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Boards of Directors/Advisors
Olegario Cantos VII, Chairman
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, President
Rep. Steve Bartlett, Chair Emeritus
Calvin Harris, Chair Emeritus
Vivian Bass, Vice Chair
Randall Duchesneau, Vice Chair
Delbert Whetter, Vice Chair
Linda Burger, Treasurer
Ila Eckhoff, Secretary
Shelley Cohen, Co-Founder and Executive Committee
Khadija Bari
Christine Cadena
Eleanor Clift
Judith Creed
Sneha Dave
Stacie de Armas
Andrew Egan
Gabrielle Einstein-Sim
Karen Horne
Janie Jeffers
Evelyn Kelley
Craig Leen
Paul Martin
Donna Meltzer
Jonathan Murray
Jaime H. Pacheco-Orozco
Victor Santiago Pineda
Vincenzo Piscopo
Gerard Robinson
Jim Sinocchi
Board Emeritus
Stephen Chbosky
Heidi Daroff
Rick Guidotti
Neil Jacobson
Janet LaBreck
Dana Marlowe
Aaron Orlofsky
Richard Phillips Jr.
Robert Schwartz
Dr. Dee Soder
Thomas Sweitzer
Steven James Tingus
Donna Walton
Donn Weinberg, Founding Chair Emeritus
Staff
Franklin Anderson
Lauren Appelbaum
Eric Ascher
Ian Cherutich
Lesley Hennen
Philip Kahn-Pauli
Matan Koch
Tonya Koslo
Vanni Le
Tatiana Lee
Molly McConville
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi
Jacquill Moss
Nelly Nieblas
Donjeta Sahiti
Ben Spangenberg
Joshua Steinberg
Jake Stimell
Apprentices
Shereen Ali
Kiah Amara
Chinyere Azike
Zoltán Boka
Finn Bradley
Kelley Cape
Georgia Carr
Rostom Dadian
Morgan Davis
Taylor Easley
Corey Evans
Jill Feder
Samantha Haas
Tyler Hoog
Alex Howard
Courtney Hyde
Ari Katz
Laquana Lightfoot
Mary McGill Lucas
Ian Malesiewski
Gabriella Marquez
Daniel Martinez
John McSween
Mary Elizabeth Mellon
Nicole Olarsch
Roy Payan
Taylor Ragano
Krista Ramirez-Villatoro
Roque Renteria
Ava Xiao-Lin Rigelhaupt
Benjamin Rosloff
Claudia Runk
Stephanie Santo
Alexandra Seddon
Nakia Hillary Sims
Tammie Stevens
Alejandra Tristan
Advisors and Consultants
Nasreen Alkhateeb
Cathy Bolinger
Meagan Buren
David Hinsley Cheng
Mike Collins
Erin Dotson
Ellen Flax
Stan Goldman
Dan Hazelwood
Nicole Homerin
Isaac Moan
Rich Moha
Lupe Ramos-Silva
Leah Romond
Robert Tombosky
James Trout
Donna Walton
CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP
Targeted Creative
2021 Entertainment Lab Fellows
Amanda Aguero, Physical Production
Leo B. Allanach, Producer
Nikki Bailey, Writer (TV)
Colin Buckingham, Writer (Film)
Asha Chai-Chang, Director
Tameka Citchen-Spruce, Writer (Film)
Bella Cosper, Writer (TV)
Kimisha Renee Davis, Director
Ben Fox, Director
Harold Foxx, Producer
Ty Freedman, Writer (TV)
Sarah Granger, Writer (Film)
Jessy Holtermann, Producer
Cashmere Jasmine, Director
Laquana Lightfoot, Writer (TV)
Anna Marr, Writer (TV)
Gabby {G} Momah, Writer (Film)
Carolyn Portner, Writer (TV)
Amanda Upson, Producer
Juliet Romeo, Writer (TV)
Aaron Silverman, Physical Production
Julia Skikavich, Writer (TV)
Justin Sloan, Writer (Film)
Jennifer Valdes, Director
Hilary Van Hoose, Writer (TV)
Carmen Vincent, Post Production
Courtney Wold, Director
Diane J. Wright, Development
Alaa Zabara, Director
Sam Zapiain, Post Production
Entertainment Media Training & Consulting Team
Shireen Alihaji
Nasreen Alkhateeb
Kiah Amara
Lauren Appelbaum
Eric Ascher
Colin Buckingham
Kelley Cape
Alexandra Dean Grossi
Ashley Eakin
Harold Foxx
Rachel Handler
Lesley Hennen
Alex Howard
Andrea Jennings
Emily Kranking
Lachi
Vanni Le
Tatiana Lee
Cheyenne Leonard
John McSween
Andrew Pilkington
Krista Ramirez-Villatoro
Andrew Reid
Roque Gregorio Renteria
Ava Xiao-Lin Rigelhaupt
Diana Romero
Leah Romond
Natalie Trevonne-Gross
Domenic Vermeulen
Delbert Whetter
Gail Williamson
Diane J. Wright
Disability Training and Speakers Bureau
Aaron Kaufman
Aaron Seglin
Aaron Wolf
Abigail Shaw
Adam Fishbein
Alanna Flax-Clark
Alex Howard
Angela Arena
Areta Guthrey, JD
Ariella Barker, JD, MPA
Ava Xiao-Lin Rigelhaupt
Baksha Ali
Barry Shore
Carly Okyle
Catarina Rivera
Craig Leen
Darby Leigh
David Hertweck
David Sharif
Dr. Arielle Silverman
Dr. Nelle Richardson
Dr. Victor Santiago Pineda
Emily Borses
Eric Ascher
Erika Abbott
Ila Eckhoff
Jason Lieberman
Jennifer Fink
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi
Jordyn Zimmerman
Joseph “JB” Bensmihen
Joshua Steinberg
Justin Borses
Kathleen L. Brockway
Ketrina Hazell
Khadija Bari
Kiah Amara
Laka Mitiku Negassa
Lauren Appelbaum
Lauren Arena
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman
Leah Romond
Lee Chernotsky
Lesley Hennen
Lily Coltoff
Lisa Sage
Matan Koch
Michael Gilberg
Michael Jordan Segal
Millie Gonzalez, M.A.
Nelly Nieblas
Norma Stanley
Ollie Cantos
Pamela Schuller
Philip Kahn-Pauli
Rachel Handler
Randall Duchesneau
Sasha Ross Becker
Shelly Christensen
Shlomo Meyers
Susan Sygall
Tamar Davis
Tatiana Lee
Vanni Le
Yonatan Koch
Zazel-Chava O’Garra, MSW
Special Thanks
Ben Aase
Lisa Derx
Dallas Dishman
Justin Erickson
Andrew Egan
Steve Eidelman
Carol Glazer
Amy Gustantino
Mark Johnson
Jean Latham
Kim Musheno
Erin Riehle
Neil Romano
Reuben Rotman
Jennifer Sheehy
Stephen Simon
Lisa Trygg
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