Dance/Theater Panel A
Roxana Barba (FL)
Choreographer, cultural administrator, and interdisciplinary artist
Melissa Huber (CT)
Managing Director of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas
Eric Solano (CA)
Founder and Artistic Director of Parangal Dance Company
Pirronne Yousefzadeh (MN)
Director, writer, educator, and Associate Artistic Director at Playwrights’ Center
Dance/Theater Panel B
Rudi Goblen (CA)
Playwright, professor, performer, and 2025 USA Fellow
Winifred Haun (IL)
Founder, choreographer, and Artistic Director of Winifred Haun & Dancers
Patricia Herrera (VA)
Scholar, dramaturg, and Professor of Theatre at the University of Richmond
Gary Peterson (MN)
Former Chief Administrator of Ananya Dance Theatre, Zenon Dance Company, James Sewell Ballet, Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre, and the Southern Theater
Music Panel A
Gene Dobbs Bradford (MO)
Artistic Administrator of Signature Cruise Experiences and Former Executive Director of the Savannah Music Festival
Philip Hii (TX)
Professor Emeritus of Music at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi
Matthew Lau (MA)
Percussionist and composer, Artistic Director of The Up:Strike Project
Annick Odom (WV)
Composer, multi-instrumentalist, improviser, crankie maker, storyteller, and square dance caller
Music Panel B
Maglyn Bertrand (DC)
Arts administrator, ethnomusicologist, and Grants Manager at The Phillips Collection
Gabriel José Bolaños (AZ)
Composer and Assistant Professor of Music Composition at Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute
Tamara Loewenthal (IN)
Artistic Director of the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation
Howard Mandel (IL)
Author, educator, music journalist, and President of the Jazz Journalists Association