Art Critic and Writer Michael Kimmelman is a concert level pianist.
Interview with an Accounting Executive
NAME: Joanne M. Riddle
JOB TITLE/OCCUPATION: Accounting Executive/Manager/Accountant
PROFESSION/INDUSTRY: Public Utilities
EDUCATION: M.B.A. in Business Management, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (1998); B.B.A. in Accounting, UAF (1985); general and industry specific Certificates in Process Improvement, Corporate Strategy and Ratemaking – Components and Design
ADDITIONAL PURSUITS & AREAS OF INTEREST: Over the last 30 years I have volunteered for numerous public and private organizations, including the State of Alaska Board of Public Accountancy (8 years), Chena Goldstream Fire & Rescue Board of Directors (15 years), American Red Cross (2 years), and various homeowner and neighborhood association boards.
Interview with an Engineer (2)
Thomas Chapman "Industrial Winter at -50º F"
NAME: Thomas R. Chapman
JOB TITLE/OCCUPATION: Small Business Owner & Industrial Control System Integrator
PROFESSION/INDUSTRY: Design, Develop, & Install New and Upgraded Control Systems for the Petroleum & Electrical Power Industries
EDUCATION: B.A. in Resource Economics (with minors in Math & Physics), Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (1970)
ADDITIONAL PURSUITS & AREAS OF INTEREST: Post graduate work at University of Washington, Seattle, and the Institute of Marine Science at University of Alaska, Fairbanks, where I worked and pursued my interests in oceanography, marine surveys, and diving.
WEBSITE: www.energiacura.com
Interview with a Surgeon
John Eric Lutz "Haystack Rock and Couple"
NAME: John Eric Lutz
JOB TITLE/OCCUPATION: President, Clackamas Jaw Surgery PC/Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
PROFESSION/INDUSTRY: Oral and maxillofacial surgery
EDUCATION: B.A. in Zoology, UCLA (1973); D.D.S., Medical Center of the University of Illinois, Chicago (1977, with honors); Surgical residency, University of California, San Francisco (Certificated 1980).
ADDITIONAL PURSUITS & AREAS OF INTEREST: My son, photography, all things Macintosh, cycling.
WEBSITE(S): www.drkrump.com ; www.jelutz.com
Interview with a Filmmaker
NAME: Sam Zalutsky
JOB TITLE/OCCUPATION: Filmmaker, writer/director, screenwriting instructor
PROFESSION/INDUSTRY: Film and Television; Screenwriting instructor, low residency Writing M.F.A. program at Spalding University, Louisville, KY
EDUCATION: M.F.A. in Film, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University (2000); B.A. in Studio Art, Yale University (1992)
ADDITIONAL PURSUITS & AREAS OF INTEREST: Photography –shooting and printing— and drawing.
WEBSITE: saZamProductions.com
Interview with a Photographer
Robbie McClaran "Delta", 1998
NAME: Robbie McClaran
JOB TITLE/OCCUPATION: Photographer
PROFESSION/INDUSTRY: Free-lance Editorial, Commercial, Documentary and Fine Art Photographer
EDUCATION: M.F.A. equivalent, non-credited program through the Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester NY (1976 – 1979)
ADDITIONAL PURSUITS & AREAS OF INTEREST: In additional to professional assignment work, I make photographs for personal documentary projects for books and exhibition. Beyond work I spend most of my time with my family and kids.
WEBSITE: mcclaran.com
