Board & Youth Advisory Council
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VIBE Arts is governed by a dynamic eight-member Board of Directors to whom the Executive & Artistic Director reports. The members of the Board of Directors come from diverse cultural backgrounds. Combined expertise of the current members include education, nonprofit management, human resources development, communication, law, financial management, and community development. The Board supports VIBE Arts with astute financial acumen and governance knowledge.

Clare Hacksel
Chair

Nish Shah
Vice Chair
Bio In his current role, Nish is the Vice President of Strategy at Initiative, a global communications agency, where he works with a wide range of clients including RBC, Amazon, LEGO, Carlsberg, CBC and Destination Canada. Prior to joining Initiative, Nish held the role of Vice President/Creative Strategy Director at Match Marketing Group where he developed and led the agency’s strategic approach of experience design. He has also held roles at the National Hockey League and Armstrong Partnership along with running his own agency.

Daniel Cappe
Secretary

Khalid Haddad
Treasurer
Bio

John Armstrong
Director
Bio

Tessa Gooden
Director

Dwayne Morgan
Director

Fatima Kamenge
Director

Steven J. Hudson
Director
Bio Outside the office, Steven has a passion for music and the arts as well as travelling with his husband and their three adopted kids.
VIBE Arts Youth Advisory Council
VIBE Arts’ is supported by an additional governing body that meets monthly in order to provide valuable organizational and programming input to VIBE Arts from the perspective of a young person. Members of the Council are youth who have participated in our outreach programs over the past few years and who live in the communities that we work with.

Kate Jarencio
Council Chair

Matthew Cuff
Council Member

Kevin Ye
Council Member

Shashann Miguel-Tash
Council Member