
Empowering The Future
Youth Driven.
Bringing together New Orleans’ Youth to rebuild blighted neighborhoods.
We’re organized by youth, and our efforts are directed at bettering the lives of our city’s future.
Many young people who wanted to volunteer to help rebuild New Orleans were turned away by other non-profits because of the liability associated with reconstruction work. Instead of accepting this rejection, a committed group of teenagers decided they would find a way to help the New Orleans community recover.
We know that when it comes to volunteer organizations, New Orleans is not lacking, but YRNO’s devotion to young people and education sets us apart. Although we have grown exponentially from the initial days following Hurricane Katrina, our vision and founding principles have remained the same.
Youth Rebuilding New Orleans’s mission is to reduce blight by rebuilding distressed and foreclosed homes while engaging local youth in the recovery and rebirth of the New Orleans area.
Rebuilding New Orleans one home at a time.
Our Team
Prince Holmes
Executive Director
Prince is a New Orleans native and proud Edna Karr Alum. He joined the Youth...
Ra’Gene Barrett
Assistant Construction Manager
Ra’Gene is a New Orleans native and graduate from Mc’Donough 35 High...
Mary Shoemaker
YRNO Board Member
Mary C. Shoemaker is an Archbishop Chapelle and UNO graduate with a BS...
Jarod Martinolich
YRNO Board Member
Jarod Martinolich is from Metairie, LA and graduated from Archbishop Rummel...
John Coyle
Construction Manager
John Coyle moved to New Orleans in 2008 to participate in the...
Chris Altobello
YRNO Board Member
Chris Altobello is from Kenner, LA and graduated from Archbishop Rummel...
KD Minor
YRNO Board Member
Believing in responding to demographic, political and social shifts by acting in...
Emma Cox
Social Media Manager
Emma is a Louisiana native, currently studying film and theater as an...
Robert Whitman Jr.
YRNO Board President
Robert Whitman Jr. received his B.S. from Tulane University in 1973...
Chris Ulfers
YRNO Board Member
Chris Ulfers graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2015 from Louisiana State...