Board of Directors 2025 -2026
Steven Hull / Chair & Co-Founder of YAU
Program Manager for Michigan Department Health Human Services
Former Youth Arts: Unlocked Visual Arts Teaching Artist
Honorable Jessica Hammon / Vice Chair
Genesee County 67th District Court Judge
Former Youth Arts: Unlocked Yoga Teaching Artist
Chuck Gurden / Treasurer
Retired Vice President of Baker Center for Graduate Studies/Baker Online, Baker College Enrollment Center
Board Member Friends of Modern Art with the Flint Institute of Arts
Linda Pylypiw / Secretary
Retired Attorney at Law
Past Board President for Gloria Coles Flint Public Library, Greater Flint Arts Council and the Flint Institute of Arts
Jacob Blumner
Professor of English
Director of the Marian E. Wright Writing Center University of Michigan - Flint
Joshua Cambri, Esq. & MSW
Attorney at Law
Legal Fellow at the City of Flint, Legal Department
Mark Jagos, LMSW
Retired Genesee County Pretrial Services & Community Corrections. Past Program & Prison Reentry Coordinator for New Paths, Inc. & Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Michigan, Social Work Department
YAU Co-Chair Fundraising Committee
Polly McCollum
Foster Care Services Specialist
Michigan Department Health and Human Services
Canisha Norris
Community Engagement Coordinator Sloan Museum of Discovery / Longway Planetarium
Former Youth Arts: Unlocked Yoga and Spoken Word Teaching Artist
Mikki Silvey (Lowrie), Esq
Attorney at Law / Senior Tax Manager, Property Tax
YAU Co Chair Fundraising Committee
Open Seat
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Social Work Department at the University of Michigan Flint