Meet the Team

Our team of 14 volunteer members live and work in Jackson. It’s our home and we’re working extremely hard to make it beautiful. We all have full-time jobs that take a majority of our time. But, the little free time we have is put towards something we love, Bright Walls.

It takes many different talents to plan a festival and we’re up for the challenge. Our team members have backgrounds in art, event planning, finance, fundraising, volunteer management, government relations, community engagement, project management, graphic design, and more.

Bright Walls Team_Jacque Austin.jpg — Jacque Austin

Think Jackson LLC

Bright Walls Team_Leslie Youngdahl.jpg — Leslie McAndrews

Consumers Energy

Bright Walls Team_Sean Palmer.jpg — Sean Palmer

Lally Group, PC CPA

Bright Walls Team_Ashley Esselink.jpg — Ashley Wellman

TruStage

Bright Walls Team_Kaiti McDonough.jpg — Kaiti McDonough

Maverick Security

Bright Walls Team_Greg Stevenson.jpg — Greg Stevenson

Consumers Energy

Bright Walls Team_Stephanie Schiro.jpg — Stephanie Schiro

Maverick Security

Bright Walls Team_Chelsea Dodge.jpg — Chelsea Dodge

Consumers Energy

Parker McAndrews Bright Walls — Parker McAndrews

Ross Mortgage

We know our hard our work is making a difference and that’s why we continue to do it. But, we could not host our festival without the support from our community and partners.