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| HONORED CO-CHAIRMEN |
 Mike and Sheila Ingram
Prior to the Ingrams’ relocation to Phoenix, Mike Ingram was president of one of the largest independent supplier of veterinary supplies in the nation. Mike maintained ten branch offices in eight states and consistently demonstrated quality production, sales an service; frequently cited by the industry for growth, management and performance.
In 1986, Mike and Sheila moved to Arizona and since that time, Mike has created one of the area’s most successful real estate investment and development companies as partner and CEO of El Dorado Holdings, Inc. Mike is a member of many Valley business and civic organizations. He is a board member of Barrow Neurological Institute Foundation, Goldwater Institute and Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) Foundation, as well as Southern Nazarene University Foundation. Mike and Sheila are actively involved with Campus Crusade for Christ, Focus on the Family, Pinnacle Forum America and many other ministries.
Sheila’s life has been filled with orchestrating their large family comprised of six children and twenty grandchildren. In addition to juggling family schedules, she has been involved with the Crisis Pregnancy Centers for ten years, served as Gala Chairman in 2004 and continues to be a part of the Gala Executive Board Committee to provide guidance and promote fundraising for the CPC Gala. Sheila volunteers her time to several other Valley organizations including The Phoenix Suns Charities and Trends Charitable Fund.
With Mike being an avid hunter and fisherman, Mike and Sheila travel extensively. They also enjoy the time they spend at their ranch in Bozeman, Montana. |
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| HONORED GUEST ARTIST |
 Martin Grelle
Born and raised on a central Texas farm near Clifton, Martin Grelle became a noted painter of western scenes and an elected member of the Cowboy Artists of America. He has also done murals, including one for Trinity Lutheran Church in Clifton, a town where he has continued to live. He studied at McLennan Community College and has taken numerous workshops.
Living in a rural area, Martin grew to respect nearby Scandinavian families and early in his artwork, depicted these toiling people. However, he expanded his subject matter to more western subjects when he began painting and studying with Jim Boren and Mel Warren, western artists who moved to Clifton. Later, he joined these two men as members of the Cowboy Artists of America. Grelle is the 2002 and 2005 winner of the Prix de West Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Center in Oklahoma City.
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 Shawn Cameron
Shawn’s art speaks distinctively of the heritage and history of a ranching lifestyle that is surviving in a modern day world. With her ability to accurately portray the American West, many are surprised to learn that she is a woman. However, Shawn paints events that are part of her life. Her family has been cattle ranching in Arizona for over 130 years and continues that legacy today in the sixth generation. Because of this she has a deeply personal perspective and appreciation for the true cowboy and the elements of his world.
She began drawing at an early age and studied art in high school and college then continued her education at Scottsdale Artist’s School and Fechin Art Institute. Her passion for art motivates her learn all she can and to be a better artist tomorrow than she is today. She has personally studied with several artists but feels that the encouragement from friends Joe Beeler and Bill Owen were instrumental to her as a young wife, mother and artist. She gives credit, also, to Robert “Shoofly” Shufelt for opening a door that enabled her to walk into the world of professional art. Her primary medium is oil but she has also worked in other mediums and including sculpture.
She is a 2007 winner of the Cowgirl Up Artist’s Choice Award. In March 2008 Shawn was chosen as a Co-Featured Artist for the C.M. Russell Auction in Great Falls, Montana. Her work has been on the cover of Western Horseman and Rocky Mountain Rider magazines. She has been profiled in Art of the West, Western Horseman, The Santa Fean, Cowboys and Indians and her work has been seen in numerous other art publications. She has exhibited her work in shows such as the Prix de West at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, the C.M. Russell Auction at the Charlie Russell Museum, Arizona Women Artists of the Twentieth Century at the Desert Caballeros Museum. She shows her work at Legacy Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona and Jackson Hole, Wyoming and at the Texas Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas. |
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