2025 Board of Directors

Keli Hogsett

PRESIDENT

Born and raised in Austin, Keli first came across AFTS when she bought a painting almost 8 years ago just before leaving Austin to work in San Francisco and Boulder. Keli has worked in advertising for 10+ years and is currently a Creative Director at R/GA. A huge supporter of the homeless wherever she's lived, Keli joins the board in 2019 bringing strategic thinking, creativity and design leadership to the Communications Committee.

Molly Batschelet

VICE PRESIDENT

Mindy Marcks

SECRETARY

Mindy is an HR leader with experience with companies like IBM, Samsung, and The Hershey Company. Currently taking a break, Mindy is focusing on volunteer work with Austin Pets Alive! And Art From The Streets. Mindy discovered AFTS when she moved to Austin in 2018 and has purchased art from the annual show every year since then. She began volunteering with AFTS in 2024 and loves working with the artists, volunteers and staff. Mindy hopes her passion for people will help AFTS continue to grow and thrive.

Hash Mham

Hash is a strategy professional with 8-10 years of experience at high-growth tech companies, holding roles in business development, strategy and operations, and as Chief of Staff. A native of Austin, he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor's in Economics and a Master's in Finance. Despite his technical and analytical background, Hash is also an artist who dedicates much of his time to painting and writing. He is thrilled to be part of this program, which allows him to work closely with other artists and contribute to Austin's vibrant art community.

Kenny Trice

Kenny has been involved in the arts  since discovering photography while an undergrad at The University of Texas. After further study and work as an advertising and editorial photographer in both San Francisco and New York, he and his family moved back to Austin in 2008. Kenny began volunteering with AFTS in early 2014 and was part of the team that launched the first website dedicated to selling the wonderful artwork of the AFTS artists.  He officially joined the board in late 2015 and currently serves on the AFTS Communications Committee.

Jodie King

Jodie King is an artist, instructor, author & speaker whose mission is to help others excavate their own authentic power, freedom and joy through the use of art and creativity. She possesses a combination of playful irreverence and spirituality with over 20 years of art experience that resonates with her audience from around the world. Jodie’s “no one is the boss of you” attitude about painting, life, and creativity have garnered her collectors from around the world who resonate with the rebelliousness and passion in her art.

Megan Trinidad

Megan is a seasoned creative leader with 20+ years of marketing experience. She first became involved with AFTS through purchasing pieces at the annual show and now serves as chair of the communications committee. She strives to use her marketing experience to bring more attention and understanding to the program and its artists. In her free time, Megan can be found practicing yoga, playing tennis or, most frequently, rummaging in her craft closet in pursuit of her next creative project.

Allee Beatty

Allee Beatty is a seasoned art professional with a deep passion for contemporary art and collecting. Originally from Connecticut, she holds a BA in Art History from Wesleyan University and an MA in American Studies with a focus on Museums and Communities from Trinity College. Her experience spans prestigious institutions, including the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, and the Wadsworth Atheneum.

As the Gallery Director at West Chelsea Contemporary in Austin, Texas, Allee leads with a dynamic vision, curating exhibitions that celebrate both emerging and established contemporary artists. Founded in 2002 (formerly known as the Russell Collection), West Chelsea Contemporary is a world-class art gallery specializing in blue-chip, contemporary, and street art, alongside works by emerging artists. The gallery's program focuses on 20th-century and contemporary art, with a particular specialty in American and European post-World-War-II movements.

Allee has worked with Art From the Streets for the last several years, curating exhibitions at Canopy, providing artists with advice, and welcoming AFTS artists to West Chelsea Contemporary in an annual pop-up exhibition.

Kelley Worden

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Kelley obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts from East Tennessee State University. Kelley worked for 5 years as a graphic artist post graduation, and then shifted her focus to volunteer work while raising her children. From 1997 to 2010 she held leadership roles supporting Canyon Creek Elementary School as the PTA Fundraising Coordinator, Fun Run Coordinator, and Green Team leader. She also co-founded a local non-profit organization, Chicktime Austin (now Hope Austin), which works with children in need in the Austin community.  In 2010, Kelley began volunteering with AFTS, became a board member in 2013 and in 2016 she was selected to fill the Executive Director position.

Harald Galinski

CONTROLLER

With over 15 years of experience as a Film Production Accountant and Line Producer, I offer a deep well of expertise in production budgeting, accounting, technical workflows, and team leadership across a wide spectrum of projects. My background extends beyond film into startup business development, strategic planning, sales, marketing, and customer success management. Most recently, I’ve been honored to join Art From the Streets as Treasurer, where I apply my financial and strategic skills to support their inspiring mission of empowering unhoused artists through creative expression and community engagement.

Marla Johnson

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Marla attended her first AFTS annual show in 2016, in support of new friends who had moved from the streets into permanent supportive housing at Community First! Village. Marla served on the Mobile Loaves and Fishes Stewardship team at CF!V, where she helped inspire others to discover ways to engage in innovative solutions to address chronic homelessness. Prior to AFTS, Marla served as Director of Development and Operations at Central Texas Table of Grace, where she helped create a Supervised Independent Living program for vulnerable young adults who have aged out of foster care. She received her MBA with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship at Texas Tech University.

David Dominguez

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

I have been drawing since I was a kid with a focus on surrealism. I went on to take my passion for making people wonder what they were looking at and hit the streets in the form of graffiti. I have been fortunate enough to have spent over 20 years traveling the world and this great nation, collecting memories of people and places and things. I have had the chance to reflect on those times and interpret those emotions onto canvas. This has become my driving force in life. I wake up every day and can't wait to start painting and sharing these moments I have captured with the world and beautiful people around me.

Kelas Lloyd

AFTS Artist

I use bold lines and bright colors to create art that demands to be seen in a world that often doesn't want to see people like me. Art is a universal language and I love when I can make a connection with someone with a piece, or when they find something that resonates with them in something I've made. It's all about communication and interconnectedness, community and harmony, and I believe we can find that through art.

Jameson Behrens

AFTS Artist

I look back at what I've gone through and I'm amazed and proud of myself for the progress I've made. I've been working hard with my artwork, which has brought me a lot of fulfillment. As I see my talent progress, I want to show everybody. My life now is a life of discovery. Now I have more of a purpose.

Heloise Gold

CO-FOUNDER / BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE

Heloise is a performing artist, dancer, T’ai Chi instructor and co-founder of Art From The Streets.  In 1990, co-founders began offering open studio art sessions for folks who were homeless. In 1991 they created the first Annual Show & Sale. Heloise has been involved with the program ever since taking on a variety of roles. Her love of the artists, making art in the community and seeing that AFTS flourishes is at the heart of her commitment.

Bill Jeffers

CO-FOUNDER / BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE

Bill Jeffers is a poet and sculptor and one of the co-founders of Art From the Streets. He helped produce the first public show and the 25 Annual Shows that followed. He produced marketing materials and graphic design for the project for many years, and has written the City of Austin Cultural Contract application since the 2nd annual show in 1992. He served as the organization's first paid staff. He is motivated by the wonderful people who make their art in the open studio and by the efforts of AFTS to address the inexcusable hardships faced by people who are homeless in such a prosperous society.