Board of Directors

Leadership Director - voting member

Su is an artist, educator, and community organizer. Her photography, installation, and social practice projects explore the quiet, often unnoticed, individual moments of every day life. Sue utilizes a variety of community engagement techniques and crowd sourcing methods to create opportunities for participants to share with others in the hopes of creating micro moments of empathy. Sue believes that by sharing these moments, memories, and personal associations, we can strengthen our identities, broaden our personal relations, and strengthen our communities through simple exchange and understanding.

Su is a graduate of Minnesota State University Moorhead and Utah State University, as well as a former intern of Anderson Ranch Arts Center. She has taught photography, digital media, and professional development courses at Lake Superior College, Minnesota State University Moorhead, and North Dakota State University and a wide variety of workshops throughout the United States.

Leadership Director - voting member

Betz is an avid traveler, expressionist painter, photo essayist, activist, retired Management Consultant and IT Project Manager. Relatively new to the Saint Cloud community, Betz provided organizational support and volunteer coordination for The Whit Gallery and the Tiny School of Art and Design. Betz continues to provide organizational support for Heijeu Arts. Betz has participated in Central Minnesota Arts Board (CMAB) grant review panels and provided event support for The Whit Gallery events. Betz continues to provide event support to.Bruno Press and TedX St. Cloud and is an active volunteer with the Avon Hills Folk School.

Betz holds a B.S Art Education from Northern Illinois University and a Master Certificate in Project Management from Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.

Leadership Director - voting member

Community Engagement

Anthony is a photographer who uses photography to sharpen his vision of the beauty in the world. He believes we are all connected to each other and all the things around us. Through his work he aims to bring a sense of belonging and wonder to things around us and to cherish it all. Anthony holds a B.A in Photography and Cinematography from the University of Minnesota.

Community Engagement

Keisha is a Resource Navigator for the United Way of Central Minnesota, a Program Coordinator with Higher Works Collaborative and provides leadership and mentoring to youth through church and school programs. Keisha has been a committee member at various organizations including Big Brothers Big Sisters, Social Venture Partners, Stearns County Human Services, Martin Luther King Service Project and a Board Member at D Blake Center serving underprivileged youth. As an AmeriCorp member, Keisha served as a Literacy Leader with the United Way of Central Minnesota. Keisha is a Jugaad Leadership Program graduate, a Beta Sigma Phi Laureate, and a 2022 Martin Luther King Humanitarian recipient.

Financial Services

Mary studied Business Management at University of Wisconsin River Falls and currently provides financial bookkeeping services to a wide variety of clients via BytheBooks Financial Services, LLC. Mary has been a treasurer for several non-profit boards in the Twin Cities. Mary has extensive knowledge of accounting principles, income tax policy and procedures and reporting. Mary is a published poet and first place award recipient in the 2016 National Federation of State Poetry Societies.

Advisory

Michael is a Saint Cloud State University English Faculty Member. Michael has extensive teaching experience, a catalog of refereed publications and presentations and vast professional development and community engagement experience. . Michael holds a PH.D in Multicultural Education from University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, a M.Ed, in Instructional Process from Washington University, St. Louis, MO and a B.S., Secondary English Education from Greenville College.

Advisory

Lily is a Central MN-based mixed media artist exploring agrarian and rural imagery as it relates to concepts of value, ownership, and identity. Lily teaches art at the Sartell Middle School. She was previously the Arts Coordinator at Art in Motion on the Lake Wobegon Trail. Lily holds a B.A. in Studio Arts and Art History from University of Minnesota, Morris. Lily also serves on the board of Raising a Farmer Non Profit, as well as The Holdingford Fine Arts Now Booster Club. Through her work in arts programming she strived to make arts accessible and meaningful.

Advisory

Keith is a native of Illinois and longtime resident of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, Keith Piskur is a poet, public speaker, and activist focusing on the subjects of diversity, human rights, violence prevention, disability awareness, and mixed orientation relationships. Keith is a longtime member of Advocates for Independence as well as a current member of Project 37 and Spiritual Social Action Committee. While attending Saint Cloud State University, Keith co-founded the disability rights organization Breaking Barriers. An avid fan of local music and theater, Keith enjoys writing, exploring nature, photography, and training his service dog. A student of life, Keith believes in encouraging connection and collaboration while also speaking your truth.