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Ec<strong>on</strong>omics Center at <strong>Duke</strong> Universtiy. Ruth received her undergraduate degree from <strong>Duke</strong> Universityand a masters in art history from Rutgers University.Deborah DeMott joined the faculty <strong>of</strong> <strong>Duke</strong> Law School in 1975 after practicing law with a large law firmin New York City. She taught at other universities in the United States, Canada, and Hungary, and was aFulbright Senior Scholar in Australia in 1986. From 1998‐2000, Deborah held a sec<strong>on</strong>dary appointmentin the Law Department <strong>of</strong> the L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong> School <strong>of</strong> Ec<strong>on</strong>omics and Political Science. Over her career, shehas taught courses in corporate law and other aspects <strong>of</strong> business law and, more recently, she teachestort law to first‐year law students. Her books and articles focus <strong>on</strong> fiduciary obligati<strong>on</strong>s, corporatetransacti<strong>on</strong>s, the law <strong>of</strong> agency (i.e. relati<strong>on</strong>ships in which <strong>on</strong>e pers<strong>on</strong> represents another), am<strong>on</strong>g othertopics. She graduated from Swarthmore College and New York University School <strong>of</strong> Law and spent herearly years in DuBois, PA, where her mother was a practicing artist and a public‐school art teacher. Shedeveloped the first course in <strong>Art</strong> Law at <strong>Duke</strong> Law School five years ago. In the course, studentsexamine legal c<strong>on</strong>cepts that underpin transacti<strong>on</strong>s and legal interests in art objects, including questi<strong>on</strong>s<strong>of</strong> ownership and authenticity. The course also examines specific legal issues associated with artmuseums as distinctive cultural instituti<strong>on</strong>s. She has taught versi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> this course as well to graduatestudents in law at the University <strong>of</strong> Sydney and Central European University in Budapest.Kathi Eas<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> Durham, NC relocated from Dallas, TX where she served <strong>on</strong> the Dallas Symph<strong>on</strong>yOrchestra board and was president <strong>of</strong> their young patr<strong>on</strong>s group. A native Texan, Kathi also served <strong>on</strong>the board <strong>of</strong> the Dallas Auxiliary Gladney Center and a lunche<strong>on</strong> committee for the Komen Foundati<strong>on</strong>.In Durham, she has served <strong>on</strong> the steering committee for the <str<strong>on</strong>g>Full</str<strong>on</strong>g> Frame Documentary Film Festival. Herhusband, Stephen A. Eas<strong>on</strong>, is Executive Vice President <strong>of</strong> Smith Breeden Associates, Inc.Pierce Freel<strong>on</strong> is a musician, pr<strong>of</strong>essor, and artivist with a passi<strong>on</strong> for creativity and community. He isfr<strong>on</strong>t man <strong>of</strong> the genre‐bending The Beast, hailed as a "natural, engaging blend <strong>of</strong> jazz and hip hop," byJazz Times Magazine. He has taught music, African American studies and political science at theUniversity <strong>of</strong> North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina Central University. Freel<strong>on</strong> is the c<strong>of</strong>ounder<strong>of</strong> ARTVSM ‐ a company merging art and activism by any medium necessary.Christopher Gergen is founding Executive Director <strong>of</strong> Bull City Forward, a n<strong>on</strong>‐pr<strong>of</strong>it focused <strong>on</strong>catalyzing sustainable enterprise in Durham, NC—an effort that is quickly becoming a model for othercities including the launch <strong>of</strong> Queen City Forward in Charlotte. Bull City Forward complementsChristopher’s role as an adjunct faculty member at the Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative at <strong>Duke</strong>University within the Terry Sanford School <strong>of</strong> Public Policy's Hart Leadership Program as well as hispositi<strong>on</strong> as “Innovator in Residence” at the Center for Creative Leadership. Christopher is also afounding partner <strong>of</strong> Life Entrepreneurs, LLC, a leadership development and c<strong>on</strong>sulting firm, and coauthor<strong>of</strong> the nati<strong>on</strong>ally acclaimed book Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating ExtraordinaryLives (Warren Bennis Leadership Series; Jossey‐Bass). Christopher also co‐authors a bi‐weekly column<strong>on</strong> social innovati<strong>on</strong> for the Raleigh News & Observer and the Charlotte Observer titled “Doing Better atDoing Good.” Christopher received a Bachelor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong>s with h<strong>on</strong>ors from <strong>Duke</strong> University, a Master'sDegree in Public Policy from the George Washingt<strong>on</strong> University, and his MBA from GeorgetownUniversity. He lives with his wife and two children in Durham, NC.Michael Goodm<strong>on</strong> leads <strong>on</strong>e <strong>of</strong> the country's most dynamic urban mixed‐use developments, theAmerican Tobacco Campus in Durham. As vice president <strong>of</strong> real estate for Capitol BroadcastingCompany, Inc., the campus' owner and master developer, Michael manages the day‐to‐day activities <strong>of</strong>approximately 1,000,000 square feet <strong>of</strong> class A <strong>of</strong>fice, restaurant and retail space. He scopes and

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