Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel A May 29-30, 2008 Deborah Boykin Folklorist, Alabama Center for Traditional Culture Alabama State Council on the Arts Prattville, AL John Keoni Fujitani Folklorist Volcano, HI Laura Marcus Folklorist Santa Fe, NM Elena Martinez Folklorist City Lore, Inc. Bronx, NY Judith M. McCulloh Consultant, Editor Emerita  Urbana, IL Rose Morgan (Layperson) Retired Federal Employee Bryans Road, MD Marilyn White Professor of Anthropology Kean University Hillside, NJ Access To Artistic Excellence, Panel B May 30, 2008 Deborah Boykin Folklorist, Alabama Center for Traditional Culture Alabama State Council on the Arts Montgomery, AL John Keoni Fujitani Folklorist Volcano, HI Judith M. McCulloh Consultant, Editor Emerita  Urbana, IL Rose Morgan (Layperson) Retired Federal Empolyee Bryans Road, MD

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel A December 3-5, 2008

Maribel Alvarez Assistant Research Professor, English Department Research Social Scientist and Public Folklorist The Southwest Center University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 

Troyd A. Geist Folklorist North Dakota Council on the Arts Fargo, ND

Nancy Groce  Folklorist, Ethnomusicologist  American Folklife Center Library of Congress  New York, NY

Gerald L. Hill (Layperson) President Indiginous Language Institute The Oneida Tribe Oneida, WI

Teresa Hollingsworth Program Director, Traditional Arts & Accessibility Southern Arts Federation Atlanta, GA 

Elaine Thatcher   Program Director, Mountain West Center for Regional Studies Utah State University Logan, UT

Su Zheng  Ethnomusicologist; Chair, Music Department Associate Professor of Music and East Asian Studies Wesleyan University East Hampton, CT

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel B December 5, 2008

Maribel Alvarez Assistant Research Professor, English Department Research Social Scientist and Public Folklorist The Southwest Center University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 

Troyd A. Geist Folklorist North Dakota Council on the Arts Fargo, ND

Gerald L. Hill (Layperson) President Indiginous Language Institute The Oneida Tribe Oneida, WI

Elaine Thatcher   Program Director, Mountain West Center for Regional Studies Utah State University Logan, UT

Su Zheng  Ethnomusicologist; Chair, Music Department Associate Professor of Music and East Asian Studies Wesleyan University East Hampton, CT

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Panel A May 20, 2009

Teresa Hollingsworth Program Director, Traditional Arts and Accessibility Southern Arts Federation Atlanta, GA Wayne Martin Senior Program Director for Community Arts Development North Carolina Arts Council Raleigh, NC Rose Morgan (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Bryans Road, MD Elaine Thatcher Program Director Mountain West Center for Regional Studies Logan, UT American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Panel B May 20, 2009 Maria-Carmen Gambliel Director, Folk & Traditional Arts Idaho Commission on the Arts Boise, ID Teresa Hollingsworth Program Director, Traditional Arts and Accessibility Southern Arts Federation Atlanta, GA Rose Morgan (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Bryans Road, MD Elaine Thatcher Program Director Mountain West Center for Regional Studies Logan, UT American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Panel B2 May 20, 2009 Maria-Carmen Gambliel Director, Folk & Traditional Arts Idaho Commission on the Arts Boise, ID Rose Morgan (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Bryans Road, MD Elaine Thatcher Program Director Mountain West Center for Regional Studies Logan, UT American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Application Readers  (Readers who did not also serve as panelists) Harold Anderson  Folk Arts Consultant Greenbelt, MD M. Rita Moonsammy  Consultant Tabernacle, NJ Lisa Richardson  Executive Director  California Traditional Music Society  Encino, CA Lynne Williamson  Director, Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program  Institute for Community Research  Torrington, CT