James Hollis received his doctorate from Drew University and taught humanities for 26 years in various colleges and universities before retraining as a Jungian analyst at the C. G. Jung…

Robert L. Patten, the Lynette S. Autrey Professor Emeritus of Humanities at Rice University, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London,…

Jim Nelson is a former professional dancer who moved into nonprofit administration in 2000, when he became Houston Ballet's general manager, before being named executive director of the company in…

Jane Curtis is an experienced landscape architect who was most recently the Director of Horticulture, Hermann Park Conservancy. Previously, she worked as a landscape architect on various commercial and residential…

Doreen Stoller is president of the Hermann Park Conservancy and has successfully led the Conservancy's efforts at Hermann Park for more than eighteen years. Under her direction, the Conservancy launched…

Alecia L. Lawyer is the founder, artistic director, and principal oboist of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Lawyer regularly presents her entrepreneurial model and dynamic ideas to conservatories, universities,…

Sasha West’s poems have appeared in the Southern Review, Ninth Letter, Forklift, Ohio, Third Coast, Born, and elsewhere. She holds graduate degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the University of…

Ed Hirsch serves as president of the John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and lives in New York. As a beloved member of the University of Houston Creative Writing faculty, he…

Donald Friary was executive director of Historic Deerfield in Deerfield, Massachusetts for 27 years.  After his retirement in 2003, he became Historic Deerfield's Senior Research Fellow.  A native of Boston…

Hermes Mallea is a partner in M(Group), an interiors and architecture firm based in New York. His work has been featured in such publications as The New York Times, Architectural…