2002 - Sali Ann Kriegsman, writer and adviser, served as president of the Dance Heritage Coalition, the national alliance of leading dance archives and libraries; executive director of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival; director of the Dance Program of the NEA; dance consultant to the Smithsonian Institution and executive editor at the American Film Institute. She has published a book, and her articles and essays have appeared in magazines, newspapers, journals, and reference books. She wrote SAVION GLOVER – IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE for PBS, and was associate producer of a biographical essay on Charles ‘Honi’ Coles for the MACNEIL-LEHRER NEWS HOUR. She is a recipient of the Flo-Bert Award (1997), Oklahoma City University’s Heritage Preservation Award (1999), and a Distinguished Service Award from the National Endowment for the Arts.