STAFF
To contact us by email, please route your inquiry accordingly:
- SHOP: with inquiries regarding the shop, email shop@pccr.org
- DONATIONS: with inquiries regarding material donations, email donations@pccr.org
- GALLERY: with inquiries regarding the gallery, email gallery@pccr.org
- INFO: with all other inquiries, email info@pccr.org
For information on pronouns and why they matter, visit https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why.
Cammie Brady has been part of the Creative Reuse team since 2012. With her background as an artist, love for sustainability, and commitment to the Pittsburgh community, she’s helped shape the organization into one of the city’s most cherished resources.
Throughout her time at Creative Reuse, she’s taken on several roles—from Shop Assistant to Shop Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, and Creative Manager. As of 2024, she’s stepped up as the Executive Director!
When she’s not working, Cammie loves painting, collage, and crafting props and costumes from reused materials.
Hannah grew up in the suburbs outside of Pittsburgh and has put down roots in the city as a young adult who loves the vibrant creative community it has to offer. They joined the team at Creative Reuse in 2024 and are over the moon to get to work at a place where their passion for sustainability and personal love for creating arts and crafts out of recycled and repurposed materials intersect. Hannah loves to make silly miniatures, mixed-media collages, and sometimes even puppets. When not at work, Hannah can be found volunteering at community gardens in Pittsburgh’s East End, reading books, searching for trinkets and doo-dads to use in their projects, and exploring the city with their partner and friends.
Christina is a life-long reuse, upcycling, and preservation enthusiast with a professional practice in fine art conservation. When they’re not busying themselves learning the day-to-day operations of Creative Reuse, they can be found working on regional restoration projects including traditional paintings, public outdoor sculpture, historic decorative arts, and beloved garment repair. Christina has found their place in Creative Reuse, at the crossroads of their formal materiality studies, purposeful repetitive processes, and a “use what ya got” philosophy. They have lived in the Pittsburgh region for 10 years, by way of Florida’s Atlantic coast. Find them scouring the bottom shelves for treasures, with their nose in a book, or on their (much neglected) Instagram @christina_snacktasha.
James moved to Pittsburgh in 2017 and has met a lot of great people and friends along the way! He joined the Creative Reuse team in 2023 and loves hearing all about the customers’ projects and ideas, and helping out in any way that he can. He is really excited to work with such a lovely staff in a space where he can grow and learn more ways to be sustainable, reduce waste, and be a more active member of his community. His favorite section in the store are all the sections with cute little trinkets! In his free time, James loves trying new foods, sightseeing around Pittsburgh, and playing board games! His recent favorites have been Paladins of the West Kingdom and Ortus Regni. If you’re designing any board games or just interested in discussing board games, James would love to talk more over Instagram @jems_kim!
After starting as a Teaching Artist intern in the fall of 2023, Lia has recently found a new home as Creative Assistant and is overjoyed to be a part of the Creative Reuse community! As a mixed-media & collage artist, Lia is quite obsessed with incorporating found/reused/unusual materials into her artwork and loves the practice of creating something new from the interconnection of items who’ve lived a whole life before her! Lia is also an avid zinester whose zine contents range from utopic, imaginary worlds with mermaid kitties and sparkly unicorns to sensitive, Kimya Dawson-inspired introspection. You can find all of Lia’s cut-and-paste creations on Instagram @leftoverllunch.
Muriel started at Creative Reuse as a Chatham work-study student and became a part of the staff in Fall 2024. She enjoys working at Creative Reuse because she loves seeing customers’ creativity, working with wonderful coworkers, and learning more about reuse and conservation. Currently studying Interior Architecture, Muriel has always loved the arts and delights in working in an imaginative environment. Growing up, her mom’s friends would always share their leftover crafts supplies with her, supplying her with beautiful yarn, scrap fabric, and collage items – sowing the seeds for reuse and creativity early. Muriel can often be found sorting through the sticker section, picking out her favorites to add to her ever-growing collection. Whenever Muriel is not working, studying, or crafting, she can be found taking long walks, listening to music, thrifting, or going to the movies.
Shop Backup
He/Him
Honorific: Mr.
Brent started at Creative Reuse in 2024, joining to better serve the art community around him. Born in Virginia, he graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and, after living in Austin, Texas, he now calls Pittsburgh/Wilkinsburg his home. He is a mixed media artist with a heavy emphasis on woodblock printmaking. When not working, Brent enjoys gardening, biking, playing too much video games, and a good rom-com. Check out his artwork at @BrentPheto.
Daniel started out as a volunteer and has worked at Creative Reuse since 2012. He likes to create found object assemblages with Western and/or animal themes. His favorite materials come from the drawers of the card catalog (plastic animals, googly eyes, and other bits ‘n pieces). Daniel also likes to bake and recently he’s been sewing his own button-down shirts. You can find Daniel’s creative projects on his website danielshapiroart.com and Instagram @cowboygoods.
Originally from the deep south, Leigh has been in Pittsburgh since 2020 and at Creative Reuse since 2023. Leigh’s interest in sustainability runs deep and she believes that reuse and repair are the most direct way we can lower our impact. Between her formal art education, professional marketing/museum/production experience, and many, many hobbies, she has accumulated many nuggets of knowledge that are now put to good use at Creative Reuse. Leigh’s hobbies include illustration, fiber crafts, sewing, vintage jewelry/artifact collection, and gardening. Her favorite sections of the shop include the vintage and fabric sections. Check out her work on Instagram: illustrations @leighyostwillz and fiber ventures @leighknits.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Creative Reuse also has a dedicated, creative, and engaged Board of Directors:
Board President: Maggie Zurbruegg-Ramey, Kendra Scott
Board Vice President: Erin Palmer, Public Consulting Group
Board Treasurer: Raphaela Esposito, Selvedge Threads LLC
Board Secretary: Sarah Kipling McKay, The Education Partnership
Omoye Aikhuele, City of Pittsburgh
Michelle Wion Chitty, Parkinson’s Foundation
Alicia Donner, Target