Simon Crookall
President and CEO, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

Simon was born in Cheshire England. He studied Economics at King’s College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a Choral Scholarship. He went to Scotland in 1983 to take up the post of Academic Assistant at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and was later promoted to Assistant to the Principal and subsequently Front of House Manager.

In 1989 he was appointed General Manager of The Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh, a 900-seat concert hall which is the home of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Edinburgh International festival morning recitals, as well as host to an eclectic programme of chamber music, folk, jazz and rock. .

Simon was appointed General Manager of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in 1995, with particular responsibility for the orchestral department. In December 1996 he was appointed Acting Chief Executive and subsequently became Chief Executive in May 1997.

He was chairman of the Board of the Association of British Orchestras from 2002-05 as well as a performing musician.

Simon was appointed to the position of President and CEO of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in January 2005.

Bryan Fonesca
Producing Director, Phoenix Theater

Bryan has played a leading role in bringing outstanding contemporary drama to Indianapolis. His productions have garnered critical acclaim and admiration for astute judgment and discriminating artistic vision. He has directed for the Indianapolis Civic Theatre, Dance Kaleidoscope, Indiana Opera Theatre, Broad Ripple Playhouse, Red Barn Summer Theatre in Saugatuck, Michigan and Ball State University. Bryan produced and directed the Chicago premieres of Square One by Steve Tesich and Mother Russia by Jeffrey Hatcher, traveled to Ireland with his award-winning production of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and designed lights off-off Broadway. He has received numerous awards and honors including: two Master Fellowships from the Indiana Arts Commission; an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Arts Council of Indianapolis; an Artistic Renewal Fellowship from the Lilly Endowment and an observership grant from Theatre Communications Group (TCG.) Bryan has participated in the Stanley K. Lacy Leadership series in Indianapolis and is the current Vice-President of the Board of Directors for the Indianapolis League of Theatres.

Andi Hauser
Co-Host of Indy Style, WISH 8

Andi Hauser adds spice and style to the Indy Style team as co-host of Indy Style which appears Weekdays at 9 a.m. on WISH-TV.

Andi returns home to the Midwest and to family in Indianapolis. With hosting and news experience in Spokane, Wash. and Sioux City, Iowa, Andi has spent the last few years working in Colorado. She’s a world traveler, SCUBA diver, speaks German and rides a motorcycle. Viewers are going to love her adventurous side.

Andi and her dog Gatsby, named after her favorite character in the “The Great Gatsby,” are excited to make Central Indiana home.

Nicole Misencik
Weekend Sunrise Meteorologist, WTHR 13

Nicole Misencik joined the SkyTrak weather team in August, 2007, as weekend Sunrise forecaster. She came to WTHR from WWMT, the CBS affiliate in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she was a morning reporter and weather anchor.

Nicole's first television job was in Flagstaff, Arizona, where she "did it all." She produced, reported, anchored the news, and forecasted the weather for northern Arizona, all in one day. It was in Flagstaff that she got her first taste of forecasting snow! She also served as a fill-in bureau reporter for Phoenix's KPNX.
Nicole graduated from Northern Arizona University majoring in Broadcast Journalism and Women's Studies. She was awarded a degree in meteorology from Mississippi State University in 2009. Nicole has been awarded the American Meteorological Society's Seal of Approval.

When she's not in the SkyTrak 13 forecast center, Nicole loves to catch movies, and explore Indianapolis. She's a self-professed food lover, and is checking out many of the unique local restaurants central Indiana has to offer.

Petra Slinkard
Cultural Associate, Textile and Fashion Arts at
the Indianapolis Museum of Art

Upon graduating with degrees in Fashion and Art History, Slinkard served as Adjunct Professor in the department of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design at Indiana University, while working with the Sage (Historic Costume) Collection and the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction. She was also a costume designer for musical and theatrical productions, an independent fashion show coordinator and owned her own clothing line. In addition to working at the IMA, she is an Adjunct Professor at The Art Institute of Indianapolis and serves on the boards of Fashion Group International and Costume Society of America (Midwestern Region).