Pooja Tripathi (Marketing Manager) is a marketing professional, actor and content creator based in New York City. Pooja studied Business Administration and Violin Performance at Carnegie Mellon University, and spent the first 4 years of her career in the world of corporate fashion working in buying and digital marketing at brands including Fendi, Bloomingdale's and Dior. She then co-created and marketed acclaimed web-series Amsterdam Ave. prior to joining Broadway Bound Kids in 2020. Having grown up playing violin in the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony and string quartets, Pooja is passionate about the impact a quality performing arts education can have on youth, and is excited to merge her marketing expertise with her passion for the arts to support BBK's mission.
Delia Kemph (Program Coordinator) is an actor, comedian, and teaching artist based in New York City. As an actor, she's worked with Smith Street Stage, Disney/iTheatrics, Music Theater International, and Mile Square Theater, among other companies. Her work with NYU's Reality Show, originally conceived by Liz Swados, can be seen in the short documentary Better to Live (official selection of the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival). Delia has also worked for numerous arts education organizations and early learning centers in the tri-state area, including Hoboken Children's Theater Company, CenterStage Stars, The Little Gym, and Village Wholehearted School. She holds a BFA in Drama from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and splits her time between choreographing, acting, teaching, and performing stand-up comedy around New York City. Delia is the co-producer and co-host of Energizer Honeys, a live variety show which strives to highlight up-and-coming female, LGBTQ+, and BIPOC voices in the comedy world.
Erin Glass (Founder), fell in love with theatre when she attended her first drama class in the 3rd grade in Corsicana, TX. In that class Erin found a place where she felt fully accepted, learned skills she still uses today, and made lifelong friends. She went on to earn a degree in theatre from Pepperdine University and worked in theatre, television, and film, in LA, Edinburgh, and New York. Erin has always loved working with kids and became a teaching artist in 2000 working with kids of all ages. In 2004 Erin created Broadway Bound Kids as a way to provide joyful and creative performing arts classes where kids could gain self esteem, make new friends, and learn about theatre, voice, and dance. Since 2004 Broadway Bound Kids has served thousands of students and has expanded to include master classes, weekend programs, summer programs, trips to see Broadway Shows, full scale musicals, after school programs in schools, and customized workshops. In addition to her work with Broadway Bound Kids, Erin is also an actress, director, and an Emmy Award winning producer. As a producer and director she works mostly with Warrior Poets, (Morgan Spurlock's production company, creator of the Super Size Me documentary.)
Elizabeth McGuire (Director of Operations & Programs) is thrilled to be working with Broadway Bound Kids as an Administrator and Teaching Artist! After discovering a deep rooted passion for Performing Arts Education she has been teaching dance, choreography and theater ever since. She believes in the lasting impact arts education has on every kind of student, and is so happy to further that work at BBK. Outside of teaching, Elizabeth is a director, choreographer and performer. She is the Artistic Director, Co-Founder, and Resident Choreographer of ToUch Performance Art, a multi-media performing arts company specializing in immersive and unique production. Since 2011 ToUch has created and produced sold-out shows in New York and Boston, and was Artist-in-Residence at American Repertory Theatre for three years. Outside of ToUch, she has performed with artists such as Buglisi Dance Theatre, Sinking Ship Productions, and BitterSuite: UK, and has choreographed several shows including Camelot (Mac-Haydn Theatre), Dancing Girl (Connelly Theater), and You Do Not Look (Signature Theater). Elizabeth looks forward to continuing her journey as an advocate for arts education at Broadway Bound Kids, and to continue to serve the wonderful communities and students we reach!
Samantha Parrish (Director of Education) found the stage in high school when she performed in her high school’s first ever musical, Grease. After growing up in Forney, TX, Samantha obtained a bachelor's degree in Musical Theatre from Ouachita University in Arkansas. Immediately after graduating she hit the road with Missoula Children’s Theatre. She toured with The Frog Prince and The Little Mermaid across 38 states. Teaching and directing shows each week, Samantha introduced theatre to underserved areas across America reaching over 2,000 students. Samantha then worked professionally in the Dallas theatre circuit before touring with Dallas Children’s Theatre in The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. Since moving to New York in 2013 she has had the honor of teaching with Broadway Bound Kids, a company whose mission mirrors her own, to provide access to the arts to all students, and to provide a space where kids can belong and be heard. After spending years developing and directing free Saturday Programs for students who are under-resourced in the performing arts, Samantha is passionate about creating free and reduced cost Programming all around the city. As Education Director, Samantha is committed to DEIAJ work through the arts, providing arts education that is rooted in serving students of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures.
Jessica Canuelleis the former Executive Director of Broadway Bound Kids, and is so happy to still be a part of the BBK Family. Jessica began performing in theatre at the age of nine, which led her to pursue a BFA in Musical Theater from Syracuse University. After graduating, she performed professionally in television, film and theater in NYC, LA and Chicago. Her love for theater took a new direction towards arts education and she obtained her Master of Arts in Performing Arts Administration from New York University. Jessica has spent time as a teaching artist and administrator working with Atlantic Theater Company, ArtsConnection, New Victory Theater, mainstages, the NYC Department of Education and several other organizations to bring arts education programming to students at every grade level throughout the five boroughs. Jessica is now the Director of Tutoring for Princeton Tutoring, overseeing the management of client relationships. She now lives in CT and shares her life with her husband (a middle school theater teacher) and her two young daughters.
Mark Grinnell discovered Broadway Bound Kids when his son started attending Saturday classes in 2012 as a fifth grader. It’s been a life changing organization in their family and Mark thinks that when you find something this good you should do everything you can to make sure it’s available to everyone. Mark lives in NYC with his son (now attending Manhattan School of Music as a musical theater major) and his daughter.
Jane Whitty is a digital marketer and arts administration professional living in New York City with over 15 years of experience working in the performing arts. Jane holds an undergraduate degree in Theatre Technology from Emerson College and a master's degree in Performing Arts Administration from NYU. In 2013, she joined Capacity Interactive, the premiere digital marketing consulting firm for culture and the arts. As a senior consultant at the firm, Jane leads a team in executing digital advertising campaigns and providing strategic guidance to a wide range of organizations across arts and cultural genres.
Since 2018, Jane Whitty has served as an Adjunct Instructor in NYU’s Steinhardt School, where she teaches a graduate class on marketing the performing arts. She is also on the board of Broadway Bound Kids, an arts education not-for-profit, serving kids throughout New York City.
Toby has worked in the non-profit industry for nearly 30 years supporting emerging artists. Before joining ETA, she was Executive Director of the Princess Grace Foundation-USA where, for over two decades, she led the organization through substantial growth and innovative new opportunities to support performing artists in theater, dance, and film. Prior to that, she served in senior roles directing institutional support at New York City Ballet and creating the development department for The Bronx Museum of the Arts. She holds a B.A. in mathematics and fine art from Brandeis University and an M.B.A. in marketing and non-profit management from Columbia Business School. She is an honoree of Columbia Women in Business, was featured in Town & Country's 2016 "Top 50 Philanthropists" issue, and was recognized by the Princely Family of Monaco with the Order of Grimaldi for her leadership. A native of New Jersey, Toby is a longtime resident of New York City where she and her husband have proudly seen their three children through NYC public schools.
Paul Kim is the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (DCISO) of New York City and the Head of Threat Management for the largest municipality in the United States. He leads Incident Response, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Counter Threat Automation, and the 24x7 Security Operations Center for NYC Cyber Command. He also directs citywide cyber risk initiatives.
Paul’s executive leadership draws from private sector and government experience in cybersecurity, threat intelligence, and law. He was Global Information Security Risk Manager for Bloomberg, U.S. Threat Intelligence Leader for Deloitte advising diverse Fortune 500 commercial clients, and a team lead for Booz Allen serving national security agencies.
Paul is a former instructor at the Joint Military Intelligence Training Center, a member of the New York State Bar, and a Certified Information Security Systems Professional. He is a native of NYC, a volunteer and non-profit board member in Brooklyn, and a graduate of Wesleyan University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Boston University.
Samantha Blain is a Cuban multi-disciplinary creative artist and teacher based in NYC. A 2008 alum from Emerson College BFA Musical Theater Program and Atlantic Acting School. Holds a certification in Pedagogy and Curriculum Practice in Social Emotional Learning and Character Development from Rutgers University. Sam has been a teaching artist with BBK since 2015. Programs she’s led and facilitated include lead Production Advisor for the past 7 years for the Broadway Jr. grant program with the Shubert Organization and Department of Education, mentor for Arthur Miller Fellows in Musical Theatre, lead teacher/director for summer, and after school productions. Over the last 12 years, she has taught and directed for several organizations including Move this World (curriculum development), NYU, Atlantic Theater Company, Broadway.com, Broadway Bound Kids, NYU, Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, CO/LAB Theater Group, the United Nations School directing and running their drama program. She is currently on the writing staff at Bay Area Children’s Theater first-ever BIPOC led Writers Room where she co-created and published the children’s book “Pocket Guide for Imaginary Friends”. She has performed Off-Broadway, regionally, in National Tours, in numerous Broadway workshops, TV/film, and is a member of Story Pirates. Other performance highlights include Ars Nova, New York City Center, York Theater Company, Drama League, BAM, New Victory Theater Lab Works, New York City Children’s Theater (NYCCT), American Dance Machine, La Mama ETC. Sam is Co-Artistic Director of the award-winning Hit The Lights! Theater Co. where she additionally takes on roles as grant writer and performer. Hit The Lights! was the 2018/2019 Company in Residence at Ars Nova, nominated for the 2020 Off-Broadway Alliance Award for “Best Family Production”, 2021 Little Island NYC’s Performer series, and collaborated with Vogue Magazine for their March 2021 Cover Spread.
Mark Stein is an Operating Officer experienced in the areas of merchandising, human resources, finance, operations and technology in a variety of businesses, with intensive experience in consumer products companies. Devoted to building highly functional teams, capitalizing on the genius of dynamic groups with diverse personalities.
Very strong roll-up-the-sleeves passion for companies preparing for and living through startup phase or rapid growth. Adept at building high performance diverse teams that are required to meet unyielding timeframes. A passionate lover of technology, exceptionally current on new advances and how to apply them to improve efficiencies. Devoted foodie with a passion for cooking. Periodic Crisis Counselor with Crisis Text Line. Investor in film and theatre productions.
Marielle MacMinn is a tax attorney based in Philadelphia. She advises individuals, non-profits, and businesses/their owners on tax issues, including nonprofit formation and representing taxpayers in tax controversies. She draws on these experiences to help companies identify and qualify their tax exposures and to assist them with tax remediation efforts through voluntary disclosure agreements. Marielle has been a devoted Broadway enthusiast for the majority of her life. She is ecstatic to be working with an organization that will share and foster that same enthusiasm in younger generations.
Ma. Rosario (Rose) Torres Javier has been an International Civil Servant for the last 32 years, and currently serves as Senior Budget and Finance Assistant with the United Nations Secretariat. She was introduced to Broadway Bound Kids through her daughter, who attended a summer program in the summer of 2019. She instantly fell in love with the program, most especially how it provided a safe, kind and inclusive environment for the children. She believes that BBK has helped shape her daughter into the kind, compassionate and accepting young lady that she is today. Her hope is to help BBK provide access to more children, especially those who are in need of a safe space where they can feel free to enjoy their passion for performing. She is honored to join the organization as a board member.
I have enjoyed 20 years working in the Wealth Management, Financial Services and Insurance Industries. My career was shaped managing retirement plans and insurance for governmental entities, public sector unions and non-profits. Specialties include retirement planning, investments, insurance options (life, health, property & casualty). In trying to provide services to these entities I found a lack of professionals offering expertise in various fields. Over the past 5 years I have focused on partnering and creating new options for not only government and unions but also small business owners as well as individuals. In working on this level I have also discovered the mission of growth also includes bringing the community up with you, so I try to partner with organizations and charities that share that mission to help them create awareness.
