Leadership & Team
We are proud to have a qualified, dedicated, diverse staff and a fully engaged Board of Directors.
Leadership Team
Michelle Barnes, Executive Director / Co-Founder
Phone: 713.523.1616
Email: mbarnes@thecollective.org
Michelle Barnes is a Houston-based Artist / Educator / Pro-Activist / Administrator / Facilitator / Wife / Mother / Grandmother. Read more
Dr. Sarah Trotty Co-Founder
Phone: 713.523.1616
Email: cacboard@thecollective.org
Sarah A. Trotty, PhD is a Texas Southern University Retired Associate Professor of Art. Read more
Barry Barnes, Co-Founder and Acting President
Phone: 713-650-3688
Email: bbarnes@barnespllc.com
A Virginia native, Barry Barnes relocated to Houston to take a position with Exxon after graduating from Northwestern University School of Law in the class of 1975. Read more.
The Collective’s Team
April M. Frazier, MBA
Tamirah Collins
Preston Gaines
Leslie Abrams
Jubilee Quilt Circle Coordinator
Phone: 713-523-1616
Email: jqc@thecollective.org
Deniz Lopez
Social Media
Email: dlopez@thecollective.org
Terry St. John
Public Relations
Email: tstjohn@thecollective.org
Board of Directors
Advisory Council
Jan West - Advisory Council Chair
Akua Fayette Annette Lawrence
Aundrea Matthews B. Alex C. Barnes
Carol Dodson Dan Allison
Daniel Tesfai Jasmine Quinerly
Joan Bristow Kristi Rangel
Lee Ann Carrier Lester Marks
Maggi Blocker Matthew A. P. Barnes
Michon Benson Marsh Mike Swain
Renee Logans Robert Galloway
Russell Jackson Sheila Savannah
Tarsha Gary Troy Gooden
Vikky Trammel Sarah Fisher
Shanequa Smith
Immediate Past Presidents
Beverly Harmon
Mary Holt Ashley
Barry Barnes, Co-founder and acting President
Mary Holt Ashley
Joyce Deyon-Sallier
Winell Herron
DaMonica Pierson
Dwayne Simpson
Sarah Trotty, Co-founder
Accountant Services
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