Board of Directors
(in alphabetical order)
Bhagirath Bhatt
Maricres Valdez Castro
Erin Galeno (Board Chair)
Natalie Ghayoumi
Melinda Huish (Board Treasurer)
Dalia Ibrahim
Amy Leonard (Board Secretary)
Eula Ramroop
Our Team
Orlando Morales
Artistic Director
Orlando is a Seattle-based musician, educator, and songwriter. He most recently served as Associate Artistic Director: Community Engagement at The 5th Avenue Theatre and holds a Masters in Teaching from the University of Washington.
He has over eighteen years of experience teaching music and theater and over thirteen years of experience as an arts administrator (Seattle Children’s Theatre, 2013-2015; The 5th Avenue Theatre, 2010-2013, 2015-2023) working to empower young people and build stronger communities. He is a Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project alum, a Jonathan Larson Grant finalist (2019, 2020, 2022), and recently received a 2024-25 National Fellowship from the Dramatist Guild Foundation.
Orlando also coordinates Rondalya sa Seattle, a Filipino American folkloric music ensemble and is a member of the Shades of Praise Gospel Choir at St. Therese Parish.
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J. Woody Lotts
Executive Director
J. Woody Lotts is a bi-lingual (English and Spanish) arts leader with over 14 years of experience leading and producing in arts organizations.
Woody most recently served as the Development Director for the Auburn Symphony Orchestra. He holds an MFA in Arts Leadership from Seattle University. As Executive Director of the Numerica Performing Arts Center, he helped lead the organization to reopening after the Covid-19 Pandemic. While also guiding the organization to its greatest financial success in back to back fiscal years.
His arts endeavors granted him the privilege to be the Drama Program Coordinator at Colegio Lord Byron in Arequipa, Peru. Where he produced and directed a school wide musical with 550 students and 35 staff members.
When not working in the arts, Woody loves to spend time with his fur babies Ginger and Rufus.
Our Founder
Erin Guinup served as founding Executive and Artistic Director of the Tacoma Refugee Choir from 2016-2024. With the choir, she has spoken at TEDxSeattle, Starbucks, the Global Migrant Festival, and led the choir in performances for over 50,000 people, including performances for the Governor’s State of the State Address, National Race & Pedagogy Conference, and ACDA National Conference in Cincinnati.
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Erin is a classically-trained soprano and has had a vibrant musical career, having been a featured soloist with esteemed ensembles including Symphony Tacoma, Ensign Symphony, and Tacoma Concert Band singing a broad range of classical and contemporary songs, including Carmina Burana, La Bohème, and the title character in Mary Poppins. She performed a one-woman show about female musical theatre composers internationally and has sung in over a dozen languages through projects including Silkroad Ensemble’s Global Musicians Workshop and Israeli-Palestinian choir Common Ground Voices in Jerusalem and Europe.
A sought-after pedagogue specializing in musical theatre technique, her students have performed on Broadway, opera stages, and television. She wrote a popular blog on Belting featured on JW Pepper, and has written chapters for three books including, "So You Want to Sing Music by Women," "My Body Was Left on the Street: Music Education and Displacement," and "Screw the Diet, Bon Appétit!" As a composer, her choral and solo works have been featured on PBS and network television and are sung by school choirs.
Erin has an MBA in Arts Innovation from the Global Leaders Institute and BM in Music Education and Vocal Performance from University of Puget Sound. She is an American Leadership Forum Senior Fellow and has been recognized by the American Academy of Teachers of Singing and one of 5 Women to Watch by South Sound Magazine.
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