Amy is a visual artist living and working in San Francisco. Díaz-Infante is a full-time faculty member in Printmaking, Drawing, and Design at the City College of San Francisco. She holds a BA in Art from Yale University, an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and a Collegiate Teaching Certificate from Brown University. She has exhibited nationally and within México and is an alumna of the Djerassi Resident Artist Program. Community engagement has been a key component of her arts practice; and as an educator and administrator, she has been active in the fields of youth arts and youth leadership development.

Josh is a Vice President at TPG Growth, a growth equity and middle market private equity fund based in San Francisco. Josh focuses on opportunities in the healthcare space. Prior to TPG, Josh worked with Morgan Stanley’s investment bank, based in New York. Josh’s favorite artists are, in no particular order, Joel Amit, Dave Matthews, and Thom Yorke. Josh first started working with YAX in 2016. A San Francisco transplant, Josh is originally from New Jersey and now lives in North Beach with his partner, Marissa.

Josh holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.Sc. from Georgetown University.

Todd is a San Francisco artist who paints scribbly, surrealistic landscapes of San Francisco. You may have seen his crowd-sourced City of Awesome paintings when they filled 10 public buses as part of the 2015 SF Muni Art program. Todd also uses his art to deepen understanding in all subjects as a specialist in arts integration. He is the director of Uphill Arts and manages Where Art Lives, a program providing arts education for students of San Francisco public schools. From 2015-2020, he served as Executive Director of the Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area. He now resides and makes art in a Bernal Heights apartment with a view of the Excelsior District. You can see his art at TheArtDontStop.com.

Mannie is the CEO of Pnyka, a communications platform that bridges divided communities by using respectful interactions. He is a recent graduate from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Previously, he worked for TPG Growth, a private equity firm in San Francisco, and Morgan Stanley in New York, after graduating from the University of Virginia with a major in Commerce. He was born in Vancouver, Canada and spent some time living in Dubai before moving to Philadelphia during high school. During his free time, Mannie likes to travel, is an avid reader, and supports the Vancouver Canucks.

Steve grew up in Wisconsin building skateboard ramps, doodling imaginary landscapes, and challenging teachers with unconventional homework. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a BS in Mechanical Engineering along with taking art classes with an emphasis on printmaking. He worked as an engineer at Honda, troubleshooting the ‘96 Civic and at Bryte Technologies, testing aerospace materials, before deciding to start volunteering at the Exploratorium 15 years ago.

For six years, Steve managed exhibit design and engineering staff and led over 100 projects, including creating some of the first hands-on exhibits at science institutions around the world. In ’99 Steve helped establish the first Science of Skateboarding program which matured over the years to involve curating two exhibitions, professional demos, a website, a TV show, and a mobile exhibition. He took a one-year sabbatical to work at Pèndulum and design the Jardi de les Percepcions, an outdoor exhibit area in Parc de Vallparadís, Terrassa, Spain. Upon returning to the Exploratorium, Steve managed a National Science Foundation project to build and study twenty outdoor exhibits at Fort Mason, a National Park on San Francisco’s waterfront. He enjoyed the nature of this work so much that he spent the last eight years in the Studio for Public Spaces leading a team of designers, engineers, and architects, focused on creating social learning environments in public spaces. He especially appreciates the potential impact of site-specific exhibits in public space, reaching a more diverse group of people and igniting their interest in the world around them.

Yuning is east coast transplant and is passionate about the arts. As a youth, he was was an avid clarinet player, participating in his high school wind ensemble and orchestras, as well as the Greater New Haven Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Although he no longer has time to play, Yuning can often be found at Davies listening to the San Francisco Symphony or wandering about at the De Young. He recognizes the profound impact that art had on him as a youth and is excited to have the opportunity to advance the organization’s mission and serve the youth of San Francisco.

Since graduation, Yuning has been working in finance, first as an investment banker at Evercore in New York City and now at TPG Capital in San Francisco. He graduated from Harvard University where he studied statistics and economics. Yuning is ecstatic to collaborate and learn from the diverse and passionate individuals of the board in order to support YAX.

Marie-Claire is a digital communications manager at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC). In her role, she develops communication strategies and campaigns that bring more awareness about the programs, services, and people that make up the SFPUC. Before joining this agency, Marie-Claire worked in the Mayor's Communications Office, serving 3 different mayors in the span of two years.

Marie-Claire was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, grew up in San Francisco, studied in Paris and did a quick stint in Nicaragua. As an immigrant, she is passionate about representation and the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

A San Francisco resident, public school parent and arts advocate, Kari Gray is currently working as the Special Projects Manager at ODC/Dance and serves on the Boards of Intersection for the Arts, the Second District of the California State PTA, and on the Family Engagement and Arts Commissions for the California State PTA. A graduate of Emory University, Kari has worked with JVS, Impact Hub San Francisco, California Emerging Technology Fund, SFKids.org, Independent Arts & Media, and the Earth Day Network. Her daughter, Fiona, is a 2019 graduate of Mission High School, studied printmaking with YAX and served on the Youth Arts Exchange Youth Advisory Board for four years.