Board & Staff

Executive Director
415-974-5554, ext. 7262
christell@ya-nc.org

Christell Lewis is an arts educator, actor, singer, and dancer dedicated to empowering youth through arts education. She believes that every young person should have the chance to experience the transformative power of the arts. Through her work with children's theater companies, public schools, and nonprofit organizations, she has created impactful opportunities for young people.

Christell earned her BA in Journalism from Howard University and her MA in Educational Theater from New York University. She is currently a fellow in the Leaderstrong Women of Color 2024-2025 fellowship program, which focuses on professional development to enhance the skills and well-being of women of color leaders in the nonprofit sector. She completed the the Nonprofit Certification Program at Cal State East Bay in the summer of 2025. As a leader in arts education, Christell is committed to advancing equity to elevate the impact on youth and our communities.

Director of Arts Education
415-974-5554, ext. 7268
kirah@ya-nc.org

Kirah Frankel-Caminos has spent over 15 years in family and social services, on both the east and west coasts. She holds a Masters degree in Nonprofit Management from USF. She has served as Program Director and Director with many youth-serving non-profits including Larkin Street Youth Services, First Five of California, Project Avary, Junior Achievement, and the Boys and Girls Club of New York. She also currently serves on the Board of Directors at Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland. Kirah also served in the US Peace Corps as a volunteer, teaching grades K-12. She founded and directed her own bilingual Spanish preschool and is a mom of three boys.

In addition to her role as the Director of Arts Education, she was a lead dance and music teaching artist for YANC for over 12 years, along with other arts ed organizations in the Bay Area, working with grades TK-6, specializing in Latin Dance and Music and creative movement. Kirah also studied with the Luna Dance Institute of California and was on the performance travel dance team of Phoenix Azul and Afinkao, Afro-Cuban salsa performance dance teams based in the Bay Area for over eight years.

General Manager
415-974-5554, ext. 7260
michelle@ya-nc.org

Michelle Mulholland (she/her) is a non-profit director, arts administrator, and costume designer with more than 20 years of experience, primarily focused on serving community based performing arts organizations. Most recently she was the Managing Director of Golden Thread Productions, the first American theatre company focused on the Middle East, where she enabled the company’s exponential growth through the implementation of trategic fundraising initiatives and the establishment of significant human resources policies and operations procedures.

She has extensive non-profit operations knowledge with in-depth understanding of financial management, development, marketing and community engagement gained from a variety of administrative positions with Z Space, Brava Theater, Beach Blanket Babylon, Theater Artaud, the Commonwealth Club of California, The Coral Reef Alliance
and Forests Forever.