Board Members

Holli Wagner is a creative business strategist with a passion for the arts and community. A long-time Yamhill County entrepreneur, she brings over 15 years of experience in small business ownership, technology, and event planning.

She owns Stay McMinnville LLC and Wagner Advisory Group LLC, where she leads business and technology transformation initiatives through its Humans Aim program. Holli also co-owned McMinnville Event Center for the Arts (MECA Gallery) with her husband.

With over 30 years in technology and sales at companies like IBM, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, and Verizon, Holli blends strategic insight with artistic expression. Her creative work includes 3D acrylic painting, multimedia design, singing, writing, and music video storytelling.

She is dedicated to enriching the local arts community through advocacy, collaboration, and creative leadership.

Lisa FitzPatrick is a marketing and communications professional with over 15 years of experience in visual design, website management, and regulatory communications. 

She brings a strong background in project management, content strategy, and digital media to her role on the AAYC board. In addition to her professional work, 

Lisa is a visual artist working in oil and graphite mediums. A resident of McMinnville, she is dedicated to supporting and promoting the vibrant arts community of Yamhill County.

David is a software architect and business consultant and 12 year resident of Oregon, the last 8 of which he and his wife have spent in McMinnville. David is a literalist and overly logical which can be annoying in conversations but somehow made him the ideal candidate of a small sample size to be the AAYC treasurer, a position he's immensely enjoyed.

David has a degree that he has never really used from the University of Michigan. He does not own any clothing emblazoned with the various branding paraphernalia of said school but has been known to wear hoodies of other institutes of higher education to which he has no tangible affiliation.

When he is not architecting or treasuring David and his wife like to go to music concerts and travel and eat food he could not otherwise find in Yamhill County.

 Britt Block is a McMinnville artist with the Art Harvest Studio tour. Her large scale pastel paintings focus on the natural world, sometimes investigating the world through a bee's eyes: What a Bee Sees. She has painted seriously for over 30 years and has had work in galleries as well as private collections. Most recently one of her paintings was the featured work in the 2023 Art About Agriculture touring exhibit.

Britt is also a retired high school theater teacher, and has enjoyed connecting with the Gallery Theater community, most recently directing the farce "See How They Run."

Britt is a meditator and mindfulness instructor with an MFA in Arts and Consciousness. She enjoys Tai Chi and the wild world around and within us.

Beth has lived and been an active arts volunteer in McMinnville since 1994.  She was the Local Wine Column writer for the News Register for 10 years.  Licensed as a REALTOR in 2001, Beth has served her industry during that time as an organization leader.  

She is an avid knitter and a lover of all things yarn! 

As major supporter and sponsor for the McMinnville Farmers Market, Make Music McMinnville, Art Harvest and other events, she also advocates for all of  the community around her.

Kyle is a Digital Art, Filmmaking and Podcasting teacher at McMinnville High School. He is passionate about teaching the various forms of digital expression that are available. He formerly worked at McMinnville Community Media in downtown McMinnville, supporting local producers to create public access television shows. He directed a short film in 2019 titled "East of a Dream" that was showcased at the McMinnville Short Film Festival. He has edited and worked on other local films.

Kyle loves spending time with his wife Katie and their two cats, Clementine and Olive. In his free time he plays as much chess as he can and studies the great masters of the past. If you come to a McMinnville High School Baseball game, you will hear him on the microphone announcing the game. He has also taken up the growing sport of Disc Golf and frequently travels around the valley to play at new courses with his friends.

Maggie has lived, worked, volunteered, and created in Yamhill County for over 40 years. As a teacher, she worked with middle schoolers teaching Math, Art, and Science.

Twenty years ago, she decided to learn how to become a Silversmith, and has participated in the Art Harvest Studio Tour for the last 10 years. She has also helped AHST by being on their Board of Directors.

She is currently teaching local high school students how to make jewelry in an after-school club at McMinnville High School.

For Maggie, art is a way of life. She is honored to be in a position where she can help the community come together and experience art of all kinds.

Michael is a graduate of Portland State University and author of the novel 42 (Ooligan Press) and Tongue, Tied and Other Short Plays (Samuel French). 

Prior to moving to Mcminnville, he, with his wife and rescue kitty, lived in a small village in France. He ran away to the small village after two consecutive years surviving near fatal collisions while commuting by bike. Once settled in the village and prepared to commence their commerce, Covid (as it did to so many) set matches to their plans.

Now returned to the Pacific Northwest, he’s looking forward to establishing a publishing company, joining the art and literary
community, writing more, and assisting those along their creative journey, whatever it may be and wherever it may lead.