Julie joins the Creative Flagstaff team after spending the majority of her career in the world of hospitality. Her work in events management, sales and marketing leadership, position her to guide the development and execution of the inaugural ARTx Festival. She holds a BS in Hotel Management from the University of Houston, in her home state of Texas. Julie enjoys her free time with her family and two dogs, exploring Northern Arizona. She joined the team in late 2022.

Kris has been a part of the Creative Flagstaff team since 2014. She is a business professional that has vast experience in business management, financials, grants management, presentations and workshops, entrepreneurship, and more. Kris took a brief 5 month sabbatical and is excited to be a part of the Arts and Science community again. Kris’s love for the Arts includes theater production, ceramics, bellydancing, bluegrass spoon playing, and more. Kris enjoys spending time with her husband and their toddler either camping, hiking, boating, gardening, and just enjoying life.

Jay Gallegos joined Creative Flagstaff in 2022. Jay is a native to Flagstaff and passionate about the community’s rich cultural heritage. He returned to his hometown after having studied Media Arts and Sociology as an undergraduate at The University of Arizona and receiving an MFA in Art & Technology from the Ohio State University. His professional background is in media coordination, facilitation, and instruction; having worked as a Teaching Artist in documentary filmmaking at City High School in Tucson, Arizona, a Media Coordinator & Youth Media Workshop Facilitator for The Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Southern Arizona on behalf of The University of Arizona College of Public Health, as an Instructor of Record in the Department of Art at The Ohio State University, and as a Youth Media Workshop Facilitator for the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to his current role, he was a Digital Media Specialist for Flagstaff Arts Council. A practicing multimedia artist, his work focuses primarily on digital video & motion graphics within an experimental framework. When not behind a camera or at the editing bay Jay also enjoys live music and supporting the local creative sector in all its diverse iterations. 

Erin Gardner joined Creative Flagstaff in 2022. Erin has a great appreciation for art galleries and for the very real and tangible ways art can serve our communities. She has had the pleasure of working in art museums, art studios, and art galleries for five years and has experience in art handling and collections management. Erin is originally from Kentucky and is relatively new to Arizona and the southwest. She first developed a love for the arts and the belief that she could make it her profession through her work at a local art gallery. She then moved on to pursue the humanities in her university education where she specialized in museum studies, art history, and literature. During her time at university, she held a position at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky. Following her graduation from university, she moved to Alaska where she became an Archive Technician for a local indigenous community. Erin is thankful to be in Arizona and is excited for this new chapter. During her free time Erin loves to spend time outdoors and is excited to further explore Arizona’s wild beauty.

Urian Lee first joined Creative Flagstaff in 2021 as a contracted sound engineer for many of the concerts at Coconino Center for the Arts. In 2023 Urian joined the full team as our Exhibitions Preparator for Coconino Center for the Arts.