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Bonnie Abaunza (Executive Director for Artist Relations - Amnesty International & Member of NALIP Steering Committee)

George Acogny
(Music Supervisor - "Resurrection Blvd.")

Jorge Aguirre
(Video Artist)

Alex Rivera
(Video Artist)

Lalo Alcaraz
(Pocho Magazine)

Cathy Anderson
(San Diego Film Commission)

Ruben Apodaca
(Animator & Animation Instructor)

Paola Avila
(Deputy Chief of Staff for the Mayor of San Diego)

Esperanza Barajas
(Media Artist)

Norberto Barba
(Director - "Resurrection Blvd.")

Larry Becsey
(Co-Founder - Becsey, Wisdom, Kalajian)

John Behring
(Director - "Resurrection Blvd.")

Luca Bentivoglio
(Program Manager - Latino Public Broadcasting)

Matthew Breen
(Programmer - Austin Film Festival)

Karen Buller (President & CEO - National Indian Telecommunications Institute)

Kristy Byrd (Festival Programmer - Slamdance)

Colin Callender (President - HBO Films)

Suzanna Camejo (Suzanna Camejo & Associates)

Albert Castañeda

Vince Cheung (Writer - “Steve Harvey Show")

Calixto Chinchilla
(Executive Director - New York International Latino Film Festival)

George Cisneros (Media Artists and Principal Partner of DCCI & Member of NALIP Steering Committee)

Karen Constine (Film California First)

Gerry Daley (Counsel, Member Services - WGA)

Douglas Darfield (Sr. V.P of Hispanic Services - Nielsen Media Research)

Nancy De Los Santos (Producer/Writer/Director - THE BRONZE SCREEN)

Debbie Denise (Vice President & Producer - Sony Pictures Imageworks)

Greg Derochie
(Writer/Director)

Alberto Dominguez (Director/Producer - THE BRONZE SCREEN)

Maria Escobedo (Director - Rum & Coke)

Moctesuma Esparza (Producer -
Price of Glory & Member of NALIP Steering Committee)

Paul Espinosa (Filmmaker & President of Media Arts Center San Diego)

Alberto Ferreras (Executive Producer of HBO Latino’s On Air Promotions)

Mike Fischler (Independent Producer)

Todd Fluhr (Adjunct Faculty - Digital Animation Academy at Victor Valley College)

Hector Galán (Director/Producer)

Carolina García-Aguilera (Author - Lupe Solano mysteries)

Greg Gilpatrick (Producer/Designer)

Yvonne Gómez (SURCO)

Sonja González (Writer and Director)

Vangie Griego (Independent Documentary Producer & Member of NALIP Steering Committee)

Javier Grillo Marxuach (Producer, Sci-Fi Channel series "The Chronicle")

Michael Harpster (Distributor - Caliente Media)

Cheryl Head (Director of Outreach & Diversity - CPB)

Lorie Hope (Latino Filmmaker Showcase - Showtime Networks Inc.)

Halfdan Hussey (Founder - CineQuest)

Cristina Ibarra (Filmmaker - WWW.SUBCINE.COM)

Lillian Jiménez (Director/Producer)

Irma Kalish (Board of Directors - Writers Guild of America)

Bob Katz (Producer - INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE)

Emilio Kauderer (Composer)

Patrick Kwiatkowski
(microcinema.com)

Gina Lamb (Educator/Media Artist)

Kasi Lemmons (Actress, Director and Writer)

Dennis Leoni (Executive Producer -
Resurrection Blvd.)

Deborah Leoni
(Independent executive producer and writer)

David Liu (Executive In Charge of Program Development - ITVS)

Mark Lloyd (Executive Director - Civil Rights Forum on Communications Policy)

Ana López (Media Artist)

Angel Dean López (Writer - "Judging Amy")

Cynthia López (Communications Director - P.O.V. & Chair of NALIP Steering Committee)

Michael de Lorenzo (Director - "Resurrection Blvd.")

Mike Lucas (Victor Valley Community College)

Elba Luis-Lugo (Muvi Films, Inc.)

Paula Madison (NBC)

Nancy Malone (Director - "Resurrection Blvd.")

Roberta Margolis (CEO - Runway)

Poli Marichal (Artist and Filmmaker)

Ivy Martin
(Account Executive - Time Warner Communications, Advertising Sales)

Beni Matías
(NALIP Steering Committee)

Ricardo Mendez Matta

Jim Mendiola (Director - Come and Take It Day)

Cara Mertes (Exec. Producer - P.O.V.)

Sylvia Morales (Director - "Resurrection Blvd.")

Mylène Moreno (Director/Producer)

Pepe Moreno (Founder - Digital Fusion Inc.)

Elizabeth Moseley (SAG)

Frances Negrón-Muntaner (Filmmaker -
Brincando el Charco & Member of NALIP Steering Committee)

Spencer Neuman (ABC)

Alex Nogales (National Chair - National Hispanic Media Coalition)

Chon Noriega (Professor - U.C. Los Angeles & Treasurer of NALIP Steering Committee)

Edward James Olmos (Actor - American Family)

Lupe Ontiveros (Actress - SELENA)

George Ozuna (North East School for the Arts, San Antonio)

Edwin Pagán (Filmmaker/Activist)

Sandra Pérez (Executive Director - AHA! & Member of NALIP Steering Committee)

Jorge Pinos (Sr. V.P. - William Morris)

Mark Polish & Michael Polish (Producer/Directors of JACKPOT)

Gene Pompa (Comedian)

Santiago Pozo (President - The Arenas Group)

Susan Racho (Producer/Writer/Director - THE BRONZE SCREEN)

Rick Ramirez (Phil Roman Entertainment)

Peter Rawley (Partner - EKR Strategies)

Alex Rivera (Video Artist)

Pedro Rodriguez (Producer AMORES PERROS & Partner at Nu-Vision)

Tina Rodríguez (Media Artist)

Phil Roman

Rachel Rosen (Director of Programming - IFP Los Angeles Film Festival)

Randy Ross (Native American Distance Learning)

Pablo Rovito (FIPCA)

Paul Santana (APA)

Paul Saucido (TV Host, Music Writer - "LATV Live")

Rommy Schneider (SAG)

Corey Sienega (Vice President of Production for David Kirschner Productions)

Kristine Sorenson (Media Artist/Educator)

Josie Thomas (CBS)

James Tocher (General Manager - Digital Film Group Inc.)

Esteban Torres (Congressman)

Ela Troyano (Director, Writer and Producer)

John Valadez (Producer - Matters of Race)

Jeff Valdez (Sí TV)

David Valdés (Producer - The Green Mile)

Jerry Velasco (President - Nosotros)

Camilo Vila (Director - "Resurrection Blvd.")

Victor Villaseñor (Author - The Rain of Gold)

Maria Christina Villaseñor (Assistant Curator of Film and Media Arts - Guggenheim Museum)

Chuck Warn (Assistant Executive Director - DGA)

Adam Watkins (Director - Computer Graphic Arts Department at the University of the Incarnate Word)

Karen Watson
(Interactive/New Media Project Development Officer, Corporation for Public Broadcasting)

David Weinstein
(Senior Program Officer - National Endowment for the Humanities)

Jonathan Westover (Gage Group)

Holly Willis (ResFest)

Mitsy Wilson
(Fox Broadcast Company)

Esteban Zul (Pocho Magazine)