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AFRICA
Suramya Bansal
Heritage Fellow, Academy of Conservation and Care for Environment
Ouafa Belgacem
CEO, Culture Funding Watch (CFW), Tunisia
Christine Gitau
Convener & Curator, Craft Afrika, Nairobi, Kenya
Firdous Hendricks
Senior Programmes Manager, Lalela, Cape Town, South Africa
Albino Jopela
Head of Programmes, African World Heritage Fund, Midrand, Mozambique
Faye Kabali-Kagwa
Theatre4Youth Western Cape Coordinator, ASSITEJ South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
Linda Kaoma
Program Manager, Clowns Without Borders, Cape Town, South Africa
Mulenga Kapwepwe
Chairperson, National Arts Council, Lusaka, Zambia
Brian Kepher
Student of Political Science and Philosophy, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Ian Lai
Founder, Ingenio, Kenya
Daniel Lima
Executive Coordinator, U40 Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
Tiisetso Mashifane
Freelance Playwright, Theater Director, Producer, and Performer, South Africa
Shiba Mazaza
Impact Reporter, Salzburg Global Cultural Innovators Forum, South Africa
Esther Mbatha
Vice Chairperson, Youth Council for Cultural Heritage, Kenya National Commission for UNESCO, Nairobi, Kenya
Siviwe Mbinda
Founder, Happy Feet Youth Project, Cape Town, South Africa
Nancy Muigei
Governance Adviser, FCDO, Kenya
Chris Mukasa
Founder, Fatuma's Voice, Kenya
Arnold Muriithi
Creative Director, Arnold Muriithi (Fashion Brand), Nairobi, Kenya
James Mweu
Artistic Director & Dancer, Kunja Dance Theater, Nairobi, Kenya
Mawande Ndywamba
Art Director/Organizer, Amazink, South Africa
Siphiwe Ngwenya
Director, Maboneng Township Arts Experience, South Africa
Palesa Ngwenya
Development Coordinator, Maboneng Township Arts Experience, Cape Town, South Africa
Wandisile Nqeketho
Founder, The Gangster Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
Dani O'Neill
Film Composer, Researcher, Sound Artist and Cultural Worker, South Africa
Julius Ooko
Rapper, Songwriter and Social Activist, Nairobi, Kenya
Geoffrey Oyoo
Director, Kibera Creative Arts (KiCA), Kenya
Deirdre Prins-Solani
Heritage & Education Consultant, South Africa; former Director, Center for Heritage Development in Africa, Mombasa, Kenya
Rowan Pybus
Co-Founder, Sunshine Cinema, Cape Town, South Africa
Litha Sokutu
Cultural Analyst; Director, SLC Associates, Cape Town, South Africa
Osséni Soubérou
Communication Leader, EPA - School of African Heritage, Porto Novo, Benin
ASIA
Farid Abdullayev
Chino Aricaya
Community Manager, Pineapple Lab, Manila, Philippines
Reymart Cerin
Creative Director, The Public School Manila Branding & Design Studio, Manila, Philippines
Minseok Chi
Artist, ARKO, South Korea
In Dong Cho
Director General, Seoul Innovation Department, Seoul, Korea
Donghee Cho
Communication Designer, Peaberry Soop, Republic of Korea
Ala Cho
Head Curator, Gwanghwamun International Art Festival Organizing Committee, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Hannah Choi
Museum Instructor, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea, Seoul, Korea
Minji Chun
Coordinator and Editor, TheArtro, Korea Arts Management Service, Seoul, Korea
Zoe Chun
Director, The Great Commission, Seoul
Norvs De los Santos
Producer/Director, Newtown Pictures, Philippines
Sudhanva Deshpande
Actor and Director, India
Shuko Ebihara
Founder & Director, kuriya, Tokyo, Japan
Ralph Eya
Independent Art Practitioner, Manila, Philippines
Mon Garilao
Secretary/Independent Cinema Sector Representative, National Committee on Cinema - National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Philippines
Arundhati Ghosh
Executive Director, India Foundation for the Arts, Bangalore, India
Akio Hayashi
Managing Director, inVisible, Tokyo, Japan
Sadayuki Higuchi
Independent Arts Administrator, Arts NPO Link, Kyoto, Japan
Minh Hoang
Youth Activist, Hanoi, Vietnam
Dara Huot
Chief Executive, Phare Performing Social Enterprise, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Yoyojin Im
Artist, Yoyojin Creative Lab, South Korea
Misaki Iwai
Event and Collaboration Manager, Impact HUB Tokyo, Japan
YeiBeech Jang
Assistant Professor, Ajou University, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Yejeong Ji
President and Co-Founder, Omkim, Seoul, Korea
Namhee Joo
Senior Researcher, International Heritage Education Center, South Korea
YK Kam
Art producer; Artist; Cake Shop Owner, A Piece of Cake, Seoul, Korea
Sukyeong Kang
CEO & Music Director, Seoul Artistic Orchestra, Republic of Korea
Miku Kano
Member, ISHINOMAKI 2.0, Ishinomaki, Japan
Yuki Kato
Musician, Artist, Creative Director; Producer, UQiYO, Tokyo, Japan
Toshimasa Kawai
COO, Fabcafe LLP, Tokyo, Japan
Abhinit Khanna
Arts Manager, The Fort Arts Center, Bombay, India
So Hyun Kim
Seinor Manager, TIMF Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
SoonYoung Kim
Project Director, Playmakers Project, Work Together Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Hyun KIM
Assistant Programme Specialist, Publication and Public Relations Team, Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding under the auspices of UNESCO (UNESCO Category II Centre), Seoul, Korea
Sara Kim
Founder & Principal, Diagonal Thoughts, Seoul, Korea
Mihong Kim
Science, Technology & Innovation Officer, The Embassy of Denmark, South Korea
Rico Kinouchi
CEO, Tokyo New Cinema, Tokyo, Japan
Kaoru Kumagai
Independent curator, researcher and consultant
Youngji Kwon
Assistant Manager, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture(SFAC), Seoul, South Korea
Fiona Prisca Lazaro
Founder, Kampana, Philippines
Ji Young Lee
Deputy Chief Executive, Hwansang Forest Gotjawal Park, Seoul, Korea
Haevan Lee
Artist, Arts Council Korea, South Korea
Saule Mamayeva
Youth Program Coordinator, Soros Foundation Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Niyati Mehta
Independent Consultant, Culture, Heritage & Philanthropy, India
Fuyuko Mezawa
Dancer & Company Manager, Baobab Dance Company, Tokyo, Japan
Meta Moeng
Arts Manager & Network Coordinator, Cambodia Living Arts; Community Projects Manager, SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Hyunwoo Moon
Founder, Korea Cultural Diplomacy Team Arirang Yurangdan, Suwon, Republic of Korea
Jooim Moon
Senior Researcher, World Culture Open (WCO), Seoul, Republic of Korea
Yu Nakamura
Founder
Yoko Nakashima
Representative, The Yoko Foundation, Japan
Yolanda Ngai
Acting Manager for Chinese Opera, Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
Risa Nikaido
Freelance Animation Producer, Tokyo, Japan
Chika Ogi
Specialist, Corporate and Project Planning, Shochiku Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Yeong Yeol Oh
CEO, Bicycle of Promise, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Yuki Oka
Founder & Managing Director, Ubdobe, Tokyo, Japan
Soo Chung Om
Founder and CEO, Space Seon, Republic of Korea
ONN SOKNY
Senior Manager, Epic Arts Cambodia, Kampot, Cambodia
Nana Ota
Program Director, Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation, London, UK
Andrei Pamintuan
Founder and Creative Director, FringeMNL; Director, The Gayborhood Festival, Manila, Philippines
Jiwon Park
Co-Founder & Director, Design Can Do, Seoul, Korea
SungSoo Park
Founder & Representative, BLEND Company, Seoul, Korea
Anouza Phothisane
Co-Founder, Loabangfai, Vientiane, Laos
Kerstin Pinto
Human Resources Director, Para Sa Sining, Philippines
Micah Pinto
Executive Director, Para Sa Sining Collaboratory, Manila, Philippines
Phloeun Prim
Executive Director, Cambodia Living Arts, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Lomorpich Rithy
Independent Filmmaker, Director & Founder of Plerng Kob, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Frances Rudgard
Managing Director, Living Arts International, UK
Mark Salvaus
Visual Artist and Founder of Load na Dito Projects
Fumiko Sato
Program Officer, Saitama Arts Foundation, Japan
Nini Senkitchanuluck
Director of IBosses; Co-Founder and Deputy Director, Bizmatch Co.,LTD, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Kensaku Shinohara
Freelance Choreographer, Japan
Jaba Sikharulidze
PR & Projects Manager, Theatre and Film Georgia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Phina So
Director, Women Writers Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Sinath Sous
Grants Manager, Cambodian Living Arts, Cambodia
Kyoko Sudo
Founder & Chairman, People Design Institute; Founder, NEXTIDEVOLUTION and Fujiyama Store, Tokyo, Japan
Eisuke Tachikawa
Founder, CEO & Design Architect, Nosigner, Yokohama, Japan
Mami Takahashi
Community Manager, Hub Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Arlette Quynh-Anh Tran
Curator & Director, Post Vidai, Saigon, Vietnam
Shino Tsuchiya
Co-Founder & Director, HUB Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Yuya Tsukahara
Artistic Director, Contact Gonzo, Osaka, Japan
Haruna Tsutsumi
Program Assistant, The Saison Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
Cyrene Kazandra Tumaliuan
Founder & Chief Librarian, Kwago Bookstore, Manila, Philippines
Yuki Uchida
Urban Designer & Co-representative of Re:public Inc, Tokyo, Japan
Andrei Venal
Executive Creative Director, DAKILA Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism, Quezon City, Philippines
Kotaro Watanabe
Design engineer, Director, Takram, Tokyo, Japan
Mio Yachita
Research Associate, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Ayaka Yamashita
Co-founder and Director, Edaya, Japan
Chheangly Yeng
Co-Founder, Magic Library as well as Slap Paka Khmer, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Akinobu Yoshikawa
Senior Design Fellow, MakiBiz, Ishinomaki, Miyagi (previously Architecture for Humanity), Sendai, Japan
Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
Director, Center for Arts and Culture, NLI Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
AUSTRALIA
Seb Chan
Chief Experience Officer, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Australia
Natasha Cica
Director, Kapacity.org
, Belgrade, Serbia and Hobart, Australia
Aaron Davis
Researcher, Design Educator; Ph.D. candidate, University of South Australia
Cecily Hardy
Acting-Creative Producer, Big hART Inc., Sydney, Australia
Edwin Kemp Attrill
Founder and Artistic Director, ActNow Theatre
Patrick McIntyre
Executive Director, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney, Australia
EUROPE
Sonila Abdalli
Co-Founder, Destil Creative Hub, Albania
Serhan Ada
Arts and Cultural Management Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
Rasheida Adrianus
Director, Girls 'N Cocktails Productions Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Anwar Akhtar
Director, The Samosa Media Project, Pakistan
Patricia Alberth
Head, World Heritage Office, Bamberg, Germany
Jonathan Alexander
Founder, New Citizenship Project, London, United Kingdom
Noémie Anneg
Dancer, Bodhi Project Dance Company, Salzburg, Austria
Kenneth Asporaat
Theater Producer, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Toni Attard
Founder and Director, Culture Venture, Malta
Bora Baboci
Architect & Visual Artist, Tirana, Albania
Anila Balla
Theater Director and Actor, Albania
Thijs Barendse
Sophie Bargmann
Owner, gem creative agency, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Dominika Belanská
Architect, Journalist, Art Educator, Activist, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Dimitrios Bogdanos
Creative Director & Founder/Theater Director, Actor and Drama Teacher, the.flat, Athens, Greece
Kristina Borg
Visual Artist & Project Coordinator, Santa Venera, Malta
Tatjana Borodin
Student, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
Jenny M. Bright
D.Phil. Student, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom (as of October 2015)
Ella Britton
Designer, London, United Kingdom
Corina Bucea
Manager, Fabrica de Pensule, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Silvija Ciuladyte
Founder, CROSSROADS Festival, Salzburg, Austria
Sam Conniff
Chairman, Livity, London, United Kingdom
Matt Connolly
CEO Tällt Ventures, Bristol, United Kingdom
Tereza Çuni
Head of Communication and Promotion, Marubi National Museum of Photography, Shkodër, Albania
Jean-Baptiste Cuzin
Representative for European Affairs, Ministry for Culture and Communication, Paris, France
Christiana Damanaki
Content Creator, Clio Muse, Athens, Greece
Lazaros Damanis
Creative Industries Entrepreneur, Athens, Greece
Kelly Diapouli
Director, BUSART, Paris, France
Taulant Dibra
Founder and CEO, TD architecture Studio, Shkodra, Albania
Natalya Din-Kariuki
Student, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
Sanne Donders
Photographer, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Edna Dos Santos-Duisenberg
Former Chief, Creative Economy Programme United Nations Conference, Geneva, Switzerland
Uffe Elbaek
Former Danish Minister of Culture, Denmark
Kleidi Eski
Founder and Creative Director, Light and Moving, Tirana, Albania
Gerhard Feldbacher
Designer & Architect, Austria/Czechia
David Fisslthaler
Creative, Austria
Maria Galea
Director, ARTZ ID, Malta
Samuel Galler
D.Phil. Student, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom (as of October 2015)
Lilli Geissendorfer
General Manager, Almeida Theatre, London, United Kingdom
Despoina Gerasimidou
Director, Future Library Organization, Athens, Greece
Elkjana Gjipali
Adviser to the Minister, Ministry of Culture, Tirana, Albania
Francisco Gómez Durán
Associate Program Specialist, Executive Office, Culture Sector, UNESCO, Paris, France
David Grethen
Author, Creative, Marketing Innovator, Salzburg, Austria
Astrid Grossgasteiger
Director, Salzburg State Theater, Salzburg, Austria
Tjeerd Hendriks
Founder, Groos, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Tom Higham
Creative Director, York Mediale; former Executive Director, FutureEverything, United Kingdom*
Didi Hopkins
Founder & Director, Skirting the Boards; Visiting Faculty, Cranfield School of Management, International Center for Program Management; Senior Trainer, National Theater, London, United Kingdom
Bledi Hoxha
Project Coordinator for Entrepreneurship, Albanian-American Development Foundation, Tirana, Albania
Jo Hunter
Associate, New Citizenship Project, London, United Kingdom
Yudhishthir Raj Isar
Education Director, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Portugal
Bruno Ismaili
Cultural Coordinator, Tirana Ekspres, Tirana, Albania
Peter Jenkinson
Cultural Broker, London, UK
Dafni Kalafati
Founder, Amaka, Athens, Greece
Katharina Kapsamer
Visual Artist & Cultural Worker, Salzburg & Vienna, Austria
Mirela Kocollari
Director, Cultural Heritage and Tourism at the Municipality of Tirana, Albania
Patrizia Kommerell
Design Director, KS12 Creative Studio, Berlin, Germany
Zuzana Kotiková
Manager, Košice Artist in Residence (K.A.I.R.), Košice, Slovak Republic
Alketa Kurrizo
Program Coordinator, Tirana Institute of Contemporary Art, Tirana, Albania
Florence Lamy-Joly
EPA Fund Coordinator, ICCROM, Rome, Italy
Thomas Layer-Wagner
Creative Entrepreneur, University of Applied Science Salzburg/ Polycular, Salzburg, Austria
Matthias Leboucher
Musician; Co-Founder, New Art and Music Ensemble Salzburg (NAMES), Salzburg, Austria
Ira Lepska
Project Manager, NGO Publishers Forum, Lviv, Ukraine
Anisa Lloja
Program Staff, Cultural Heritage without Borders Albania; Co-Founder, Nji Mar, Nji Mrapsht; Tirana, Albania
Dorian Mallia
Founder & Artistic Director, Moveo Dance Company, Floriana, Malta
Anisa Mano
Community Development Manager, Cultural Heritage without Borders Albania, Tirana, Albania
Lida Mantzourani
Project Manager, Culturplay, Future Library, INELI, Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Matsourdelis
Founder & CEO, Museum of Greek Gastronomy, Athens, Greece
Kreshnik Merxhani
Freelance Architect, Tirana, Albania
Adam Molyneux-Berry
Social Entrepreneur and Ecosystem Builder, Egypt
Stefano Mori
Architect & Project Manager, Studio Anna Heringer, Salzburg, Austria
Martin Murer
Research Fellow, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Greta Muscat Azzopardi
Facilitator; Writer; co-director, The Amber Spark, Malta
Kibela Nasufi
Consultant for BID Berati, Albanian-American Development Foundation, Tirana, Albania
Ashley Nijland
Owner, RAAF, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Yiannis Nikolopoulos
Co-Founder & Lead Developer, Clio Muse, Athens, Greece
Deniz Ova
Director, Istanbul Design Biennial, Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Turkey
Nafsika Papadopoulou
External Collaborator and Project Coordinator, Neon Organization for Culture and Development, Athens, Greece
Anisa Papajani
Senior Sales Account Executive, Vodafone, Tirana, Albania
Ilir Parangoni
Coordinator of Cultural and Eco Tourism, Albanian-American Development Foundation, Tirana, Albania
Irina Paraschivoiu
Research Fellow, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, University of Salzburg, Austria
Mily Paschali
Claire Power
Visual Arts Producer and Cultural Consultant, Brussels, Belgium
Robert Praxmarer
Founder, Polycular, Hallein, Austria
Sergej Pumper
Chairman, Urban Foundation, Salzburg, Austria
Marius Qytyku
Specialist of Cultural Heritage and Arts, Municipality of Berat, Berat, Albania
Christian Riedlsperger
Lab Manager, Happy Lab, Salzburg, Austria
Seda Röder
Founder & CEO, Sonophilia Foundation; Founder & Managing Partner, The Mindshift Global, Austria/Turkey
Simone Rudolph
Communications & Assistant to the Director, Salzburg Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria
Annelies Senfter
Visual Artist, Salzburg, Austria
Gabriel Shalom
Creative Director, KS 12 Creative Studio, Berlin, Germany
Romy Sigl
Lead Partner, Citylabor Salzburg; Founder, CoWorking Salzburg, Founder, Auf*Wind, Salzburg, Austria
Immanuel Spoor
Owner, On Track Agency, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Sotiris Stampoulis
Project Assistant, ??ART, Thessaloniki, Greece
Raya Stefanova
Artistic Director, ONE DESIGN WEEK, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Yoana Stefanova
Cultural Manager, One Foundation for Culture and Arts, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Albena Tagareva
Ph.D. Student at the Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academic of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Mahasin Tanyaui
Director of DREAMERS INC.; columnist at Moslim Omroep; cultural entrepreneur, Rotterdam; Salzburg Global Young Cultural Innovator
Andi Tepelena
Producer & Art Director, Art Kontakt, Tirana, Albania
Dora Thanopoulou
Educator, Marketeer, Co-Director, Logou Paignion, Athens, Greece
Elyse Tonna
Design Architect; Board Member, Malta Society of Arts, Naxxar, Malta
Gabriella Triantafyllis
Programming and Production Manager, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Athens, Greece
Violetta Tsitsiliani
Cultural Manager, The Language Project, Athens, Greece
Michal Tursky
Project Manager, f4u group, Bratislava, Slovakia
Leal van Herwaarden
Head of Education & Events, HipHopHuis / Circle of Codes, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Lidia Varbanova
Assistant Professor, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Andreas Vierziger
Artistic & Strategic Consultant, Salzburg, Austria
Chryssa Vlachopoulou
Communication, Press Officer and Events Manager, BIOS, Athens, Greece
Rüdiger Wassibauer
Artistic Director, Schmiede Hallein, Hallein, Austria
Alexander Wengler
Dancer, Choreographer; Cultural Manager, Kunsthilfe Salzburg, Austria
Angelika Wienerroither
Journalist, Salzburger Nachrichten, Salzburg, Austria
Lucy Wilhelm
Lucy Wilhelm Design, Mondsee, Austria
Christian Winkler
Cultural Manager, Curator & Texter, Salzburg, Austria
Dorina Xheraj-Subashi
Lecturer and Researcher in Museology, University Aleksander Moisiu--ICOM Albania, Albania
Stephania Xydia
Governance & Social Innovation Officer, ICLEI Europe, Freiburg, Germany
Viktor Yankov
Festival Director, Open Arts Foundation, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Liliya Yovcheva
Visual artist and Performer, Bulgaria
MIDDLE EAST
Safiya Al Maskari
Manager, Lest We Forget, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Ayesha Hadhir
Program Coordinator for Art, Culture and Heritage, Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Laila Binbrek
Director of the National Pavilion UAE at the Venice Biennale, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Aaron Fallon
Head of Strategy, The Salama bint Hamdan al Nahyan Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Musbah Ormago
Senior Researcher, Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE
NORTH AMERICA
Horst Abraham
Faculty Partner, Center for Executive Development, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Randell Adjei
Executive and Creative Director of (Reaching Intelligent Souls Everywhere) R.I.S.E Edutainment, Toronto, Canada
Aishah Alfadhalah
Co-Founder, Mera Kitchen Collective, USA
Devin Allen
Photographer, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Calley Anderson
Playwright; formerly Inclusion Manager, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Michele Anderson
Rural Program Director, Springboard for the Arts, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, USA
Ebony Archie
Communications and Development Manager, Urban Art Commission, Memphis, USA
Fari Nzinga
Independent curator, writer and educator, Oberlin, Ohio, United States
Maia Asshaq
Co-founder, Detroit Art Book Fair; Co-Founder, DittoDitto Books, Detroit, MI
Jonathan Astley
Centre Director (Moncton), Sistema, New Brunswick, Canada
Netta Avineri
Visiting Professor
Tazeen Ayub
Co-Director of Detroit Chapter, Gathering All Muslim Artists, Detroit, USA
Nic Aziz
Curator, New Orleans Museum of Art/Prospect, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
David Baker
David Baker
Associate Editor, The Louisiana Weekly, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Carly Bales
Performance Artist & Cultural Organizer; Executive Director, Le Mondo; Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Korina Barry
Managing Director of NDN Action, NDN Collective, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Quinton Batts
Design Researcher, MICA Center for Social Design, Baltimore, USA
Jermaine Bell
Programming Director, Exittheapple Artspace, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Adrienne Benjamin
Mille Lacs Regional Equity Champion for the Minnesota Education Equity Partnership, Isle, Minnesota, USA
Priya Bhayana
Director, Bromo Tower Arts & Entertainment District, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Christy Bieber
Anishinaabe Artist & Cultural Worker; Co-Director, The Aadizookaan, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Andrea Boston
Wealth Manager,Boston Family Office, United States of America
Andrea Boston
Digital Media Manager, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, USA
Meryam Bouadjemi
Filmmaker and Founder, Jean Hill Studios, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Samuel Bowler
CEO, Culturalyst, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Shaina Brassard
Writer and Economic Development Specialist, Brassard Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Burton Bridges
Associate Director of Field Development, ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Imani Brown
Director of Programs, Antenna, New Orleans, LA
Claire Brulatour
Program Management Coordinator, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Memphis, USA
Scott Burkholder
Executive Director, Baltimore Love Project, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Shawn Burnett
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Walks of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Xochitl Calix Ulloa
Economic and Cultural Strategist, The Aadizookan, Detroit, USA
Nique Campbell
Co-Founder, Hip-Hop Artist, Social Entrepreneur, D.Cipher/NLR Entertainment, Detroit, USA
Chase Cantrell
Executive Director, Building Community Value, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Rebecca Chan
Program Officer, LISC National Creative Placemaking and Economic Development Program, Baltimore, USA
Belle Chi-Tung Cheung
Cultural Planner, City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Sharayna Ashanti Christmas
Executive Director, Muse 360 Arts, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Nicholas Cohen
Executive Director, Maryland Citizens for the Arts, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Zeke Cohen
Councilperson and Chair of Education and Youth Committee, Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Atianna Cordova
Founder and CEO, WATER BLOCK, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Jose Cotto
Collaborative Design Project Manager, The Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Marika Crete-Reizes
Arts education consulting and project design, Research, Training in aesthetic education, Montreal, Canada
Gail Crider
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, National Arts Strategies, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Retji Dakum
CEO, Mukad Yara LLC, Baltimore, USA
Shelley Danner
Program Director, Challenge Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Joy Davis
Director and Curator, Waller Gallery, Baltimore, USA
Zach DeBoer
Artist, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
Julia Di Bussolo
Executive Director, Arts Every Day, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Lauren Dickel
Amina Dickerson
President, Dickerson Global Advisors, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Alexis Dixon
Arts Administrator, Curator, Visual Artist; Executive Assistant, Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Holly Doll
President and Founder, Native Artists United, Mandan, North Dakota, United States
James Dukes
CEO, Unapologetic LLC, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Alayna Eagle Shield
Health Education Program Director, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Mandan, North Dakota, USA
Dave Eassa
Artist, Cultural Worker, Director of Public Engagement at the Baltimore Museum of Art, USA
Mikel Ellcessor
General Manager, WDET Public Radio, Detroit, Michigan, United States
David Fakunle
CEO, DiscoverME/RecoverME: Enrichment Through the African Oral Tradition, Associate Faculty, Department of Mental Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine
Alyssa Fearon
Curator, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Sayde Finkel
Legislative and Public Policy Director, New Orleans City Council, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Ashley-Crystal Firstley
Grants and Marketing Manager, Arts Council New Orleans, New Orleans, USA
Steve Fox
Founder, The Story Agents, Memphis Tennessee, USA
Aimee Fullman
Assistant Professor / Director NRC, George Mason University/Creative Forces, Plainsboro, New Jersey, United States
Gabrielle Garcia Steib
Writer, Documentarian, Photographer, Antigravity Magazine, Encore, New Orleans, USA
Patricia Garza
Senior Manager, Center Theater Group, Los Angeles, California, United States
Brian Gerardo
Entrepreneur, Dancer, Teaching Artist, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Brion Gill
Spoken Word Artist, Poetry Coach, Activist, Organizer and Educator, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Mark Gillespie
Artistic Manager, YOA Orchestra of the Americas, Arlington, Virginia; Co-Founder, Filarmónica Joven de Colombia
Julien Godman
Contributing Writer, The Metropolitan, Detroit, USA
Fielding Grasty
Katie Green
Executive Director, inPath, Montreal, Canada
Deana Haggag
Director, The Contemporary Museum of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Whitney Hardy
Founder, 3RDSPACE, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Cadeatra Harvey
Creative and Emerging Entrepreneur, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Emma Hassencahl-Perley
Curatorial Intern, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Canada
Amber Henderson
Associate Professor of Management, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States
Melvin Henley
Organizational Development Consultant, Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (NEW), Detroit, Michigan, USA
Kyle Hill
Assistant Scientist, Johns Hopkins University, Center for American Indian Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Sammy Hoi
President, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
David Holland
Assistant Director of Research and Entrepreneurship, VCU School of the Arts, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Sebastian Jackson
Founder & Co-Owner, The Social Club Grooming Company, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Razi Jafri
Documentary Filmmaker, Center for Arab American Studies, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Victoria Jones
Executive Director, The CLTV (Collective), Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Robert-David Jones
Founder and Director, Untitled Detroit, Detroit, USA
Lauren Kennedy
Executive Director, UrbanArt Commission, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Rachel Knox
Program Officer - Thriving Arts and Culture, Hyde Family Foundation, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Frances Koncan
Playwright, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Canada
Lucas Koski
Director of Property Development, Artspace, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Fred Lazarus IV
President Emeritus, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Sieng Lee
Artist & Designer, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Emily Lerman
Co-Founder/Worker-Owner, Mera Kitchen Collective, USA
Kim Loper
Designer and Project Manager, Baltimore, USA
Amanda Lovelee
Parks Ambassador, Metropolitan Council, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Samantha Mark
Senior Manager of Regional and Community Planning , Prairie Wild Consulting Co., Saskatchewan, Canada.
Aneesha Marwah
Project Manager, Artspace Projects Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Brian McBay
Executive Director, 221A; Vice-Chair, City of Vancouver's Arts & Culture Policy Council, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Steven McMahon
Company dancer, Choreographic and Associate Artistic Director, Ballet Memphis, Memphis, TN
Heather Meyer
Improv Performer, The Theatre of Public Policy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Jazmin Miller
Theatre Director, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, USA
Muna Mohamed
Program Coordinator, Girls on the Run, Upper Midwest, USA
Chloe Hakim-Moore
Founder & Director of NEXT Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Dina Mousa
Writer, San Diego, California, United States
Ian Nunley
Program Officer, Hyde Family Foundation, USA
Samuel Oliver
Executive Director, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Yasmine Omari
Audio-Visual Artist, Independent, Palestine
Trenton Pierre
Artist & Motivational Speaker, RainAwakens, Canada
Ashley Pratt
Director of Major Gifts, United Way of Central Maryland, USA
Dan Price
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Creative Works, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Marco Pronovost
General Manager and Artistic Director, B21; Curator, Maison de la Photo de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Michael Prosserman
CEO, EPIC Leadership xChange, Canada
Molly Quinn
Executive Director, OUTMemphis: The LGBTQ+ Center for the Mid-South, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Brittany Rhodes
Director of Community Engagement, Belle Isle Conservancy, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Gianna Rodriguez
Executive Director, Baltimore Youth Arts, United States of America
Lauren Rossi
Founder, Stellar Friend & Partner, Michigan, Detroit, USA
Xavier Roy
Director of Marketing, Opéra de Montréal, Québec, Canada
Daniel Rumbolt
Board Member, Canadian Artist`s Representation, Canada
Omari Rush
Executive Director, CultureSource, Upper Midwest/Detroit, USA
Jung-Suk (JS) Ryu
Executive Director, Indefinite Arts Centre, Canmore, Alberta, Canada
Carla Schleicher
Artistic Programs and Project Coordinator, West Broadway Business and Area Coalition
Heidi Schmalbach
Executive Advisor/PhD Candidate, Arts Council New Orleans/Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Nikki Shaffeeullah
Artistic Director, The AMY Project, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Karah Shaffer
Executive Director, Facing Change: Documenting America, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Patrick Shannon
Owner, InnoNative, Skidegate, British Columbia, Canada
Cameron Shaw
Executive Director, Pelican Bomb, New Orleans, LA
Alissa Shelton
Executive Director, Bank Suey/Brick + Beam Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Mari Sheppard
Managing Director, Junebug Productions, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Phillip Simpson
Artist; Gallery Owner, The Baltimore Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Alphonse Smith
Executive Director, Arts Council New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Lisa Snowden-McCray
Editor-in-Chief, Baltimore Beat, USA
Jess Solomon
Senior Program Officer, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Farrington Llewellyn
Advocacy and Community Organizer, Heritage Park Neighborhood Association, Minneapolis, USA
Elena Stoeva
Marketing and PR Manager, Galler Foods, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Ben Stone
Director of Arts & Culture, Smart Growth America/Transportation for America, Detroit, MI
Su Ying Strang
Director, The New Gallery, Alberta, Canada
Altman Studeny
Teaching Artist, Artists in Schools and Communities, South Dakota Arts Council, Pierre, South Dakota, United States
Carl Swanson
Associate Director, Springboard for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Caroline Taiwo
Program Director of Economic Opportunity, Springboard for the Arts, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Alison Uttley
Communications Director, Business for Peace, Canada
Gary Vikan
Former Director, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Maggie Villegas
Executive Director, Baltimore Creatives Acceleration Network, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Moira Villiard
Artist, Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Chaun Webster
Poet and Graphic Designer; Co-Founder, Ancestry Books
Lindsey Mae Willie
Filmmaker; Traditional L& & Governance Coordinator, Dzawada'enuxw First Nation; Dzawada'enuxw, British Columbia, Canada
Bucky Willis
Design Consultant, Bleeding Heart Design, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Adam Wiltgen
Program Officer, Minnesota State Arts Board, United States of America
Jenna Winter
Administrator, Producer, Facilitator; Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
Kira Wisniewski
Executive Director, Art+Feminism, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Bilphena Yahwon
Writer; Outreach Coordinator, Restorative Response Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Knoxx Yepez
Director, The Aadizookaan, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Helen Yung
Artist-Researcher, Culture of Cities Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Angela Zonunpari
Writer / Public Relations, Fresh Produce LLC / Ipso Gallery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
SOUTH AMERICA
Antonio Altamirano Fernández
Director, Festival Cielos del Infinito, Santiago, Chile
Nicolas Alvarado
Writer and Cultural Promoter, Mexico City, Mexico
Marcos Amadeo
CEO, Starupglobal, Argentina
Alejandra Angarita Chahín
Ana María Armijos
Director, Fundacion Museos de la Ciudad, Quito, Ecuador
Nicolas Bar Armstrong
Juan Francisco Baron
Creative Director, NODO - Centro Cultural Digital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Felipe Buitrago
Consultant at Inter-American Development Bank, New York, New York, United States
Cecilia Bunge
Founder and Project Manager, Recursos Culturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Isaac Casal
President, Artist Director and Cellist, FUSINCOPA, Panama City, Panama
Lu Chait
Educator, AulaVereda Villa 31, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sebastian Chuffer
CEO, Cineastas del Futuro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Luiz Coradazzi
Director Arts Brazil, The British Council - Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil
Gabriel Costa
Journalist; Director, Conventillo Babel Magazine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Paz Begué
Director, VERDEVER, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Verónica del Carril
Chief of Institutional Development, Brotes Atelier, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nicolás García Mayor
President, Fundacionar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Paola Gaviria
Cartoonist, PowerPaola, Buenos Aires, Argentina
María Gómez
President, Cooperativa Eloísa Cartonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Aurea Vieira
International Advisor, SESC SP, São Paulo, Brazil
Josefina Goñi Bacigalupi
Director, Dibago, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maria Greloni
Latin America Regional Director of Communication and Online Campaigns, Wingu, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ian Hilzerman
Director of Operations, MakePogo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maribel Ibarra
General Director, Siete Colores, Poza Rica de Hidalgo, Mexico
Laura Janka Zires
Senior Urban Developer, Mexico City Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, Mexico City, Mexico
Jimena Lara
Director of International Affairs, The National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico
Leandro Olocco
Member of the General Direction, Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lala Pasquinelli
Founder, Mujeres que no fueron tapa (Women who were not on the cover), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mariano Pozzi
Filmmaker, Instituto Multimedia DerHumALC, Argentina
Ro Rapoport
Singer, Guitar Player & Composer; Co-Founder, Blazar; Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maria Florencia Rivieri
Moira Rubio Brennan
Co-Director, Fundación ph 15, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maria Laura Sanchez Ferreyra
Program Officer, Microcredit Program for Habitat, Vivienda Digna, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lucía Santana
Co-founder, CommunityOn!, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tatiana Temerlin
Coordinator /Teacher, Upa Luna / Tapioca Films, Buenos Aires, Argentina