New York, NY Pre-Proposal Briefing Attendees
Janus Adams
Producer/author/historian
Janus Adams, Inc.
JA@JanusAdams.com
www.JanusAdams.com; www.BackPaxKids.com
Adams Inc. is a multimedia publishing and production company. Our BackPax International children's division is publisher/producer of non-fiction books, audios, games, and the internet-based BackPax Trailblazer's Club.
Scott Aikens
Principal
AikensPro Strategy
gsa@aikenspro.com
www.aikenspro.com
AikensPro Strategy develops digital applications based on partnerships between public television and radio broadcasters, major regional educational, civic and cultural institutions, and media and technology corporations. Previous efforts include the KQED Digital Content Strategy Project and Connecticut Public Television and Radio's Mapping the Assets initiative.
Louis Alvarez
Producer
Center for New American Media
louis@cnam.com
www.cnam.com/flash/index.html
Seth Andrew
Founder/Head of School
Democracy Prep Charter School Founding Group
Sandrew@democracyprep.org
www.democracyprep.org
Democracy Prep educates responsible citizen-scholars in grades 6-12 by providing the knowledge, skills, and character essential for a life of active citizenship and success in the college of their choice. We will open in 2006 as a rigorous, disiciplined, and free college-preparatory public school in Harlem with a focus on history, civic education, and public speaking.
Authentic Education
Grant Wiggins, President
Denise Wilbur, VP, denise@authenticeducation.org
www.authenticeducation.org; www.bigideas.org
Educational research and consulting agency focused on curriculum-based school reform and teaching and designing for understandings; work grows out of Grant Wiggins' work in curriculum and assessment, most notably Understanding by Design.
Jane Bailey
Foundations of Freedom Project Director
Newport News Public Schools
jane.bailey@nn.k12.va.us
sbo.nn.k12.va.us
Newport News Public Schools is a large urban school division serving 32,000 students in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia.
John Barell
American Museum of Natural History
National Center for Science Literacy, Education and Technology
jbarell@amnh.org
www.amnh.org/nationalcenter
John Barnett
Producer
JGB Video & Design
jgb.videoanddesign@verizon.net
Freelance Experience and Capabilities for Producing, Directing, Editing, Video Graphics and Animations, and DVD authoring. 25 years experience covering a wide range -- from early interactive at MIT to PBS docs, from corporate to educational to commercials to how-to's -- helping it all happen in a more effective and creative way.
Penny Bender
Associate Director/media Producer
American Social History Project
pbender@gc.cuny.edu
www.ashp.cuny.edu
ASHP/CML is a public history organization and research center based at the City University of New York, Graduate Center that produces history curriculum materials for middle school through college level students and professional development programs for teachers. We aim to revitalize interest in history by challenging the traditional ways that people learn about the past.
Scott Bittle
Vice President
Public Agenda
sbittle@publicagenda.org
Denise Blumenthal
Director
Educational Productions
WGBH
denise_blumenthal@wgbh.org
Ursula Bollini
Senior Director, Columbia University
Digital Knowledge Ventures
Steve Brand
Executive Producer
Ways & Means Productions
brands001@earthlink.net
Barbara Cartwright
Consultant
Creative Development
I Open Lab
BarbaraCartwright@earthlink.net
Katherine Champlin
University of West Florida
kchamplin@uwf.edu
Renee Cherow-O'Leary, Ph.D
Professor, English Education
Columbia University, Teachers College
cherow-o'leary@tc.edu
Robert Child
Producer/Director
Robert Child & Associates, LLC
rob@robchild.com
www.robchild.com
High-end historical motion picture filmmaking
Jen Clarke
Research Assistant
Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies
jenclarke@edc.org
Robert Clift
Producer
Corporation for Educational Radio & TV
certnyc@aol.com
Joan Colbert
Media Producer (Educational Technology)
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Joan_colbert@mcgraw-hill.com
www.macmillanmh.com/ss/ca
Academic Publisher
Naomi Cooperman
Director of Development
Teaching Matters, Inc.
ncooperman@teachingmatters.org
www.teachingmatters.org
Teaching Matters is an educational non-profit organization that prepares K -12 students and educators for 21st century achievement through the effective use of instructional technology. Our flagship curriculum offering, Election Connection, utilizes technology to promote civic engagement and was developed in close collaboration with the NYC schools. Currently benefiting thousands of seventh grade students, the program is undergoing expansion and will soon include Am History/civics curriculum units for grades six and eight.
Cynthia Copeland
New York Historical Society
ccopeland@nyhistory.org
www.nyhistory.org
Michael Coulson
Executive Producer
Three Humans Incorporated
michael@threehumansinc.com
Selena Lewis Davidson
Producer
Greenhouse Pictures
selena@greenhousepictures.com
Richard Delano
Marketing Director
LifeCourse Associates
delano@lifecourse.com
www.lifecourse.com
Lifecourse principals William Strauss and Neil Howe have written four books on American generations offering a unique and totally new way of looking at US History as a sequence of 15 generations. Delano has many years of experience with Scholastic Inc. where he manages the custom publishing business and developed a complete understanding of the K-12 market including ways of utilizing PBS content in that venue.
Lisa Delmonico
Producer/Director
Rhode Island College
Ldelmonico@aol.com
Juliet Dervin
eMedia Project Manager
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
julie.dervin@hrw.com
www.hrw.com
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, a Harcourt Classroom Education Company based in Austin, Texas, is a recognized leader in secondary education publishing curriculum-based textbooks, support, reference materials, and professional development in print, electronic, and online formats for students and teachers in grades 6 -12. Since 1866, we have been in the business of helping teachers teach and students learn.
Lucia Small
Docema
Producer
lucia@docema.com
Judy Doctoroff
Vice President
Public Affairs Television, Inc.
doctor@thirteen.org
Lynn Falcon
Partner
Illumine
illumine@dreyfuss.us
Tina Falsitta
Supervisor
Nassau BOCES
tfalsitta@mail.nasboces.org
Jonathan Fein
Producer
EVER
jon111@aol.com
EVER is a documentary filmmaking partnership currently producing Objects and Memory, a film and educational initiative about how physical items connect us with personal and collective history.
David Felsen
Senior Producer
Three Humans Incorporated
davidfelsen@hotmail.com
Phoebe Ferguson
Documentary Producer/Director
Phoebe Ferguson Ltd.
pferguson@nyc.rr.com
Sholly Fisch
President
MediaKidz Research & Consulting
mediakidz@lycos.com
MediaKidz provides educational consulting, hands-on testing (with kids, parents, teachers, etc.), and writing services for many leading producers of children's educational media.
Riva Freifeld
Producer
Riva Productions
riva@annieoakleyfilm.com
Karina Gaige
Web site Producer
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
gaige@gilderlehrman.org
www.gilderlehrman.org
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History promotes the study and love of American history. The Institute creates history-centered schools and academic research centers; organizes seminars and enrichment programs for educators; produces print and electronic publications and traveling exhibitions; and sponsors lectures by eminent historians.
Nicole Gallagher
Director, News Practices
ABC News
Nicole.E.Gallagher@abc.com
Kim Gilmore
Historian
A&E Television Networks
kimberly.gilmore@aetn.com
Tina Gongsakdi
Senior Project Manager
Missing Pixel, LLC
tina@missingpixel.net
Bill Grant
Producer Braun@thirteen.org
Tony Green
Sr. Director of National Programming
National Constitution Center
agreen@constitutioncenter.org
www.constitutioncenter.org
The National Constitution Center is an independent, non-partisan, and non-profit organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of, and appreciation for, the U.S. Constitution, its history, and its contemporary relevance. It operatives an interactive, interpretive facility within Independence National Historical Park and a program of national outreach.
Paul Greenberg
Arts Engine, Inc.
paul@mediarights.org
Nellie Gregorian
Partner
Michael Cohen Group
ngregorian@mcgrc.com
www.mcgrc.com
A New York-based research and consulting company, specializing in formative and summative research, including concept and prototype testing, evaluation of program appeal, comprehension and effectiveness, and impact assessment.
Karen Gruenberg
EVP, Content
Sesame Workshop
karen.gruenberg@sesameworkshop.org
Lulie Haddad
Producer/Director
Everyvoice Productions
luliehaddad@aol.com
Michelle Halsell
CEO/Co-Founder
Missing Pixel, LLC
michelle@missingpixel.net
Matt Harty
VP, Business Development
GoldPocket Interactive
mharty@goldpocket.com
Susan Heath
Director, National Public Television Sponsorship
Thirteen/WNET
heaths@thirteen.org
Les Heintz
Executive Producer
CreativeWorks Entertainment
les@CreativeWorksEntertainment.com
Danny Henley
Manager of Educational Services
KERA
dhenley@kera.org
Kathy Herman
Teacher/Independent Producer
Berkeley Carroll School
Khermanhal@aol.com
Jaymes Hines
Managing Partner/Producer
NDY Media Group/Always a Great Show Ent.
jhines@ndymediagroup.com
www.ndymediagroup.com
NDY Media Group is a producer and distributor of independent film and television content for DVD/video and traditional and emerging broadcast platforms targeting the interest of Black/African American and urban entertainment consumers, viewers and subscribers.
Bob Holmes
CEO
Sudden Industries
bob@suddenindustries.com
Elizabeth Hood
Director
Office of Educational TV & Public Broadcasting
NYS Education Department
lizhood@direcway.com
Ronald Howard
President
Lionheart Films
lionheartfilms@aol.com
Lionheart Films, Inc. is a non-profit production company creating educational documentaries for public television and schools with a focus on American history.
Dana Ivey
Producer
W.B. Yeats Foundation of Emory University
Driveynyc@aol.com
Carol Jenkins
Women's Media Center
CJco@aol.com
Phyllis Kaniss
National Director, Student Voices
Annenberg Public Policy Center
PKaniss@asc.upenn.edu
Deborah Kaufman
Producer/Director
Snitow Kaufman Productions
amsnitow@igc.org
www.snitow-kaufman.org
Snitow-Kaufman Productions is an independent production company producing films on contemporary and historical social issues. Our films, which include BLACKS & JEWS, SECRETS OF SILICON VALLEY, and THIRST, have appeared in numerous festivals, been broadcast nationally on PBS, and won numerous awards.
Maura Kelly
Deputy Director, Children's Programming
Thirteen/WNET
kelly@thirteen.org
Lee Koromvokis
Producer
MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
LKoromvokis@newshour.org
www.pbs.org/newshour
MLP is the parent company that produces the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS, plus documentaries and public affairs programs for public television and cable.
Hugh Kremer
Web Design/Development
The Center on Congress
Indiana University
Congress@indiana.edu
Dominique Lasseur
Producer/Director
Tatge/Lasseur Productions
dlasseur@tatgeprod.com
Robert Lavelle
Roundtable Inc.
rlavelle@roundtablemedia.com
www.roundtablemedia.com
Roundtable was founded in 1999 by former Blackside staff members. The company produces media and also serves as a resource to other producers who need partners to design and execute outreach strategies and to develop and distribute collateral educational materials (from courseware, Web sites, and discussion guides on to companion volumes and classroom-versioned DVDs).
Lorne Lieb
Producer
The Independent Production Fund, Inc.
llieb@ipf45.org
Twila Liggett
Creator/Executive Producer
Reading Rainbow/Twila Liggett Media, Inc.
Rrainbow1@aol.com
Twila Liggett is the Creator & Executive Producer of the long running, award-winning children's series, Reading Rainbow. TLM, Inc. specializes in media production, content and product development for children & youth based on a broad range of training and production experience across the curriculum areas.
Jared Lipworth
Producer
Thirteen/WNET
Braun@thirteen.org
www.thirteen.org
The science department at WNET has produced such notable programs as Secrets of the Dead and The Secret Life of the Brain. Many of the programs highlight the history of science and the impact science has had on history.
Kristen Lovejoy
Producer
Thirteen/WNET
lovejoyk@thirteen.org
Jamie MacGuire
Consultant
JMacG52@aol.com
Kenneth Mandel
Great Projects Film Company, Inc.
Executive Producer
kmandel@greatprojects.com
www.greatprojects.com
Great Projects produces documentaries for PBS broadcast about American history and public affairs. Its founders, Ken Mandel and Daniel B. Polin, won an Emmy award for their PBS biography, George Marshall and the American Century.
Jason McDonald
Executive Producer
MFA Productions
jasonmcd@mfaproductions.com
www.worldwar2database.com
Production Company for the Web and television - documentary aired in Austria on ORF TV - DAY OF THE KAMIKAZE - www.dayofthekamikaze.com - also World War II Multimedia Database gets 20 million hits per year.
Lorena McDonald
Playhouse of American Classics
mcdonalr@adelphia.net
worldwar2database.com
Playhouse of American Classics is seeking funding to develop a project using the Worldwar2database.com as a collection point for students' video interviews of their grandparents who served in WWII. These video interviews would be made into a video for PBS.
Ross Minichiello
President
Riverside Digital Productions
ross@riversidedigital.com
James D. Moran
Director of Outreach
American Antiquarian Society
jmoran@mwa.org
www.americanantiquarian.org
The American Antiquarian Society is a national research library and learned society of pre-twentieth century American history and culture. Our holdings include some 2 million printed materials from 1640 - 1876 including two-thirds of everything printed in what is now the United States before the year 1820 - the single largest collection in existence.
Clare Myers
Director of Development
Docere Palace Studios
c_myers@docerepalace.com
Docere Palace Studios, LLC is one of America's leading producers of high quality, cross-platform non-fiction content for television broadcasters, DVDs, Internet and book publishers. Docere Palace Studios was recently awarded a grant from the CPB's "America at a Crossroads" initiative to develop a two-part television series entitled INVASION!,which will examine historical and contemporary examples of military invasions and occupations with an emphasis on the strategies likely to be effective in a post-9/11 world; this series will be a co-production with Granada Television and The Washington Post Company.
National Center for History in the Schools, UCLA
Gary Nash, Director
Marian Olivas, Program Coordinator
nchs@history.ucla.edu
nchs.ucla.edu
As the "home" of the National Standards for History, NCHS produces standards-based teaching materials as well as working with teacher development history programs, providing content and referrals to academic presenters. Based in Los Angeles, NCHS has access to California school districts and commercial resources.
Paul J. Niehaus
EVP, Business Development
Zodiac Gaming, LLC
pniehaus@zodiacgaming.com
www.zodiacgaming.com
Zodiac is a developer, publisher, and distributor of interactive television applications, focusing on interactive games based on the digital set-top box. We are currently deployed in over 1.5 million homes.
David Osterlund
Legacy Television
dixierein@AOL.com
Jill Peters
Executive Produer
Children's and Educational Programming
Thirteen/WNET
peters@thirteen.org
www.thirteen.org
Thirteen/WNETNew York is one of the key program providers for public television, bringing such acclaimed series as SLAVERY, COLONIAL HOUSE, NATURE, GREAT PERFORMANCES, AMERICAN MASTERS, and CYBERCHASE to audiences nationwide. As the flagship public broadcaster in the New York metro area, Thirteen reaches millions of viewers each week, airing the best of American public television along with its own local productions.
Alan Pierce
Writer/Teacher
TechDirections Magazine
pierceaj@optonline.net
www.technologytoday.us
TechDirections is a professional teacher's magazine (10 issues/year) for Career and Technical Educators (CTE). While writing for the magazine I have received awards from a number of educational organizations, authored books for West Publishing and Glencoe McGraw-Hill, and served as a writer, editor, and technical consultant for a number of other organizations. See my Web site for further details.
Moira Rankin
President/Exec. Producer
Soundprint Media Center, Inc.
moira@soundprint.org
Georgia Reath
Kunhardt Productions
georgia@kunhardtproductions.com
Mickey Revenaugh
Vice President
Connections Academy
mrevenaugh@connectionsacademy.com
Paul Reynolds
President
FableVision
paul@fablevision.com
www.fablevision.com
FableVision is an award-winning educational media and multimedia content development provider & publisher with national and international distribution into the classroom. FableVision is on a 200-year mission to tell "stories that matter, stories that move" with our partners in museum, education, technology, publishing and broadcast – using media, storytelling and technology to reach kids (and grown up kids) and inspire them to reach their full potential.
Tammy Robinson
President
Thirteen/WNET
braun@thirteen.org
Jonathan Robinson
Producer/Director
When in Doubt Productions, Inc.
whenindoubtproductions@yahoo.com
Rich Sabreen
President
Rich Sabreen Enterprises, LLC
rich@RichSabreenEnterprises.com
Carlos Sandoval
President
Camino Bluff Productions
carlossandoval@mindspring.com
Jo Ann Scalf
Director of Education
Nashville Public Television
jscalf@wnpt.net
www.wnpt.net
Nashville Public Television is a community licensee serving middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky. NPT considers education an integral part of its mission.
Amit Shah
Associate Director, Social Studies
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
amit.shah@hrw.com
Sandra Sheppard
Director, Children's Programming
Thirteen/WNET
sheppard@thirteen.org
www.thirteen.org
Through its productions, broadcasts, and educational outreach activities, Thirteen/WNET New York pursues a single, overarching goal: to create television and interactive media experiences of lasting significance for all segments of the population -- in the New York metropolitan area, across America, and worldwide.
Fred Silverman
Issues TV
silcominc@aol.com
Ken Simon
Executive Producer
Simon Pure Productions
ksimon@simonpure.com
Jennifer Small
Producer
Gigantic Pictures
jennifer@giganticpictures.com
Marcia Smith
Executive Director
Firelight Media
marcia@firelightmedia.org
Michael Smith
Independent Documentary Producer vajra65@verizon.net
Irene Smookler
Chief Strategist
SC Consulting
irene_smookler@verizon.net
Laurel Sneed
Executive Director
Thomas Day Education Project
seasneed@aol.com
www.thomasday.net
New Hope Publishing, LLC researches, designs, develops, and publishes interactive educational multimedia and traditional linear media on American history/culture with a primary focus on African American subject matter. We also offer workshops, on-line courses, tours, and other professional development opportunities for K-12 educators through the Thomas Day Education Project, an NEH-designated national education project based in Durham, NC.
Alan Snitow
Producer/Director
Snitow Kaufman Productions
amsnitow@igc.org
www.snitow-kaufman.org
Snitow-Kaufman Productions is an independent production company producing films on contemporary and historical social issues. Our films, which include BLACKS & JEWS, SECRETS OF SILICON VALLEY, and THIRST, have appeared in numerous festivals, been broadcast nationally on PBS, and won numerous awards.
Lucia Stern
Grant Writer/ Educator Lucia.Stern@ny.ddb.com
Tracy Strain
Producer/Owner
Diner Media
thstrain@dinermedia.com
I am an independent producer with a B.A. in American Studies and Ed.M. in Technology in Education who has produced four historical documentaries for national broadcast on PBS, including the recently broadcast Building the Alaska Highway AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. A member of the first class of the CPB/PBS Producers Academy, I have also produced the student videos for WGBH's PBS series BUILDING BIG and EVOLUTION, and expect to be hired as a part-time 10th grade humanities teacher in Boston beginning in the fall of 2005.
Bunnie Strassner
President
Fascinating Learning Facotry
bunnie@flashback.tv
www.fascinatinglearningfactory.org
A non-profit that finds, develops and oversees production of educational programming for middle school and up.
Mary Beth Susman
Director of Education
Rocky Mountain PBS
marybeth.susman@rmpbs.org
www.rmpbs.org
Colorado's state-wide PBS affiliate network with four stations in Denver, Grand Junction, Pueblo and Durango.
Eric Tait
President
EVT Educational Productions, Inc.
EVTEd@aol.com
www.evted.org
Producers of Radio/TV Documentaries. Our latest, Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home - the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground is a CPB/Ford Foundation funded 13-Part radio series airing on public stations nationally, and a 2-part Rockefeller Foundation funded Video Documentary airing on the True Stars and Blackstarz! Cable outlets.
Bill Tally
Senior Researcher
Center for Children & Technology
btally@edc.org
www.edc.org/CCT
For 20 years CCT has been a leader in basic and applied research on the roles that new technologies play in teaching and learning in schools, homes and community settings. Our work also includes R&D on Web- and hand-held prototypes for improving history and literacy learning.
Andrea Taylor
Director
Center for Media & Community
Education Development Center, Inc.
ataylor@edc.org
www.edc.org
Ron Thorpe
Ed/Interactive Services
Thirteen/WNET
thorpe@thirteen.org
Bill Tiersten
President
Second Sun Productions
secondsun@nj.rr.com
Beth Twiss-Garrity
Project Director
PA Coalition for Representative Democracy (PennCORD)
Btwiss-Garrity@constitutioncenter.org
The Pennsylvania Coalition for Representative Democracy (PennCORD) is a unique union of educational, advocacy, and governmental organizations that are committed to improving civic learning for students in grades K-12. It is led by the National Constitution Center, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, The Office of the Governor, First Lady Marjorie O. Rendell, and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Liza Vadnai
Communications & Development Associate
Global Kids
liza@globalkids.org
www.globalkids.org
Global Kids' Online Leadership Program (OLP), now in its fifth year, integrates the use of the Internet into GK's youth leadership programming. The OLP equips youth with the skills necessary to use the Internet as a tool for social change and develops online resources for educators to promote civic engagement and global literacy through initiatives within two broader areas: youth-led online dialogues and the development of socially-conscious online games.
Anthony Vertucci
Producer
Talon Films, Inc.
talon01@mindspring.com
www.talonfilms.com
Talon Films is a feature film and documentary production company based in New York City. We are focusing current projects on American History, specifically the American Revolution and Colonial era.
Alyson Vogel
Program Development Specialist
The Center for Educational Outreach & Innovation
Teachers College
Columbia University
vogel@tc.columbia.edu
www.tc.columbia.edu/ceoi
Teachers College is the oldest and largest independent professional school of education in the nation founded in 1887, and The Center for Educational Outreach & Innovation (CEO&I) was established at Teachers College in 1996 as a dynamic Center that extends the historic mission of Teachers College. In 1999, its Lifelong Learning Unit was founded. Drawing upon the diverse talents of faculty, professional staff, the Center reaches out to schools and professionals in practices of health, psychology and human services in order to provide cutting edge professional development programs. We have faculty and instructional staff with a long history of providing professional development and workshops which benefit educators and schools across the nation and the world.
Dave Westreich
Principal/ EP
Sockdrawer Studios
dave@sockdrawer.net
Bill White, Ph.D
Director of Education Outreach
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
wwhite@cwf.org
www.history.org
Colonial Williamsburg, in Williamsburg, Virginia, is the world's largest living history museum, dedicated to interpreting the origins of the idea of America and how diverse peoples, having different and sometimes conflicting ambitions, evolved into a society that valued liberty and equality. For seventy-five years, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has supported history education in the nation's schools, through electronic field trips broadcast on public television stations across the country, teacher development programs, and classroom resources-to help teachers enliven their classrooms with primary sources, artifact study, and engaging teaching strategies that bring excitement and vitality to the study of history.
David Wolcheck
Interactive, Inc.
dwolcheck@interactiveinc.org
Keith Yaeger
Associate Producer
The Gardner Documentary Group
keith@gardnerdocgroup.com
Veronica Young
Independent Producer/Director/Writer
Cine Verite
veronicayoung@earthlink.net
I am the sole owner of my business which adds staff as necessary. My clients are PBS and Cable networks. I write, produce and direct.
Rachelle Zoffer
VP of Business Development
Softell-USA
Rachelle.Zoffer@softel-usa.com