Heather Dale is a Canadian Celtic indie recording artist, touring musician and storyteller. Born and based in Toronto, she began her career by performing at Society for Creative Anachronism historical re-creation events; she has been a medieval-era re-creator since 1993 and is known by the name 'Mistress Marian of Heatherdale' within the group. She was elevated to the Order of the Laurel, the Society's highest award for achievement in the arts, in 2001.
Heather has released more than ten studio albums, several of which are entirely based on Arthurian myths and legends. Heather also released a 120-page story/songbook called The Legends of Arthur in November 2006; it has sheet music arrangements for all of her Arthurian songs. The book also in
Matthew V. Brown, Ph. D., is an assistant professor of Management and Organization and adjunct faculty member at the University of Michigan, William Davidson Institute, and Ross School of Business. Dr. Brown has been teaching and researching organizational behavior and executive leadership for the last seventeen years. He teaches multiple upper-level courses in the BBA program, advises Executive MBA teams’ capstone projects, and led the design of the University of the Virgin Islands' first doctoral program in Creative Leadership for Innovation and Change (CLIC). He was the lead instructor for the Goldman Sachs 10000 Women Entrepreneurs Program in Kigali, Rwanda (2009-2014]. Before that, he served as a senior consultant at Denison Consulting
