Advisory Committee
Who’s Planning to Attend?
The Summit is planned by local, national and international creative minds responsible for helping to provide the best content for the 2009 Global Creative Economy Convergence Summit.
Summit Advisory members include:
Peggy Amsterdam
President
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
http://www.philaculture.org/
David Brown
President & CEO
BrownPartners
http://www.digbp.com/
Moira Baylson
Manager, Cultural Development
Department of Commerce
City of Philadelphia
http://www.phila.gov/commerce/comm/
Thom Cardwell
Development Director
Cinefest 2009
http://www.phillycinefest.com/
John Claypool
Executive Director
American Institute of Architects-Philadelphia
http://www.aiaphiladelphia.org
Danielle Cohn
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau
http://www.philadelphiausa.travel/
Ian Cross
CEO
I-SITE, Inc.
http://www.i-site.com/
Karen Davis
President & CEO
Arts and Business Council of Greater Philadelphia
http://www.artsandbusinessphila.org/
Therese Dolan, Ph.D.
Interim Dean
Tyler School of Art
Temple University
http://www.temple.edu/tyler/
Lawrence Epstein
Program Director, Entertainment & Arts Management
The Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Drexel University
http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/
Melinda Emerson
President
Quintessence Multimedia, Inc.
http://www.quintessenceinc.com/
Happy Fernandez, Ph.D.
President
Moore College of Art & Design
http://www.moore.edu/
Dawn Frisby-Byers
Executive Director
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia Chapter
http://www.grammy.com/
Karen Gagnon
Cool Cities Director
The Office of the Governor
State of Michigan
http://www.coolcities.com/
Nathan Gasser
Founder
Rock River Star & Philadelphia Area New Media Association
http://www.rockriverstar.com/
http://www.panma.org
Bill Haley
President
Allied Pixel & Philly Creative Guide
http://www.alliedpixel.com/
http://www.phillycreativeguide.com/
Hilary Jay
Executive Director
The Design Center
Philadelphia University
http://www.philau.edu/DesignCenter/
Blake Jenelle
Director of Marketing
TicketLeap, Inc.
http://www.ticketleap.com/
Peter Kageyama
Partner
Creative Cities Productions
http://www.creativecitiesproductions.com/
Neil Kleinman
Dean, College of Media & Communications
The University of the Arts
http://www.uarts.edu/
Charles Landry
Founder
Comedia
http://www.comedia.org.uk/
Kelly Lee
President & CEO
Innovation Philadelphia
http://www.innovationphiladelphia.com
Bart Mroz
Partner
round3media
http://round3media.com/
Louis Musante
Founding Partner
Catalytix
http://www.wilmingtonchamber.org/aboutcatalytix.html
Michael Norris
Executive Director
Art-Reach
http://www.art-reach.org/
Cassandra Oryl
Account Supervisor
Braithwaite Communications
http://www.braithwaitepr.com/
Larry Quick
Founder
Resilient Futures Network
http://www.resilientfutures.org/
Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown
Councilwoman At Large
City of Philadelphia
http://www.phila.gov/
John Saal
Principal
Untuck
http://www.untuck.com/
Allen Sabinson
Dean, The Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Drexel University
http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/
Ginny Simon
Founder
Project Marketing, Inc.
http://www.projectmarketinginc.com/
Robert Smith
Development Director
Center for the Emerging Visual Artist
http://www.cfeva.org/
Gary Steuer
Chief Cultural Officer
Office of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy
City of Philadelphia
http://www.phila.gov/
Tracey Welson- Rossman
Director of Business Development
Chariot Solutions
http://www.chariotsolutions.com
