Chuck Duddingston grew up in the Midwest and Southwest. He went to college at the University of Minnesota and went on to marry and have five children. He’s called Minnesota home since 1977. After college Chuck started a career as a financial advisor. Over the last 40 years that effort has developed into a team of thirteen members of which he is the senior partner. He has always been a collector of craft, mostly pottery and jewelry. Chuck was on the board of DIVA MN, Marnita’s Table, and a board member at the ACC from 2013 to 2020 and board chair from 2018 to 2020.

Patricia Young of North Kensington, Maryland, is a long-time craft advocate and an eclectic collector.

Charlotte Herrera of Webster, New York, has been an active participant on the Memorial Art Gallery’s Board of Managers, the Board of the Arts &

Paul J. Smith (September 8, 1931 - April 26, 2020) was an esteemed museum director, curator, writer, administrator, and independant consultant, contributing to the craft field for over 50 years.

2020 recipient of the Aileen Osborn Webb Award for Philanthropy Barbara Waldman is a passionate advocate for the field of craft and design.

Bresler is an international craft collector, art patron, and recipient of the 2014 Aileen Osborn Webb Award for Philanthropy.