Staff & Board
Megan Hallett
I have been an art educator for over 15 years in a variety of school and museum settings. I currently teach at Escalante Elementary. I am also an assistant instructor at the University of Utah with the Master of Arts in Teaching program. My work/education background is in arts, education, and horticulture. I appreciate that Salt Lake is a small town and that it is easy to make connections with good people. Importantly, Salt Lake has a growing number of programs and organizations that are serving youth and families in the communities that need it most.
Virginia Catherall
My love of art began in high school when I became a docent at my hometown museum in Springville. That experience led me to my current job as Curator of Education at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts where I get to realize my vision of fun, interactive, and informal learning for families. I am also a practicing textile artist and knitwear designer. In my art I find meaning in landscape and translate that to wearable knitted art.
Anna Cekola
I am a healthcare communications specialist with a background in newspaper journalism, including many years of editing the fun sections of the paper: food, outdoors, travel, arts, and entertainment. I’ve stayed involved in the schools of my two children by serving on the SCC at Wasatch Elementary, and now at West High. I’m especially grateful for the school and community arts and music programs that have greatly enriched the lives of my children.
Nathan Cruz
In addition to teaching the Ethics and Professional Issues course at the University of Utah’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program, I work with at risk youth and families in a variety of roles. These varied work experiences have allowed me the perspective to see how youth are first identified by and then progress through the system. As a result, I hold a strong belief in the power prevention by developing community through positive engagement, skill building and creativity. I believe that telling one’s story through art can be one of the most cathartic and effective modes of self exploration. I am an avid outdoor person, and don’t understand why everyone doesn’t live in Utah, but I am glad that they don’t because long lines in the ski lift are a bummer.
Amy Edwards
I am a mental health counselor at Jewish Family Service of Utah, and have twenty years of experience in museum education and administration.. I have lived in Salt Lake for almost 20 years and can no longer imagine living anywhere else. A particularly meaningful part of my job is the work I do with parents. I teach parenting classes and work individually with parents helping them to stay connected with their children.
Kerri Hopkins
Kerri Hopkins is an artist and educator who has been working with youth in Utah for nearly two decades. As the director of the ArtsBridge program in the College of Fine Arts at the U of U, she works with university students to bring engaging arts opportunities to K-12 students in a variety of communities. She is also an adjunct professor in the Film & Media Arts department. Kerri served on the SLC Arts Council from 2012-2018 and received a Salt Lake City Mayor’s Award for service in the arts in 2018.
David Marx
I am from Salt Lake but have lived in Boston as well. I currently work at Dorsey & Whitney, where I am a corporate and securities attorney. I enjoy working with nonprofit corporations in Salt Lake and seeing the positive effects their work has on the community.
Shawn Teigen
I’ve been working in public policy for the past 15 years. I am the President of a 75-year-old, non-partisan, non-profit organization called Utah Foundation. I currently serve as the President of the Governmental Research Association which is a collection of organizations across the country similar to the Utah Foundation. In addition, I teach at the University of Utah in the Master of Public Policy Program. I also serve on several boards including Envision Utah and the Bicycle Collective. One of the topics I’m most interested in is educational equity.