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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT - J. Kirk Richards
Kirk is a professional studio artist. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Visual Arts Studio from BYU in 2000. He especially loves to create and collect spiritually-themed works of art.


VICE PRESIDENT - Linda Howard
Linda Howard worked as Art Concierge at the Flagship Deseret Book during the first years of the Gospel Vision of the Arts Scholarship Auction. She has since moved to Altus Fine Art publishing, where she helps artists with the printing and marketing of their images. Linda's enthusiasm is felt and appreciated by the many LDS artists she works with every day.


SECRETARY - Eva Witesman
Eva teaches non-profit administration to masters students at the Brigham Young University Romney Institute of Public Management, Marriott School of Management. She is a consultant for organizations including the Utah Department of Health, National Governor's Associaton, Utah Department of Technology Services, and the Utah Governor's Office of Management and Budget. Eva is an artist in her own right. She loves to paint, and is eager to help emerging artists develop their careers.


BOARD MEMBER - Cris Baird
Cris received his B.A. and J.D. from Brigham Young University, and currently practices law at the international law firm, Bracewell LLP. His area of expertise is drafting and negotiating all types of commercial real estate transaction documents. Cris loves art, and with his wife Janae, has acquired a beautiful collection of contemporary LDS works.


EMERITUS BOARD MEMBER - Mark Hartshorn
Mark and his wife Ann have long been involved in promoting the artwork of LDS artists through their publishing company, New Vision Art. Mark has a deep love for artwork and understands the demands upon and the motivations of career artists. We thank Mark for helping us launch the Vision of the Arts Fund.


AUCTION COMMITTEE

J. Kirk Richards
Kirk has contributed many beloved and well-known artworks to the religious art community. He believes that it is part of his life's calling to help other artists in building their careers, and to partner with them in raising the quality of spiritual works being produced today.


Linda Howard
As mentioned above, Linda's efforts have been monumental in creating and maintaining the Vision of the Arts Fund. One of her roles is serving as our Art Handling Specialist.


Ginger Dall Egbert
Ginger has worked with the Vision of the Arts Fund for several years and currently serves as our Auction Director. She is also a resin artist and oil painter, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Illustration in 2016 from BYU.


Jennifer Slack
Jennifer has served as an Auction Director for several auctions, and continues to help promote great art. Besides being an artist herself, Jennifer follows many other creative pursuits including blogging and basket weaving!


Scott Higginson
Scott is the owner and founder of Foursquare ART, an online gallery and art consulting service. He also collects artwork and is passionate about networking with artists.


Birgitte Smoot
We are grateful for Birgitte's help as our Social Media specialist! In addition to working with the Beaux-Arts Academy in Provo and with Howard Lyon Fine Art in American Fork, Birgitte also regularly models for artists.


Sara Southwick
Sara serves as one of our eBay specialist to make sure the auctions run smoothly! She earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Management from BYU, and is an HR Business Partner at Workfront.


Kirsten Noelle Anderson
Though a busy painter and printmaker, Kirsten still finds time to help us with our website!