Create Now - About / our team

Click here to learn about our "Create A Mural Now" workshops, where youth work as a team to design and create a mural. The theme can fit your needs. Each project culminates with a party and gift bags for all participants.

Our Team

Board of Directors

Ken Jones, Chairman
Program Associate, Education Pioneers

Jill Gurr, Founder and Executive Director
Screenwriter and Script Supervisor
Her Story

Richard S. Chow
Quest Diagnostics, IT

Ken Kragen
Former Manager: Lionel Ritchie, Kenny Rogers
Producer "We Are the World," "Hands Across America"

Mark Schulman
Drummer with P!nk and Foreigner

Advisory Board

Leticia Rhea Buckley, Board Member Emeritus
Marketing Director, Cirque du Soleil's upcoming "Iris"

Gerry Bryant
Culturist and Arts & Entertainment Attorney

Vivian Campbell
Lead Guitarist, Def Leppard and Thin Lizzy

Michelle Lowe
Create Now Student, Phoenix House

Demond Nelson,
Create Now Student, Camp Holton

Darontay McClendon,
Create Now Student, Camp Kilpatrick

Naela Molina,
Create Now Student, Phoenix House

Daisy Santiago,
Create Now Student, Phoenix House

Staff & Consultants

Ruby Barajas-Medina - Create Now Program Coordinator

Camille Brown - AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer Assistant

Kelly Noonan - AmeriCorps VISTA Development Assistant