Desiree Mays Author of Opera Unveiled, lecturer at the nightly preview buffet at the Santa Fe Opera, international opera lecturer, and she’s the tour director of Act 1 tours. Today’s opera: The Elixir of Love
Paul Trescott Professor Emeritus from Southern Illinois University, participant in the Spotlight on China events sponsored by the Santa Fe Council on International Relations
Jennifer Hoffman Deputy Cabinet Secretary at the New Mexico Tourism Department on Ecotourism
Barbara Dana Actress, co-editor of Wider Than The Sky: Essays and Meditations on the Healing Power of Emily Dickinson, and author of A Voice of Her Own.
Yolanda Nava National Hispanic Cultural Center and NM Department of Cultural Affairs, and Lois Ellen Frank Culinary Anthropologist, Food Historian, Chef and Photographer; they are co-authors of the book, Good Food, Good Health: From Field to Feast Wellness Handbook
Eric Witt Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Richardson, Jim Farrell Policy Advisor to Governor Richardson, on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in New Mexico.
Matt Rothschild Editor of The Progressive magazine and host of Progressive Radio, a weekly syndicated radio show, author of the book, You Have No Rights: Stories of America in an Age of Repression, and editor of the new book, Democracy in Print: The Best of The Progressive Magazine.
Daniel Jencka from Energy Concepts in Las Vegas, NM, which designs and installs solar and wind power systems; he teaches renewable energy classes at Luna Community College and gives workshops on renewable energy throughout the state.