Dr. Ian Marshall is Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities and a Professor of Literature at Stockton University.  He specializes in Cultural Rhetoric, Modern American Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition.

George Goldhoff is President of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City.  He reports directly to Jim Allen, Chairman and CEO of Hard Rock International and CEO of Seminole Gaming.

Goldhoff was appointed President early in 2023.  As president, he focuses on financial performance, market share growth, team member engagement and development, guest experience, and support for the greater Atlantic City community.

Goldhoff was previously president of Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati, where he worked to rebrand the casino as a Hard Rock.  The casino's 2022 revenue results showed the largest increase of any casino in the State of Ohio.

During his three years at Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati, Goldhoff also engaged with local community organizations and orchestrated more than $1.4 million in charitable donations.

Before his work in Cincinnati, Goldhoff oversaw four properties as President and CEO of PURE Canadian Gaming in Western Canada.  He also assisted in opening Bellagio Las Vegas and was General Manager of Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica, MS.

Outside of work, Goldhoff enjoys working out, gardening, reading, and hiking.

As President & CEO, Adam Perle manages all ArtPride operations. He leads the senior management team and is responsible for resource development, as well as fiduciary oversight. Prior to joining ArtPride, Adam was the Vice President of the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce, where he led membership and tourism marketing efforts. During his time at the Chamber, Adam was a key part of the leadership team that doubled the size of the organization, and was instrumental in the expansion of the Princeton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau. Before his work in the nonprofit sector, Adam worked on several political campaigns at the local, state, and federal levels.

Adam is a lover of Mark Rothko, 20th century American theatre, landscape photography, the blues, and New Orleans jazz. When he is not enjoying a New Jersey craft beer, or rooting for his beloved New York Giants, you can find Adam encouraging his two budding performers, Alexis and Marley. A lifelong New Jersey resident, Adam resides in Bridgewater with his wife, Mandi. The couple started dating at summer camp while they were opposing color war generals.

Susan is an award-winning producer of arts and history programming. As a principal at PCK Media, she is a co-series producer and regular contributor to State of the Arts. Prior to forming her own independent production company, she was a staff producer/director at NJN Public Television.

Susan’s recent projects include Keeping the Pinelands, a documentary produced for NJ PBS, and NJ Women Vote, a series of shorts produced for the NJ Historical Commission. Her documentaries Kea’s Ark and Anne Morrow Lindbergh: You’ll Have the Sky can be seen on Amazon Prime. Her previous nationally-distributed documentaries include Ben Shahn: Passion for Justice, Toshiko Takaezu: Portrait of an Artist, Michael Graves: The Warehouse, Crossroads: The Story of a Theatre, and New Glass for Wheaton.

Susan has an MA from the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School of Communication and a BA from New College of Florida, where she majored in Social Theory. She also studied photography and art history at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her awards include multiple New York and Mid-Atlantic Emmys, four CINE Golden Eagles, two NETA Awards, a Worldfest Houston Gold Special Jury Award, and a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship.

Susan has two grown children, a devoted dog, and a husband who’s an artist and loves to cook. She hikes, practices Iyengar yoga, and has shelves full of books she fully intends to read.

Wendel A. White was born in Newark, New Jersey. He was awarded a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York and an MFA in photography from the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Art at Stockton University, NJ. 

He has received various awards and fellowships including Doctor of Arts (h.c.), Oakland University, MI; the Robert Gardner Fellowship, Peabody Museum at Harvard University; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in Photography; three artist fellowships from the New Jersey State Council for the Arts; Bunn Lectureship in Photography and various grants and artist’s residencies. 

His work is represented in museum, public, and private collections including National Gallery of Art, DC; Mint Museum, NC; Duke University, NC; New Jersey State Museum, NJ; Rochester Institute of Technology, NY; The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL; Haverford College, PA; University of Delaware, DE; University of Alabama, AL; and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NY. 

White currently serves on the boards of directors for The Print Center (PA) and the Atlantic City Free Library Foundation. He has also served on the boards of Society for Photographic Education, New Jersey Council for the Humanities, Kodak Educational Advisory Council, the Atlantic City Historical Museum, New Jersey Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, and the New Jersey Black Culture and Heritage Foundation. 

His work appears in various books and publications, including Manifest: Thirteen Colonies, currently available for pre-order from Radius Books and co-published by the Peabody Museum at Harvard University.  

For the past seventeen years, Michael has served as the executive director of the Noyes, providing curatorial, development, and community engagement leadership.  In 2002, they received his MA from Seton Hall in Museum Management and, in 1997, a BA from Rowan University.  Currently, he is a candidate for the Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership.  Michael currently serves on the Cumberland County Cultural and Heritage Commission and Ducktown Neighborhood Community Development Corporation and has served as a board member for the New Jersey Association of Museums, Art Pride NJ, Mid-Atlantic Associations of Museums, and the South Jersey Cultural Alliance as Vice President.  He also shares this passion as an adjunct arts professor at Stockton University.

For over 10 years, Jeremy has been actively engaged throughout the community as President of the Grunin Foundation, a proactive grantmaker focused on economic growth at the Central Jersey Shore. Jeremy is also a Partner of Grunin Holdings, LLC., a New Jersey Partnership specializing in investing in third party commercial ventures. Prior to that, Jeremy was a leader in the private sector for over 15 years, where he led teams of over a thousand employees responsible for over $500 million in revenue.

Jeremy’s Foundation, Advisory and Board Directorships include:

• Board Chair of Count Basie Center for the Arts;
• Board Chair of New Jersey Center for Nonprofits;
• Immediate Past Board Chair and Current Executive Board Member of Fulfill;
• Board Member of Council of New Jersey Grantmakers;
• Executive Board Member of YMCA of Greater Monmouth County;
• Trustee of Community Medical Center;
• Board Member of Community Foundation of South Jersey;
• Board Member of Arts Ed NJ;
• Board Member of Monmouth University;
• Board Member of Monmouth Museum;
• Advisory Board of Parker Family Health Center;
• Member of New Jersey State Council on the Arts;
• Board Member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Coastal and Northern New Jersey;
• Advisory Board Member of Toms River Regional Schools Business, Information Technology and Construction Academies;
• Co-Chair of the NJ Arts and Culture Renewal Fund Steering Committee;
• Advisory Board Member of the Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship at NYU School of Law; and
• Appointed Member to Ocean County Tourism and Business Development Advisory Council

Kimberly Brown is the Cultural and Heritage Affairs Administrator for Atlantic County. Her office focuses on the support of local and county history, the arts, and the cultural traditions of the community. She is responsible for administering the Local Arts Program and the County History Partnership Program grant awards through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the New Jersey Historical Commission, respectively. The funds received from these programs are regranted through an application process to local non-profit organizations. In addition, she coordinates the annual Atlantic County Teen Arts Festival which is held every May in the downtown Hammonton Arts District, and manages/curates the Atlantic County Veterans Museum. She previously held a similar position in Burlington County where she also developed and curated exhibits/programs for three of the county’s art galleries. Kimberly’s 25-year career in the print/publishing industry began as a typesetter in a small print shop in Moorestown, NJ and progressed to the Director of Prepress Production for TV Guide Magazine. Kimberly is a South Jersey native. She is an artist (drawing & graphic design), amateur photographer, baker and avid motorcyclist. She serves on two boards: South Jersey Cultural Alliance, and the Women’s International Motorcycle Association-USA Division.

Diane Felcyn, Program Officer at the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, has maintained a career focus on identifying ways the arts can be a part of creating a better world. In her current role, her expertise in nonprofit arts administration, community program development, and fundraising informs work with government and nonprofit teams to help build and sustain a strong arts sector.  

At the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the largest arts funder in the state, Diane specializes in multidisciplinary and visual arts organizations and manages an annual grants portfolio of over $6,000,000. Diane has also developed sector-responsive grant programs, including the COVID Critical Needs Program and the Capital Arts Grant Program. 

Prior to joining the New Jersey State Council on the Arts in 2019, Diane was the associate director at Perkins Center for the Arts. As the curator of education at Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, GA, Diane was part of the team involved in the expansion into the Jepson Center for the Arts, and the creation of ArtZeum, an interactive museum gallery using artworks in a hands-on space. 

Diane holds an MA from University of the Arts in Museum Education, a certificate in Nonprofit Management from the Nonprofit Center at LaSalle University School of Business, and a BA in Art History from Chestnut Hill College. Additionally, she has completed the Arts and Business Council of Greater Philadelphia Designing Leadership Program, the Dodge Foundation Emerging Leader Program, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art Museum Studies Program. 

Emari DiGiorgio (she/her) is the author of Girl Torpedo, winner of the Numinous Orison, Luminous Origin Literary Award, and The Things a Body Might Become. She's the recipient of the Auburn Witness Poetry Prize, the Ellen La Forge Memorial Poetry Prize, the Elinor Benedict Poetry Prize, RHINO’s Founder’s Prize, the Woodrow Hall Top Shelf Award, and a poetry fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. At Stockton University, Emari teaches first-year writing and poetry, is the faculty director of Murphy Writing, and serves as President of the Stockton Federation of Teachers. She also hosts World Above, a monthly reading series in Atlantic City, NJ.

Cheryl Broschard, Manager of Foundation Operations at the AtlantiCare Foundation, oversees AtlantiCare’s Healing Arts program.

A pilot of the Healing Arts program debuted at AtlantiCare with more than 200 pieces of artwork in 2005. Research had shown that hospitals were adopting Healing Arts programming to connect with the communities that they served and enhance clinical outcomes. Incorporating artwork creates a relaxing, beautiful space for patients, visitors, and staff; it’s also a mood booster, reduces blood pressure, affects positive communication, reduces stress, and promotes a sense of happiness, compassion, and empathy.

Cheryl has managed the program for most of its history. Healing Arts has grown into a vital, dynamic resource beyond public art.  Today’s Healing Arts program includes workshops and other initiatives that benefit current and former AtlantiCare patients and staff. She has seen cancer survivors, children, and staff filled with optimism and hope after participating in art workshops, which is a testament to the power of the arts in the healing process. It transcends art itself by transforming those who interact with it. Cheryl included.

Today, AtlantiCare proudly owns and exhibits more than 3,000 pieces of artwork in its collection, with 95 percent of the art represented by New Jersey-based artisans.  Their mission, By integrating the arts, we visibly demonstrate our intent to create a healing presence within our community.

Dorrie Papademetriou has always been passionate about art and social change. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Bowling Green State University and began her career in Boston in creative design and art direction. Having worked in the fashion industry, she art directed international ad campaigns for brands like Louis Vuitton and Infiniti.

While raising her children and living abroad, she wrote and illustrated four children’s books and began working in community arts programs.

Dorrie served as curator of the Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton University, curating hundreds of exhibitions of nationally and internationally recognized artists. One of Dorrie’s most meaningful exhibitions was Finding Home, which featured and worked with Atlantic City's homeless. 

Always believing that art is transformative, Dorrie implemented programs for people in need at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Atlantic City, after-school students, residents in senior centers, stroke patients at Bacharach Rehabilitation Center, and clients of the behavioral health center at AtlantiCare.

In 2016, Dorrie founded MudGirls Studios, a ceramic art studio that employs women in poverty. MudGirls celebrates a love of clay, the creative process, and the chance for women to transform their lives. MudGirls Studios aims to assist chronically unemployed women through transitional employment. MudGirls Studios provides steppingstones to a better future and stronger community. MudGirls Studios recently completed commercial tile installations at Stockton University, New Brunswick Performing Art Center, and Ocean Casino.

Wendy Ryden is Professor of English at Long Island University Post. She received her doctorate from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York and her undergraduate degree from Drew University. She teaches courses in writing and rhetoric, including creative nonfiction, writing and healing, and environmental literacy, and in literature, including the American nineteenth century, Gothic,  and mythology. She is also a member of the faculty of The M.F.A. in Creative Writing and Publishing at the George Polk School of Communication at LIU. Her publications include the co-authored book with Dr. Ian Marshall, Reading, Writing, and the Rhetorics of Whiteness, and the co-edited volume Haunting Realities: Naturalist Gothic and American Realism. She is the editor of the Journal for the Assembly of Expanded Perspectives on Learning (JAEPL), and she is Vice President of the C.W. Post Collegial Federation, NYSUT.

Dr. Katherine Panagakos began teaching at Stockton University in 2008 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek & Latin Languages and Literature in the Languages and Culture Studies (LCST) Program. She was recently promoted to Associate Professor, effective September.

Dr. Panagakos currently serves as the Chair of the LCST Program, has held the American Foundation for Greek Language and Culture (AFGLC) Endowed Professorship of Greek Culture and Classics in the Dean C. and Zoë S. Pappas Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies since 2008. She is a co-chair for the Friends of Hellenic Studies, Executive Secretary for Eta Sigma Phi (the national undergraduate honor society for students of Ancient Greek and Latin), Secretary of the Classical Association of Atlantic States (CAAS) and is on the Board of the New Jersey Classical Association (NJCA).

Dr. Panagakos teaches a wide range of courses including all levels of classical Latin and ancient Greek, classical mythology, courses on Julius Caesar and Augustus, Greco-Romans in film, and is co-teaching a new course on Italy through the ages which includes a two-week, faculty-led study tour to Rome, Naples, and Florence (May 2024).

Dr. Panagakos is working on a two-volume reader on witches, werewolves, ghosts, and the occult inLatin literature. Once these are completed, she plans to turn her attention to the role and importance of classical mythology in the Pre-Raphaelites.

Ryann Casey is a New Jersey based artist, curator, and educator. Casey holds a BA in Photography with a minor in Gender Studies from Stockton University and an MFA/MS in Photography and Art History from Pratt Institute. She currently works as the Exhibition Coordinator for Stockton University and is part of the Visual Arts Adjunct Faculty, specializing in photography, art history and critical theory. Casey’s current photographic and curatorial projects focus on themes of loss, trauma and memory. 

Wendy Liscow has been a long-time champion of the transformative power of arts education for students and educators and is committed to advocating for quality arts for all students, regardless of their circumstances. Most recently she served 17 years at the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. During her tenure in philanthropy, Wendy first worked in the Foundation’s Arts grantmaking area, then lead the Education portfolio, as well as developing capacity building programming for the nonprofit sector, including board leadership and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training. 

She has led statewide initiatives advancing arts integration and culturally relevant and responsive practices. She worked with a team of arts education leaders to produce the New Jersey’s Arts Integration Think and Do Workbook and recently developed with Sanaz Hojreh the Culturally Responsive Arts Education Workout offered annually by Arts Ed NJ. Ms. Liscow is also a trained Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory. She is a proud contributor to the development of a healing-centered practice training offered to NJ schools by the Foundation for Educational Administration.

After receiving her Education degree from the University of Michigan, and prior to joining the Dodge Foundation staff, Wendy worked for 25 years as a professional theatre administrator, director, dramaturg, and producer. She was associate artistic director, dramaturg, and resident director of George Street Playhouse for 12 years, and then served as the director of programs and services for the NJ Theatre Alliance. She is a proud 2021 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement in Arts Education Governor’s Award.

Jennifer Tsukayama is the Vice President of Arts Education at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). She leads one of the largest arts education departments in the state that serves nearly 112,000 families and students annually in grades Pre-K-12. Programs include on-campus and in-school performances, residencies, as well as afterschool and summer arts training and professional development for teachers. 

Prior to joining NJPAC, Tsukayama was the Director of Strategic Partnerships and the Director of Performing Arts for the Arizona Commission on the Arts (ACA). There she managed the agency’s $2M grant portfolio, provided statewide technical assistance to the grantees, and developed partnerships and programs across government and community sectors. This included the areas of government and public affairs, local arts advancement, and private sector relations. Tsukayama’s successful philanthropic initiatives include Artist Research and Development Grant, Artspace Initiative, Honoring Our Service Members, and Rural Presenters Consortium. 

Tsukayama was also an Associate Professor at Arizona State University’s Department of Dance, where she received numerous awards for her research and teaching and chaired the Academic Policy and Standards Committee for the College of Fine Arts. She has been invited to present papers on her creative research at Counseil Internacional de la Dance of the United Nation’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Congress on Research in Dance, and National Education Dance Organization. 

Tsukayama’s artistic work includes the direction of three dance companies and the creation of over 40 original dance works. Her repertory ranges in projects that integrate dance and technology to site-specific and community works. She is an active member and mentor for the national Women of Color in the Arts. Currently, she serves on the Board of the Newark Trust for Education, Art-ed NJ Steering Committee, and the Leadership Council for Arts Ed-Newark, which is dedicated to advancing arts education in the city of Newark where she also co-chairs its evaluation committee. She was a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Association for Latino Arts and Culture, ArtPlace America, and many state arts councils.

Sarah Lacy is the Liaison for Event Planning and Promotion at the Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton University. She began this role in February 2021. 

Sarah has been an event coordinator since 2018, with previous work experience at WheatonArts and Cultural Center and with event sales and production at Willow Creek Winery in Cape May. As a student worker, she worked as the Exhibitions Assistant at the Noyes Museum of Art for three years under Dorrie Papademetriou and is happy to return to the organization and university after years apart. 

Sarah is passionate about promoting the arts and culture through educational community programming and events. She often works with community members and partners to develop original events and projects that unite diverse populations. Some of her projects include: the Ducktown Community Garden educational series, the monthly Natural Dyes Club, Print Day in May, the Noyes Holiday Market and Gingerbread Village, the Big Prints Club, as well as other exhibitions-related programming, student, and community programming. 

Sarah holds a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts with a concentration on Printmaking from Stockton University.  

Julie Hain brings over 25 years of experience in the arts, history, and culture sector and is the current Executive Director of the South Jersey Cultural Alliance (SJCA). Recognized for her innovative and collaborative leadership style, Hain has worked to foster a more inclusive cultural community in South Jersey. Before joining SJCA, she held notable leadership positions at the Tuckerton Seaport & Jersey Shore Folklife Center and the International Sculpture Center. Hain's programs, such as the South Jersey Cultural Asset Map and Arts & Culture Connectors program, prioritize community building, resource sharing, peer learning, and fostering a strong network of cultural professionals. Her focus on increasing inclusivity and accessibility for individuals of all backgrounds and abilities transforms the South Jersey cultural community, making her a respected changemaker in the field.

Ralph Hunter is a man who is living his passion. Over 30 years ago, he began collecting the African-American cultural, artistic and media items that he eventually used to start the African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey. Until that point, his friends often referred to his home as “the museum,” but little did they know how prophetic their words were.

He took his passion for collecting and inherent ability for sharing stories about his collection to a higher level. on December 23, 2002 when he opened the doors of this museum in Newtonville, NJ. From Little Black Sambo to rare images of Dr. Martin Luther King and Dr. J memorabilia, Hunter has collected and displayed these cultural treasures in a way that inspires discussion and opens the door to learning.

Hunter’s enthusiasm for sharing the images and stories of the African American culture inspired him to take the museum on the road. Each year, he takes the AAHMSNJ Traveling Museum to schools around the state and not only teaches young children about the rich history of African Americans but also shows them how to conduct guided tours for their schoolmates. The popular traveling exhibit has grown exponentially each year, visiting at least 100 schools throughout New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania.

Sometimes called the History Hunter, one of his noteworthy discoveries was a collection of portraits of an African American family dating back to the 1800s. The portraits had been mouldering away in the crawl space of an Atlantic City home for many years. Hunter had them restored and called the resulting exhibit “Portraits of a People.” The exhibit was featured in The New York Times, Courier-Post, the Atlantic City Press, the Philadelphia Inquirer, on the New Jersey Network and Channel 40 in Atlantic City.

Hunter was educated in Philadelphia schools and became a successful entrepreneur before retiring and founding the museum. He owned retail establishments in South Jersey malls and Atlantic City casinos. has lived most of his life in Atlantic City where he has been a highly regarded historical reference on the culture of the city’s Northside for many years. It is where he and his late wife raised six children. His family grew to include nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren, all of whom have variously answered the call to support his consuming interest in relating the trials and triumphs of the African American story.

Due to his untiring efforts on behalf of the museum, the collection now numbers in the thousands and can be viewed in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center in Newtonville and at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University in Atlantic City, where it can be shared with school students, families and all who are interested in the honest depiction of the African American experience.

During his career, the irrepressible octogenarian has been the recipient of numerous awards which include a recent Lifetime Achievement Award from the South Jersey Cultural Alliance.

He has served on the following Boards of Directors:

• Atlantic City Commission for the Arts
• AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
• New Jersey Black Cultural & Heritage Initiative Foundation
• N.J. Black Heritage Trail
• Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville, NJ
• South Jersey Cultural Alliance, Pleasantville, NJ
• Art Port at Atlantic City Airport
• Atlantic City Hydrangea Trail

Kate O’Malley joined the Atlantic City Arts Foundation in March 2021, moving quickly from an administrative role to an operations and project management lead before becoming Executive Director in July 2023. She brings her extensive experience within the organization, strong relationships in the Atlantic City artist, business, and non-profit communities, and a tireless commitment to ACAF’s mission to foster arts and culture in Atlantic City. During her tenure with ACAF, she has galvanized community support and secured significant funding to maintain organizational stability and ensure living wages for artists. As an Atlantic City resident and graduate of Stockton University, O’Malley leverages her lived experience to develop strategy and deliver maximum community impact.

Mariana Smith received a BFA from Moscow College of Applied and Industrial Arts in Moscow, Russia. After immigrating to the USA in 1992, she received a BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design and an MFA degree from the Cornell University.

In her studio, Mariana Smith combines printmaking, miniature painting, and video installation to address the nature of global dislocations. 

Smith’s work has been exhibited in the USA, Germany, UK, Italy, Taiwan, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Guam, Bulgaria, and Armenia, and were displayed at the State of Ohio Governor’s Mansion in Columbus, Ohio, the City Hall Gallery in Dresden, Germany and are included in the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum, UK.

Artist residencies include Kala Art Institute, Berkely, California; Art Print Residency, Barcelona, Spain; International Printmaking Workshop in Auckland, New Zealand; Scuola Internazionale di Grafica di Venezia, Venice, Italy; International Printmaking Workshop, Xi'an, China; GCAC Dresden Residency, Dresden, Germany, Vermont Studio Center, and Fedoskino Lacquer Miniature Factory, in Russia.

The international projects and workshops include Germany, Greece, Bulgaria, and the USA. In December 2023 Mariana Smith served as a juror for the 9th International Triennial of Graphic Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria, conducted a masterclass and a solo exhibition at the National Academy of Art.