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MARGUERITE DERRICKS DANTE BASCO JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET Three-time Emmy Award-winning Actor, dancer, and producer best known Grammy Award-nominated recording artist; choreographer; one of the most highly for his roles as Ruﬁo in Hook, Zuko in acclaimed concert pianist appearing as a recognized working icons in the dance world Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Jake Long soloist with the world’s ﬁnest orchestras in American Dragon: Jake Long

JOHN MICHAEL HIGGINS DIANE SCHUUR CHEF JET TILA Classically trained actor and voice actor; Two-time Grammy Award-winning Internationally celebrated chef, culinary best known for his roles in Christopher contemporary jazz vocalist; accomplished pianist; expert, and best-selling author; co-host of Guest’s mockumentaries, Pitch Perfect, has recorded more than 20 albums and appeared Iron Chef America and a recurring judge on and other comedies with some of the top names in music several shows for The Food Network

SUSAN GRAHAM KENNY RAMPTON SLAWEK SOCHACKI & Grammy Award-winning and Highly acclaimed trumpeter, recording artist, and MARZENA STACHURA internationally distinguished member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra; Four-time undefeated world ballroom mezzo-soprano performer with Wynton Marsalis, Ray Charles champions; choreographers for numerous Orchestra, Panama Francis, and more television shows and movie productions

TERRON BROOKS DENNIS KIM MATTHEW CAMPBELL LAURENZA Two-time NAACP Award-nominated actor World-renowned concertmaster Fine jewelry designer, sculptor, (The Temptations); accomplished Broadway currently leading the Paciﬁc Symphony and painter whose pieces have performer (The Lion King, Hairspray); author, been displayed worldwide in songwriter, and motivational speaker exhibitions and luxury stores JEFF BOWEN HUNTER BELL SUSAN BLACKWELL Composer, lyricist, and actor; best Tony Award-nominee for “Best Book Singer, writer, and actress; best known known for starring in and writing the of a Musical” for [title of show]; for playing herself in the Broadway music and lyrics for the Broadway co-wrote the book for the Off-Broadway musical [title of show]; creator and musical [title of show] and the musical Now. Here. This. host of Side by Side by Susan Off-Broadway musical Now. Here. This. Blackwell on Broadway.com

KAREN JOY FOWLER JAMES P. BLAYLOCK TIM POWERS New York Times best-selling author of Distinguished fantasy author credited Award-winning novelist credited as a the novel The Jane Austen Book Club; as a pioneer of the steampunk pioneer of the steampunk movement; PEN/Faulkner Award winner and movement; director of the creative author of the novel Stranger Tides, President of the Clarion Foundation writing programs at Chapman University which was adapted into the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean ﬁlm

RAY LEEPER JAMES BUNDY JEFF SOTZING World-renowned choreographer and Dean of Yale School of Drama Television producer; best known creative consultant for television, and Artistic Director of Yale forThe Tonight Show Starring stage, and ﬁlm; Director of NUVO Repertory Theatre at Yale University Johnny Carson, There's... Johnny!, Dance Convention and Carson on TCM

ACADEMIC SPEAKERS RICHARD BAUSCH MUKUNDH PANDIAN Award-winning and widely acknowledged novelist Global Business Development and Strategy Manager and short story author whose works have been at Northrop Grumman; expert in aircraft engineering, featured in The New Yorker, Esquire, and Harpers design, and international aerospace and defense

THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS AND ARTISTIC PARTNERS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT.