KENT SAVAGE

2021 Choose Your Sound Honoree

Kent Savage is an active philanthropist and social entrepreneur who has become, in a short time, a significant supporter and partner to Guitars Over Guns. In addition to being recognized as an international expert in the field of supply chain technologies, Kent was once a jazz musician himself, and his appreciation of music immediately connected him with the students, staff, mentors and other stakeholders of Guitars Over Guns. Kent understands the unifying power of music and how its healing powers can bring hope and light to the world. This past year, our communities, students and mentors stood strong through many challenges. Kent provided the support and dedication to inspire our mentors and students to voice their feelings and advocate for social justice through music. He shared the vision for our students and mentors to conceive and create an album of their own voices, in their own words, as a way to articulate what we all experienced in 2020. A true partner and friend to Guitars Over Guns, Kent has also supported our Mentor Relief Fund and is one of the largest contributors to our Choose Your Sound Benefit Concert through his own artistic platform, Savage Content. Kent has become a part of the organization and is active in meetings, serving on committees and sharing the mission of Guitars Over Guns with those around him.

CINDY HUTSON

La Tropical Executive Chef/Owner

In 1994 award-winning chef Cindy Hutson met her life partner, Delius Shirley. With an inherent passion for cooking, but no formal training and three kids to care for, Hutson was hesitant to open her first restaurant venture. Against the odds and with the extra support of Shirley, Hutson took the leap of faith and that same year opened Norma’s on the Beach. Rave reviews touted Hutson’s cuisine as “the best Caribbean restaurant in South Florida” and international support from USA Today, The New York Times, London Times, Chicago Tribune, Chef Magazine and Eater, who named Hutson “Chef of the Year” (2012), helped set the pace for what would develop into a thriving culinary future. Hutson’s culturally diverse and seasonally driven culinary style is heavily influenced by her extensive travel and food history. Her signature “Cuisine of the Sun” is a self-coined approach that means to create without limits and cook everything under the sun, infusing nuances of her famous island flavors throughout. More than 25 years later Hutson and Shirley have built a culinary empire with award-winning concept restaurants including Ortanique on the Mile and Zest (Miami) along with Copra (Baltimore, MD) and Bogwalk (Destin, FL). Hutson’s first cookbook, From the Tip of My Tongue (Story Farm), received the prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best Woman Chef Cookbook in the United States. When Hutson is not in the kitchen, she can be found lending her culinary expertise to the food community by hosting events, intimate cooking classes and mentoring young women through the James Beard Foundation’s Women in Culinary Leadership program about breaking through the culinary world’s “glass ceiling.”

SCOTT & BECKI ETZLER

FOUNDATION

THE GEORGE HANLEY

FOUNDATION

BOB & KATHY

BERNSTEIN

Janell & John

Goense

     Jim & Cheryl

Berry

Leslie Bluhm

Meredith Bluhm-Wolf & Bill Wolf 

Andy Bluhm

     Denise

Minakowski