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Oct 25, 2007
 KIRBY ATKINS, character animator and one of the director of
the box office hit-movie, "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" and TV series
3-2-1 Penguins. He is a Union alum who has been very successful in 3-D
animated entertainment, and is currently working on an animated feature
film that has a working budget of $39 million (he is the director, and
Union alum Julian Williamson is the editor). In 1999, he won Best
Animated Shot Award from the Hollywood Film Festival for his short-film,
“MUTT.” He writes film scripts and has sold scripts to Miramax and New
Regency.
 Nov. 1, 2007
DAVE HINMAN is general manager of WLJT-TV/DT, public television for West Tennessee. Hinman has been a broadcast professional for nearly 40 years - starting as a 12-year-old disc jockey in Rock Springs, Wyo. He has worked in nearly every radio and television station capacity, except for engineering. He holds a bachelor of arts in Journalism and Broadcast Production from Brigham Young University, and an MBA from Indiana University. In addition to managing WLJT, Hinman produces and hosts a weekly magazine program called "West Tennessee Journal."
 Nov. 8,
2007
JEANIE ADAMS-SMITH, professor of visual communication at
Western Kentucky University, former photo editor of The Chicago Tribune
for 10 years, recipient of the Knight Fellowship in Newsroom Graphics
Management from Ohio University, winner of numerous photojournalism
awards including top honors in the University of Missouri School of
Journalism's "Pictures of the Year" competition for her work titled,
"Living Under Pressure," dealing with children of divorce that was
published as a book, "Survivors: Children of Divorce," a four-year
project that involved 22 families and eight programs helping children of
divorce.
Nov. 15, 2007
 BILL BANGHAM, director of editorial and photography at the
International Mission Board, is a photojournalist, writer and editor. He
is a former editor of three national magazines and has worked in more
than 70 countries and received awards in writing, photography and design
in both secular and religious competitions, including the University of
Missouri International Pictures of the Year competition and the National
Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism competition. He
is a founder of the American Belarussian Relief Organization, a
non-profit agency that assists children exposed to radiation from the
Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
 Nov. 29, 2007
GARY MCCORMICK, APR, Fellow PRSA, Director of Public
Relations for DIY Network and Fine Living TV Network, two of the cable
lineups for Scripps Networks. He directs the networks’ media relations
and special events, including DIY’s partnership with Habitat for
Humanity International. He is responsible for the communications
strategy and public relations support for these innovative networks
providing cable, on-line and on-demand video programming with DIY
providing how to instruction for home improvement, gardening,
automotive, crafts/hobbies and woodworking enthusiasts and Fine Living
delivering programming on home life, buyer’s resources, and life’s
adventures. He currently serves as the President of the PRSA Foundation,
is a former member of the national board of directors and is a co-chair
for the Champions for PRSSA (student society).
 KATHI
LANDON LEATHERWOOD has served as the Executive Director of the
Jackson Arts Council since December 2000. For the first 15 years of
her professional career, Kathi was in Advertising, Marketing and Public
Relations, working for companies such as J. Walter Thompson Advertising
Agency, Shoney’s, Inc., and Pizza Hut in Atlanta, Nashville and
Memphis. Her career shifted to community service in the arts, and prior
to coming to the Council, Kathi was Vice President of Watkins College of
Art and Design in Nashville, Tennessee for eight years. Kathi spent her
childhood in Humboldt and graduated from UT at Knoxville with a BS in
Communications, majoring in Advertising. A 2003 graduate of Leadership
Jackson, Kathi was the State Chairman for Arts Advocacy Day in 2004, the
same year that she and the Jackson Arts Council were recognized as a
state finalist for the Marvin Runyon Leadership Award. Kathi has served
as a grants panelist for the Tennessee Arts Commission and served on the
Madison County Quality Control Team. Currently, Kathi is a member of
Americans for the Arts, serves on the Executive Board for Tennesseans
for the Arts, is on the Board of Rotary, and Chairs the Public Buildings
Committee.
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