Board of Directors
Center for Creative Repair is guided by a Board of Directors that helps care for the organization, the shared makerspace, and the programs offered there. The board reviews new ideas, supports clear space-use policies, and helps ensure that classes, tools, events, and activities are introduced in a safe, organized, and sustainable way.
New programs, equipment, instructor-led classes, and special events are reviewed before launch so the space can grow responsibly while staying focused on hands-on arts, education, repair, and creative making.
Grey Tyson
Grey Tyson is a community builder, systems thinker, and practical designer focused on creating accessible spaces for making, learning, repair, and creative collaboration. Their work brings together hands-on problem solving, project development, community organizing, and practical design to support shared tools, creative infrastructure, and locally rooted maker programs.
At Center for Creative Repair, Grey helps guide the development of a safe, organized, and welcoming makerspace where artists, craftspeople, educators, families, and community members can build skills, share knowledge, and work on approved creative projects.
Grey’s work is driven by a belief that useful community spaces should be practical, beautiful, and easy for people to participate in, maintain, and carry forward together.
Asifa Welch-Pasin
Asifa has been a board member with Orcas Recycling Services and The Exchange since 2019 and has organized the Trashion Fashion Shows on Orcas Island since 2012. For more than a decade, she has created and hosted hands-on creative workshops, including sewing classes using reclaimed materials and projects such as pet clothing, beeswax wraps, costumes, reusable shopping bags, and upcycled jewelry made from discarded and unusual materials.
Since 2020, Asifa has offered sewing and creative reuse classes focused on practical skills, sustainability, and accessibility. She has also mentored young artists and aspiring fashion designers, helping participants build confidence through making, design, and creative problem-solving.
As a performer, singer, and dancer, Asifa has appeared in productions at Orcas Center for the past 11 years. During that time, she has designed, created, and assembled hundreds of costumes for local productions, blending storytelling, imagination, and creative reuse.
In addition to her creative work, Asifa serves as the Volunteer Program Manager at the local Food Bank, works as a journalist and office manager for the Islands Sounder, and has volunteered with the Coalition for Orcas Youth since 2019.
At Center for Creative Repair, Asifa brings deep experience in sewing, creative reuse, teaching, volunteer coordination, and community arts. She is passionate about creating welcoming spaces where people can learn practical skills, share ideas, and participate in hands-on creative projects.
Kyle McNeal
Kyle McNeil is an experienced mechanic, machinist, and hands-on problem-solver with AAS certifications from Bellingham Technical College, industry experience, and six years of service in the U.S. Navy. His interests include restoring old machines, learning from traditional repair techniques, and exploring newer tools such as CAD, 3D printing, and digital fabrication.
At Center for Creative Repair, Kyle brings practical experience in shop organization, tool awareness, operational safety, and hands-on project planning. He has also helped lead renovation efforts for the space, supporting the development of a safe, functional, and well-organized environment for classes, creative work, and community making.
Cameron Smart
Cameron Smart is a maker, writer, creative technologist, and hands-on problem-solver with experience in software, electronics, automation, teaching, and community-oriented design. His work brings together practical building, creative tools, technical education, and collaborative projects.
At Center for Creative Repair, Cameron supports the development of maker programs, technology education, shared workspace systems, and hands-on learning opportunities. He is especially interested in helping people learn through creative problem-solving, accessible tools, and projects that make it easier for community members to build, repair, experiment, and share knowledge.