LEADERSHIP MEMBERS:
Jim Arnoff
Certified Life Coach
Christine Bragan
Vice President, Communications & Marketing
AMC Networks Inc.
Pat Ceasar
Actor/Comedian/Director
A Little Taste of Ceasar Productions
Alisa Coleman
Chief Operating Officer
ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.
Celestine Crews Williams
Actress
Linda Brannon Del Rio
Founder
Linda Del Rio Photography
Karyn Feiner
President
Chloe Productions, Inc.
Sandra Forman
Administrator
DGA Training Program
Carey Graeber
President/Executive Producer
Great Plains Productions
Cheryl Halpern
Director/Producer
HQ Creative
Ruth Ann Harnisch
President
The Harnisch Foundation
Anita Katzen
Certified Public Accountant and Advisor
Schulman Lobel Wolfson Zand Abruzzo Katzen & Blackman LLP
Pat Kaufman
Executive Director
NYS Governor’s Office for Motion Picture & TV Development
Terry Lawler
Terry Lawler Consulting
Liz Lewis
Casting Director
Liz Lewis Casting Partners, INC
Lauren D. Menkes
Senior Counsel
Boyarski Fritz LLP
Jelayne Miles
Founder/CEO
11B Productions
Sheila Nevins
Executive Producer
MTV Documentary Films
Pat Podell
President
Media Transcripts, Inc.
Shivani Rawat
CEO
ShivHans Pictures
Taylor Re Lynn
Actress & Producer
Lara Slife
Producer, Director, Writer, Actor
Livin’ Large Productions LLC.
Maria Soccor
Actor/Director/Producer
Maria Soccor Productions, Inc.
Caren Spruch
Director, Arts & Entertainment Engagement
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc.
Cheryl Staurulakis
Principal
Orama Filmworks LLC
Tahira White
Co-founder, COO
19th & Park
Linda Young
President & CEO
DuArt Media Services
PLATINUM MEMBERS:
Meriam Alrashid
President/ Co-Founder
Allusionist Pictures
Judith Bass
Attorney
Law Offices of Judith B. Bass, Esq.
Allison Bennett
Director, Corporte Communications & Media Relations
Crown Media Family Networks
Sara Bernstein
Executive Vice President
Imagine Documentaries
Albert Bramante
Agent/ President
Emerging Talent LLC
Magdalene Brandeis
Associate Director
Stony Brook Southhampton
Heather Brittain O’Scanion
Producer / Actor
SOS Productions
Katha Cato
Executive Director
Queens World Film Festival
Gina Charbonnet
President, Producer
GeChar
Elizabeth Corradino
Attorney
Moses & Singer LLP
Cassandra Del Viscio
Executive Producer
Edgeworx Studios LLC
Jamie deRoy
President
Jamie deRoy & Friends, Inc.
Lakshmi Devy
Filmmaker, Actor, Screenwriter, Producer
FiDi Talkies, LLC
Alice Elliott
Owner
Welcome Change
Bill Fischer
Certified Financial Planner
Fortis Lux Financial
Shruti Ganguly
Founder
honto88
Shellie Lynn Gillespie
Production Accountant
Terry Greenberg
Producer
Short and Sweet Productions
Felicia Harden-Bradford
Marilyn Horowitz
ArtMar, Inc
Deborah Hrbek
Media Lawyer
Hrbek Law LLC
Lydia Hued
Director
Amuleto Productions, Ltd.
Jan Lisa Huttner
Editor-in-Chief
FF2 Media
Susan Israel
Of Counsel
Loeb & Loeb
Toni Isreal
Chief Executive Officer
REALEMN Productions
Kimberly Jackson
Co-Founder/ President of Entertainment
SingularDTV dba Breaker
Sandhya Jain-Patel
Co-Founder and Cultural Producer
SRC Partners
Louis King
Composer
Tango Till They’re Sore
Diane Krausz
Esquire
D. Krausz and Associates, Attorneys at Law
Sandra Lee
CEO
Sandra Lee
Charisse Lillie
Attorney
Comcast Corporation
Cynthia Lopez
Executive Director
New York Women in Film & Television
Amenya Makuku
Women Independent Producers
Cathryn Marcus Bassick
Producer & Real Estate Advisor
LandVest and Gold Lion Films
Carla Matero
Founder/ CEO
Grizzly Girl Productions LLC
Patti McConnell
Managing Partner
Something Different
Gretchen McGowan
Head of Production
GoldCrest Films, Inc
Maria Miles
Attorney
Florence Mitchell-Brown
Amanda Moore
Attorney, Consultant, Researcher
Devi Morgan
Actor
Christine Nishimoto
Actor/Consultant
Timepiece Entertainment
Kathryn O’Kane
Director/Producer
Patience Okhuofu
Director/ Producer/ Cinematographer
Patovo LLC
Rosemary Ponzo
Costume Designer
The Atrium
Tina Redwine
Reporter
NY1
Tammy Reese
Visionary Minds
Visionary Minds Public Relations & Media
Yvonne Russo
Executive Producer
Yvonne Russo, LLC
Christine Sadofsky
Managing Principal
Integro USA Inc.
MaryLynn Schiavi
President
Prosperity Communications LLC
Cassandra Seidenfeld
Actor, Producer, Writer, Entrepreneur, Fundraiser, Philanthropist
Cathryn Smith
Producer/Director/Writer
Jane Therese
Still Photographer, Screenwriter, Director
Align Films
Tiffany Thomas
Director
Video Caption Corporation
Hannah Townsend
Actor/Performer
SAG-Aftra
Rosemarie Tully
Attorney
Rosemarie Tully, P.C.
Nina Warren
Co-Founder, Executive Producer
Lunch Hour Productions
Rachel Watanabe-Batton
Producer/ Diversity Strategist
Contradiction & Struggle LLC
Jennifer Wilkov
Private Creative Consultant Creator, Curator, & Concierge
Your Book is Your Hook, LLC
Molly Williamson
Executive Director
Rolling Pin Film Productions, Inc
Leila Wills
Producer, Director
Trapped In A Culture LLC
Ellen Zalk
Operation Executive
Jamie Zelermyer
Producer
GOLD MEMBERS:
Helene Abrams
Director/Producer
Reflection Films
Whitney Adams
Costume Designer
Alexis Alexanian
Chair
NYWIFT Advisory Board
Thalia Alexiou
Writer
Sasha Allen
Actor
Eshia Alvarado
Owner/EP
Moonstruck Films
Madeline Anderson
Celia Aniskovich
Director & Producer
Joanna “ChiChi” Anyanwu
Talent Manager & Owner
CHI Talent Agency
Ashlie Atkinson
Actor, Writer, Producer
Eve Austin
Actress/Producer
Declan Baldwin
Managing Partner/Producer
Big Indie Pictures Inc.
Michele Baldwin
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer
Carolyn Barber
Producer
Jeanine Barone
Screenwriter
Land of J., Inc.
Miranda Barry
President
Winterset Ventures
Lu Battista
Manager/Qubo Program Administrative
Ion Media Networks
Juliette Bennett
Actor
Bobbin Bergstrom
Director / Actor / Media Tech Advisor
Dori Berinstein
Director, Producer, Writer
Dramatic Forces
Laverne Berry
Attorney
Berry Entertainment Law
Sophia Betz
Partner
TimeTravlr Creative
Linda Bianchi
Vice President, Actor, Producer
Ribico, Inc.
Suri Bieler
President
Eclectic/Encore Properties
Kim Blacklock
Andrea Bloome
COO/Studio Manager
Alchemy Post Sound
Susan Boger
Avis Boone
Actor/Photographer/Videographer/Model/Voice Actor
Joan Bostwick
DGA Unit Production Manager/Assistant Director
Houndog Films
Diane Bradshaw
President
Bradshaw Law Group P.C.
Tricia Brouk
Owner
The Big Talk
Elaine Meryl Brown
Former Creative Lead, Comcast Advertising – Former VP Creative Services, HBO
New World Image Group – Self-Employed
Lamonia Brown
Deborah Brozina
Camera Operator and Director
Making Change Productions
Elyssa Budd
Nicole Bukowski
Karen Burd
Actor
Volga Calderon
Co-owner / Executive Producer
Bite the Hand Productions
Julia Campanelli
Executive Director
Shelter Film
LySaundra Campbell
Editor & Writer
National Women’s Law Center
Marisol Carrere
Founder
Carrere Films International, Inc
Lucia Caruso
Film Composer
Light & Sound Scoring
Catherine Chadwick
Owner
Mercury 16 LLC
Peggy Chane
Director/Writer
CPC Entertainment
Beatrice Chisholm
Production Finance
Michael Churton
Producer
Carol Ciancutti
Amaranth Productions, Inc.
Michael Claes
Partner
Nicholas Consulting LLC
Felicia F. Clark
Writer, Author, Speaker, Instructor
Felicia Feye Clark LLC
Julie Cohen
Producer
Second Wind Productions, Inc.
Billie Colombaro
Actor/Attorney
Susan Combs
President
Combs & Company, LLC
Memory Contento
Actor/Director/Producer
Margarita Cortes
Owner
MSophia PR
Celia Costas
Film Producer
Margaret Crimmins
President
Dog Bark Sound, Inc.
Annette Cunning
Writer
Yvonne Curry
Educator/Makeup Artist
Toni D’Antonio
Producer
Shake the Tree Productions, LLC
Colleen Davie Janes
Director/Writer/Actress/Editor
November Entertainment
Lynne Davis
Vice President, National Broadcast Media & Talent Relations
HGTV
Judith Davis
President & CEO
Writerjudy, Inc.
Sonya Davis-Roberts
Karen Devaney
Actor, Director, Writer
The Great Forgotten LLC
Irene Devlin-Weiss
Producer
Dua Co.
Irene Diamond
Talent Development, Singer, Actor, Host
Irene Diamond Studios
Madeline DiNonno
CEO
Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
Christine Dixon
Singer/Actress
Dramatune
Debra Dixon Anderson
Founder and CEO
Light of Gold PR, Marketing, and Consulting, LLC
Carol Anne Dolan
Head of Programming / Executive Producer
Transform Films
Veronique Doumbe
Producer/Director/Editor
Ndolo Films, LLC
Jowanda Durham
Owner/Director/Writer/Actress
Negra LLC
Nibu Eapen
Film & Television Editor
Katherine Elliot
Actor/Producer
Peggy Ellis
Co-Owner/Producer
Showrunner Productions
Bellah Emem
Contracts Administrator
BuzzFeed, Inc.
Melissa Exelberth
Bilingual ISDN Voice-Over Artist
Creative Voiceworx, LLC
Molly Fahey
Actress/Writer/Producer
MFMTransmedia
Meagan Lee Farrell
Actress, Motorcyclist, Fire Performer, DJ, Vocalist
Mary Fassino
Actor/Director/Producer
Bernita Faust
Ator
Veronica Fielding
CEO
Digital Brand Expressions
Leslie Fields-Cruz
Executive Director
Black Public Media
Lydia Fiore
Producer/Writer/Actor
Bella Fiore Productions LLC
Diane Fishman
President
The Fishman Organization/Friday Street Films
Louise Fleming
Curator/Producer/Programming
Kara Ford
Producer
BohoChick Productions
Kate Forsatz
Founder
Exit 74 Productions
Deborah Forte
President, CEO
Silvertongue Films
Blythe Frank
Producer/ Executive
Big Pond Films
Max Frankston
Max Video, Inc.
Alexia Fraser
Actor/Author
Susan Freel
Director/Writer/Producer
Sirius Productions LLC
Danielle Freiberg
Director of Marketing & Publicity
IFC Films
Kaylene French
Owner
Katoka Productions, Inc.
Valerie Fullilove
Writer/ Producer
Trinity Park Productions
Megan Gaber
Actress
Jane Gaines
Professor of Film
Columbia University
Jennifer Galvin
Director/Producer
Reelblue, LLC
Lisa Ganz
Casting Director
Twins Talent
Dawn Garcia
Writer/Director/Producer
Notice of Filming
Imani Garner
Administrator
Viacom Inc.
Jennifer Gates
Production Finance – First Assistant Accountant
Molly Gazay
Photographer
Molly Gazay Photography
Lauren Gellert
Executive Vice President, Production & Development
WE TV
Gina Gordon
Head of Production Finance & Accounting
Matador Content
Danae Grandison
Director / Writer / Producer
Trish Gray
Freelance Location Manager/Associate Producer
Robyn Greene Arrington
Vice President of Original Programming, TV One
Mary Lee Grisanti
Director of Digital Strategy, Film Dept.
SVA
Maryanne Grisz
Onerock Moving Pictures
Kimberly Grocher
Media Producer, Life Coach, Psychotherapist
Lisa Hackett
Music and Media Licensing Executive
Princess Hairston
Editor/Director/Producer
Straight Path Pictures
Arielle Haller-Silverstone
Actor
Michael Howard Studios
Shumerria Harris
CEO
Manipulating Mainstream Media
Marsha-ann Hay
Actor
Maegan Hayward
Owner/Co-Owner
Red’s Vintage Threads/East Village Vintage Collective
Elizabeth Hemmerdinger
President/Producer/Writer
Providence Productions
Deborah Henry
Writer
The Whipping Club
Kristen Hester
Founder
Little Beast Entertainment Inc.
Stephanie Holbrook
Casting Director
Stephanie Holbrook Casting
Shaina Holmes
Assistant Professor, VFX Artist
Syracuse university
Lynn Holst
Consultant, Development Executive, Producer
Sharon Hope
Actor
Francoise Hovivian
Film Director / Producer
Petite Fadette
Robin Howe
Director/Accounts Administration
Junico Services, CPA PLLC
Meg Hunnewell
The Knowledge Project
Felecia Hunter
Writer & Producer
Gale Ann Hurd
CEO
Valhalla Entertainment
Sabrina Hyman
Casting Director
Josefa Jaime
Associate Producer/Researcher
JJaime Research
Anne Johnson
Production & Tax Accountant/Financial Consultant
Madeline Johnson
Community Relations Coordinator
Queens Public Television
Margaret “Meg” Kaicher
Capital Consulting/ChangeFLIX
Capital Consulting/ChangeFLIX
Randa J. Karambelas
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Little Spoon, Big Spoon Productions, LLC
Joan Kasarda
Producer
Rosie Kasica
Senior Producer
Time Warner – HLN
Thea Kerman
Lawyer/Business Affairs Executive
Law Offices of Thea J. Kerman
Christina Kiely
Sylvia Kinard
President
KACE, LLC.
Gabrielle Lansner
Director/Choreographer/Producer/Writer
Gabrielle Lansner & Company, Inc.
Vasi Laurence
Producer – Film and Theater (Member of League of Broadway Producers)
Vasi Laurence Productions, LLC.
Susan Lazarus
Post Production Supervisor
Alexandra Levi
Managing Partner
Element Financial Group
Destiny Lilly
Casting Director
Telsey & Company
Gina Limbrick
Stunt Performer/ Coordinator
CC Lindh
Screenwriter, Producer
Singing Trees Productions
Laura Lockwood
Actor
Gabriella Ludlow
Founder/CEO
CinePointe Advisors
Sheila Lynch
Manager of Operations / Post-Production Supervisor
Hell’s Color Kitchen
Carol Maillard
Owner
4 Jagadish Music
Kellie Malone
Producer
Susan Margolin
Carmia Marshall-David
Key Set costumer/Star Dresser/Wardrobe Stylist
Jaselle Martino
Producer and Director
Chaconia Pictures
Eldonie Mason
Entertainment & Business Attorney
Mason Firm, LLC
Thalia Mavros
CEO/Filmmaker
The Front Media Inc.
Kimberly Mayhorn
Senior Editor
NBC Universal
Madeline McCray
Actor/Writer/Producer/Life Coach
Areshia Mcfarlin
Angelita Mendoza
Writer/Director/Editor
VidiVici Films
Angela Mickey
Managing Director of Casting
Liz Lewis Casting
Andrea Miller
Producer
Follium Films
Debbie Mills
Writer/Director/Producer
Fabulous 40 Productions
Lisa Monacelli McElwee
Producer, Actress
Girl Clown The Film, LLC
Dana Monagan
Writer, Producer, Actress
Fran Montagnino
Margaret Montavon
Actor/Producer/Writer
Marie Moore
Editor/Features
Electronic Urban Report
Julia Morgan
Producer/Development Executive
Lolita Morrow
Director, Distrubution
Showtime Networks
Veronica Mulero
Script Supervisor
Linda Munger
Allie Nelson
Suzanne Niedland
President
BusEye Films
Tomike Ogugua
Owner
Tomike Oguga
Elena Olivares
Diane Orr
Research/Development Executive
Orr Consulting
Nairoby Otero
Founder/CEO
YOLO Productions
Isabel Padilla
Freelance Cinematographer/ Photographer
Laura Palumbo Johnson
Magilla Entertainment
Amita Patel
Supervising Producer / Co-EP
Gladys Perez-Mojica
Co-Founder
GLAMSA Productions LLC
Sandy Perlbinder
President
Sequences Inc.
Ronit Pinto
Camera Operator, Director, Writer
Marquita Pool-Eckert
Television Producer
Eckert Associates
Jaclyn Powell
Creative Director
Fledgling Film Productions
Elizabeth Printz
Wig Designer
Nadhege Ptah
Producer/Founder
MAAT Films
Jessica Ransom
Executive Producer
JLR Media, Inc.
Cornelia Ravenal
Co-Founder/Producer
Wilderness Films
Brigette ReDavid
Writer & Producer
Molly Productions LLC
Lisa Reznik
Founder/Director
Film Society of Summit
Judith Roberts
Chapter 24 Films
Samantha Lee Robles
Art Director, Producer
Jaymi Rosano
Film & Tv Production
Rachel Rowan
Desiree Rucker
Producer / Writer
Seize the Moment Productions
Yvonne Ruggiero
Freelance Media Traffic Management
Maria Rusolo
Owner
ROAM Pictures
Samantha Ruston
Carole Ryavec
Director
Carmic Productions
Elizabeth Saunders
Actor
1966
Thelma Schoonmaker
Film Editor
TCS 2 Inc.
Alixx Schottland
President
Over The Rainbow Entertainment LLC
Laura Schweigman
Dawn Scibilia
Director
Janete Scobie
Writer, Producer
ZingPicks
Francis Scott
Unit Publicist/Publicity
Sabrina Seidner
Writer, Director, Actress
Robert Seigel
Attorney
Law Office of Robert L. Seigel
Claire Shanley
Producer
HBO
Jenn Shaw
Director/Producer
Adriana Shaw
President
herFLIX
Leslie Shearing
Filmmaker
Susan M. Sipprelle
President
Tree of Life Productions
Kimberly Skyrme
Producer / Casting Director
Wonder Wheel Entertainment / Kimberly Skyrme Casting
Fredda Slavin
Production Designer
SlavinDesign
Vanessa Smith
Producer/Director
Asha Smith
Owner/ Principal
Makeup Artist dba FacesbyAsha
Hollann Sobers
Director of Production
Complex Networks
Rennik Soholt
Director & Producer
Simone Solomon
Senior Director, Business & Legal Affairs
Aspiro AB c/o TIDAL
Mimi Spillane
Producer
Michele Spitz
Narrator / Audio Describer
Woman of Her Word
Angela Stanley
Partner
DBA Management & Consulting
Tsu Tsu Stanton
Executive Director
Tsu Tsu Unlimited
Robyn Stecher
Talent Agent
Don Buchwald and Associates
Susan Steiger
Attorney
Joan Stein Schimke
Writer/Director
Lauren Stevens
Producer/Managing Partner
Wonder City, LLC
Janet Stilson
Writer
Tracy Strain
President/Director/Producer/Writer
The Film Posse
Danielle Sules
Supervising Producer
Nicole Sylvester
Producer/Director
Autumn Rain Features
Aleksandra Szczepanowska
Actress
Elaine Tack
Anchor/Reporter, Cinematographer, Journalist
Lashawn Talley
Business Banker – Relationship Manager
Citibank
Felicia Taylor
Executive Producer
The Holy Goats, LLC
Brooke Thomas
Casting Director
Brooke Thomas Casting
Stavroula Toska
Founder, President
The Toska Matrix Productions
Cathleen Trigg
Adriana Trigiani
Toni Vitale
Actor/ Director/ Writer
Toni Vitale Productions
Michaela Von Schweinitz
Writer/Director
Kiss Productions
Judee Wales
Actor/Producer/Writer
Amei Wallach
Keirsten Wanamaker
Sr. Director of Photography
Viacom-Nickelodeon
Jax Weiner
Director/Editor
Specific Broads Productions
Joanna White-Oldham
Director/Writer/Producer
JWO Media LLC
Natalie Wiggan
Owner/COO
Wise Dome Entertainment
Tony Wilkes
Producer
L.A.W Productions Inc
Sharon Williams
Trevite Willis
Producer
Southern Fried Filmworks
Mayela Wilson
Production Finance/Writer/Producer
Jennifer Wollan
President/Executive Producer
Reel Biography
S. Casper Wong
Writer/Director/Producer
OO Media
Liza Wyles
Writer, Producer
Isilay Yanbas
Producer
Clown Is Down
Dawn Young
President
Young & Running Productions
Elena Zazanis
Actor, Director, Creator
GEM Productions LLC
George Zouvelos
Executive producer, writer, actor and filmmaker
Fiat Lux Pictures and Film Studios, Inc. dba Fiat Lux Studios
