Rachael Androski (she/her) Partnerships Manager
Rachael is a dedicated relationship builder and passionate advocate for bringing healing art practices to all. Rachael has a BFA in studio art from FIT in NYC and MA in education from Texas A&M. With over 20 years as a teaching artist, she has overseen impactful art programs, making a significant difference in the lives of participants and their families. A military spouse, Rachael has served as a K-12 art teacher at various duty stations across the United States, including stations in New York, Texas, Hawaii, Alaska, and Washington. She has witnessed the challenges faced by diverse communities and is committed to ensuring they have the support they need. Rachael finds joy in creative projects, specializing in theatrical set design, thriving on creative challenges and building strong relationships.
Amanda Carter Gomes (she/her), Director of Marketing and Events
Amanda brings over 13 years of experience in creative strategy, community building, and digital storytelling. As the founder of The Fold, a feminist digital publication that once reached over one million readers monthly, Amanda has established herself as a leader in creating meaningful dialogue and inclusive content that resonates across generations.
Her career spans marketing and event management in both private and non-profit sectors, including work as a Photo Shoot Producer at Getty Images and as founder of Merit Creative Consulting, where she honed her expertise in creative direction, collaborative marketing campaigns, and community engagement.
Amanda has dedicated her career to building platforms that celebrate individual stories while fostering broader community connections—skills she now brings to Path with Art’s mission of transforming lives through arts engagement.
Stephanie Cherrington (she/her) Interim
Chief Operations Officer
Stephanie is a passionate community partner, in life and work. She likes to make things happen by turning vision into action. Whether merging companies or creating a pathway for organizations to collaborate for systemic change, she likes to figure out how resources can be leveraged to create solutions for individuals, especially youth, to prosper. She loves tapping into the unique power and ability of individuals to work together to create powerful, equitable results.
Susannah Hale (she/her) Development Director
Susannah’s background sits at the intersections of community-centered art, artful activism, philanthropy, social and environmental justice. Susannah started on this path in Portland Or, where she spent a decade running large-scale art fairs and events for a commercial art and design college and neighborhood community-based cultural non-profit, Art on Alberta. She has spent the last 15 years working in fundraising, partnership investment, and more recently diving into social impact funds for organizations working at the intersectionality of economic justice, land conservation, the right to housing, food sovereignty, and Native land rights. Susannah currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Foundation and ecoTHRIVE Housing, an organization collaborating to create King counties first resilient village that addresses homeownership, economic justice, and climate resiliency for low-income Salish Sea residents.
Holly Jacobson (she/her)
CEO
With a background in non-profit management, strategic planning and communications, Holly’s professional experience spans both for- and non-profit institutions. She has created strategic marketing and product solutions for Microsoft, The City of Seattle, The Seattle International Film Festival, and others. A passionate advocate for social justice, Holly founded Voter Action, a national non-profit organization with the aim to secure accurate election systems. She serves on the Seattle Arts Commission, the Washington Women’s Foundation Impact Assessment Committee, and the steering committee of With One Voice, an organization supporting International Arts & Homelessness organizations based in the United Kingdom.
Carrie Lanza (she/her) Director of Training & Research
Carrie Lanza identifies as a hybrid practitioner and scholar working at the intersection of health and the arts broadly. Over the past 15 years, her doctoral training, research and teaching at the University of Washington have explored the role of arts and cultural work in health and welfare research, policy advocacy, community building, collective healing and resistance movements. Carrie is an avid participant in several transnational music and dance communities and practices trauma-informed therapy in a small private practice. She sits on the board of Northwest Folklife and is an Affiliate Associate Professor at University of Washington School of Social Work.
Alexi Man (she/her), Data + Fiscal Coordinator
Alexi graduated from the School of Education at Boston University, where she discovered the power of data through her work at the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED), and her education coursework as a passionate advocate for AANHPI representation, often the sole voice in this effort.
This passion for data and AANHPI empowerment led her to the Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) in Atlanta, where she honed her skills in data administration and management. With this foundation, her journey led her to the role of Fiscal & Data Coordinator at Path with Art, where she'll leverage her process improvement expertise to enhance fiscal operations.
James Miles (he/him), Chief Strategic Officer
With over two decades of experience as an artist and educator in New York and Seattle, James brings a powerful vision of using the arts to transform lives and combat educational inequity. Before joining the faculty of Seattle University as an Assistant Professor, James served as the Chief Executive Officer of MENTOR Washington and the Executive Director of Arts Corps. Originally from Chicago, Miles has worked internationally as an artist and educator, and his work has been featured in magazines, books, podcasts, and newspapers.
Miles is a Mayoral Appointee to the Seattle Arts Commission and on the advisory board of SXSW EDU. His acclaimed TedXTalk focuses on his mission to narrow achievement gaps using the arts as a tool to navigate the systems of educational inequity.
Ayan Mohamed (she/her) Program Coordinator
Ayan has a BA in Communication Studies from Loyola Marymount University and a Masters of Social Work from the University of Washington. With a background in hospitality and social services, Ayan continues to hone her skills in creating meaningful connections and fostering environments of warmth and inclusivity. Ayan has always been interested in bridging the gap between art and advocacy and that is what led her to Path With Art. She is very excited to continue on this journey, forging meaningful connections between art, social justice, and the communities that stand to benefit from their harmonious intersection.
Wynne
Pei (she/her)
Arts Manager
Wynne is a multidisciplinary artist who believes that art, culture, gathering together to play and share time and space is a powerful way to create a sense of belonging, collectivism, and community. As well as her work with Path with Art, Wynne is the Director of the Georgetown Super 8 Film Festival and co-owner of Georgetown Records. She has spent over 20 years assisting and collaborating with other artists while fostering arts-based, placemaking interventions that maximize a community’s social potential. Wynne has a BA in Studio Art from Oberlin College and a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Washington.
Alec Rogers (they/them) Arts Administrator
Alec is a queer multidisciplinary artist who is forever looking to challenge themself with new uses for material and new perspectives. They moved to Seattle from Philadelphia in 2022, and prior to joining Path with Art as Arts Coordinator, Alec held a variety of positions in the arts - from the fabrication of artwork and the construction of exhibit spaces to archives conservation. Alec earned a BA in Studio Arts from Bucknell University.
Ari
Rogers (she/her)
Operations Manager
Ari joined Path with Art in 2022 coming off her third term as an AmeriCorps VISTA. She graduated in 2013 from Evergreen State College where she studied Writing and American Cultural Studies. Ari integrates skills from her experiences as a Crisis Line Counselor, a Dispute Resolution Center Trained Mediator, and a Mental Health First Aider with her education and personal life growing up in a home filled with art and in a community of DIY artists. Ari is passionate about harm reduction, leadership, inclusion, and compassion. Ari honed her nonprofit skills in the field of youth development working in residential camps, afterschool programs, community centers, mentor programs, and middle schools before landing at Path with Art.
Emily Shallman (she/her)
Program Director
Emily is a dedicated non-profit arts administrator and former art teacher who joined Path with Art in 2021. Prior to that, Emily ran adult and youth art programs at San Francisco Art Institute from 2013-2018 and helped support the MFA and MA in Curatorial Practice programs at California College of the arts from 2018-2021. She has a BA in Elementary Art Education from Western Washington University and an MA in Urban Studies from San Francisco Art Institute. Emily is passionate about providing high-quality, community-focused arts programming for all.
J.J. Stein (he/him)
Volunteer + Music Program Manager
J.J. came to Seattle as an AmeriCorps volunteer with United Indians of All Tribes Foundation and his professional career includes managing the Daybreak Star Art Gallery, video editing for Seattle Children’s Hospital and case managing at Plymouth Housing Group. While at Plymouth he helped to found a musical jam group that was the origin of Path with Art’s music programming. J.J. has Master’s degrees in Social Work and Documentary Filmmaking from the University of Washington and a BA in Humanities from New College of Florida. He serves as a Clinical Instructor for the University of Washington School of Social Work.