Leilani Hudson has spent 20+ years making ambitious cultural projects actually happen. From large-scale events and festivals at Phoenix Art Museum to launching Wonderspaces' first permanent venue for immersive traveling art shows, she excels at creating spaces for connection between artists and audiences. She’s managed international art installations, advised on public funding panels, and co-founded cut + paste phx, now active in multiple cities. Hudson’s big-picture thinking, operational chops, and commitment to the arts make her an invaluable force behind meaningful, community-centered experiences.

Sara Anderson has spent 20+ years building social capital and pride of place in Phoenix — and she's just getting started. As former Director of Events at Downtown Phoenix Inc, she scaled programming from 11 to 150+ annual events. At RED Development, she built the Upward and Onward @ CityScape program, earning the 2019 Distinguished Service to Exceptional Children Award in the process. She launched ARx, co-founded CONTEXT, a cultural production studio doing the work of making the unknowns known, and when cycling became her own mental health lifeline, she built Bike to Wherever so more people could find the same. She has spent two decades proving that the right room, the right people, and a little imagination can change how a city feels about itself.