Design: FY 2022 Grants Panelists

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel A
6/17/2021

Trese Booze (Layperson)
Deputy Director
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Kansas City, MO

Jia-Rey Chang
Assistant Professor
Art and Design
University of Delaware
Newark, DE

Andrew Chin
Associate Dean, Professor
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Tallahassee, FL

Diana Fernandez Bibeau
Senior Associate
Landscape Architect
Sasaki Associates Inc.
Upton, MA

Grace Jun
President and Executive Director
Open Style Lab, Inc
Great Neck, NY

Monica Obniski
Curator of Decorative Arts and Design
High Museum of Art
Atlanta, GA

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel B
6/17/2021

Marissa Ahern-Crabb
Founder & CEO
Native Roots Design and Development, LLC
Vancouver, WA

Jobie Hill
Founder
Saving Slave Houses
Iowa City, IA

Thomas M. Huang
Associate Professor
University of Kansas Main Campus
Lawrence, KS

Quilian A. Riano
Associate Director
Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative
Kent State University Main Campus
Cleveland, OH

Michelle Stadelman
Social Impact Architectural Designer
Greenwood, MS

Our Town - Panel A
12/2/2021

Tyler R. Owens (Layperson)
Program Associate
The Center for Rural Strategies
Phoenix, AZ

Mitchell Rasor
Landscape Architect
Rasor Landscape Architecture
Yarmouth, ME

Molly A. Rideout
Fundraising & Marketing Manager
Assets for Artists
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc.
North Adams, MA

Benjamin Saulsberry
Director
Public Engagement and Museum Education
Emmett Till Memorial Commission of Tallahatchie County, Inc.
Memphis, TN

Our Town - Panel B
12/2/2021

Charles A Cross
Director of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design
Detroit Collaborative Design Center
Adjunct Professor
University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, MI

Christa A. Drew (Layperson)
Consultant (Philanthropy)
Eastham, MA

James Edward Farnen
Development Manager
InterUrban ArtHouse, Inc.
Overland Park, KS

Nallely Martinez
Grants Program Manager
Arts Council Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz, CA

Our Town - Panel C
12/3/2021

Jovette Gadson (Layperson)
Senior Community Planning & Development Specialist
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Alexandria, VA

Hannah S. Hasan
Co-Founder
Epoch Tribe
Spoken word, Speaker, Storyteller
Charlotte, NC

Annie Ledbury
Architect & Senior Manager
Creative Community Development
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
Oakland, CA

Marian Liou
Associate, Holcomb+Ward, LLP
Community Engagement and Arts Program Manager
Atlanta Regional Commission
Atlanta, GA

Andrew W. Zitcer
Associate Professor
Architecture, Design & Urbanism
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

Our Town - Panel D
1/12/2022

Graycen Colbert Bigger
Assistant Vice President of Community Development
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Executive Director
Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Authority
Pocahontas, AR

Matthew B. Cannon (Layperson)
Campaign & Policy Associate Director
Sierra Club Maine
Portland, ME

Elizabeth Garcia
Assistant Research Professor
Rural Studio
College of Architecture, Design, and Construction
Auburn University Main Campus
Auburn, AL

Yoko Nogami
Artistic Director
Appalachian Artisan Center of Kentucky, Inc.
Jeremiah, KY

Our Town - Panel E
1/12/2022

Lisa Burk-McCoy
Grants Coordinator
Natural and Cultural Resources
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
Exeter, NH

Vivian Chan
Community Programs Manager
Wing Luke Memorial Foundation
Seattle, WA

Jeff Jamawat
Associate Director of Economic Development and Innovation
Golden Triangle Charitable Corporation
Washington, DC

Linda P. Steele
Founder
ArtUp Project
Oakwood Village, OH

Erich Yost (Layperson)
Senior Community Planning and Development Specialist
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
San Juan Capistrano, CA

Our Town - Panel F
1/13/2022

Robbin O. Meneses (Layperson)
Engaged Philanthropy Officer
Denver Foundation
Denver, CO

Rukhsana Nezam
Consultant
Artist at Justice + Joy
St Louis, MO

Toya S. Northington
Community Engagement Strategist
J.B. Speed Art Museum
Louisville, KY

Jorge Otero-Pailos
Professor and Director of Historic Preservation
Columbia University in the City of New York
Rye, NY

LaShawndra Vernon
Truck Studio Program Director
Artists Working in Education, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI