ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Madaha Kinsey-Lamb.........Founder/Executive Director
Corey Jones...............Office Manager
Lyndon Pitter.............Development Manager
Mayetha Johnson ...................Registrar
Wendy Mathis...................Program Assistant
Lissette Torres...............Reception
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
Francie Johnson
(Department Head) …………Modern/Jazz, Dance Fundamentals
Matina Banks………………………Ballet
Shizu Homa ……………………… Yoga
Julian Carey ……………………… Tap
Melvada Hughes………………………Consultant
Jocelyn Rivera ………………………… Hip-Hop
Joey Marengo………………………Salsa/Mambo
Michelle Summers ………………African Dance
Phillip ‘Spanky’ Williamson……… Drummer (African Dance)
Martial Arts/Tae Kwon Do
Thomas Bennett………………………Instructor
Community Folk Culture
Jade Banks ………………(Dept Head)
PYT Department
Ankh Ra Amenhetep………………(Dept Head)
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Music Department
Bill Apollo Brown ………………………………Dept Head
Charles Carrington …………… Piano
Andrew Lamb ……………… Sax, Flute, Clarinet (Woodwinds)
Karen Davis................Piano & Guitar
Geoffrey Duce …………… Piano
Yuko Fujiyama ………………Keyboard/Piano
Adam Power ...............Guitar and Bass
Bernell ‘Tweedy’ Henry…………… Steel Pan
Thais Hockaday…………………… Vocal/Piano
Lon Ivey ………………………………Drums
Dave Gibson…………….......Drums
Larry Johnson …………….......Drums
Lewis Anderson …………… Piano
Dayrl Johnson …………… Piano
Tanya Willoughby...............Voice and Musical Theater
Maeve Hoglund ...................Voice
Pedro Rincon …………………… Violin
Maria Witherspoon ……………………… Piano
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.
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