolitan State University of Denver and a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Denver.

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Alison Verplaetse,她/她的

Public Art Archive™ Archivist

Alison Verplaetse 通过公共艺术数据管理和客户支持支持公共艺术档案项目的运营。Alison 的职业生涯始于学术图书管理员和书籍及纸张保护员,在此期间,她曾在科罗拉多大学博尔德分校和哈佛大学任职。她对保护和艺术的兴趣使她在丹佛的一家公共艺术制作和保护工作室找到了一份工作,在那里她做了多年的雕塑制作师。在加入 Creative West 之前,她曾担任丹佛儿童博物馆的展览设计和制作经理。Alison 拥有印第安纳大学布卢明顿分校图书馆学和艺术史硕士学位以及印第安纳波利斯大学工作室艺术学士学位。

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Natalie Villa,她/她/她的

项目管理专家

Natalie Villa manages the communication and technical processes among the internal technology team, the program teams, and external development companies for CaFÉ, GO Smart, Public Art Archive, and ZAPP. She creates and manages technical and business project plans, coordinates technical releases and sprints, aids in the development of new site features, supports the director of business, and acts as the technical accessibility manager. In addition to her project management work, Villa is an independent filmmaker who produces content for Creative West including the 50th Anniversary documentary series, Creative West Turns 50. She has received awards for her personal film work as well, including Best Amateur Film and Audience Choice awards at the Ridgway Moonwalk Film Festival and Best Documentary Short Film at the Oklahoma Cine Latino Film Festival for her short film, With the Power of a Thousand Suns. Villa earned a bachelor’s degree in film and television from the University of Colorado Denver.

联盟、倡导和公共政策

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Cynthia Chen,她/她的

Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs

An alumna of Creative West’s Emerging Leaders of Color program, Cynthia manages Creative West’s public policy and advocacy programs and services. Creative West’s AAP division leads the organization’s efforts to strengthen advocacy for the arts at local, state, and national levels; support state arts agencies across the West; and connect and mobilize a western network of artists, administrators, public officials, and influencers within and outside the arts field to build awareness of arts-related issues to drive legislation and policy. She is a versatile arts and cultural professional with diverse experiences in the sector from local to international levels. Trilingual in English, French, and Mandarin, Chen has helped with the production of cultural projects in the United States, France, China, and Taiwan for institutions such as the Centre Pompidou and Musée d’Orsay. Raised in Salt Lake City, Chen began her career working as a legislative fellow for the Utah Cultural Alliance and at the nationally-recognized youth media arts nonprofit, Spy Hop Productions. She was part of the team that developed 创意华盛顿:发展和加强创意经济, a statewide strategic plan for the Washington State Department of Commerce. Chen graduated from the University of Utah where she majored in flute performance and minored in political science. She also holds a master’s degree in public policy with the distinction of summa cum laude from Sciences Po Paris. She was a 2025 Fellow with the Public Affairs Council, a leading international association for public affairs professionals.

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Sandy Flores Moylan

太平洋地区经理

Previously director of the Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency, Sandy Flores Moylan is passionate about cultural education and the arts. Moylan’s career includes creating organizations and programs in San Diego, California that support the indigenous CHamoru diaspora. Moylan was a founding member of the House of Chamorros organization in San Diego, helping to raise more than $500K to build the first permanent physical structure in the United States to represent the Chamorro culture. The house is now part of the International Cottages in Balboa Park, San Diego and the first to represent the Pacific community. The Uno Hit program that Moylan helped to found continues to educate youth in CHamorro language, song and dance in tuition free weekly classes. Moylan joined Creative West in March 2024 as the Pacific Jurisdictions Coordinator, working with the state art agencies of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam to navigate their new integration with Creative West. Moylan has a degree in Anthropology from Northwestern University and a Masters in Peace and Justice from the University of San Diego.

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卡梅伦·格林

区域合作经理

An alumnus of Creative West’s Emerging Leaders of Color program (2021), Cameron Green leads the organization’s state services portfolio across a 16-state jurisdiction. He co-designs and deploys innovative funding programs to support the advancement of public servants in the arts through the State Arts Agency Innovation Fund—which has supported 81 unique projects at state arts agencies across the West—and the SAA Professional Development Support Fund. Cameron also facilitates Creative West’s peer networks and partners with Executive Director Co-Chairs to co-design the Annual Executive Directors Forum, the ED Teleconference, the Deputy Directors Network, and the Creative Districts Consortium.

During his tenure as Executive Manager, Green facilitated the development of Creative West’s Adaptive Plan, leveraging the Bridgespan framework to synchronize organizational strategy with the regional needs of the West. In this capacity, he served as a key liaison to the Board of Trustees, supporting governance and strategic alignment during a period of institutional evolution. Prior to joining Creative West, he served as the Art Show Coordinator at the Cheyenne Frontier Days™ Old West Museum, where he led the Western Spirit and CFD Invitational Western Art shows to record-breaking results during the pandemic.

A 2024 alumnus of the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts’ Leadership Arts program, Green holds a Master of Arts in History from the University of Wyoming. His academic research includes leading international artifact repatriation efforts as the student lead for the UW Cambodian Artifact and Repatriation Team (CAM-ART). A frequent national grant panelist for programs such as Creative Forces and TourWest, Green is a dedicated civic leader who currently serves on the Denver Asian Pacific Islander Commission, as a liaison to the Denver Human Rights and Community Partnership Advisory Board, as Board President for Colorado Dragon Boat, and as Co-Chair of Art of the Rural.

发展

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开发总监

Caleb Rainey 是 Creative West 的发展总监,负责领导各种收入来源的筹款项目。他热衷于激励捐赠者和合作伙伴支持艺术和文化领域。Rainey 在慈善事业和非营利组织项目方面拥有十多年的经验,并曾领导地方和国家组织的成功筹款工作。他的专业知识涵盖大额捐赠、个人捐赠、活动、拨款以及企业合作。Rainey 的贡献涵盖艺术和文化、种族和社会正义、气候变化、民主以及高等教育等事业。他拥有圣地亚哥州立大学文化研究硕士学位和科罗拉多大学斯普林斯分校女性与民族研究学士学位。

补助金、奖项和项目

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Anika Tené,她/她的

资助、奖励和项目总监

Anika Tené (她/她) 是资助、奖励和项目总监,她领导的计划通过公平的资金、资源和学习体验赋予艺术家、艺术组织和社区权力。她热衷于与该地区的艺术家和文化领袖建立联系,并为她的团队的出色工作感到自豪,如下所示。Tené 大大扩展了该组织的旗舰项目 色彩网络领袖,发起了有色人种领袖网络专业发展基金、全国有色人种领袖奖学金计划以及黑人、土著和有色人种 (BIPOC) 艺术家基金。此外,她还与其他五位共同设计了全国性项目 美国地区艺术组织,包括 ArtsHERE 和文化可持续性,在每项努力中优先考虑公平目标。在担任现职之前,Tené 管理约翰·肯尼迪表演艺术中心的国家学习项目,她致力于确保公立学校学生平等接受艺术教育。她在艺术领域的丰富经验还包括担任音乐和艺术总监、舞台经理、制作人,以及在艺术画廊和订阅销售部门工作。Tené 是一位敬业的社区领袖,曾担任当地艺术委员会主席和有色人种艺术管理者网络董事会主席。目前,她是乔治梅森大学 Mason Arts 的董事会成员。Tené 还是一名认证生活教练,擅长赋予创意力量。她拥有霍华德大学、美国大学、乔治梅森大学的学位以及南非斯泰伦博斯大学的文凭。

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Josh Ellis,他/他/他的

资助和包容性经理

Josh Ellis 在促进和管理 Creative West 的 BIPOC 计划和倡议方面发挥着关键作用,这些计划和倡议采用基于公平的资助做法来促进国家影响力。他之前担任过多个组织的管弦乐队经理,管理过拥有 500 多名学生的青年管弦乐队,处理过教职员工和客座艺术家的合同,并制定和实施了节目安排。他还曾在约翰·肯尼迪表演艺术中心的赞助人服务部门和 Wolf Trap 表演艺术基金会担任歌剧艺术管理实习生,在那里他为节目季开发了艺术家信息,并在 2020 年春季对歌剧艺术家救济进行了研究。Ellis 的志愿工作反映了他对艺术倡导和公平的承诺。他一直是阿灵顿艺术委员会的活跃成员,为增加该县的艺术资金做出了贡献,并游说 VA 立法机构。此外,他还为威廉王子县艺术委员会筹集资金并共同主持了颁奖典礼。最近,他被任命为表演艺术专业人士协会 (APAP) 会议的策划委员会成员,该会议是表演艺术展示、预订和巡演行业的全球顶级聚会。埃利斯拥有乔治梅森大学的艺术管理硕士学位和音乐学士学位。

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授权和访问管理器

Ashanti McGee 是一位艺术家和艺术倡导者,25 多年来一直称内华达州拉斯维加斯为家。她开始从事艺术行政工作,协助当地基层和非营利组织撰写和管理拨款申请,并在该领域工作了十多年。 2014 年,她被选为 Creative West 新兴有色人种领袖计划的内华达州代表,并担任 Creative West 艺术领导力和倡导研讨会的小组成员。她最近担任内华达州女众议员 Susie Lee 的地区代表,专注于在艺术和文化、环境和公共土地方面面向黑人、美洲原住民和 LGBTQ+ 社区的宣传。作为四个孩子的骄傲母亲,McGee 致力于艺术和教育工作,包括更新内华达州教育部的艺术教育标准;担任内华达州文化联盟的董事会成员,这是一个全州性的艺术倡导组织;共同创办了拉斯维加斯有色人种女性艺术节,并担任 NUWU 文化艺术 + 行动主义综合体的核心成员,NUWU 文化艺术 + 行动主义综合体是拉斯维加斯的一个 POC 拥有和运营的空间,致力于通过艺术、行动主义和教育加强文化知识和身份认同,从而提升所有社区。

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Marcelina Ramirez,她/她的

赠款、奖励和项目协调员

Marcelina Ramirez is an Indigenous Latina artist, cultural strategist and community builder whose work focuses on the intersection of art, advocacy and Indigenous self-determination. Her career began in higher education administration at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, where she developed a strong foundation in systems leadership, student advocacy and community-centered program design. That experience continues to inform how she navigates institutions today, with both strategic precision and relational care. 

Now working in regional arts leadership, Ramirez designs and oversees Native-centered programs that prioritize relationships over transactions, process over product, and community care over extraction. As the inaugural artist-in-residence at the Colorado College Mobile Arts Program, she led community conversations and creative initiatives addressing Missing and Murdered Indigenous People and the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic on women of color. Her work reflects her belief that art is not decoration, but medicine, memory and movement.

An accomplished Latin dancer, she trains and performs with Latisha Hardy Dance Studio, continuing to collaborate in ways that honor cultural lineage while expanding contemporary expression and creating spaces where movement becomes both storytelling and reclamation. She also integrates leadership development and personal growth frameworks into her work, drawing from coaching experiences with Ashley Coffey Coaching and leadership mentorship to strengthen her capacity as a values-driven, community-centered leader.

Ramirez is also a published poet whose writing explores love, lineage, magic, grief and survival. Rooted in her Indigenous Latina identity, her work invites audiences into stories that feel both ancestral and immediate. Whether through policy, performance, poetry or program design, she is committed to building spaces where culture is protected, artists are resourced and community is held with care.

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Sierra Scott,她/她/她的

资助专家

Sierra Scott has over 20 years of experience in varied sectors of the arts and culture industry from non-profit arts administration to grantmaking for state and local arts agencies. Most recently, Sierra was the Arts & Culture Supervisor for Carson City, Nevada where she managed the public art program and implemented the city’s Arts & Culture Strategic Plan. Prior to this, Sierra worked at the state level with arts organizations and artists throughout Nevada as the Grants and Projects Analyst for the Nevada Arts Council. Sierra is also a practicing performing artist and arts educator. After earning a BFA in Theater Arts from the Conservatory at Webster University, Sierra performed across the country in touring and regional theater productions. She also worked as a Casting Director in Los Angeles and New York City and cast film and television projects for studios including Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, Sony, NBC, ABC, and CBS. Sierra is currently the Chair of the City of Reno Arts and Culture Advisory Board, was an adjunct faculty member at the University of Nevada, Reno, and is the Vice President of the board of The Reno Generator, one of the largest community makerspace in the world. Scott lives in Reno, Nevada.

营销与传播

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Leah Horn,她/她的

营销与传播总监

Leah Horn provides leadership and strategic oversight for Creative West’s marketing and communications activities. She leads the organization’s brand messaging and storytelling initiatives to build relationships with its diverse networks and constituencies. Working collaboratively with the senior leadership team on the organization’s strategic initiatives, she guides the strategy for all communications activities, including website, social media, digital and content marketing, advertising, media and public relations, branding and collateral to broaden the impact of Creative West’s programs and services. Prior to joining Creative West, Horn managed a congressional campaign in Wisconsin. She previously served as a law firm administrator in Arizona and spent a decade in retail management, working in visual merchandising and product development for a worldwide clothing and accessories retailer and then for a leading international sports apparel company. Her background includes over 25 years of experience in meeting and event planning. She has served as a grant panelist for Colorado Creative Industries and the National Endowment for the Arts and as a panelist and speaker at the Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) Conference. She is a former Chair of the Denver County Cultural Council, the city-council-appointed body that distributes Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) Tier III funds to cultural organizations in Denver, having previously served as vice-chair and secretary. Horn received dual bachelor’s degrees in sociology (gender studies) and journalism (media studies) from the University of Colorado Boulder after transferring from the music program at the University of California, Los Angeles. She holds a master’s degree in communication from the University of Colorado Denver. She is a certified  yoga instructor and breathwork and Pranayama facilitator. She has a background in (and love for) music performance and theory and trained in classical ballet for 11 years. An avid outdoor enthusiast and animal lover, Horn spends much of her free time outside with her Yorkie, (mini) Cooper.

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Brittany Howell,她/她的

活动经理

布列塔尼·豪厄尔 她在 Creative West 拥有超过 10 年的营销、传播和活动策划经验。作为活动经理,她负责监督 Creative West 会议的所有规划阶段,与多个部门和团队密切合作,开发、制作和执行一系列会议和活动。她拥有怀俄明大学传播学学士学位,辅修市场营销。

工作之余,豪厄尔喜欢在厨房里做实验并与她的小猎犬奥利弗一起度过时光。

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萨曼莎·奥尔特加,她/她的

营销经理

Samantha Ortega 协助规划和执行 Creative West 技术产品的综合营销策略,以推动潜在客户、机会和销售。Ortega 管理该组织的在线公共形象和形象,并增加 Creative West 产品和服务在所有平台上的在线互动。她为 Creative West 的产品、服务和会议制定和实施社交媒体策略,还协助协调和规划各种会议和活动。Ortega 拥有德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校的传播学学士学位。她拥有活动营销背景,并协助管理 Elton John、Guns N' Roses、Cirque du Soleil 等表演者的活动媒体。闲暇时,她喜欢音乐、与亲人共度时光以及户外活动。

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Natalie Scherlong,她/她的

通讯经理

Natalie Scherlong 致力于通过制定内部和外部沟通策略来扩大组织的影响力,并协调和实施支持 Creative West 沟通、公共关系、品牌管理和战略计划的日常活动。Scherlong 拥有数字营销、内容创作、社交媒体和客户服务方面的背景。她在这些领域的经验包括领导与科罗拉多州公共卫生和环境部合作的小组,并担任美国公共关系协会科罗拉多州的活跃成员。闲暇时,她喜欢摄影、与宠物共度时光、旅行和阅读。

财务与行政

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艾米·霍拉(Amy Hollrah),她/她的

财务及行政总监

Amy Hollrah 带领着一支由四名员工组成的优秀团队,负责 Creative West 财务活动、人力资源、办公室管理和法律审查的各个方面。Hollrah 喜欢制定新流程和政策,并非常享受她在 Creative West 的任期,任期从 2012 年开始。加入 Creative West 之前,Hollrah 曾在丹佛的科罗拉多州环境联盟工作,并在圣地亚哥工作了 10 年,在地区剧院工作,担任圣地亚哥话剧团的总经理和拉霍亚剧院的副总经理。她的第一个财务总监职位是在圣地亚哥志愿者组织。在此之前,她曾在明尼阿波利斯的 Guthrie 和 State 剧院以及马萨诸塞州大巴灵顿的大巴灵顿舞台公司工作。Hollrah 拥有威斯康星大学史蒂文斯分校的艺术管理学士学位。她是一名狂热的越野跑者,最近搬到了科罗拉多州埃弗格林,那里周围都是松树。

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Rebecca Dominguez,她/她的

高级人力资源和办公室经理

Rebecca Dominguez 在 Creative West 的职业生涯始于担任客户体验协调员,随后很快进入财务部门担任财务助理,之后成为人力资源和办公室经理。在加入 Creative West 之前,她在科罗拉多州税务局和科罗拉多州信用合作社工作,磨练了客户服务技能。Dominguez 拥有英语学位(主修文学)以及人力资源管理认证。闲暇时,Dominguez 喜欢阅读、旅行和与家人共度时光。

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杰西卡·马丁内斯

人力资源和办公室协调员

杰西卡·马丁内斯于 2019 年 9 月加入 Creative West 财务团队,担任兼职财务协调员。在这个职位上,马丁内斯凭借组织能力、对细节的关注和一致性支持财务和行政部门复杂的财务和人力资源运营。她目前在奥罗拉社区学院就读,一边兼职,一边攻读人力资源证书。她喜欢与家人共度时光、旅行和徒步旅行。

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米歇尔·赖利

应收/应付经理

好奇心驱使 Michelle Reilly 从波士顿搬到了丹佛,她很荣幸能在这里找到一个帮助非营利组织努力为其服务的社区创造价值的地方。她曾在多家一流的科学和文化艺术组织工作过,包括:Swallow Hill Music、RedLine Contemporary Art、丹佛植物园和 MCA Denver。Reilly 从许多地方汲取灵感,并受到创造性表达、成长的事物、挑战等级制度的集体努力、同情心、彻头彻尾的愚蠢以及对所有生物的尊重的影响。她拥有波士顿大学的传播学和艺术史学士学位以及红岩社区学院的簿记证书。Reilly 还获得了 CNAP(非营利会计专业人士认证)认证。当不生活在账本的土地上时,Reilly 喜欢到户外去享受山间徒步旅行、探索城镇周围的新展览或表演、与宠物玩耍,或与朋友一起吃饭和欢笑。

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劳伦·威尔逊,她/她/她的

金融技术专家

Lauren Wilson 负责 Creative West 财务的方方面面。她负责对账、数据集成、数据分析以及管理我们的会计系统更新。她在每个部门工作,简化运营流程,努力让财务管理对项目经理和利益相关者来说都易于理解和有趣。在加入 Creative West 之前,Wilson 从事社区太阳能工作。她曾作为艺术史学家在贝尔维德博物馆、铸币博物馆和 RedLine 当代艺术中心发表演讲。Wilson 毕业于艺术史专业,主修性别和性研究。她继续通过 Tilt West 等组织以及在业余时间练习自己的绘画和混合媒体作品来致力于艺术事业。

技术与创新

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Paul Nguyen,他/他/他的

技术总监

Paul Nguyen 负责 Creative West 的网络服务、商业智能、安全、合规和实施、数字营销工具、数据架构等技术战略。他曾成功指导 Creative West 的 SaaS 产品,曾在 2007 年至 2019 年期间担任过各种技术职务,最近还担任 Creative West 董事会顾问。在回到 Creative West 担任现任职务之前,Nguyen 是 JumpCloud 的产品经理,在那里他制定了内部和外部数据战略,并为 IT 专业人士和安全导向型公司推出了多种创新的 B2B 数据产品和 API。他利用自己在数据和技术方面的经验和洞察力来推进 Creative West 在艺术、政策和社会公平方面的计划。Nguyen 拥有帕森斯设计学院的插画学士学位和里吉斯大学的数据科学硕士学位。工作之余,他喜欢与家人共度时光、园艺和探索科罗拉多州。

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乔纳森·坎特威尔

软件工程师

Jonathan Cantwell 与项目协调员和其他技术人员密切合作,以维护和扩展 Creative West 为艺术家和组织提供软件工具的能力。他们利用自己的专业知识协调 Synacor 的软件工程师团队,处理个人客户需求,为主要 ISP 配置白标网络门户和其他软件产品,并在保持必要功能的同时升级过时的代码库。他们一生都对用户体验和网络可访问性感兴趣,他们开始将网络开发作为一种爱好,以支持和提高他们成长过程中的协作小说社区网络门户的可用性。Cantwell 于 2009 年获得纽约州立大学布法罗分校的计算机科学学士学位,并在大四时凭借一个项目进入了 Microsoft Imagine Cup 半决赛,该项目中他们和他们的团队为神经多样性和残疾学生及其老师和看护人开发了辅助技术。

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用户体验和前端工程师

Ben Casalino 于 2018 年底开始在 Creative West 工作。Casalino 的一生都处于艺术/设计和技术的交叉点上,这体现在他过去的所有工作和经历中。Casalino 在亚利桑那州立大学学习平面设计,之后在俄勒冈州波特兰市生活了五年。在此期间,他在 WACOM Americas 工作期间加深了对技术的了解,WACOM Americas 是一家为艺术家和动画师创建交互式平板电脑/手写笔显示屏的全球性公司。2016 年搬到科罗拉多州后,他曾在一家位于博尔德的数字营销机构和科罗拉多州领先的滑雪胜地公司 Vail Resorts Inc. 担任网页开发人员。Casalino 赢得了多项艺术比赛,他的设计作品登上了菲尼克斯太阳队的比赛节目封面。Casalino 毕业于 Galvanize 的 Web Development Immersive 计划,这是一所位于丹佛的全栈编程学校。

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质量保证工程师

Ajitha Kanapala 是一位资深质量保证专家,在 IT 行业拥有超过 10 年的经验,专门从事软件测试。在她的职业生涯中,Kanapala 曾担任过多个领域的质量保证分析师和测试主管,包括银行、保险、航空、电信、抵押贷款和医疗保健。她在制定移动、手动和自动测试的测试计划方面拥有丰富的经验,利用行业领先的工具和方法来提供高质量的软件。Kanapala 的专业知识集中在提高整个软件开发生命周期的效率和可靠性。她于 2011 年获得了 Nagarjuna 大学的电子和通信工程学士学位。工作之余,她喜欢与家人共度时光,与大孩子一起烘焙,并在 YouTube 上分享他们的作品。作为一个热爱美食的人,她还喜欢探索新餐厅并发现独特的用餐体验。

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Brett O'Connor,他/他/他的

DevOps 系统管理员

Brett O'Connor 一生热爱并学习计算机和技术。他在技术行业拥有数十年的经验,担任过各种不同的职位,从网络服务器管理员到初创公司 CTO。在职业生涯的最后阶段,Brett 担任私人顾问,为丹佛地区的各种小型企业和组织提供服务,之后他加入了 Creative West 和非营利组织,渴望他的技能产生更有意义的影响。Brett 是一位狂热的作家、读者和音乐爱好者。不玩电脑时,他会在科罗拉多州的山区遛狗。

Web 服务由

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CaFÉ 是一个在线申请提交系统,致力于通过为艺术组织提供实惠的提交平台和为艺术家提供简便的申请方式,让所有人都能获得艺术机会。

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GO Smart 是一款价格实惠的资助管理软件,为资助者提供申请前和申请后表格、小组审查和数据报告。

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公共艺术档案馆 (PAA) 是一个免费、可搜索且不断增长的在线数据库,其中包含美国和国外已完成的公共艺术品,以及一套用于管理公共艺术收藏的资源和工具。

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ZAPP 为艺术博览会和艺术节管理员提供了一套工具,用于以数字方式收集和评审申请、管理展位付款以及与申请人沟通,所有这些都在一个易于使用的数字平台上完成。艺术家可以通过一个中央网站申请参加全国数百场展览。