Paul David Leopoulo

Leopoulos is a humble man, but he’s made the news as Bill Clinton’s childhood friend. The former president flew from Washington to Arkansas when Leopoulos lost his teenage daughter, to a tragic car accident in 2001. Thea was a gifted artist and performer, so Leopoulos honored her memory by establishing a nonprofit devoted to the arts. Since its inception, the Thea Foundation has worked with Arkansas schools to provide arts education and scholarships to underprivileged youth. In 2006, the Thea Foundation and Clinton Foundation launched Art Across Arkansas, which puts art in schools and produced an educational DVD in which celebrities discuss the wondrous possibilities of art.