People of the Ecosystem

Organizations exist to help humans flourish collectively.

Humans do not exist to help organizations function.

Creative Evolutions is an ecosystem of human beings, who work together using their lived experience and a commitment to empathy and listening. The ecosystem is constantly expanding by design, and every collaborator has permanent rights to the ideas they create and are invited to have permanent financial stakes in Creative Evolutions.

Our Managing Collaborators have set the vision for Creative Evolutions, and assumed the responsibility for caring for all collaborators, clients, and partners in all Creative Evolutions activities.

Hundreds of individuals have already been part of growing the ideas and relationships at the heart of Creative Evolutions, and dozens share in the financial and intellectual rights to the value we have already created together.

Those listed below are just some of the active members of the ecosystem - we invite you to learn more about them!

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Calida N. Jones

Active Creative Practice:

Violinist, Conductor, Music Educator

Calida N. Jones is an accomplished musician, social justice advocate, and educator with more than 25 years of experience in performance planning, workshop and curriculum development, volunteerism, project management, and teaching in private and public institutions.

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Douglas R. Clayton

Active Creative Practice:

Ballroom Dancer, Fiction Publisher

Douglas R. Clayton brings more than 25 years of experience in the arts and culture industry, specifically within opera, theater, and arts service organizations. Passionate about innovative business models in the arts and culture sector, his driving purpose is to create more equitable and effective ways for talented and committed people to be creative and successful in our society.

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Dr. Kim Davis,

Five/6teen Consulting

Active Creative Practice:

Artist, Educator, Researcher

Dr. Kim Davis (she/her/hers) is an artist, educator, and researcher with over 25 years of experience in arts and culture performance, education, and administration for nonprofit and municipal organizations. Through coaching and consulting, she offers support and guidance for those seeking motivation and personal development through an equity and social justice lens.

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Rebecca Novick

Active Creative Practice:

Theatre Director, Cultural Strategist

Rebecca’s consulting work builds on her deep understanding of the needs of artists and arts organizations and focuses on finding new ways of working and new structures for our organizations.

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Abby Ferree

Active Creative Practice:

Theatremaker, long distance walker

Abby is an internationally trained theatremaker with a passion for arts education and research. Their work focuses on queering the process of theatre, using slowness as a tool for discovering the next step forward.

Cindy Marie Jenkins,

CMJ Communications

Active Creative Practice:

Writer, Editor, Kids Media Educator

Cindy writes at the intersection of parenting, pop culture, and media.

After directing live theatre in New York and Los Angeles, she turned to storytelling for social impact.

Cindy also runs kids media literacy workshops in schools and community organizations through OutThink Media.

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Asia Palmer

Active Creative Practice:

A&R, Music Management

Asia is a Baltimore, Maryland native and a 2024 graduate of the University of Hartford, where she earned her degree in Music Management.

Her passion for music began at a young age through her participation in the Baltimore Symphony’s OrchKids program, where she studied flute. This early experience led her to attend the Baltimore School for the Arts and later pursue music management in college. She is excited to continue her journey and make a meaningful impact in the world.