Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works: FY 2015 Grants Panelists

Art Works I, Panel A1 July 8, 2014

Georgina Javor Director of Programming The Music Center at Strathmore Washington, DC

Nick Slie Co-Founder & Co-Artistic Director Mondo Bizarro New Orleans, LA

Jun-Li Wang Artist Community Organizer Springboard for the Arts St. Paul, MN

Michael Louis Vinson (Layperson) Business Development Manager McDonald's Green Bay, WI

Kim Whitener Producing Director HERE Arts Center New York, NY

Art Works I, Panel A2 July 8, 2014

Georgina Javor Director of Programming The Music Center at Strathmore Washington, DC

Jun-Li Wang Artist Community Organizer Springboard for the Arts St. Paul, MN

Michael Louis Vinson (Layperson) Business Development Manager McDonald's Green Bay, WI

Kim Whitener Producing Director HERE Arts Center New York, NY

Art Works I, Panel B July 15, 2014

Cory Baker Director, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Vice-President, Scottsdale Cultural Council Chandler, AZ

Paul Collins (Layperson) Business Owner, Consultant, Partner Jordan-Webb Chicago, IL

Sonya Halpern (Layperson) Freelance Consultant Chair, Board of Directors National Black Arts Festival Atlanta, GA

Aki Ishida Founder, Aki Ishida Architect PLLC Assistant Professor of Architecture Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA

Robert Farid Karimi Storyteller and Community-engagement Specialist Lead Experience Designer/Producer Kaotic Good Productions/The Peoples Cook St. Paul, MN

Elizabeth Pabón-Szebeda Director of Arts, Villa Victoria Center for the Arts IBA - Inquilinos Boricuas En Acción Boston, MA

Art Works I, Panel C1 July 15, 2014

Ever Chavez Executive Director FUNDarte, Inc. Miami Beach, FL

Aaron Greenwald Executive Director, Duke Performances Duke University Durham, NC

Meklit Hadero Singer/Songwriter, Composer, Cultural Activist San Francisco, CA

John Kuo (Layperson) Enterprise Operations Architect Vantiv Morton Grove, IL

Andrea Louie Executive Director Asian American Arts Alliance Garden City, NY

Kathleen Pletcher Executive Artistic Director FirstWorks Minneapolis, MN

Art Works I, Panel C2 July 15, 2014

Ever Chavez Executive Director FUNDarte, Inc. Miami Beach, FL

Meklit Hadero Singer/Songwriter, Composer, Cultural Activist San Francisco, CA

John Kuo (Layperson) Enterprise Operations Architect Vantiv Morton Grove, IL

Andrea Louie Executive Director Asian American Arts Alliance Garden City, NY

Kathleen Pletcher Executive Artistic Director FirstWorks Minneapolis, MN

Art Works II, Panel A November 19, 2014

Holly Bass Independent Artist 360, Inc. Washington, DC

Kathryn Garcia Executive Director, MDC Live Arts Miami Dade College Miami Shores, FL

Asad Jafri Cultural Producer Sukoon Creative Bolingbrook, IL

Erin Palmer Assistant Director of Programming The Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts University of California Davis Sacramento, CA

Ben Rex (Layperson) CEO Cyberwoven Columbia, SC

Art Works II, Panel B1 December 2, 2014

David Chávez Founder and Artistic Director Sound Culture Center for Global Arts Chicago, IL

Jerica Humphrey Interim Director The Freed Center for the Performing Arts Ohio Northern University Ada, OH

Ama Rogan Managing Director A Studio in the Woods New Orleans, LA

Shay Stevens Mars Urban Arts Curator Washington Performing Arts Deale, MD

Pat VanHuss (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Retired Sales Executive Xerox Corporation Columbia, SC

Art Works II, Panel B2 December 2, 2014

David Chávez Founder and Artistic Director Sound Culture Center for Global Arts Chicago, IL

Jerica Humphrey Interim Director The Freed Center for the Performing Arts Ohio Northern University Ada, Ohio

Ama Rogan Managing Director A Studio in the Woods New Orleans, LA

Pat VanHuss (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Retired Sales Executive Xerox Corporation Columbia, SC

Art Works II, Panel C1 December 3, 2014

Stephen Brackett Emcee Flobots Denver, CO

Robbie Kienzle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Liaison, Planning Department City of Oklahoma City Shawnee, OK

Elena Moon Park Musician Project Manager Bang on a Can's Found Sound Nation Brooklyn, NY

Claire Rice Deputy Director, Sustain Arts Harvard University Chicago, IL

Carlos Velasco (Layperson) Founder and Consultant Velasco Consulting LLC Phoenix, AZ

Art Works II, Panel C2 December 3, 2014