Meet Our Team

Leadership Team

Elizabeth Yang-Hellewell (She/Her)
Executive Director + CEO
eyanghellewell@thinkplaycreate.org

Gabrielle Wyrick (She/Her)
Chief Curator + Director of Audience Engagement
gwyrick@thinkplaycreate.org

Rebekah J. Hook-Held (She/Her)
Chief Strategic Advancement Officer
rhookheld@thinkplaycreate.org

Administration + Finance

Anneka Van Dongen (She/Her)
Controller
avandongen@thinkplaycreate.org

Cat D’Camp (She/Her)
Accounting Manager
cdcamp@thinkplaycreate.org

Erin Shaner (She/Her)
Assistant to the CEO / Special Projects Manager
eshaner@thinkplaycreate.org

Philanthropy + Membership

Katherine Fortier (She/Her)
Corporate + Foundation Relations Manager
kfortier@thinkplaycreate.org

Lauren Hartz (She/Her)
Assistant Manager
Membership + Annual Giving
membership@thinkplaycreate.org

Education + Exhibitions

Kurosh Yahyai (He/Him)
Studios Manager
kyahyai@thinkplaycreate.org

Matt Picon (He/Him)
Exhibitions + Fabrication Manager
mpicon@thinkplaycreate.org

Iyari Arteaga (She/Her)
Community Resources Manager
iarteaga@thinkplaycreate.org

Alejandro Bastien Olvera (He/Him/Any)
Creative Youth Advancement Coordinator
abastienolvera@thinkplaycreate.org

Maddie Juarez (She/Her)
Education Coordinator
mjuarez@thinkplaycreate.org

Megan Swiertz (She/Her)
Education Manager
mswiertz@thinkplaycreate.org

Visitor Experience

Hannah Mykel (She/Her)
Manager of Engagement
hmykel@thinkplaycreate.org

Brittney DeVeau (She/Her)
Assistant Manager of Engagement

Marketing + Communications

Mariano Diaz (He/Him)
Content Marketing Manager
mdiaz@thinkplaycreate.org

Facilities + Operations

Craig Winters (He/Him)
Director of Facilities
cwinters@thinkplaycreate.org

Menelik Bluitt (He/Him)
Security

Martin Villagomez (He/Him)
Maintenance Lead

Visiting During Spring Break?

It’s Spring Break and NCM will be busy now through April 14. Click for some tips to help you plan for and enjoy your visit!