THE CRITERIA

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 2018 group adds to the lustre.

Debbie Barnett	Richard Ljoenes
Danielle Beal	Chris Martinie
Scott Buschkuhl	Brenda Milis
Rick Caballo	Trish Olives
Maurice Cherry	Bailey Parkerson
Daniel Doernemann	Tsilli Pines
Hans Dorsinville	Julie Ruiz
Tina Essmaker	DeAnn Sena OConnor
Stephanie Gelabert	Jason Severs
AJ Goehle	Leta Sobierajski
Paula Hansanugrum	Jeff Strahl
Chris Harrold	Elliot Strunk
Smrita Jain	Jenn Stucker
Courtney Jernigan	Haraldur Thorleifsson
Theresa Koenig	Laura Wallace
Holly Kowalski	Hugh Weber
Meghan Labot	Kelly Welch Farquhar
Jonathan Lee	Stuart Whitworth
Kendra Lively

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