Dr Nicolette Bethel - published poet, playwright and blogger/columnist, professor, founding member of Creative Nassau Team

The late Jackson L. Burnside - architect, artist, junkanoo, cultural icon, founder of Creative Nassau.

*Pamela Burnside - wife of Jackson Burnside, former fashion designer/teacher, owner/manager of Doongalik Studios Art Gallery, co-founder of Creative Nassau.

John Cox – artist, teacher, owner of Popopstudios – Center for the Visual Arts, former Art Curator at Baha Mar Resort/Chief Curator at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, founding member.

Royann Dean - creative economy advocate, founder of tmg* talks, the Bahamas’ only panel discussion on design, business and the creative economy, former PR & Communication Strategist at Baha Mar.

Sonia Farmer - bookbinder, letterpress printer, hand papermaker, author, founder of Poinciana Paper Press.

*Rosemary Clarice Hanna - retired banker, author, musical director, and roving photographer.

Dr. Davidson Hepburn - retired diplomat, author, founding member.

*Nicholas (Neko) Meicholas - artist and publisher, owner of Guanima Press Ltd. in charge of communications, marketing and graphics.

*Patricia Glinton-Meicholas - author, historian, president of The Bahamas Association for Cultural Studies (BACUS), cultural advocate, founding member.

Paulette Mortimer – photographer, entrepreneur.

Vaughn Roberts - financier at Trade Invest, former financial controller at Baha Mar Resort/Managing Director of the Downtown Nassau Partnership, founding member.

*Marilyn Zonicle - retired senior civil servant from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.