Jonathan Friedman, Ph.D., is the Sy Syms managing director of U.S. free expression programs at PEN America, where he oversees advocacy to safeguard the unhampered transmission of literature, education, and information. PEN America’s US programs aim to counter government censorship; foster a robust culture for free expression in society writ large; build capacity among professionals and institutions that underpin inclusive democracy; and support and defend individual writers, artists, scholars, and journalists. An interdisciplinary scholar by training, Friedman has served as lead author on numerous PEN America reports. He frequently provides commentary to national media, publishes op-eds, and leads workshops on free expression for educational professionals.

Janet Marstine is Honorary Associate Professor of Museum Studies (retired), University of Leicester, UK, and is currently an independent scholar based in Yarmouth, Maine. She writes on diverse aspects of museum ethics from curatorial ethics to artists’ interventions as drivers for ethical change. She is co-editor of Curating Under Pressure: International Perspectives on Negotiating Conflict and Upholding Integrity (Routledge 2021). Marstine has received grants from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, the Arts and Humanities Research Council UK and the British Academy. In 2018, was a Senior Research Fellow at Fudan University in Shanghai. She has served as an ethics consultant for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, the Royal Air Force Museum and UK Museums Association. She has a particular interest in supporting the agency of practitioners to make informed ethical decisions. She sat on the Ethics Committee of the UK’s Museums Association from 2014-2019, helping to move their approach from one of policing to empowering.

Julie Trébault is the Executive Director of the Artists at Risk Connection (ARC), an international organization dedicated to safeguarding artistic freedom and supporting artists and cultural workers who are at risk. Under her leadership, ARC provides critical resources and assistance to help at-risk artists overcome challenges such as persecution, censorship, threats, and violence from both state and non-state actors.  Before leading ARC, Trébault served as Director of Public Programs and Director of Traveling Exhibitions at the Museum of the City of New York and Director of Public Programs at the Center for Architecture in New York. She has also worked at the National Museum of World Cultures in the Netherlands and at the Musée du quai Branly in France. Trébault holds a Master’s degree in Arts Administration from Sorbonne University, France, and a Master’s degree in Archaeology from the University of Strasbourg, France.