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Peyton Hall, FAIA, is the Managing Principal of Historic Resources Group, LLC and an Adjunct Professor at
the University of Southern California. He has a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Virginia and a
Master of Environmental Design from Yale University. Post-graduate studies include a Certificate from the
Center for Palladian Studies in Vicenza, Italy, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts
in residence at the National Cultural Properties Institute in Tokyo, Japan. He has presented papers at the
conferences of the American Institute of Architects, the American Institute for Conservation, the National Trust
for Historic Preservation, the Association for Preservation Technology International, the Society of Architectural
Historians, the League of Historic American Theatres, the Theatre Historical Society, and the Frank Lloyd Wright
Conservancy. His historic theatre consultancy includes the Alex Theatre (Glendale, CA), Miles Memorial
Playhouse (Santa Monica, CA), Orpheum Theatre (Wichita), Fillmore Towne Theatre (Fillmore, CA), Shrine
Auditorium (Los Angeles), American Cinematheque at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre, Grauman’s Chinese
Theatre, the Hollywood Palladium, the Wiltern Theatre (Los Angeles), and the Fox (Riverside, CA).

Becky Hancock has over 15 years of fund development, event planning, and project management in the
nonprofit sector. As Executive Director of the Historic Tennessee Theatre Foundation since 2013, she oversees
all theatre activity, serves as the public face of the organization, and works with the HTTF Board of Directors to
preserve and maintain this important community asset and Official State Theatre of Tennessee. The Tennessee
Theatre is active 200+ days annually, presenting 40 touring concerts, 6 Broadway titles, 10 classic films, the
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and Knoxville Opera, and numerous community and private events each year.
In 2005, the Theatre completed a $30 million comprehensive renovation and has since welcomed 1.7+ million
patrons and helped revitalize downtown Knoxville.

Allison Inman is education and engagement director at the Belcourt Theatre, Nashville's nonprofit film center.
She directs in-theatre engagement events—filmmaker and academic Q&As, performances, seminars, film
clubs, field trips—and takes the Belcourt's Mobile Movie Theatre to schools, shelters, and community centers,
finding cinephiles in every pocket of the city. Before the Belcourt, she worked in communications consulting
and public media, first for Rocky Mountain PBS in Denver and then for ITVS, where she hosted documentary
screening/engagement events in Denver, New Orleans and Nashville. She recently joined the board of
directors of Southern Documentary Fund.

Nick Keenan is the founder of Gameflow Interactive, a web and experience design agency that builds web
platforms that activate audiences for cultural organizations. Nick developed Gameflow's approach to content
strategy and customer experiences – driven by storytelling and game mechanics to motivate audience
behavior – through fifteen years’ experience as a theatrical producer, sound designer, and web technology
“therapist" in Chicago.

Greg Laemmle, President, Laemmle Theaters, Los Angeles, CA. Laemmle Theaters are synonymous with great
independent, foreign, and art house cinema. In over 70 years of operation, they have been guided by their
commitment to exhibit "quality film without regard to genre or provenance." Their theaters serve over a million
film patrons each year from eight locations in the greater Los Angeles region including Beverly Hills, Hollywood,
Santa Monica, Pasadena, and Claremont. Laemmle is a scion of cinema's golden age. The company was
established in 1938 by Kurt and Max Laemmle, nephews of legendary Universal Pictures founder, Carl Laemmle.

Megan Lytle joined the Embassy Theatre as the Front of House Manager in 2015. She has over 20 years'
experience in the food and beverage industry. She directly supervises the bar staff and is in charge of all bars,
concessions, and merchandise. She has been a certified trainer for TEAM Coalition since February 2016 and
assists with TEAM training for all volunteers and staff at the Embassy Theatre.

Kelly Maahs joined the Embassy Theatre as the Front of House Manager in 2012 and has served as the Front
of House Director since September 2013. She has a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology from Indiana University
and over 20 years' experience in the food and beverage industry. She currently supervises the event staff,
volunteers, and all things related to food and beverage. She has been a certified trainer for TEAM coalition
since February 2013 and conducts TEAM training for all volunteers and staff at the Embassy Theatre.

Donald Mason is the Executive Director of the Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center in Lexington, KY, tasked
with directing the historic African American venue into a leading regional cultural arts organization. Donald
has become an advocate for diversity and inclusion in Central Kentucky, specifically in the Arts sector.Donald
serves on the LexArts Board, VisitLEX Commission, Picnic With The Pops Commission, Business Volunteers for the
Arts, EMERGE Conference Steering Committee and a Leadership Lexington Class of 2017 graduate.He holds a
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