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Sharon M. Louden is an artist whose work has been exhibited in numerous venues including the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art and Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Louden's work has been written about in the New York Times, Art in America, Washington Post and Sculpture Magazine, as well as other publications.

James McBride is an award-winning writer and composer. His memoir, The Color of Water has sold more than 1.7 million copies in the United States alone. As a musician, he has written songs for Anita Baker, Grover Washington Jr., Purafe, Gary Burton, the Silver Burdett music textbook series, and even for the television character Barney.

Bernard Rands is a composer. He was the Composer-in-Residence with the Philadelphia Orchestra for seven years, from 1989 to 1995. His work "Canti del Sole", won him a Pulitzer Prize in Music in 1984.

Aaron Bernard is a photographer. He travels all over Los Angeles and the local deserts searching for subjects to photograph.

Joshua Mosley is an Associate Professor of Fine Arts. He is a recipient of the Joseph H. Hazen Rome Prize and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award. His work has been exhibited in Basel, Switzerland, and Chicago.

Barbara Kessler is a singer/songwriter. She currently collaborates with other songwriters and producers from her home studio, producing music for TV, film, and games.

Tommy Shaw is a guitarist who has worked with the rock band "Styx". He has also contributed to other projects such as singing and playing guitar on Warren Zevon's CD, "The Wind".

Claire B. Rubin is a social scientist with experience in public management and emergency management. She has written numerous publications and presented talks and lectures on emergency management topics.

Sara Hantz is a teen fiction author. Her debut book, "The Second Virginity Of Suzy Green was published in September 2007. She currently lives in New Zealand with her family.

The Levinson Foundation is a private family foundation incorporated in 1955 by Max Levinson, a Philadelphia businessman and philanthropist. The Foundation makes grants to individuals and groups committed to developing a more just, caring, ecological and sustainable world.