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Arts
Christine ‘LadyBee’ Kristen
Archivist, art collection manager
Burning Man Project
Brian LaDuca
IACT executive director
University of Dayton
Cara Maurizi
Music, drama, dance teacher
Urbana school district
Yvette Mayorga
Artist
Art Design Chicago
John David Mooney
Chicago-based artist
Mooney Studio
Stephanie Moore
Assistant dean of the arts
University of California-Santa Cruz
Eric Nash
Artist, painter
Moved to LA in 2000
Cynthia Oliver
Professor of dance
2015 Doris Duke Impact Award nominee
June Panagakos Podagrosi
Founder, executive director
Child’s Play Touring Theatre
Judy Peiser
Center for Southern Folklore
Founded Memphis landmark
Susan Rankaitis
Professor of art
Scripps College
Chuck Richards
Professor
Iowa State
Todd Salen
Champaign County 2018 Realtor of Year
RE/MAX broker
Leo Segedin
Chicagoland artist
Still painting at 90
Emily Sexton
Associate general counsel
Kennedy Center
Charles Shields
Literary biographer, playwright
New York Times best-seller
Sally Smith
Former Alaska legislator, 1977-83
Juneau mayor, 2000-03
Deb Sokolow
Artist, writer
Northwestern professor
Buzz Spector
Professor of art
Washington University
Noah Spiegel
Managing director
Nashville Children’s Theatre
Darius Spieth
Professor of art history
LSU
Mark Stryker
Author, ‘Jazz from Detroit’
Award-winning arts reporter/critic
Elizabeth Sutton
Director
Spurlock Museum of World Cultures
Stephen Tobolowsky
Actor
Ned from 'Groundhog Day'