Film/Television/Radio and New Media: FY 2009 Grants Panelists

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel A  June 2 – 4, 2008 Allen Bell  Program Director , Contemporary Arts & New Initiatives Southern Arts Federation Atlanta, GA Michelle Byrd Executive Director Independent Feature Project Brooklyn, NY Rebecca Campbell  Film Producer, Director Executive Director Austin Film Society Austin, TX Gary E. Grunder (Layperson) Retired Federal Employee Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Lewes, DE Charlie Humphrey Executive Director Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Pittsburgh, PA Ben Kim  Director of Institutional Giving Sundance Institute Beverly Hills, CA Jeanne Luckett  Writer, Video Producer Owner Luckett Communications, LLC Jackson, MS Bill Pence Director of Film, Hopkins Center for the Arts Dartmouth College Portsmouth, NH Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel B  June 4, 2008 Gary E. Grunder (Layperson) Retired Federal Employee Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Lewes, DE Charlie Humphrey Executive Director Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Pittsburgh, PA Ben Kim  Director of Institutional Giving Sundance Institute Beverly Hills, CA Jeanne Luckett  Writer, Video Producer Owner Luckett Communications, LLC Jackson, MS Media Arts – Access to Artistic Excellence ’09 Panel C June 4, 2008 Gary E. Grunder (Layperson) Retired Federal Employee Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Lewes, DE Charlie Humphrey Executive Director Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Pittsburgh, PA Jeanne Luckett  Writer, Video Producer Owner Luckett Communications, LLC Jackson, MS

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel A October 22 – 24, 2008

Ruth Bradley Director Athens Center for Film & Video Ohio University New Marshfield, OH

Suzanne La Rosa (Layperson) Co-Founder & Publisher NewSouth Books Louisville, KY

Jeff Liu      Associate Director, Visual Communications  Southern California Asian American Studies Central Los Angeles, CA 

Eileen Newman Deputy Director Tribeca Film Institute New York, NY

Skip Pizzi Media Technology Consultant Fairfax, VA

Gordon Quinn  President and Founding Member Kartemquin Films Chicago, IL

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel B October 24, 2008

Ruth Bradley Director Athens Center for Film & Video Ohio University New Marshfield, OH

Suzanne La Rosa (Layperson) Co-Founder & Publisher NewSouth Books Louisville, KY

Skip Pizzi Media Technology Consultant Fairfax, VA

Arts on Radio and Television, Panel A December 4-5, 2008 Joyce Campbell Vice President, Education & Children’s Programming KCET-TV Los Angeles, CA John Silliman Dodge Radio Program Director Public Radio Station KBPS Portland, OR Jeanne Luckett Owner Luckett Communications, LLC Jackson, MS Laura Waterman Wittstock (Layperson) President and CEO Wittstock & Associates Minneapolis, MN Shaun Yu Program Director Public Radio Station WDPR Springboro, OH Arts on Radio and Television, Panel B1 January 29-30, 2009 Lynette Lewis Allston (Layperson) Community Volunteer Drewryville, VA David Griffiths Independent Producer New York, NY Ron Hull Senior Advisor to Programming Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Lincoln, NE Madison Davis Lacy  Film Director and Producer Associate Professor of Theater and Film University of Kansas Weehawken, NJ Martha Ronish Independent Radio Producer Edmonds WA Arts on Radio and Television, Panel B2 January 30, 2009 Lynette Lewis Allston (Layperson) Community Volunteer Drewryville, VA David Griffiths Independent Producer New York, NY Martha Ronish Independent Radio Producer Edmonds WA Arts on Radio and Television, Panel C January 30, 2009 Lynette Lewis Allston (Layperson) Community Volunteer Columbia, SC Larry Coressel Announcer, Production Manager WDPR-FM, 88.1 Dayton Public Radio Springfield, OH David Griffiths Independent Producer New York, NY American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Panel A May 21, 2009 Lynnette Allston (Layperson) Civic Leader, Community Volunteer Columbia, SC Larry Coressel Production Manager WDPR-FM 8801. Dayton Public Radio Springfield, OH Charlie Humphrey Executive Director Pittsburgh Filmmakers & Center for the Arts  Pittsburgh, PA Jeanne Luckett Owner Luckett Communications, LLC Jackson, MS American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Panel B May 21, 2009 Lynnette Allston (Layperson) Civic Leader, Community Volunteer Columbia, SC Alyce Myatt Managing Director Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media Baltimore, MD Jeff Ramirez Director of Programming/Vice President for Radio Radio KERA Dallas-Fort Worth Grand Prairie, TX Milos Stehlik Director Facets Multi-Media Chicago, IL

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Application Readers  (Readers who did not also serve as panelists)

Ron Hull  Senior Advisor to Programming  Nebraska Educational Telecommunications  Lincoln, NE Sarah Lutman  President and Managing Director  The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra  St. Paul, MN