Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel A  July 28 – August 1, 2008 Russell P. Allen Executive Director Orlando Ballet Orlando, FL Andy Chiang Executive Director Nai Ni Chen Dance Company Fort Lee, New Jersey Roger Copeland Professor of Theatre and Dance Oberlin College Oberlin, OH Juliette Crump, (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Missoula, MT Cathy Edwards Programming Director International Festival of Arts & Ideas New Haven, CT Robert Moses Art Director Robert Moses’ Kin Dance Company San Francisco, CA James Sewell Art Director James Sewell Ballet Minneapolis, MN Phyllis Porreca Slattery Executive Director Dance Umbrella Austin, TX Donna White Professor and Chair, Department of Modern Dance University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel B  August 1, 2008 Russell P. Allen Executive Director Orlando Ballet Orlando, FL Andy Chiang Executive Director Nai Ni Chen Dance Company Fort Lee, New Jersey Roger Copeland Professor of Theatre and Dance Oberlin College Oberlin, OH Juliette Crump, (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Missoula, MT

Access to Artistic Excellence December 10-12, 2008

Daniel Buraczeski Associate Professor Southern Methodist University  Dallas, TX

Octavio Campos  Choreographer, Artistic Director Camposition Miami, FL

Ruby P. Lockhart  Executive Director Garth Fagan Dance, Inc. Rochester, NY

Jason D. Palmquist  Executive Director Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Chicago, IL Alleluia Panis  Artistic and Executive Director Kularts and Alleluia Panis Dance Theater San Francisco, CA Valerie Schweppe (Layperson)  Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Basalt, CO American Masterpieces: Dance, Panel A February 4 – 6, 2009 Elizabeth Aldrich Dance Curator, Music Division Library of Congress Upper Marlboro, MD Bonnie Oda Homsey (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Los Angeles, CA Marda Kirn Founder/Executive Director EcoArts Lafayette, CO Daniel Lewis Performer, Choreographer Dean of Dance New World School of the Arts Miami, FL Julie Strandberg Artist in Residence and Senior Lecturer of Theater, Speech & Dance Brown University Providence, RI William Whitener Dancer, Choreographer Artistic Director Kansas City Ballet Kansas City, MO American Masterpieces, Panel B February 6, 2009 Elizabeth Aldrich Dance Curator, Music Division Library of Congress Upper Marlboro, MD Bonnie Oda Homsey (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Los Angeles, CA Marda Kirn Founder/Executive Director EcoArts Lafayette, CO Julie Strandberg Artist in Residence and Senior Lecturer of Theater, Speech & Dance Brown University Providence, RI American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Panel A May 20, 2009 Danny Buraczeski Choreographer, Dancer Visiting Artist-in-Residence Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX Juliette Crump (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Retired University Professor Missoula, MT Dawn Gibson Brehon Executive Director Evidence Dance Company Brooklyn, NY Catherine Edwards Director of Performance Programs International Festival of Arts & Ideas Hamden, CT American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Panel B May 20, 2009 Elizabeth Aldrich Dance Curator, Music Division Library of Congress Upper Marlboro, MD Danny Buraczeski Choreographer, Dancer Associate Professor Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX Carol Egan Dance Critic, Freelance Writer Kailua, HI Bonnie Oda Homsey (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Los Angeles, CA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Application Readers  (Readers who did not also serve as panelists) Marda Kirn  Founder and Executive Director  EcoArts Connection  Lafayette, CO  Jason D. Palmquist  Hubbard Street Dance Chicago  Chicago, IL