GDUSA Selects Our ‘People to Watch’ for 2017

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

Past People to Watch

View Last Year’s People To Watch