Creative Individuals

Todd Hannert: Hannert is a visual artist and songwriter who has career long experience in television, theater, writing, and producing. He has a MFA in scene design and puppetry arts from the University of Connecticut.; Rebecca Horn: Horn currently works as a vice president and executive recruiter within the title insurance community. As a young woman, she pursued professional vocal performance and began college as an opera performance major, but ultimately graduated with a communication and English double major from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Today, she is active in the local arts community, participating in classes, workshops, and performances of all kinds. She is an avid painter, photographer, and creative, and participates in community theater.; Patricia Kent: Kent has performed as a soloist with many orchestras, including the Minnesota Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra. She has soloed internationally in Panama, Italy, and the United Kingdom. She holds a degree from the University of Minnesota, where she won the coveted Schussler Prize. She is an active performer in opera. Kent is a featured artist on several recordings, including the Minnesota AIDS Quilt Songbook; All in the Family, a recording of songs of Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn with pianist Robert Koopmann; and a recording of French songs, La Vie Interieure, with Roderick Kettlewell. Kent and Kettlewell performed these French songs to critical acclaim in a recital at Carnegie Hall. She now serves on the music faculty of Augsburg University and Macalester College.; Andrea Pierre: Pierre is the station manager of KRSM Radio, a low-power FM station in south Minneapolis. She is also a creative and producer of Afro-Caribbean descent. Pierre champions underrepresented and unheard voices. She believes storytelling is a huge component of bridging the divide and is interested in connecting and empowering folks for change. She is passionate about issues such as motherhood, community based arts, Blackness, politics, and health.; Jennifer Vickerman: Vickerman is a longtime nonprofit fundraising visionary. She worked as the gift planner with the Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation in December 2023. She graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College with a BA in music performance in theater. Vickerman has been a member of the VocalEssence Chorus for 26 years and currently serves on the development committee.