Jon Swarthout - Founder & President

Alisha Donahue - Director of the Preschool

Amy Molina - Teacher

Helene Peterson- Director of Community Engagement

Jordan Gore - Teacher

Lisa Arnold- Director of Creative Programming

Lisa Hunter - Director of Administration & Finance

Matt Schanbacher - Teacher

Melaina Richards- Teacher

Phil Bear - Facilities & Campus Manager

Safiyyah Markle - Program Coordinator & Teaching Artist

Sophie Huges - Teacher

Tucker Battrell - Teacher

Rachel Rudeen - Visual Art Teacher

Board of Directors, 2024

Camille LaCroix, Board Chair - Medical Director of BPA Health, owner of Forensic Psychiatry Services of Idaho and a professor of psychiatry. Boise native, US Navy Veteran
Jeremy Chase - Marketing & Innovation Administrator for the Idaho Dept. of Commerce
Michael Cullen - Coach at OneStone: a tuition-free independent high school and Director of the Ranger Station for Treefort Music Fest
Jeffrey Green - National Vice President of Talent Acquisition Strategies and Operations at Trinity Health
Rory Hammersmark - Hammersmark Building Company, commercial construction with a focus on historic projects. Chair of the TRICA Construction Committee
Kellie Hooper - SVP with AblePay Health, Health Finance Management Services Board of Directions, D-1 College Golf Coach, Business Professionals of America Board Member, proud to be native Idahoan
Josh Oppenheimer - Teacher, Hillcrest Elementary School
Ben Pursley - Percussion Artist, Investment Manager
Jon Swarthout - Founder and President of TRICA, 2007 Mayor’s Arts Award for Excellence in Arts Education, 2019 “Good Neighbor Award,” featured in “Legendary Locals of Boise” book
Laura Tully - Owner of Laura Tully LLC: a personal wardrobe styling company. Public speaker, mentor within communities of color, Jamaican native

Emeritus

Jim Everett – Co-President of College of Idaho, Retired CEO of Treasure Valley Family YMCA, Children’s Champion Award winner, Idaho Voices for Children

Jacques D’Amboise - MacArthur Genius Fellowship recipient, 2001 Heinz Award recipient, National Dance Institute founder, listed as one of the 20 Most Important People in NYC, Longtime TRICA Board Member, Mentor and steadfast SupporterGuest Artists and Collaborators, 2023-2024

Andy Erstad - Erstad Architects, AIA Principal
St.Lukes Foundation, Board Member
Idaho Capitol Commission since 1998, Chairman
David Pate - Former President/CEO of St. Lukes Health System
Author, teacher, lecturer, community volunteer
Karen Meyer - Founding Board Member, President of Trailhead
Tracy Straus - Celebrate the Beat, creator
California Dance Institute, co-founder
Choreographer, New York University, Adjunct Professor
Peter Wachtell - Group Healthcare, co-founder and director
Cold Chain, partner, patent and IP coordinator
G2 Energy, lead partner
Tara Russell - Founder of Create Common Good, Senior VP, Global Impact, Fathom Travel
Elke Shaw-Tulloch - Idaho Division of Public Health
Dan Everhart - Idaho State Historic Preservation Office
Preservation Idaho
Idaho Transportation Dept.
Terri Pickens Manweiler - Pickens Cozakos, P.A., Partner, Attorney
Idaho Women’s Lawyers, member
Jillian Huang - Idaho Suicide Prevention Coalition, secretary
Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation
Musician, puppeteer, pianist, children’s librarian
Russell Baker - National Dance Institute of New Mexico, Kansas City Ballet
Trey McIntyre - Trey McIntyre Project, New York City Ballet, choreographer & dancer
Heather Schwabe - Community fundraiser and activist, Founder of Style Therapy
Decker Rolph - WOULG Holdings, LLC. Early-stage Business & Finance Executive