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)

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

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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.