Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works: FY 2024 Grants Panelists

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel A
June 27, 2023

Shannon Forsell
Artistic Director and CEO
American Cabaret Theatre, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN

Steve Hoffman
Executive Director
Norton Center for the Arts
Centre College
Adjunct, Assistant Professor
Department of Arts Administration
University of Kentucky
Danville, KY

Jonah Nigh (Layperson)
Senior Vice President, Development and Alumni Engagement
The New School
Bronx, NY

Mariana Sheppard
Photographer
Managing Director
Junebug Productions, Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA

Angela Two Stars
All My Relations Arts Director
Native American Community Development Institute
Maplewood, MN

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel B
June 28, 2023

Robbie Champion (Layperson)
Senior Associate Director, Constituent Giving
Health & Medicine Development and Alumni Relations
George Washington University
Washington, DC

Eric Essix
Director of Programming [Retired]
Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Fultondale, AL

Alishiya Kapoor
Co-Executive Director of Productions and Administration
Wise Fool New Mexico
Norfolk, VA

Tanaya Winder
Poet
Director of People, Culture, and Belonging
NDN Collective
Albuquerque, NM

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel C
June 29, 2023

Lynette Chappell-Williams (Layperson)
Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
Penn State Health
Harrisburg, PA

Laura Doggett
Community Artist, Educator
Co-Director
Another Kind of Girl Collective
New Orleans, LA

Tracy Francis
Multidisciplinary Artist
Artistic Director
Boom Arts, Inc.
Hillsboro, OR

Hananne Hanafi
Deputy Director, Yollocalli Arts Reach
National Museum of Mexican Art
Berwyn, IL

Hernan Dario Jourdan
Artist and Producer
Providence, RI

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel D
June 30, 2023

Calvin Arsenia
Singer, Songwriter, and Multi-Instrumentalist
Kansas City, MO

Angela Carranza
Executive Director
Fresh Arts
Jersey Village, TX

Nancy Noble (Layperson)
Teacher & English and World History Department Chair
Hook Jr. High
Victorville, CA

Kemal Pohan
Musician
Community Outreach Manager
Mayo Street Arts
South Portland, ME

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel E
June 26, 2023

Wes Enos
Executive Director
The Generations Project, Inc.
Halsey, OR

Suzanne Kim
Program Director
FirstWorks
Providence, RI

Rebecca Owen
Chief Development Officer
Black Arts MKE, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI

Jessica Sammons (Layperson)
Program Manager, WV Extension Family Nutrition Programs
West Virginia University
Charleston, WV