Nicholas Hill has been the Program Director for Children of the Future since its inception in 1994. Prior to directing the program he chaired the art department of Bethany College in Kansas and most recently was visiting associate professor of art at the State University of New York in Plattsburgh and at Union College in Schenectady. In September 1997 he will become the chair of the Art Department at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio. Mr. Hill earned M. A. and M. F. A. degrees from the University of Iowa. He is a painter and printmaker and exhibits his work in galleries in Chicago, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C.