Renaissance Weekend

Renaissance Weekend

Illustrative List of Past Participants

Arts, Culture, Entertainment & Sports
Some professional notes below reflect past roles.
Kitty Bartholomew
Program Host, Home & Garden TV
Theo Bikel
Actor-Vocalist, "Fiddler on the Roof," "Sound of Music"
Kevin Bleyer
Emmy-winning Writer, "The Daily Show"
Louise MacBain Blouin
President, Louise MacBain Foundation/Arts Patron
Neal Boortz
Radio Commentator
Timothy Bottoms
Actor, "Paper Chase," "Last Picture Show"
Sir John Boyd
Former Chm., British Museum & UK Ambassador to Japan
Roger Brown
President, Berklee College of Music
Blair Brown
Actress
Bill Broyles
Screenwriter, "Cast Away," "Apollo 13," "Flags of Our Fathers"
Kimberly Camp
Former Pres.-CEO, The Barnes Foundation & Charles Wright Museum of African American History
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Songwriter/Vocalist
Stephen Colbert
Comedian and Anchor, "The Colbert Report"
Rob Cook
Creator, Renderman/VP-Advanced Tech., Pixar Animation
Roger Corman
Academy Awarding-winning Film Producer-Director
Philippe Cousteau
CEO, EarthEcho Int'l & Thalassa Ventures/Smithsonian's "Top Innovators"/Host, TV's "Oceans"
James Cuno
Director, Art Institute of Chicago
Christopher Dahl
CEO, Intelefilm/Former CEO, Children's Broadcasting Corp.
Donald Dell
Former Captain, US Davis Cup Team
Rita Dove
Former US Poet Laureate
Richard Feigen
Art Dealer
Ellen Futter
President, American Museum of Natural History
Phyllis George
Former "Miss America," Kentucky First Lady & TV Commentator-Host
Mark Gill
Founder, The Film Office/Former Pres., Miramax Films
Howard Gordon
Emmy-winning Exec. Producer, TV's "24" &, formerly, "X-files"
Deidre Hall
TV & Film Actress, Days of Our Lives
Eric Heiden
Olympic Speedskater and Former US Pro Cycling Champ/Orthopedic Surgeon
Olga Hirshhorn
Art Collector/Philanthropist
Lauren Hutton
Actress & Model
Terrence Jones
Pres., Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Joan Kennedy
Arts Advocate
Memrie Lewis
Landscape Architect
Marty Liquori
Former Olympic Runner and World's Fastest Miler
Philip Livingston
V.Chm., Approva Corp./Former Mbr., Super Bowl Champion Oakland Raiders & CFO, World Wrestling Federation
Jack Marin
Former "All-Star," National Basketball Association
Martin Markinson
Tony-winning Producer & Owner, Helen Hayes Theater
Craig Masbach
Chief Executive Officer, USA Track & Field
John Mauceri
Former Maestro, Hollywood Bowl & Pittsburgh Opera
Henry McGee
Pres., HBO Home Video & Pres., Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation
Stan McKenzie
Former NBA Player
Stan McKenzie
Episcopal Supervisor, The African Methodist Episcopal Church/Ret'd MBA Player
Edwin Moses
Track & Field Olympics Gold Medalist
Winifred White Neisser
VP-Movies & Mini-series, Columbia Tri-Star TV
Scott Neustadter
Screenwriter, "(500) Days of Summer," "Pink Panther III"
Mehmet Oz
Physician/Author/Health Commentator
John Parker
Pres., American Culinary Institute
Estelle Parsons
Academy Award-winning Actress
Robert Pinsky
Former US Poet Laureate
Bonnie Pitman
Director, Dallas Museum of Art
Jeffrey Price
Screenwriter, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," "The Grinch," "Shreck III"
Steven Puri
VP-Dev't, Fox Pictures/Former Dev't Dir., "Mission Impossible 3," "Star Trek"
Grant Roberts
Nat'l Heavyweight Body-building Champion/Actor/Trainer
David Salzman
Former CEO, Quincy Jones/David Salzman Entertainment and Pres., Lorimar Productions
Cynthia Schneider
Former US Ambassador to the Netherlands & Rembrandt Authority
Bright Sheng
MacArthur Prize-winning Composer
Dean Smith
Former Head Basketball Coach, University of North Carolina
Stan Smith
Former Wimbledon and US Open Tennis Champ
Alex Sokolow
Screenwriter, "Toy Story," "Evan Almighty," "Cheaper by Dozen"
Clinton Stevenson
President, Trimark Pacific Homes/Former Olympian
Nikki Stone
Olympic Gold Medalist, Inverted Aerial Skiing
Barbra Streisand
Vocalist/Actress
Tom Sullivan
Singer, Composer and Producer
George Takei
Actor/"Star Trek"'s Mr. Sulu
Rebecca Ford Terry
Former Executive V.P., MGM Studios
Debi Thomas
Former World Figure Skating Champion & US Olympian/Orthopedic Surgeon
Stewart Wallace
Composer
Joseph Wapner
Former TV's "People's Court" Judge
Marc Wolff
Aerial Cinematographer
C.D. Wright
MacArthur Prize-winning Poet
Roy Wunsch
Chm., CEO, Veritas Music/Former Pres., Country Music Assn.
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