San Francisco, CA Pre-Proposal Briefing Attendees
Kathleen Acord
Director, Education Network
KQED
kacord@kqed.org
www.kqed.org
Sri Ananda
Chief Development Officer
West Ed
sananda@wested.org
www.wested.org
WestEd is a nonprofit research, development and service agency that works with education and other communities to promote excellence, achieve equity and improve learning for children, youth and adults. WestEd offers services in a variety of areas including technology application and development, evaluation and research, professional development and assessment.
Alex Beckstead
Associate Producer
Kikim Media
abeckstead@kikim.com
Marlo Bendau
Executive Producer
One Nation Films, LLC
marlobendau@earthlink.net
One Nation Films, LLC is a television and video production company specializing in curriculum-based video and other media for textbook companies and web-based school districts. Our award-winning products, which are available on hybrid DVDs and interactive CD-ROMs linkable to on-line books or the Web, include dramatic and documentary segments in English and Spanish, music video, games, computer-animated graphics and interactive PowerPoint lesson reviews/tests for classroom and home use.
Luca Bentivoglio
Executive Director
Latino Public Broadcasting
lucabenti@lpbp.org
www.lpb.org
Charles Benton
Chairman
Benton Foundation, Public Media Inc.
kroderick@Homevision.com
www.benton.org
Dan Bigbee
Owner
BIG Productions
mrbig@cowboy.net
www.bigidea.com
Dodge Billingsley
Director
Combat Films and Research (CFR)
dodge@combatfilms.com
www.combatfilms.com
CFR examines global events with an emphasis on war, conflict, peace and stability. We have covered hot spots and areas in crisis for nearly ten years and have over 600 hours on original footage from places like Abkhazia, Turkey, Chechnya, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Ukbekistan and China.
St. Clair Bourne
Producer
Chamba Mediaworks
chambamediaworks@earthlink.net
Michael Dziak
Executive Producer
EVI Productions, Inc.
Mike@eviproductions.com
www.eviproductions.com
Creators/producers of digital media, documentaries, educational programming/ high-end 3D Animators/designers.
Mark Dziak
Executive Producer
EVI Productions, Inc.
afrod@pacbell.net
www.eviproductions.com
Diane Demee-Benoit
Director of Educational Relations
George Lucas Educational Foundation
diane@glef.org
www.edutopia.org
Ken Ellis
Senior Producer
George Lucas Educational Foundation
ken@glef.org
www.edutopia.org
Paul Espinosa
Producer/Director
Beyond the Dream, LLC
paul@beyondthedream.org
David Galiel
Executive Director
Public Interest Entertainment Corporation
galiel@galiel.com
www.piecorp.org
Public Interest Entertainment Corporation (PIECORP) is a nonprofit creative studio based outside Boston, Massachusetts. We use the technology of multiplayer computer games to develop and support large-scale, socially-constructive, online virtual worlds—fun experiential learning environments that promote civil society, non-violent conflict resolution and critical thinking.
Evan Goldberg
Coordinator, Educational Services/Service-Learning
Alameda County Office of Education
egoldberg@acoe.k12.ca.us
Lyn Goldfarb
Executive Producer
Beyond the Dream, LLC
lyn@beyondthedream.org
Sylvia Hale
Director of Application Development
West Ed
shale@wested.org
www.wested.org
Jayasri Hart
Producer
HARTFILMS
hartfilms@earthlink.net
home.earthlink.net/~jayasrihart/
Independent producers of historical documentaries on issues with contemporary relevance. Roots in the Sand, about the effect of US immigration laws in the 1920s was a PBS+ offering, and Sisters of Selma, about the Catholic contribution to racial justice in America is an ITVS-LInCS-Alabama Public TV project in post.
Bill Jersey
Producer
Quest Productions, Inc.
bjersey@questprod.com
Alli Joseph
Independent filmmaker
Independent, sent by NAPT
allijoseph@nyc.rr.com
www.allijoseph.com
I am an independent writer/producer/television host and author with a print/Internet and television journalism background. I will be submitting a proposal with Dr. Barbara Joseph (who happens to be my mother), a tenured professor of American Studies at SUNY Old Westbury and a superior educator.
Nancy Kelly
Producer/Director
Mother Lode Productions
nkmomlode@earthlink.net
www.downsideupthemovie.org
We are independent filmmakers making documentaries and dramas including: Downside UP -- which aired on PBS Independent Lens series -- and Thousand Pieces of Gold which aired on PBS American Playhouse series.
Brenda Laurel
Chair and Graduate Faculty Member
The Media Design program at the Art Center College of Design
blaurel@tauzero.com
Robert Lavelle
Co-Director
Roundtable, Inc.
rlavelle@roundtablemedia.com
Jennifer Lawson
GM
WHUT
JenLawson@aol.com
www.howard.edu/tv/
Debra Lorenzen
Executive Director, ASSET
KAET-TV, Tempe, AZ
Debra.lorenzen@asu.edu
www.kaet.asu.edu
Anita MackFarland
Digital Clubhouse Network
nyad@mindspring.com
www.digiclub.org
Meighan Maloney
Executive Producer
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Turning Points in American History
meighan_maloney@opb.org
www.opb.org
Len Materman
President
America's River Communities, Inc.
Len@Rivercommunities.org
Monica Medina
Director, Education & Outreach
KPBS, San Diego
mmedina@kpbs.org
www.kpbs.org
John Mergendoller, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Buck Institute for Education
john@bie.org
www.bie.org
BIE is a not for profit research, development and training organization. Programs target problem-based high school government/civics instruction and general reform of high school instruction through project-based learning.
Annie Moriyasu
Broadcast and Distribution Manager
Pacific Islanders in Communications
amoriyasu@piccom.org
www.piccom.org
Betsy Newmnan
South Carolina ETV
bnewman@scetv.org
www.scetv.org
Emiko Omori
Producer/Director
Beyond the Dream, LLC
emiko@beyondthedream.org
Luis Ortiz
Program Manager
Latino Public Broadcasting
luis.ortiz@lpbp.org
www.lpb.org
Alice Smiler Ostrovsky
Director, Product Development
EdVenture Partners
aostrovsky@edventurepartners.com
www.edventurepartners.com
EdVenture Partners develops innovative industry-education partnerships by blending academic theory with practical, hands-on application, creating a real-world marketing and learning experience for students and educators. These partnerships provide clients with unique and credible access to campuses and their communities for marketing, brand building, research, community awareness and recruiting.
Victoria Powell
Special Projects Manager
University of California Television
vpowell@ucsd.edu
Frank Rees
Executive, Corporate Sponsorship
One Nation Films, LLC
fjrees47@hotmail.com
Marion Rice
Senior Director Education and Interactive
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Education & Interactive
marion_rice@opb.org
www.opb.org
Public Service Media Company has a great deal of interactive experience in Educational Media
Jed Riffe
Producer/Director
Beyond the Dream, LLC
jed@beyondthedream.org
Theresa Riley
Director
POV Interactive
triley@pov.org
www.pbs.org/pov/
Gene Rose
Public Affairs Director
National Conference of State Legislatures
gene.rose@ncsl.org
www.ncsl.org, www.ncsl.org/trust/index.htm
NCSL is the bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the states, commonwealths and territories. The Trust for Representative Democracy is an ambitious grassroots campaign to strengthen understanding and support for American democratic institutions.
Kalima Rose
Communication Arts & Sciences School, Berkeley High School
krose@policylink.org
Linda Schaller
Independent Produer
linda@fogline.com
Michael Schwarz
President
Kikim Media
mschwarz@kikim.com
Shane Segar
Pacific Islanders in Communications
sseggar@piccom.org
Amy Leigh Shumaker
Producer
Creative Services & U.S. Input Secretariat
South Carolina ETV
shumaker@scetv.org
Sybil Slavin
EVI Productions, Inc.
afrod@mac.com
www.eviproductions.com
Creators/producers of digital media, documentaries, educational programming/high-end 3D Animators/designers.
Suzanne Stefanac
Interactive Media Strategist, NA
zorca@well.com
Erika Trautman
Associate Producer
Kikim Media
erikatrautman@yahoo.com
Linda Uhrenholt
Education Advocate
SBC
u2829@sbc.com
Annie Valva
Research and Development
WGBH Interactive
annie_valva@wgbh.org
Richard Wenn
Director of Information Services
West Ed
rwenn@wested.org
Rich Winefield
VP, Interactive & Educational Services
KQED
rwinefield@kqed.org
www.kqed.org
Gary Witt
President
Newscast Company
witt@marketingpsychology.com
Keith York
Program Director
KPBS, San Diego
kyork@kpbs.org
www.kpbs.org
Nathan Young
Producer
Native Airspace
nathanyoung@nativeairspace.com