LEARN MORE: 2018 Gravely Experience
WHAT A NIGHT!
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THESE RELATIONSHIPS
So many people make the Gravely Celebration Experience set sail. Learn more about the 2018 crew.
Please visit them online by clicking their names below.
SPONSORS
FEATURED PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
JONATHAN WILLIAMS | Host | Battleship IOWA President & CEO
TANYA ACKER | Host | Celebrity Judge, HOT BENCH
BOBBY MCDONALD | Host | President & CEO, ORANGE COUNTY BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CHAPLAIN DOV COHEN | Invocation
BUFFALO SOLDIERS MOUNTED CAVALRY UNIT | Honor Guard
JANESSA MORGAN | Vocalist | HASKEL JACKSON ENTERTAINMENT
FEATURED ARTISTS
KESCHIA POTTER & FRIENDS | Jazz Quartet
MALCOLM ALI PAYNE | Photos | Photographer, MALCOLM ALI PHOTOGRAPHY
KERT VANDERMEULEN | Video | Videographer, DIGITAL PARK, INC.
PETRI HAWKINS-BYRD | Guest Speaker| Celebrity Bailiff, JUDGE JUDY
HASKEL JACKSON | Guest Speaker | Producer, GENESOUL PRODUCTIONS
MONICA MCNEAL | Guest Speaker | Meteorologist
DOUGLAS BARRY | Guest Speaker | Firefighter, AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTERS MUSEUM
EMMANUELLE GIRARD | Guest Speaker | Actor, SAG-AFTRA
FIRST RESPONDERS EXHIBIT
EVENT SUPPORT
EVENT CO-CHAIRS, COORDINATORS & VOLUNTEERS WITH BATTLESHIP IOWA STAFF
ESSAY CONTEST COMMITTEE
COORDINATION & REVIEW
Jane Johnson | Dr. Barbara Shannon | Meshia Russell | Judy Gordon | Tyson Escoto
FINAL SELECTION
Commander Fred Gorell | USN (retired) | Tanya Acker | Amy Grat | Meredith Hightower | Independent Creativity