Photo Credit: Dustin Aksland

GDUSA STARTS EACH YEAR BY CHOOSING A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO WATCH WHO EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY.

Individuals we have come to know and respect for a combination of talent, leadership, success, newsworthiness and community service. In a field so deep in talent and broad in numbers, this is clearly a subjective process. Still, for five decades, it has seemed to work out pretty well: the roster of past participants is star-studded, to say the least. The 2017 group adds to the glow.

Suzanne Pettypiece	Tad Carpenter
John Kudos	Maggie Breslin
Ed Bennett	Evelio Mattos
Leland Maschmeyer	Lynette Pope
Simon Thorneycroft	Maria Verastegui
Adam Padilla	John Luu
Amy Balliett	Sven Seger
Erin Sarofsky	Ted Bramble
Ekene Ijeoma	Tricia Christiansen
Eileen Riestra	Chris Lowery
Jason White	Rob Trostle
Mark Garcia	Monica Seaberry
Steve Dunphy	Annette Berry
Niki Blaker	Nick Panos
Brian Son	Bense Garza
Kim Le Liboux	Bill Skrief + Todd Reinhart

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