ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Madaha Kinsey-Lamb.........Founder/Executive Director

Betsy Hastedt ...............General Manager

Natasha Richards .............Fiscal Manager

Kanika Booker.................. Bursar/Registrar

Wendy Mathis...................Administrative Assistant

Karla Bueno........................Administrative Intern

Juan Rodriguez .............Maintenance

Our Instructors

Professionally accomplished and formally trained, Mind-Builders instructors bring years of successful teaching and performing
experience to promote student development. Teachers are carefully chosen for their skill, passion, patience, and highly prized for their vital role in helping to shape the lives of young people.

Dance Department

Melvada Hughes…………Department Coordinator

Mamadou Dahoue………………………African Dance

Jocelyn Rivera ………………………… Hip-Hop

Chantal St. Gerard..............Modern/Ballet/Fundamentals

Michelle Summers ………………African Dance

Brynn Shiovitz...........................Tap

Dina-Verley Sabb-Mills................Hip-Hop

Phillip ‘Spanky’ Williamson……… Drummer (African Dance)

Martial Arts/Karate

Thomas Bennett………………………Instructor

Community Folk Culture

Jade Banks ……………… Department Head

PYT Department

Gilbert Glenn Brown ……………… Department Head

Kiyoko Hairston........................ Assistant Department Head

John Samuels........................... Voice

Jocelyn Rivera.......................... Dance

Music Department

Andrew Lamb ……………… Sax, Flute, Clarinet (Woodwinds)

Matt Butterman.............. Guitar

Adam Power ……………………Guitar and Bass

Charles Carrington …………… Piano

Billy White...................... Keyboard/Piano

Yuko Fujiyama ………………Keyboard/Piano

Nuboku Miyazaki...............Keyboard/Piano

Lon Ivey ………………………………Drums

Martin Urbach ………………………Drums

Tanya Willoughby...............Voice and Musical Theater

Bryn Jimenez………………………Voice

Jill Good................................Violin/Suzuki Violin

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Funding

Funding of Mind-Builders free programs, scholarships, tuition subsidies and renovation costs is supported in part by:
Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, Jr. and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Carnegie Corporation of NY, the Pinkerton Foundation, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, American Express- Philanthropic Program, Bronx Council on the Arts in collaboration with the Ford Foundation, Councilman Larry Seabrook and the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, the National Endowment for the Arts, Con Edison, the Hagedorn Fund, Assemblyman Carl Heastie and the NYS Dormitory Authority, and the generosity of individual donors.