Round I

Javier León
Latin American Music Center of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

Howard Mandel
Jazz Journalist
Chicago, IL
Lay Panelist

Renae Williams Niles
Kaufman School of Dance at USC
Culver City, CA

Georgiana Pickett
Baryshnikov Arts Center
Brooklyn, NY

Juri Seo
Princeton University
Lawrenceville, NJ

Round II

Dance/Theater

Neil A. Barclay
Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

Margaret Lawrence
Formerly of the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College
Lyme, NH
Lay Panelist

Jesse Obremski
Artist
New York, NY

Hana S. Sharif
Baltimore Center Stage
Baltimore, MD

Jon Spelman
Artist
Phoenix, AZ

Music

Miguel Chuaqui
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Amy Grossmann
ArtsGreensboro
Greensboro, NC

Andre Kimo Stone Guess
GuessWorks, Inc.
Louisville, KY

Mari Kimura
Artist
Irvine, CA

Sunny Wicks
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Vienna, VA
Lay Panelist

Round III

Dance/Theater

Baron Kelly
Artist
Louisville, KY

Monique Martin
Harlem Stage
New York, NY

Beth Morrison
Beth Morrison Projects
Brooklyn, NY

Dr. Michael J. Rose
Retired, formerly of the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Plymouth, VT
Lay Panelist

Rosy Simas
Artist
Minneapolis, MN

Music

Nicholas Alexander Brown
Washington Performing Arts
Bowie, MD

Regina Carter-Garnett
Artist
Maywood, NJ

Karen Kim
Artist
Philadelphia, PA

Jacqueline Peters
100 Black Men of Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

Steve Seifert
Retired, formerly of the Newman Center for the Performing Arts
Portland, OR
Lay Panelist