People
185
Arts
Bayo Ojikutu
Award-winning author
‘47th Street Black,’ ‘Free Burning’
Cynthia Oliver
Professor of dance
2015 Doris Duke Impact Award nominee
June Panagakos Podagrosi
Founder, executive director
Child’s Play Touring Theatre
Kristina Parsons
Assistant propmaster
Warner Brothers TV
Vivian Payton
Co-executive producer
‘Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta’
Judy Peiser
Center for Southern Folklore
Founded Memphis landmark
Chuck Pelletier
TV/film veteran
Director, Princess Cruises
David Petr
President/CEO
Montgomery Co. EDC
Cynthia Pietrucha
Managing attorney
Pietrucha Law Firm
Richard Powers
2019 Pulitzer Prize
Won 1989 ‘Genius’ grant
Troy Pryor
Founder, CEO
Creative Cypher, GOOD Network
Susan Rankaitis
Professor of art
Scripps College
Jesse Rathgeber
Assistant professor of music
James Madison University
Bob Rauber
Director, School of Earth, Society and Environment
Professor of atmospheric sciences
Chuck Richards
Professor
Iowa State
Leanna Rossmann
Global head of music finance
Walt Disney Co.
Jonathan Sadowski
Actor/Producer
‘Live Free or Die Hard'
Todd Salen
Champaign County 2018 Realtor of Year
RE/MAX broker
Natasha Samreny
Standup comedian
Head writer, Florida Studio Theatre
Judi Schindler
Speaker, actor, author
‘Husbands: An Owner’s Manual’
Rachel Scott
Librarian, associate professor
University of Memphis
Leo Segedin
Chicagoland artist
Still painting at 90
Allison Semmes
Broadway performer
Starred as Diana Ross in ‘Motown the Musical’
Emily Sexton
Associate general counsel
Kennedy Center
