As a cultural executive, Carol Phillips has been successful in arts administration, program creation and management at the senior leadership level and in arts-related positions. She has effectively directed a multi-disciplinary arts environment specializing in professional development and production, with additional extended experience in visual arts and the art museum.

As Director of Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art in Winnipeg, she has overseen management of Canada's representation to the 2001 Venice Biennale and has worked to position the ICA for program and facility expansion.

From 1992 to 2000, Carol Phillips was Vice-President and Director of the Banff Centre for the Arts. She was responsible for maintaining the Centre's international reputation as a leader in the professional development and advanced training of artists from Canada and around the world. Carol brought to the Centre a passion for the arts and strong track record in arts management, innovative program development, project creation, and community relations. She remains concerned with pushing the boundaries of art forms in Canada; adding new layers while preserving and enlivening worthy traditions. She has made the creation of Aboriginal arts programs a priority in each institution with which she has been associated. Most recently, international relations were a preoccupation in a project of brokering international agreements for Banff with countries in Europe and Latin America.

Previously, she directed the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina; presiding over a period of transformation for the Winnipeg Art Gallery into one of Canada's most progressive regional galleries, and earlier preparing the Mackenzie for its new constitution and new building.

Carol has been jurist and advisor for arts boards, councils and cultural agencies across Canada and internationally. For six years she was Chair of the Subcommission for Culture and the World Decade for Cultural Development, Canadian Commission for UNESCO, and has represented Canada at many UNESCO international gatherings. Awarded the Queen's Jubilee Medal, 2002.

tamara rae biebrich is Artist Projects Manager for the Winnipeg Arts Council, responsible for facilitating the Individual Artist Grant Program and Public Art Projects.  She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours from the University of Manitoba, and has been active in the community as a volunteer, board member, juror and visual artist. Her works have been presented in galleries, festivals and other venues locally, nationally and internationally.

Tanya Christensen has worked with the Winnipeg Arts Council since 1998 and has a great knowledge of the history of the organization. She has a background in Human Resource Management and accounting.

Dominic Lloyd is originally from the Yukon Territory where he worked with numerous arts organizations including the Dawson City Music Festival, the Yukon International Storytelling Festival, the Dawson City International Short Film Festival, and the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture.  In 2004 he became Artistic Director of Winnipeg’s West End Cultural Centre, a position he held for nearly six years before taking on the role of Project Manager for Winnipeg Cultural Capital of Canada 2010.  He has served on numerous arts and community boards, been a juror and advisor for agencies across the country, and presented at conferences in Canada and Australia.  He has a Bachelor of Arts in Canadian History and Political Science from Simon Fraser University as well as an unhealthy obsession with baseball statistics.

eryn thorey mackenzie has worked on and off in arts administration since 2003. She holds a BFA – Honours degree from the University of Manitoba School of Art, enjoys the process of creating hundreds of small multiples of the same object, and is a sometimes photographer, suffering acute ambivalence towards the digital age.

Alix Sobler is a writer, performer and comedian who  enjoys working for causes and organizations that spark her passion. She has worked in communications for The Winnipeg Humane Society, Green Kids Inc. and Clothesworks! So Women Can (NY). She can often be heard on CBC’s Definitely Not The Opera, and her plays have been produced at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, Winnipeg Jewish Theatre, Looking Glass Theatre (NY) and the Elmwood Playhouse (NY). She is a professional freelance writer and amateur crafter.

Tricia Wasney is public art manager for the Winnipeg Arts Council. She has worked in Winnipeg's art community for many years in various roles of program manager, board member, juror and artist/writer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film Studies and a Master of Landscape Architecture degree, both from the University of Manitoba. Prior to her current position she developed programming in film, literature, and the performing arts, as well as in visual art for online exhibitions, at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. She was hired by the Winnipeg Arts Council in 2002 to develop the public art policy that was ultimately adopted by Winnipeg's City Council in 2004. In 2004 she was appointed Manager-Public Art and now oversees a steadily growing public art program that includes art commissions, artist residencies and community-based projects.