BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Y’all Rock Camp ATL is a non-profit volunteer driven organization. Our dedicated all volunteer working board keeps things running smoothly.
Ashby Combahee
Co-chair
Ashby is a librarian and archivist at the Highlander Research and Education Center. They are a total history nerd and work on numerous oral history projects around Atlanta, including the Georgia State Transgender Oral History Project and Georgia Dusk. Ashby joined the Y'all Rock Camp ATL crew as a volunteer in 2020 and was blown away by the campers' creative expression and collaborative spirit! In addition to songwriting, Ashby plays ukulele, flute, piano, and guitar, mostly for the amusement of their dog.
Harmony McGill
Co-chair
Harmony is a Licensed Massage Therapist and musician. Her love of music and people inspired her lifelong commitment to sharing the joy of music through performance and education. She was born in London and grew up in Germany, the Pacific Islands and throughout the United States. Her multicultural upbringing has influenced her diverse musical projects, which range from latin jazz, southern rock, and an all-girl drum troupe. Harmony began volunteering with Y’all Rock Camp ATL in 2014 as Instrument Instructor and Band Coach. She pioneered the YRC after school guitar club and joined the Board of Directors in 2019. She has rocked with the Y’all Rock Camp foundation in cities throughout the US since 2005. Music is not just a passion, it's a way of life!
Kési Felton
Secretary
Kési Felton (pronounced ‘Casey’ – she/her) is a writer from Acworth, GA. She is the founder and publisher of Better to Speak, a movement media platform for young and emerging Black storytellers. In 2023, she self-published her first book, an essay collection titled The Morning Always Comes – reflections on being and becoming.
Kési is a three-time former camper from 2010-2012, and brings her lifelong love for music and experience in organizational storytelling to the YRC board!
Kim Grattan
Kim Grattan is a piano technician and musician. Her life was forever changed for the better when she attended musical theater camp as a tween, which eventually led to her joining her first band. Kim has experienced and firmly believes in the power of music to connect, heal, and inspire us. She's grateful for the opportunity to support an organization that creates a safe space and encourages young musicians to express themselves.
Amber Ritchie
Amber is a native of Altoona, Alabama. She moved to Birmingham, Alabama in 2010 at age eighteen and graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2013 with a degree in journalism.
She moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2020 before settling in Atlanta, Georgia in 2022. She started a podcast, Checking-In: A Self Help Book Club in 2022, and began performing comedy live in 2023.
She loves traveling, cooking, spooky stuff, yoga, reading, writing, volunteering, and all things vintage. She currently resides with her two cats, Ponyboy and Cherry.
Tanisha Barnes
Tanisha was born and raised in SW Atlanta. She is the single mother of a beautiful and bright 9-year-old. She is currently a senior at Georgia State University and will graduate with a bachelor’s in psychology in May, and plans on getting a master’s degree in clinical social work. In her spare time, she loves to read and write poetry, and she’s a serious Hip Hop and R&B girl.
Her love for music and desire to help others heal led her to Y’all Rock Camp ATL last summer in 2023. The experience with the children and adults inspired me to make a long-term commitment to the organization: As a new board member, she looks forward to cultivating a safe space to carry out YRCATL’s mission.