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Tony Ascrizzi, Freelance Artist and Consultant, Tascrizzi@cox.net,  Providence, RI.  For over a decade, Tony Ascrizzi designed and fabricated exhibits for the Providence Children’s Museum.

Rachel Atlas Venditto, Assistant Curator, Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Providence, RI.  RISD’s Nature Lab is a unique resource for examining, exploring and understanding the patterns, structures and interactions of design in nature. The collection includes more than 80,000 specimens and other items of natural history.

Umberto Crenca, Founder and Artistic Director of AS220, Providence, RI.  AS220 provides an unjuried and uncensored forum for the arts.

Katherine Estes, CPA, North Kingstown, RI.  She specializes in accounting, tax, audit and financial management consultation for nonprofit organizations.

Barnaby Evans, Executive Artistic Director, WaterFire Providence, Providence, RI.  Waterfire, quite possibly the preeminent visitor attraction for the city of Providence, brings over one million people from Rhode Island and beyond each season to watch, wonder at, and enjoy the spectacle.

Michael Friedman, President and CEO of Monarch Industries, Warren, RI.  Monarch Industries specializes in architectural millwork, custom wood molding, paneling, cabinets and casework.

Rebekah Greenwald Speck, Executive Director, RiverzEdge Arts Project, Woonsocket, RI.  RiverzEdge Arts Project is a social enterprise that provides talented underserved teens hands-on work experience in graphic design, digital photography, screen-printing and visual arts. Riverzedge won the prestigious National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award in 2010.

David Kunitz, Vice President, Product Design, Boys Toys, Hasbro, Inc., Pawtucket, RI.  Hasbro is one of the largest toymakers in the world.

Andrew Liebchen, Art Director, Deelux, Providence, RI.  Deelux is a graphic and web design company specializing in branding and identity; graphic design and illustration; and web design and development.

Marvin Novogrodski, Performing Artist, Marvelous Marvin, Providence, RI.  Marvin has been blending art and science in original works for over 15 years. Using circus arts, magic tricks and engaging visuals to entertain and motivate students to learn about science, Marvin’s shows have delighted audiences all over New England.

Walter Zesk, Co-Founder of ConForm Lab LLC, Providence, RI.  ConFormLab provides computational design and fabrication consulting services. Their obsessively collaborative design process has produced novel furniture systems, innovative architectural interventions, super efficient traditional sailboats, inventive textile products, and highly optimized jewelry production systems.

Jeanine Silversmith, Founder and Director of Rhode Island Families in Nature, Wakefield, RI.  Rhode Island Families in Nature is an organization created by and for families who want to spend more time outdoors, explore RI’s natural places, and reconnect with and reap the many benefits of nature.

Erik Nelson, co-owner of the engineering firm Structures Workshop, Inc of Providence.  Erik has worked on numerous projects that have complex geometries with innovative structural systems, such as the Linked Hybrid project in Beijing.  He has also been involved in the design of large dynamic structures for the entertainment industry such as Cirque du Soleil’s show Ka and the Crane Ballet.