White house initiative round table (1)

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION WITH INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2015 3:00PM-5:00PM LOCATION: Montage Beverly Hills Meeting Room - Marquesa 1 (to the right of the lobby) 225 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 PARKING: Hosted valet parking.

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WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVE ON HBCUs INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE BIOS ANITA ORTIZ As Vice President, Global Inclusion Strategy – West Coast, Viacom, Anita Ortiz is responsible for developing and advancing Viacom’s Diversity & Inclusion objectives at the company’s west coast entities including Paramount Pictures, MTV, Nickelodeon and BET, working in alignment with Viacom’s Global Inclusion Advisory Committee, which is comprised of senior leaders throughout the organization. She partners closely with departments including Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, Internal Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility to create effective employee engagement and workforce development programs.

Ms. Ortiz originally joined Viacom in 1998 as an executive assistant in Paramount’s International Television division, before seguing into increasingly responsible positions in Government & Community Relations. Among her proudest professional achievements thus far are executing Paramount’s worldwide Viacommunity Day volunteer activities and launching the successful Kindergarten to Cap & Gown mentoring program benefiting local K-12 students.

Ms. Ortiz earned her A.B in Politics and Russian Studies from Princeton University and has held numerous alumni leadership positions. In 2011, she completed the Executive Education program in Corporate Responsibility at Harvard Business School and has served on the Boards of the Environmental Media Association and Santa Monica Blvd. Community Charter School. Additionally, she has been a judge for the Imagen Awards, the NAACP Image Awards and the NAMIC Vision awards and volunteers with the Posse Foundation and Students Run LA. She is an avid traveler and spent her childhood as a Navy brat, living in diverse locales including Washington DC, San Diego, Colombia and Panama.

BEN WISE Ben Wise currently serves as Senior Manager, Disney Campus Recruitment where he oversees Campus Recruitment for multiple company segments, along with recruitment operations including process, technology, social media, vendor management, and reporting/analytics. A dynamic leader across multiple disciplines of Talent Acquisition, Ben has a proven ability to drive results.

Ben started his career at Disney as an intern with Disney Parks & Resorts in Florida.

Since then, he has held a variety of leadership roles within Operations and Human Resources.

Ben holds an MBA from Stetson University in Celebration, Florida, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Maine. He is a native of Auburn, Maine, and currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

BRETT KING Brett King is Vice President, Creative Programming, Diversity & Inclusion for Sony Pictures Entertainment, where he works with both Sony Pictures Television and the Motion Picture Group to identify and advantage opportunities for diversity and inclusion throughout the studio.

Prior to being named to his current position, King was a Programming Executive, Producer and Creative Consultant consulting with Sony Pictures Entertainment, where he oversaw and administered the Sony Pictures Television DIVERSE DIRECTORS PROGRAM, a studio initiative designed to provide opportunity for women and ethnic minorities in scripted episodic television. Prior to working with Sony, King served as a Program Consultant for HBOAccess, the network's diverse directors initiative targeting emerging filmmakers for HBO Go, as well as for Disney/ABC Television Creative Talent Development, uncovering the work of the next generation of television writers.

King is also produced and consulted on both scripted and unscripted projects for Media Rights Capital, Virgin Produced and Babe Wilson Entertainment, acting as a freelance writer producer for REVOLT TV, and, as co-founder of digital production company 11th&B, producing all video content for Behind the Hustle, part of the Complex Media Network.

King is a television veteran with oversight of literally hundreds of hours of television under his belt, in his role as a senior level executive at BET, The WB, Paramount Television Studios and 20th Century Fox Television. He has overseen series such as XFiles, In Living Color, Supernatural and NCIS and worked with industry legends such as Quincy Jones, Joss Whedon and John Wells after moving to Los Angeles nearly two decades ago. His executive career followed his work in New York, where he was a producer and sometimes director of innumerable music videos, commercials and promos, all while moonlighting as a DJ in some of the city’s seminal downtown clubs.

BRETT WEITZ As Executive Vice President of Original Programming for TBS, Brett Weitz is spearheading the new direction of the network into younger and more relevant comedy, moving towards a bolder, more diverse, and millennial voice. Upcoming comedies include ANGIE TRIBECA from Steve Carell & Nancy Carell, THE DETOUR from Jason Jones & Samantha Bee, and WRECKED from the fresh, young talents Justin & Jordan Shipley. In 2016 the issues-oriented THE SAMANTHA BEE SHOW will join the TBS Late Night line-up, featuring a sharp take on the news of the week.

During his previous position as SVP of Scripted Development for TNT & TBS, Weitz developed the dramas THE LAST SHIP from Michael Bay and LEGENDS from Howard Gordon, as well as the comedies GROUND FLOOR from Bill Lawrence & Jeff Astrof and CLIPPED from David Kohan & Max Mutchnick.

Since joining Turner in 2008 as Vice President of TNT Drama, Brett helped launch numerous other hit series including DALLAS, PERCEPTION, RIZZOLI & ISLES, FRANKLIN & BASH and Steven Spielberg’s FALLING SKIES, as well as the unscripted competition series THE GREAT ESCAPE and BOSTON’S FINEST. He has also spearheaded the creation of the network’s diversity program for series staffing.

Brett got his start in the mailroom at United Talent Agency and later spent time assisting at Columbia Tri-Star Television before rising to become an executive at

Michael Ovitz’s Artists Television Group. After several years at ATG, Brett tried his hand as a Manager at Artists Management Group, where he represented television writers and directors.

Weitz returned to his true passion of development when he rejoined Columbia Tri-Star Television as Director of Drama Development under department head Jennifer Salke.

There they developed The WB’s EVERWOOD and CBS’ HACK. In 2001, the pair migrated to 20th Century Fox Television and Weitz was teamed with Jane Francis, with whom he developed Fox’s long-running PRISON BREAK and the criticallyacclaimed WONDERFALLS. When 20th Century Fox Television launched its lower-budget division fox21 and tapped Francis to run it, she invited her teammate Weitz to come along as her No. 2 executive. In its first three years of operation, fox21 developed such series as the FX drama SONS OF ANARCHY, the reality hit BEAUTY AND THE GEEK, and the comedy FREERIDE. Also while at fox21, Weitz developed the drama SAVED for TNT. Because of their great working experience, the quickly-growing network approached him to spearhead their expanding drama division.

In 2006 Brett was recognized by the entertainment industry and The Hollywood Reporter as one of “35 Executives Under 35 To Watch”. Most recently, Weitz was honored by Multichannel News as one of the “Top 40 Executives Under 40”.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Weitz’s passions include wine, fishing, and most importantly celebrating life with his beautiful family, including his wife Farrah and their daughters Sydney and Emerson.

CAROLE KATZ Carole Katz is Chief Human Resources Officer for WME | IMG. In this role, Katz is responsible for all programs related to onboarding, recruitment, benefits administration, travel, training, diversity, employee relations, labor matters, and internships across all offices worldwide.

Katz joined the Endeavor Talent Agency in 2001, handling all Human Resource functions for the agency. In 2009, she facilitated the Human Resource component of the William Morris Agency/Endeavor merger, integrating benefits and culture for the combined entity. At WME, she implemented the company’s continuing education program, called the “Farmhouse” in 2012, and supervises all succession planning for its junior employees. Katz also created the company’s Wellness program, which includes a weekly blog, fitness classes and health guidance.

Following WME’s acquisition of IMG in 2014, Katz transitioned into her current role.

Along with the COO and CCO, Katz is part of WME | IMG’s real estate team, which manages all build-outs and design for company space worldwide. In addition to WME | IMG, Katz oversees all aspects of Human Resources for the company’s partner companies.

After graduating from college, Katz began her career in Marketing at Xerox Corporation. Shortly thereafter, she joined Smith Barney, where she was a municipal bond broker. Katz moved overseas to Australia in 1991 and joined the management consulting company Morgan and Banks. At this juncture, she transitioned her focus from business development to Human Resources. Upon returning to the States, she

joined Warner Bros. as Head of Executive Recruitment.

Katz graduated magna cum laude from Ithaca College with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Speech Communications.

CHARLES HOWARD Charles Howard, Co-Chair, PGA Diversity Committee, is an executive producer with 25 years of knowledge in cross-platform media strategies, graphic web design, production management, analytics, technical & creative writing, presentation design, game development, CMS programs, mobile apps and social media marketing. A product of the Loyola Marymount University MFA program in Film Production, Charles is always looking to expand his toolbox of skills and techniques for engaging audiences. His diverse experience is comprised of writing, directing & producing for feature films, broadcast television and branded corporate media.

Some of his credits include Comic View, Johnny Skidmarks, Spark, Sliders, Pacific Blue, Dead at 21, The Huntress, The X Files, The Seat Filler and Alien III. Currently, Charles is an executive producer of digital content for Inhance Digital, specializing in delivering dynamic interactive experiences across multiple platforms and account management for a number of their fortune 500 clients.

CHERYL BOONE ISAACS Veteran publicist Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the first African American to serve as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, followed the path of her pioneering sibling as a top-tier executive in the Hollywood motion picture industry. Ashley A. Boone Jr. (1939-1994), her brother, had been the most distinguished African American working at several studios, capping his career in 1979 as president for distribution and marketing at 20th Century Fox. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts into a middle class family of four children, Isaacs’ parents stressed academic achievement. Her youthful ambition to become a musical comedy star was discouraged. She graduated from Classical High School in 1967 then moved to California and earned her political science degree in 1971 at Whittier College.

Isaacs entered the film industry in 1977 as a staff publicist at Columbia Pictures working on the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In the 1980s she promoted movies at Melvin Simon Productions directing campaigns for My Bodyguard, The Stuntman, and Love at First Sight; The Ladd Company where she worked on The Right Stuff, Once Upon a Time in America, and Police Academy; and Paramount Pictures where she rose to executive vice president for worldwide publicity. At Paramount in the 1990s she promoted Ghost, Forrest Gump, and Braveheart, among others.

Isaacs joined New Line Cinema in 1997 as president of theatrical marketing, thus becoming the first black woman to head a major studio’s marketing operation, encompassing media buying, publicity, advertising, market research, and product placement. Projects at New Line included Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Rush Hour. Leaving New Line in 1999, she shifted to consulting via her strategic marketing firm CBI Enterprises Inc., working on critically-acclaimed films and box office hits like Spiderman 2, The Artist, Precious, The King’s Speech, and the documentary Tupac: Resurrection.

Isaacs lent her talents to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), serving on its 48-member board of governors starting in 1988. AMPAS, with a

membership composed of nearly 6,000 industry professionals and craftsmen, is widely known for its televised annual Academy Awards ceremony at which “Oscars” are given for cinematic excellence. In 2002, while representing the public relations branch on the board, she began coordinating several Governors Balls where she was responsible for planning the event’s entertainment, décor, and menu.

Isaacs was serving as the board’s vice president when she was elected for a oneyear term as president of AMPAS on July 30, 2013, thus becoming only the third woman and the first African American to hold that position in the 86-year history of the academy. As its 35th president, she indicated her immediate priorities were facilitating member participation, insuring a successful Academy Awards ceremony, and managing the development of a multi-million dollar film museum.

Isaacs, her husband, movie producer Stanley Isaacs, and son, Cooper, live in the Wilshire/Hancock Park area of Los Angeles, south of Hollywood.

COURTNEY ARMSTRONG Courtney D. Armstrong has served as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Business Affairs, Warner Bros. Pictures since April 2014.

In this role, he oversees all day-to-day business and legal aspects of worldwide film acquisition, production and distribution for the studio, including supervising the negotiations of key deals with filmmakers and talent.

During his career at Warner Bros., Armstrong has been involved with several key film projects, including The Dark Knight trilogy, the Academy Award-winning “The Departed,” as well as “Man of Steel,” “Mad Max: Fury Road” and the upcoming “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.”

Armstrong joined Warner Bros. Pictures in 2003 as a Director of Business Affairs, and was promoted to Vice President in 2004 and Senior Vice President in 2007. Before joining Warner Bros., Armstrong spent three years at Walt Disney Pictures as an attorney in the Business and Legal Affairs department of the Motion Picture Group.

He began his career as a litigation associate on the entertainment litigation team at the Los Angeles-based law firm Paul Hastings, LLP. Armstrong is a graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law and holds an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University.

In additional to his professional responsibilities, Armstrong is an Executive Committee Member of the Law Board at Northwestern University School of Law and a member of the Executive Leadership Council.

DAVID P. WHITE David White is the National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator of Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artist (SAG-AFTRA). Prior to rejoining SAG-AFTRA, where he previously served as General Counsel from 2002 to 2006, White was Managing Principal of Los Angeles-based Entertainment Strategies Group LLC, providing consulting services to the entertainment industry. Before joining the executive ranks of SAG-AFTRA, White was a labor and employment attorney at O’Melveny & Myers LLP.

A Rhodes Scholar, White is a graduate of Grinnell College and Stanford Law School.

He is Chair of the Board of the SAG-Producers Pension and Health Plans, a member and former Chair of the Board of Trustees of Grinnell College, and a member and former Vice Chair of the Industry Advancement and Cooperative Fund. He is a trustee of the AFTRA Health and Retirement Funds, a board member of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, the SAG Foundation, The Actors Fund and Volunteers of America–Greater Los Angeles, and he is a member of the Advisory Board of 100 Years. Previously, he served as a Los Angeles Area Commissioner for urban planning and development. He has been a contributing writer for the Los Angeles Lawyer, has been featured in various publications including the Los Angeles Magazine, and has served as a commentator on national and industry publications and radio shows. He has received numerous awards throughout his career, including the John M. Langston Bar Association’s “Attorney of the Year” Award (2014) and the National Bar Association’s “Entertainment, Sports & Art Law Section Attorney of the Year” (2010).

DEBBIE HORI Debbie Hori serves as Senior Vice President, Human Resources for Bunim/Murray Productions, a creator and producer of reality television shows. Hori joined Bunim/Murray in 2008 and oversees the human resources and recruiting functions.

She led the human resources team in process improvement initiatives including the selection, implementation, and integration of human capital information and webbased on-boarding systems. Hori has led her team in designing a new 401(k) plan, training and development projects, performance management initiatives, and has refined programs to ensure that Bunim/Murray is an employer of choice.

Hori is experienced in employment law, benefits, employee relations, performance management, training and development, and is a consultative resource for all levels of employees and executive management. She has a history of consistent top performance in managing a variety of people-related initiatives. Hori is committed to expanding and fine-tuning the tools to identify high potential employees and provide them with opportunities for growth.

Hori is a graduate of California State University, Northridge, and is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources through the Human Resources Certification Institute.

Her professional memberships include the Society for Human Resource Management and the Professionals in Human Resources Association (PIHRA). She was nominated for the San Fernando Valley Business Journal’s 2009 Top Human Resources Professional Award. Hori contributed a chapter to Inside the Minds: Talent Management Strategies, “Creating a Positive Culture for Long-term Success”, Aspatore Publishers. Hori was awarded “2014 Member of the Year” of the Woodland Hills chapter of PIHRA, and served on the organization‘s board of directors as Chair of Programming for several years. Prior to joining Bunim/Murray Productions, Hori oversaw human resources within the mortgage industry.

In her free time, Hori enjoys hiking, traveling, and spending time with her husband, who is a research administrator for UCLA.

JAMILA HUNTER Jamila Hunter has been Vice President of ABC Network Comedy since 2011 and is tasked with overseeing the development and production of new sitcoms. In her first year at ABC, Jamila supervised Tim Allen’s return to network television, “Last Man Standing,” which is heading into its fifth season. She recently worked on critically acclaimed returning series “black-ish” and “Fresh Off the Boat” as well as this year’s new primetime Muppet series and the TV adaptation of “Uncle Buck” starring Mike Epps and Nia Long.

Prior to this post, Jamila was a key member of the creative team that launched The Oprah Winfrey Network and Senior Vice President of Alternative and Digital Programming at NBC. Jamila also served as Vice President of Comedy Development for 20th Century Fox Television and Vice President of Development and Production at Bravo where she was an integral part of the creative team that re-branded the channel and launched seminal shows such as “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” and “Project Runway.” Before her post at Bravo, Jamila was the second executive to join the nascent alternative department at NBC as the team launched iconic series like “Fear Factor,” “The Apprentice,” and “Last Comic Standing.” Prior to donning her VP stripes, Hunter served as Director of Alternative Programs and Director of Movies and Miniseries at NBC. She started her career with NBC’s Olympic Division after graduating from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.

JILL DICKERSON Jill Dickerson, who has served as Vice President of programming and development at OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network since 2009, is a highly respected television executive and producer who has helped launch and oversee a slate of successful programs at the network, including “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s,” “Deion’s Family Playbook” and “Flex & Shanice.” Ms. Dickerson actively collaborates with producers in the development of nonfiction programming, and supervises editorial management of outside production.

Ms. Dickerson brings nearly a decade of experience in reality programming to OWN. Before joining the network, she was consulting producer and head writer for the Sydney, Hollywood and Brooklyn seasons of MTV’s longest running reality series “The Real World,” where she was responsible for developing all storylines and overseeing structure and editing of the groundbreaking show.

Previously Ms. Dickerson served as series producer for TLC’s “Miami Ink,” supervising producer for the hit VH-1 series “My Fair Brady,” co-executive producer on “Venus & Serena: For Real,” the reality series about tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, supervising story producer for the premiere seasons of ABC series “The Bachelorette,” “The Mole," “Love Test” and “Making the Band;" and senior story editor for CBS’ “Big Brother.” Her other work for MTV included “Surf Girls,” which shaped stories about female surf culture and “The Real World: Hawaii” where she got her start as a story editor.

Ms. Dickerson holds an MFA in Culture & Media from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in Social Anthropology from Harvard & Radcliffe Colleges. She is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

JOEY CHAVEZ Joey Chavez is Senior Vice President of Original Programming at TNT. Chavez is responsible for the development of new TNT original series, working with writers, producers and directors on new concepts, scripts and pilots. He also supervises the continued development of greenlit shows as they are being prepared for launch.

Chavez is based in Los Angeles and reports to Sarah Aubrey, executive vice president of original programming for TNT and will work alongside Sam Linsky, senior vice president of original programming.

Chavez joined TNT this summer after serving as vice president of drama development for NBC. During his time at NBC, which began in 2008, Chavez was the primary development executive on The Blacklist, NBC's #1 drama of 2013. He also worked on such series as Parenthood, Revolution, Heroes, the Law & Order franchises and the upcoming drama Shades of Blue, starring Jennifer Lopez. Chavez also worked on Southland, the Peabody Award-winning series that moved from NBC to TNT in its second season. As a result of his success at NBC, he was named to Hollywood Reporter's "Next Gen List: 35 under 35” in 2012.

Chavez began his executive career in 2005 working on current programming at The WB. He followed that with positions at David Janollari Productions and as a schedule and strategy executive at The Style Network/E! Networks and TLC/Discovery Networks.

Chavez graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in cinema-television from the University of Southern California. He also did varied coursework at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He is actively involved in several charities and organizations, including Lambda Legal and The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.

JOY PEÑA Joy Peña is Senior Manager, Organization & Workforce Diversity for the Disney ABC TV Group, where she is responsible for the development, implementation, and execution of all diversity and inclusion initiatives. She oversees strategy and program design in the areas of diversity recruitment, engagement, learning and awareness, metrics and research, and communication across DATG, which is comprised of The Walt Disney Company's global entertainment and news television properties, owned television stations, and radio stations.

Joy began her journey at Disney as a Diversity Consultant at Disney Toon Studios / Walt Disney Animation Studios and eventually moved into a Manager, Diversity Recruitment role at The Walt Disney Studios. Prior to Disney, Joy oversaw community and college relations for Twentieth Century Fox, and for NBCUniversal in both New York and LA. She began her career as a Talent Booking Intern at Late Night with Conan O’Brien and immediately following college, joined the NBC Page Program in NY. Joy also did some production work at The John Walsh Show and Dateline NBC. Joy is a Mount Vernon, New York native with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism from Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. She currently resides in Sherman Oaks, California with her husband and 16-month old daughter.

KALIKO HURLEY Kaliko Hurley manages Special Projects for Fox Audience Strategy, a department of 21st Century Fox launched three years ago to identify programming content and services that are compelling and relevant to increasingly broad audiences. As Special Projects Manager, Ms. Hurley strategizes, designs and executes communityfocused business development initiatives, including the FOX | HBCU Media Alliance, in partnership with the company’s Los Angeles-based entertainment units (filmed entertainment, broadcast television, cable television, Sports and digital media) and external non-profit, government and corporate partners. Ms. Hurley started her career as a freelance attorney where she specialized in entertainment law, assisting up-and-coming Native and Indigenous film and television creative talent (producers, writers and actors), while also practicing in real estate, federal Indian law and general civil litigation. Ms. Hurley earned a bachelor’s degree with honors in Economics from Stanford University and holds a Juris Doctor degree from The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law. KAREN HORNE Karen Horne is Vice President, Programming Talent Development and Inclusion for NBC Entertainment and Universal Television Studios.

Horne, who reports to Jennifer Salke, President, Primetime Entertainment, is responsible for overseeing in-front-of and behind-the-camera primetime diversity efforts for NBC and Universal Television. NBC’s Writers on the Verge Program, the Directing Fellowship Program, NBC’s Stand-Up for Diversity nationwide talent search and the NBCUniversal Short Cuts Film Festival are among the many programs she heads while also overseeing NBC's Diversity Staffing Initiative and working with the creative programming team to identify diverse development.

Horne’s lengthy resume includes a variety of disciplines and contacts. She served as Director, Creative Affairs, at IDT Animation in Burbank. She designed, implemented and oversaw Nickelodeon’s Writer Fellowship Program. Horne also was a Director, Writer Development & Special Projects (as well as Studio Liaison) for the Walt Disney Studios Fellowship Program at Walt Disney Network Television. Previously, she served as Director, West Coast, for the Black Filmmaker Foundation in Los Angeles from 199396.

Horne also worked at HBO in Los Angeles as a Co-producer for the Emmy Awardwinning animated series “Spawn.”

Her early career includes stints at ABC, Inc., in Los Angeles as an Executive Assistant to the President, ABC Entertainment, as well as positions at ABC Television Network Group and ABC Sports.

Horne is currently on the West Coast Board for the School of Communication and Media – Montclair State University and the National Black Programming Consortium.

KIKO WASHINGTON Akihiko (Kiko) Washington serves as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Human Resources, Warner Bros. Entertainment, a post to which he was promoted in January 2009. Warner Bros. is a leader in every aspect of the entertainment industry from feature film, television and home entertainment production and worldwide distribution to DVD and Blu-ray, digital distribution, animation, comic books, product and brand licensing, and broadcasting.

Based at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Washington is responsible for managing the company’s human resources department on a worldwide basis, including organizational planning and development, recruitment, compensation and benefits, employee training and development, employee relations, employee communications, shared services and work-life initiatives. He also works closely with all Time Warner divisions on meeting overall human resources management objectives.

Washington joined Warner Bros. in August 2000 as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Human Resources. He came from parent company Time Warner, where he served as Vice President, Human Resources Planning and International Human Resources Management, working with the human resource professionals across Time Warner’s divisions to create a career development initiative with the objective of guaranteeing that the most talented and diverse pool of candidates was readily available to the company at all times. He also worked to improve Time Warner’s companywide human resources planning efforts to meet the demand caused by, and necessary for, the company’s continued growth.

Prior to joining Time Warner, Washington spent 15 years at Home Box Office, Time Warner’s premium cable television network. As Vice President of Human Resources and Administration, Washington was responsible for overseeing HBO’s human resources planning and organizational development efforts. He was also responsible for the company’s domestic and international staffing, employee relations, training and development and employee communications initiatives.

Washington graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School with a bachelor’s degree in economics. He lives in Santa Monica with his wife, son and daughter.

Washington serves on the Board of Trustees for Mirman School and the boards of United Friends of the Children, First Entertainment Credit Union and the Digital Diversity Network.

MARCELINO FORD-LIVENE Marcelino Ford-Livene is the General Manager of Global Strategic Alliances for Intel’s Diversity and Inclusion Group. In this capacity, he leads the organization charged with designing the framework and strategic plan for identifying and prioritizing winwin strategic alliances, relationships and partnerships with various global industry, government and special interest groups that advance the strategic direction of Intel’s Diversity and Inclusion Initiative.

Prior to this role, Ford-Livene was the General Manger of New Channels and Advanced Advertising for Intel Media, where he lead the organization charged with programming, licensing and distributing new format television channels and advertising-supported video-on-demand programming. He was also responsible for

advertising sales, advertising operations, audience research and data analytics for Intel Media’s OTT services. He also co-authored patents on TV viewership analytics and advanced advertising behavioral targeting. Prior to Intel, he was a senior member of TV Guide’s corporate development and planning team. He has also held senior positions with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in Washington, DC. He served as Special Counsel for New Media Policy for Chairman William E. Kennard and as Senior Counsel and Director of Media Strategic Analysis for the FCC’s Office of Strategic Planning under Chairman Michael Powell.

Ford-Livene was the Division Chairman of the Interactive Media Division for the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries from 2006 to 2013. He also served for eight years on the board of the TV Academy, the organization that awards the prestigious Primetime Emmy for creative excellence in the television industry. He was also the TV Academy’s Board Secretary and a member of its Executive Committee from 2010 to 2013. He is currently the CoChairman of the TV Academy’s Diversity Committee and a founding board member of the Digital Diversity Network. Corporate boards that Ford-Livene has served on include Delivery Agent in San Francisco, CA and TRA Global, which was acquired by TiVo. Ford-Livene earned a B.A. in economics from UC San Diego, a J.D./M.B.A. from the University of Illinois and has completed an Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School.

MARK PEDOWITZ Mark Pedowitz was named President, The CW in April 2011, overseeing all aspects of the network, including programming, sales, marketing, distribution, finance, research, and publicity.

The CW recently concluded its most-watched season in seven years, and launched its most watched series ever in “The Flash.” The CW has continued to change the perception of the network brand among both viewers and critics; the network made more critics’ “best series” lists than ever before in 2014, and with the critical favorite “Jane the Virgin” the network also received major awards recognition for the first time, including an AFI Award, a Peabody Award, and its first-ever Golden Globe Award nominations, and win, for star Gina Rodriguez.

Under Pedowitz’s guidance, The CW has made several bold, transformative moves over the past few seasons, building and broadening out the network’s audience, bolstering its primetime schedule with more original programming, launching the network’s first-ever summer schedule, anchored by the classic improv comedy “Whose Line is it Anyway?” and “Penn & Teller: Fool Us,” and becoming more aggressive in the digital and social media space, especially through its landmark deals with Netflix and Hulu. The CW also launched its digital studio, CW Seed, which last year debuted the “Veronica Mars” spin-off digital series, “Play it Again, Dick,” directed by Rob Thomas and starring Ryan Hansen, and will launch the animated DC Entertainment series “Vixen” later this fall. By the end of 2015, the CW Seed standalone app will be available to an estimated 75 million users.

A veteran network and television studio executive, Pedowitz joined The CW with a strong background in program development, production and business affairs. As President of ABC Studios from 2004-2009, his leadership produced multiple seasons of successful programming that fed the Walt Disney Company's distribution pipelines worldwide, including such hit series as “Lost,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Ugly Betty,” “Castle,” “Army Wives,” “Ghost Whisperer” and “Criminal

Minds.”

Before joining The CW, Pedowitz helmed an independent production banner, Pine Street Entertainment, where he Executive Produced a pilot for Lifetime entitled “Meet Jane.” Another project, “The Crazy Ones,” starring Robin Williams and written by David E. Kelley, for Twentieth Century Fox Studios and CBS, premiered in 2013 on CBS. Prior to joining ABC Studios, Pedowitz served as Executive Vice President, ABC Entertainment Television Group, overseeing all business, production, legal and financial affairs for ABC Primetime and Touchstone Television, as well as business/legal affairs for ABC Daytime and Latenight. He joined ABC in 1991 as Senior Vice President, Business Affairs and Contracts.

Before joining ABC, Pedowitz was Senior Vice President, Business Affairs and Administration, MGM/UA Television Production Group, a position he had held since 1987. From 1985-87, Pedowitz was Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel, The Landsburg Company. From 1980-85, he was Vice President, Business Affairs, Reeves Entertainment.

Pedowitz is currently a board member of BMI; he has also served on the Executive Committee of the board of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and previously was on the board of the Hollywood Radio & Television Society.

Pedowitz began his career in the entertainment industry as an attorney at MCA, Inc. MICHAEL LOPEZ Michael Lopez is the Director Corporate Affairs at HBO and is responsible for corporate contributions, event sponsorships, employee engagement, pro-social campaigns and executive and talent philanthropy. Prior to joining HBO, Michael was the Director Strategic Partnerships and Annual Giving at Film Independent, a nonprofit arts organization championing independent film and filmmakers via Filmmaker Labs, Film Education programs, the Los Angeles Film Festival, Film Independent at LACMA screening Series and the Independent Spirit Awards. He has previously served on staff for various political campaigns, including Kerry Edwards 2004 and has worked as a fundraiser for Rock the Vote, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the UCLA Williams Institute, the Liberty Hill Foundation and the Democratic National Committee.

NELSON DAVIS Nelson Davis is President of Nelson Davis Television Productions and The Making It Institute for the Advancement of Small Business both based in Los Angeles.

He was a programming executive for the NBC TV Network for 4 years, moving from Broadcast Standards on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson to Director of Daytime Programming for the network. Nelson produced the pilot episode of “Jeopardy” for Merv Griffin and revived “Name That Tune” for Sandy Frank Productions. His own production company has won over 30 awards including 4 Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards.

Nelson strongly believes in supporting education at all levels and the use of electronic media to build awareness of educational initiatives in all communities. An example of this was helping create a relationship between American Honda and Historically Black colleges and universities. It took the form of an academic quiz series

for the HBCU community in which Honda rewards schools for their success in the program. Now known as Honda Campus All-Star Challenge the program has been successful for over 20 years.

NIKKOLE DENSON-RANDOLPH Nikkole Denson-Randolph joined AMC Theatres in August 2009 after accumulating more than a decade of business development experience in the entertainment arena. In her current position, Denson-Randolph oversees the strategic development and implementation of AMC’s specialty programming efforts and initiatives, as well as alternative content programming, which includes overseeing AMC’s relationship with Fathom Events. She also settles film rent with independent distributors.

In 2010, Denson-Randolph orchestrated the launch of AMC independent, a highly popular film program designed to provide AMC Theatres’ guests with diverse, creative, on-screen storytelling from around the world as well as socially and culturally relevant stories that represent their very own interests.

Denson-Randolph led the exhibitor negotiations and AMC-exclusive release of the Kevin Hart stand-up comedy film KEVIN HART: LAUGH AT MY PAIN. The film’s success and its theatrically-exclusive distribution model were noted by major industry publications as one of the independent film success stories of 2011. She’s also led negotiations on successful AMC-exclusive releases of MINDLESS BEHAVIOR: ALL AROUND THE WORLD, which opened at more than 100 AMC locations nationwide, and MOOZLUM, which initially opened on just 11 AMC screens and through its success played at 50 AMC locations nationwide. During her tenure at AMC, she has been a featured panelist at the Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Variety Film Marketing Summit and other notable industry events.

Before coming to AMC, Denson-Randolph served as the Director of Business Development for the Starbucks Coffee Company from August 2004 until February 2009, where she fielded, developed, and negotiated music, film and literary offerings for Starbucks Entertainment. Key initiatives included introducing three books which then appeared on the New York Times top 10 Best Sellers list, as well as a partnership with Lionsgate, in which Starbucks was involved with marketing and promotion of AKEELAH AND THE BEE. Prior to her work at Starbucks Entertainment, she served as President of Magic Johnson Entertainment and Magic Hallway Pictures, where she was instrumental in building the corporate infrastructure and promoting the Magic brand to unparalleled heights. As a result of Denson-Randolph’s accomplishments at MJE, Mr. Johnson entrusted her with the responsibility of rebuilding and revitalizing MJE’s entertainment division. In less than two years at the helm, she created a development slate of film and television products that solidified MJE as a player within the entertainment industry. Her savvy, creative management efforts spawned an internal surge straight to the divisions’ bottom line, which grew more than 100 percent from its initial capital investment.

Denson-Randolph earned her bachelor’s from the University of California at Davis. In 1995, she obtained a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from The University of San Francisco, and has been a member of the California State Bar since 1996. She, her husband, John, and their dog, Doodle, currently live in Los Angeles, California. When

not working, she enjoys contributing to EmpowHer.org as a Board Member.

RUBEN GARCIA Ruben Garcia is an Executive at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the world’s leading entertainment and sports agency. Based in the Los Angeles office, Garcia develops internal programs to support the company’s diversity and inclusion strategies, as well as managing partnerships with organizations that are focused on implementing and promoting diversity within the entertainment and sports industries.

In addition, Garcia focuses on campus recruitment, managing relationships with top universities, and overseeing the company’s global internship program.

Prior to joining CAA in 2011, Garcia worked in recruitment at Paramount Pictures and The Walt Disney Company. He currently serves on the advisory board for Camp Kesem at UCLA, a non-profit organization that supports families affected by cancer.

Ruben graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in Sociology.

SHARON LIGGINS Sharon Liggins is an accomplished PR executive with extensive experience navigating the communications landscape at some of the foremost global media companies in the entertainment industry. Currently an independent consultant, she was most recently director, publicity, for NBCUniversal’s Universal Cable Productions, where she oversaw all public relations activities for the studio and its hit series including SUITS, COVERT AFFAIRS, PSYCH, DEFIANCE, WAREHOUSE 13 and EUREKA. A proud California State University, Fullerton, Titan, Ms. Liggins has also held positions at PBS, Creative Artists Agency, Hallmark Channel and the Walt Disney Company/ABC. For the Television Academy, Ms. Liggins has served two terms on the board of governors, representing the Public Relations peer group and co-chaired the Diversity Committee, developing and coordinating events with the mandate of bringing awareness of diverse voices and experiences to Academy members and the industry. She also initiated the idea for the Academy’s first-ever celebration of diverse Emmy nominees, “Dynamic & Diverse,” which is now an annual event. Ms. Liggins is a passionate viewer of a wide variety of film and television content. Mentoring aspiring entertainment industry executives and advocating for diversity within the industry overall are her major priorities.

STEPHEN WONG Stephen W. Wong is Vice President of Fox Audience Strategy at the FOX GROUP which identifies programming, content and services that are compelling and relevant to increasingly broad audiences. Mr. Wong is responsible for establishing and managing strategic partnerships both within and outside FOX to enhance the creative efforts across the company’s west coast divisions. In addition, Mr. Wong is charged with identifying broadcast, cable, digital and film programming opportunities that reflect diverse perspectives and therefore drive ratings and revenue.

Most recently Mr. Wong served as Senior Vice President, Head of Business Development and Operations at Fox LOOK, a company specializing in the

international licensing and production of unscripted programming. In addition to being a business and legal affairs consultant to a variety of companies, including Sony Pictures Television International Productions, Mark Burnett Productions, Fuse Network, Creative Contraband, as well as F/AME, Mr. Wong previously served as Senior Vice President, Head of Business and Legal Affairs and Acting General Counsel at GRB Entertainment, Inc., producers of A&E's Emmy winning show "Intervention," as well as a variety of other programming across all the major cable networks.

Prior to GRB Entertainment, Mr. Wong was a business transactions associate at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, as well as a paralegal at DreamWorks, SKG in the business and legal affairs group for live action and animated features, as well as a paralegal at O’Melveny and Myers in Washington, D.C. Mr. Wong holds a Juris Doctorate from the UCLA School of Law and a B.A. in both Criminal Justice and History from George Washington University.

TALIA ROBINSON Ms. Robinson serves as Vice President of Human Resources for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. She leads all aspects of employee strategy and engagement for the network and digital businesses. As the head of human resources, she is responsible for designing and delivering OWN’s cultural initiatives, talent acquisition strategy, compensation and benefit plans. Ms. Robinson partners with senior management to strategize and develop plans for organizational growth and evolution. She oversees the team of HR specialists and generalists responsible for providing business support and solutions to the award--‐ winning executives in all areas of this dynamic and multi--‐platform media business.

Prior to her work with OWN, Ms. Robinson worked with J. Walter Thompson and PR Talent, performing national and international talent searches for her clients. During her over ten years of talent sourcing career experience, she has represented clients including GCI Group, Burson--‐Marsteller, mPRm, MySpace, Walt Disney Internet Group, and many others.

Ms. Robinson earned her Advanced Bachelor of Arts degree from Occidental College. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband Sean and their two children.

TERY LOPEZ Tery Lopez began her career in the film industry as an assistant to Producers, Moctesuma Esparza and Robert Katz (Selena, Gettysburg, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge). She later went on to work as part of Moctesuma Esparza’s Maya Pictures development team where she produced 13 episodes of the SiTV comedy series, Circumsized Cinema. In 2004 she was Co-Producer on the feature film, Innocent Voices, which went on to be Mexico’s 2005 official entry to the Academy Awards and the winner of the Producers Guild of America’s, Stanley Kramer Award.

And in 2006 she worked as Post-Production Coordinator on the HBO film, Walkout.

Ms. Lopez worked for 4 years as Conference Director for The National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) prior to moving to the Diversity Department of the Writers Guild of America, West.

She received her B.A. in Telecommunications and Film from the California State University at Los Angeles.

TIFFANY SMITH-ANOA’I Tiffany Smith-Anoa’i was named Senior Vice President, Diversity & Communications, CBS Entertainment in March 2015.

Smith-Anoa'i reports to Nina Tassler, Chairman, CBS Entertainment, on new and existing programs that foster diversity across the division, and to Chris Ender, Executive Vice President, Communications, CBS Corporation, for her ongoing CBS Communications activities.

In this position, Smith-Anoa’i will expand upon the division’s current diversity initiatives, as well as develop new programs that recruit, nurture and hire diverse talent to work in front of and behind the camera. In addition, she will serve as the entertainment liaison to multi-cultural coalition groups and provide outreach to agencies, guilds and other industry organizations that represent diverse talent.

Since being appointed Vice President, Entertainment Diversity & Communications, CBS Entertainment in 2009, Smith-Anoa'i created and launched "CBS On Tour," a community outreach program in which executives visit schools to educate and encourage students interested in entertainment careers, expanded the writer selection process for "The CBS Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase," implemented an annual symposium with casting directors to strategize on best practices to diversify the casting process, partnered with GLAAD to host learning workshops and joined forces with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media to encourage roles for women in front of and behind the camera.

In addition to her executive duties, Smith-Anoa’i, who first joined CBS Entertainment in 2000 as a Senior Publicist for primetime series, continues to draw upon her background and talents as a network publicist, leading West Coast efforts on various projects and network specials, including the annual Grammy Awards®.

Prior to her work at CBS, Smith-Anoa’i was responsible for all aspects of publicity and promotions for Image Public Relations, where she took on numerous projects, including organizing the global press outreach for “Sinbad’s Soul Music Festival.”

Preceding her position at Image Public Relations, Smith-Anoa’i worked for NIKE, Inc. where she launched their NIKETOWN stores in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco.

Smith-Anoa’i's community service and charity work includes the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Girl Up and Diamond in the Raw. She also maintains a close relationship with her alma mater, Howard University, where she graduated with honors from the School of Communications. In 2013, Howard University presented her with the “Global Visionary Award” for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity and Communications.

Currently, she resides in her home town of Los Angeles with her husband, Reno J. Anoa’i, and their daughter.

TRACI BLACKWELL Traci Blackwell, Vice President of Current Programs, The CW Network, is among the top African American programming executives in broadcast television and definitely one to watch. Traci oversees the day-to-day production of some of the most buzzedabout shows on television, including breakout hit dramas Hart of Dixie, 90210 and Vampire Diaries. Not only have the series helped to improve the network’s ratings by double-digits in key demos, but the premiere of Diaries was the highest-rated debut in the network’s history. The series’ sought-after young stars have graced major magazine covers from Entertainment Weekly to TV Guide, Seventeen, Nylon, In Style, Cosmo and many more.

Blackwell cultivated her expertise in network TV programming working for UPN. During her stint there, Blackwell worked on the production of several sitcoms, such as The Parkers and Moesha. Traci began her career at UPN as assistant to then-President of Entertainment Tom Nunan, who served as a mentor and encouraged her aspiration to become a current programming executive.

She is passionate about mentoring and shows her strong commitment to grooming the next generation of aspiring television professionals through her involvement with the CBS Diversity Writers Training Program, the Organization of Black Screenwriters, the USC African American Cinema Society and USC’s Graduate Mentoring Program, and other organizations.

Traci is a native of Silver Spring, Maryland. She earned a bachelor's degree in English from Spelman College in Atlanta, GA and did her graduate studies in Communications Industries Management at Emerson College in Boston, MA. VANESSA HOLTGREWE Vanessa Holtgrewe has been an International Representative for the IATSE since 2012, and an Assistant Department Director in the Motion Picture and Television Production Department since 2014. Among other duties, she organizes non-union productions and negotiates contracts for scripted and non-scripted television and internet projects, as well as feature film agreements.

Prior to her career with the union, Vanessa spent a decade as a director of photography and camera operator on documentary features, reality series and competition shows. Her credits include many cable and network shows, including NBC’s The Biggest Loser and The X Factor on FOX. ZOLA MASHARIKI Zola Mashariki is currently Executive Vice President, Head of Original Programming at BET Networks in Los Angeles, CA, where she oversees original programming for both BET and CENTRIC Networks. Prior to BET Networks, Zola spent 15 years at Fox Searchlight, where she began in May 2000 as a production intern and became Senior Vice President in 2008. Ms. Mashariki has been responsible for a number of feature films, including John Madden’s THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (nominated for 2 Golden Globes and a BAFTA), as well as the sequel THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, Sean Durkin’s MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE (nominated for 4 Independent Spirit Awards), Mike Cahill’s ANOTHER EARTH (nominated for 2 Independent Spirit Awards) and I ORIGINS (Sundance award winner), Mark Romanek’s NEVER LET ME GO (British Independent Film Award winner), Sanaa Hamri’s JUST WRIGHT, Kevin MacDonald’s THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

(Academy Award winner, Golden Globe winner, BAFTA winner), George Tillman’s NOTORIOUS, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, Tamara Jenkins’ THE SAVAGES (nominated for 2 Academy Awards), Mira Nair's THE NAMESAKE (nominated for 2 Independent Spirit Awards), Pieter Jan Brugge’s THE CLEARING, Jim Sheridan's IN AMERICA (nominated for 3 Academy Awards, 3 Golden Globes, and an Independent Spirit Award winner), James Ivory's LE DIVORCE, Denzel Washington's ANTWONE FISHER (Independent Spirit Award winner) and Rick Famyiwa’s BROWN SUGAR. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Ms. Mashariki is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School. During her tenure at Harvard, she worked as a research assistant to the late Judge A. Leon Higginbotham and was a Teaching Fellow at Harvard College and Harvard Law School with Professors Cornel West and Roberto Unger. After law school, Zola practiced corporate law at Proskauer Rose LLP in New York and Manatt, Phelps and Phillips LLP in Los Angeles, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and secured transactions. She also worked with the late playwright August Wilson and co-founded the African Grove Institute for the Arts (AGIA), the first national black theatre organization.

Ms. Mashariki has served on the jury for several film festivals, including the American Black Film Festival, Hollywood Black Film Festival and Urbanworld. In addition, she has been a judge for the Final Draft Screenwriting Contest and a mentor in IFP's ProjectInvolve program. She is also a faculty member at the University of Southern California, and in her “free time,” she teaches an Advanced Producing course to the USC graduate film students.

Among her many honors, Ms. Mashariki was included in The Hollywood Reporter’s prestigious “Next Gen” list, as well as Black Enterprise’s “40 under 40”: Next Generation of Women of Power. She has been recognized by the National Association of Black Female Executives in Media & Entertainment with the “Dreamgirl Award." Essence magazine listed her as one of the most powerful African-Americans in Hollywood. In 2012, she was featured in The Dartmouth magazine's five part series profiling successful alumni. Later that year, she was honored by the Black Women Lawyers Association and recipient of their Leadership Award. Most recently, she received the Delta Sigma Theta “Impact” award, the 2014 Special Achievement award from the African-American Film Critics Association, the 2014 Mosaic Woman Trailblazer award and was part of Ebony magazine’s 2014 “Power 100” list.

WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVE ON HBCUs BIOS DR. GEORGE EVERETT COOPER Dr. George Cooper was a Senior Fellow with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, where he reviewed key federal legislative initiatives of significance to HBCUs. Previously, he served four years as President of South Carolina State University. Prior to this service, Dr. Cooper spent 17 years with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, where he provided oversight to programs important to the historically black land grant universities and other minority serving institutions to strengthen research, extension, academic and international programs. He has also served in faculty and administrative roles at Alabama A&M University and Tuskegee University.

Additionally, Dr. Cooper has served on a number of boards and advisory groups, including the Orangeburg (SC) Chamber of Commerce, the National Collegiate Athletic Association Limited Resource Institution Academic Advisory Group, the Council of 1890 Presidents of Association of Public and Land Grant Universities, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture/1890 Task Force.

He received his B.S. degree in Animal Husbandry from Florida A&M University, his M.S. degree in Animal Science from Tuskegee University and his Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition from the University of Illinois –Urbana.

DR. IVORY A. TOLDSON Dr. Ivory A. Toldson is the deputy director, for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Prior to this role, Dr. Toldson served as an associate professor at Howard University, senior research analyst for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, and editor-in-chief of The Journal of Negro Education. He was also contributing education editor for The Root, where he debunked some of the most pervasive myths about African-Americans in his Show Me the Numbers column.

Dr. Toldson has more than 60 publications, including 4 books, and more than 150 research presentations in 36 US states, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Scotland, South Africa, Paris, and Barcelona. He has been featured on MSNBC, C-SPAN2 Books, NPR News, POTUS on XM Satellite Radio, and numerous local radio stations. His research has been featured in The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Root, The National Journal, Essence Magazine, and Ebony Magazine.

Dubbed a leader "who could conceivably navigate the path to the White House" by the Washington Post, one of "30 leaders in the fight for Black men," by Newsweek Magazine, and the "Problem Solver" by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, Dr. Toldson, according to U.S. Secretary Arne Duncan, is "a prolific young scholar and myth buster." According to Capstone Magazine, "Toldson has spent a lot of time traveling across the country talking with teachers about misleading media statistics that invariably either link Black males to crime or question their ability to learn." Dr. Toldson was named in the 2013 The Root 100, an annual ranking of the most influential African-American leaders.

After completing coursework for a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at Temple University, Dr. Toldson became a correctional and forensic psychology resident at the United States Penitentiary. There, he completed his dissertation on Black Men in the Criminal Justice System. Upon completion, Dr. Toldson joined the faculty of Southern University and became the fourth recipient of the prestigious DuBois Fellowship from the US Department of Justice. He also served as the clinical director of the Manhood Training Village. He has received formal training in applied statistics from the University of Michigan, and held visiting research and teacher appointments at Emory, Drexel, and Morehouse School of Medicine.

SEDIKA FRANKLIN Sedika Franklin is a Program Specialist in the office of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (WHIHBCUs). She manages office support related to the implementation of Executive Order 13532. She is responsible for managing the development of program initiatives meant to promote excellence, innovation, and sustainability at HBCUs. Prior to her assignment at the WHIHBCUs, Ms. Franklin served as an Operations Officer, for the U.S. Army’s premier leadership institute for civilians, (Army Management Staff College). In this role, she served as an advisor to senior leadership for operations in support of the administrative and logistical requirements necessary to train Army civilian leaders.

From 2004-2005, Ms. Franklin was an Education Specialist for the United States Marine Corps (USMC). In this role, she was responsible for the implementation of policies and procedures that supported veterans and their family members, and their ability to attain a quality education.

Prior to working for the USMC, Ms. Franklin worked for Prince William County Juvenile Services, as a counselor specializing in adolescent supervision. She provided court ordered assessments and counseling to youth.

Ms. Franklin graduated from Averett University with a Master of Business Administration degree, and from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology.

VALERIE A. MOSLEY Ms. Valerie A. Mosley serves as the Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of Valmo Ventures. Ms. Mosley served as a Partner, Senior Vice President, Investment Strategist, and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Wellington Management Company, LLP from 1992 to 2012. Over a 20 year investment tenure at Wellington Management Company, she personally managed billions in fixed income portfolios for corporate and public pension funds, insurance company general accounts, endowment funds and mutual funds. She served as Chief Investment Officer at PG Corbin Asset Management from 1990 to 1992. She worked in institutional corporate bond sales at Kidder Peabody from 1986 to 1990. She chaired Wellington’s Industry Strategy Group. She has been Director at Dynex Capital Inc., since December 16, 2013. She has been Trustee of Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust, Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund and Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund since January 2014. She has been a Trustee of Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust; Eaton Vance Limited Duration Income Fund; Eaton Vance Ohio Municipal Income Trust; Eaton Vance New York Municipal Income Trust; Eaton Vance Michigan Municipal Income Trust; Eaton Vance Massachusetts Municipal Income Trust; Eaton Vance Pennsylvania Municipal Income Trust; Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Plus Fund; and Eaton Vance New Jersey Municipal Income Trust since January 1, 2014. She has been a Trustee of Eaton Vance National Municipal Opportunities Trust since January 1, 2014. She serves as a Director of Mass Ventures. She was President and Vice President of the student body at Duke University. She was also a member of two of Wellington’s Industry Strategy's key investment strategy groups. She serves on Obama’s Presidential Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the Harvard Women’s Leadership Board for the Harvard Kennedy School, and the Federal Reserve Bank of

Boston Advisory Board for Diversity. She also serves as a Trustee for Wheelock College, and on the Board of Governors of The State of the USA. Ms. Mosley is a founding member of the American Red Cross of Massachusetts Bay Tiffany Circle Society of Women Leaders, and is a founding board member of the National Association of Securities Professionals, Boston Chapter. She speaks frequently on issues related to the economy and investments, personal empowerment and financial literacy. She is also working with high schools to develop a financial education program that can be scaled nationally. She served as President of The Wharton Club of Atlanta. She was honored several times as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business in the country and one of the Top 50 and 75 African Americans on Wall Street by Black Enterprise Magazine. Ms. Mosley received her M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1986 and graduated in 1982 with a B.A. in History from Duke University.

TELEVISION ACADEMY & FOUNDATION BIOS MAURY MCINTYRE Maury McIntyre is a senior executive and specialist in global brand/digital media marketing and entertainment franchise development. He currently leads the Television Academy as President and Chief Operating Officer.

Prior to being named President of the Television Academy, Maury served as Vice President of Digital, overseeing digital initiatives and content development for all Academy activities, including the Primetime Emmy Awards. Maury elevated the Academy's digital presence with an award-winning new website and a major content distribution partnership with Yahoo. His focus on social media tripled the Academy’s reach in that area, and his expansion of the Television Academy’s digital content around the Primetime Emmys helped secure and augment partnerships with companies like Audi, Samsung and Target.

Before joining the Television Academy, Maury was Vice President of Programming and Editorial for Disney Interactive, where he was responsible for site content and development across the entire Disney.com network of sites, including the awardwinning sites for such Disney franchise properties as Cars, Toy Story, Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Disney Princess and Disney Fairies. Under his direction, the company won multiple Webby Awards in 2011 and 2012 for excellence in website design, content and usability, and realized significant growth in online traffic and engagement.

Prior to Disney Interactive, Maury held senior-level leadership roles in brand marketing and franchise development at Tokyopop and Twentieth Century Fox. His efforts for Tokyopop launched a new animated series on Cartoon Network and secured partnerships with Hasbro, Radio Shack, and Best Buy. At Twentieth Century Fox, Maury oversaw global consumer product and franchise marketing programs for all of Fox’s television properties. He was instrumental in the global re-launch of The Simpsons as a major consumer products brand, generating tremendous brand growth with partners such as Kellogg's, Mattel, PepsiCo, and others.

HEATHER COCHRAN Heather Cochran is Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Business Operations at the Television Academy. A senior management professional with more than fifteen years' experience in strategic planning and project management, Cochran previously oversaw planning and operations for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' $400MM film museum, including the project's master planning, economic feasibility, public approvals and strategic communications, as well as most operational functions.

Cochran first came to California in 2000 as the Director of Business Development for the trade publisher Cahners (now Reed Business Information) in the Entertainment, Media, and Communications division. In that role, she evaluated new markets and potential acquisitions and alliances, and performed valuations and analysis of competitors, partners, and future growth. Later, as Director of Development for Variety.com, she analyzed market trends to produce Variety and Variety.com's wireless strategy.

A native of Virginia, Cochran spent four years running the online division of Communications Development Incorporated, a Washington, DC-based media consultancy. In that capacity, she produced web sites for a variety of firms, foundations, nonprofits, and multilateral organizations, including the United Nations, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, National Geographic, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the Benton Foundation.

Cochran received her MBA from the Wharton School of Business, with a focus on operations and information management. She has a BA in literature and economics from Wellesley College. She is also the author of two published novels, MEAN SEASON, and THE RETURN OF JONAH GRAY. BARB HELD Barbra Held is Vice President of Event Production at the Television Academy.

Held oversees the planning and execution of all live events directly produced by the Television Academy: member and peer group events including screenings, panel discussions, receptions and conferences, along with awards shows such as the Television Academy Hall of Fame and Television Academy Honors. She works with production, network and internal Academy teams to coordinate venue logistics and pre-planning for the Emmy® Awards and Governors Ball. In addition, Held will oversee the technical operations and production aspects of the new, state-of-theart theatre and media center currently being built at the Academy’s North Hollywood campus.

Prior to joining the Television Academy, Held was most recently Vice President Events & Marketing for the Australian Government’s G’Day USA program, the largest foreign country promotional campaign held annually in the United States. Among her notable achievements in this position was producing the G’Day USA Gala and televised awards show, an anticipated annual Australian event in the U.S. and a staple in the Hollywood awards season.

Additionally Held served as Associate Vice President, Domestic Marketing at the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau and Special Events Manager at the Los Angeles Times.

NORMA PROVENCIO PICHARDO Norma Provencio Pichardo is Executive Director of the Television Academy Foundation; the charitable arm of the Television Academy, committed to the engagement, advancement, and education of future television leaders as well as preserving the history of television. In this role she is responsible for the strategic and fiscal planning of the organization while managing all daily operations providing oversight and leadership in achieving its mission and financial objectives.

Provencio Pichardo has been integral to the organization’s growth and development increasing its national footprint, forging new strategic partnerships, and challenging conventional thinking along the way. Under her leadership the Foundation has helped thousands of talented students find their voices, refine their skills, and forge rewarding careers in every area of television.

Provencio Pichardo has concentrated on education and mentoring programs in the arts and entertainment industry over the course of her career. Prior to joining the Academy, Provencio Pichardo served as Executive Director for Workplace Hollywood, founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, David Geffen, Kathleen Kennedy, and the Entertainment Industry Foundation, designed to ensure that historically underrepresented and economically disadvantaged communities in Los Angeles could successfully compete for and gain access to jobs and business opportunities in the entertainment industry. She worked closely with the Board of Directors, IATSE and other strategic partners, in the creation of the first ever union Roster Referral Program for below the line opportunities.

Earlier in her career, Provencio Pichardo served as Western Region Vice President of the Emma L. Bowen Foundation, a media diversity initiative, building partnerships, developing strategy, and working closely with corporate entertainment sponsors and strategic partners in creating career pathways for college students.

Prior to that, she was CFO for the Fulfillment Fund, a nationally recognized model mentoring, scholarship and college access program, heavily supported by the entertainment industry, where she was instrumental in catapulting the organization from its startup up status to becoming a multi-million dollar supported organization.

Provencio Pichardo serves on the CSU Chancellor’s Entertainment Industry Council, the CSUF Hispanic Media Program Council, Girl Scouts USA National Board of Directors, and the Alliance for Women in Media Advisory Council. She has been named one of the “Most Powerful and Influential Latinos in Entertainment” by the Imagen Foundation several years in a row, is listed in the book ”Entertainment Power Players”, and has presented on diversity issues at various events including PBS’s Annual Meeting.

KARLA LOOR KITCHEL Karla Loor Kitchel is the Foundation’s Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships and Marketing. She leads the marketing and fund development team and is responsible for building long-term partnerships and philanthropic investments, as well as developing and implementing new marketing initiatives. Karla also oversees Foundation signature events such as the College Television Awards, which recognizes top student television producers and filmmakers, and the Emmys Golf Classic, an annual fundraising initiative. Karla also serves as Senior Director of "A New Destination: The Campaign for the Television Academy,” overseeing the $40 million

fundraising effort to transform the Academy campus and establish a Foundation endowment.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Karla spent several years focusing on institutional advancement in the educational space and gaining in depth experience in organizational development, donor relations, strategic communications and marketing. She was the Director of Development at Rolling Hills Preparatory School, where she was responsible for all aspects of a comprehensive fundraising and communications program. Prior to that, Karla held the role of Associate Director of Donor Relations and Prospect Management at Marlborough School. Her career began in the entertainment industry at the Emma L. Bowen Foundation where she worked in program management and recruitment.

She earned a bachelor's degree from Duke University and a master's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.

NANCY ROBINSON Nancy Robinson is Director, Education Programs for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation. In this capacity, she oversees the Foundation’s highly rated summer Student Internship Program, the Mister Rogers Memorial Scholarship Program, the Visiting Professionals speaker program, the annual Faculty Seminar and the Alumni Program. Nancy is also responsible for building strategic alliances with educational institutions nationwide.

Prior to joining the Foundation’s Education department in 1999, Nancy was Convention Services Manager for a large trade association, planning and executing their annual convention and numerous small meetings across the country. She was also an Awards Consultant with a firm specializing in managing submissions for such companies as the Disney Channel, HBO and FOX. Nancy began her career as the Primetime and Daytime Emmy Awards assistant for the Television Academy.

Nancy is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego with a bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts/Media Production and a minor in Sociology.

EICOP/EXECUTIVE TEMPS BIOS STACY MILNER Stacy Milner is an entertainment industry veteran who has served as the executive assistant to the chairmen of NBC and Paramount Pictures. She is the Founder of Executive Temps, one of the premiere employment agencies exclusively serving the entertainment industry for over 25 years. Milner and her elite team are responsible for recruiting the best and brightest talent to meet the unique needs of the agency’s high profile clients of major motion picture studios and television networks.

Milner’s began her career as an NBC Page prior to assisting the late Brandon Tartikoff, where she witnessed firsthand the maverick programming strategies that led the network to an unprecedented 68 straight wins in the weekly Nielsen’s ratings race. She also served as the executive assistant to Tartikoff’s successor Warren Littlefield, former NBC Entertainment President while serving in a dual capacity as the west coast executive assistant to former Chairman, Robert Wright. After leaving NBC,

Milner joined Paramount Pictures as the executive assistant to former TV Group Chairman, Kerry McCluggage, the progenitor of the studio’s first TV Network green lighting a string of hits for the conglomerate.

Her latest venture, the Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program, is designed to meet the industry’s need and desire to educate, recruit and develop a culturally and ethnically diverse workforce. This innovative pipeline development program brings some of the world’s leading media, entertainment and communication companies to the campuses of Historically Black Colleges & Universities, Hispanic Serving Intuitions as well as diverse student groups on college and university campuses across the country. The success of the program has garnered the attention and support of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges & Universities (WHI-HBCU).

A passionate supporter of diversity and inclusion, paired with her desire to educate and develop future industry leaders, Stacy spends her time training college students, recent graduates and new industry hopefuls on how to successfully navigate a career inside of what she calls, Hollywood’s coveted Inner Circle™. Her passion for training and equipping the next generation is the driving force behind her workshop and book, “Leveraging UP! The key to launching your entertainment career.”

Stacy is an entrepreneur and a highly sought-after professional speaker, lecturer, career strategist and leader in the entertainment and staffing industries.

TED MILNER Ted Milner is president of Executive Temps, the leading employment agency in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, meeting the professional administrative needs of the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is also a former professional baseball player who played with the St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros, California Angels and the Cleveland Indians.

Of his many accomplishments, Milner is proudest of forming Executive Temps with his partner Stacy Milner. Through this full service entertainment employment agency, Executive Temps has placed thousands of administrative and professional personnel in rewarding positions. Utilizing effective management practices, purposeful training for employees and placement of qualified temporary personnel, Ted and Stacy Milner have developed a distinguished clientele list including but not limited to Warner Bros., Disney, DreamWorks, ABC, CW, Cartoon Network, TNT, OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network), The Hub and Hasbro. Under his leadership, Executive Temps has become a highly respected household name in the entertainment industry.

Milner's most recent undertaking is the formation of the Black Baseball Players Association (BBPA), an organization created to acknowledge the contributions of the Negro League Baseball players As President of the BBPA, Milner's mission is to celebrate the past and empower the future. The Game of the Century held in 2002 at Dodger Stadium was the first of many games to be produced in the future. Retired Major League players, Hall of Famers and Negro Baseball League players all convene to provide entertainment, history and education for the crowd participants during The Game of the Century, a full 9-inning baseball game with pre-activities during the culminating week consisting of free youth baseball clinics and opportunities for the fans to meet and greet the players.

In efforts to continuously give back to his local community, Milner's vision to educate

youth about our rich Black American history through baseball clinics and camps is most recently made possible through the not-for-profit Remembering When Foundation of which Milner is the Founder & CEO. The Remembering When Foundation is simply a vehicle to honor the past for the achievements of today while connecting generations of people. Students from elementary to high school ages receive free athletic training, American history lessons from former and current professional athletes and appropriate academic support when they attend the clinics and extended camps sponsored through the Foundation.

Milner, a firm believer in education, holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Organizational Leadership from Biola University. He resides in Burbank, California with his wife and is the proud father of three children.