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John Delconte is a Doctoral Student in Regional Planning at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His main topic of study relates to creative placemaking—measuring its effects and testing its relationship to other outcomes, such as tourism. His experience in arts administration includes chairing of the Hillsborough Arts Council (HAC) of North Carolina for 10 years while having a simultaneous career in the health sciences as a medical writer. He has taught courses on downtown revitalization and world cities at the University at Albany and at the University of Massachusetts. He received an

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Doctora Xingona Diana Alvarez’s ancestors bloom in their voice as exaltations of queer love and liberation. An expansive multidisciplinary artist, Doctora Xingona’s transcendent music and immersive multimedia performances create a gripping atmosphere for healing and community.

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Pasqualina Azzarello is a painter, public muralist, educator, graphic facilitator, and community advocate. Pasqualina serves as the Arts & Culture Program Director at Easthampton City Arts in Easthampton, Massachusetts.

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Lisa Barnwell Williams helps nonprofit organizations to define and achieve their visions. She entered fundraising in the pre-internet 1980s as one of the pioneers in online prospect research and later led development efforts for several organizations of national stature, including Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Ballet, and the Agnes Irwin School. After serving as Vice President of a major international consulting firm, Lisa co-founded Chanticleer Consulting to serve nonprofits in a more flexible, creative, and client-focused way. She is a graduate of Williams College and holds

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Kathryn Bentley is a theater professional with extensive experience as an actor, director and teaching artist. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Theater Directing and professional training in community arts and social justice. Ms. Bentley is an Associate Professor of Theatre Performance and Artistic Director of Southern Illinois University’s Black Theatre Workshop and works as a teaching artist for the St. Louis’s Center for Creative Arts. In 2002 she was awarded a St. Louis Regional Arts Commission Community Arts Institute Fellowship and now serves as a faculty member for the

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Director of the Arts Extension Service

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Dee Boyle-Clapp leads training programs in a variety of arts management topics for state arts agencies, teaches in AES’ arts management degree and certificate programs, and conducts AES research projects. Dee is a sculptor, installation artist and has over 25 years of experience in the arts, teaching a variety of studio, art history and arts management. She holds bachelor's degrees in art and art history from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, an MFA in sculpture from UMass Amherst, and a Master's in Nonprofit Management from Regis University in Denver, Colorado.

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Dorothy Chen-Courtin is a management consultant to nonprofits where she adapts and applies best practices from the for-profit sector to the benefit of non-profit organizations

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William Cleveland is a pioneer in the cultural community development movement and one of its most poetic documenters. His books, Art in Other Places, and Making Exact Change, and Art and Upheaval are considered seminal works in the field. Organizer, teacher, researcher, and musician, he also directs the Center for the Study of Art and Community. The Center works to integrate the arts and community life, focusing on, the development of cultural partnerships, and training for artists, and their community partners. Bill has also led the Walker Art Center's Education Department (1995-97)

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