Archive for Profile Category: Leadership Lab 2015

As Director of Programs and Community Engagement at Portland's Hollywood Theatre, Justen develops innovative media arts programming centered around engagement and access.

Marlene has worked as a museum professional, media producer, professor, and distribution executive for three decades at many cutting edge organizations including Women Make Movies, The Cinema Guild, Antenna Audio, and Third World Newsreel. She is currently the senior manager of the Uris Education Center and Educational Media at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, an adjunct professor in the Communications department at The College of New Rochelle’s DC37 campus, and a distribution consultant and board member at Third World Newsreel.

Jessica is a producer and communications strategist dedicated to leveraging the power of stories to break stereotypes and challenge structural inequalities. She is the Director of Communications at Just Vision, an organization that creates documentary films and multimedia to support Palestinian and Israeli grassroots efforts to end the occupation and build a future of freedom and equality.

Sean has worked as a producer, cinematographer, festival programmer, and researcher—always animated by a passion for the documentary form and its continuous evolution. He is currently the Director of the Points North program at Camden International Film Festival, which includes an annual industry forum, fellowship, retreat program, and pitch sessions for documentary filmmakers.

John is an educator, multi-media artist, facilitator, musician, and Brazil Country Director for The Lion Shade Group. His area of expertise includes group process facilitation, intercultural communication and global project management with a focus on mediating manifestations of conflict by creating conditions conducive to uproot its causes over the long term.

Jade is a writer, book publisher, teaching artist, arts administrator, producer, community folklorist, photographer and author of ON BEING FAT, BLACK AND FEMALE. Founder of Iman Books, she made Harlem history by publishing SIGNIFYIN' HARLEM literary journal (2002-2004), the first literary journal of Harlem artists since the famed Fire!! (1926)—published by Wallace Thurman, Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.

Mary leads development efforts at American Documentary POV ("Point-of-View"), the Emmy-award winning PBS documentary series with major funding from PBS, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, from private institutions such as the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and from private individuals.

In his position as Manager of Youth and Family Programs at Crispus Attucks Association, Jamiel for twelve years served and was responsible for a variety of tasks including managing after-school and summer programs, professional and leadership development, youth and family workshops, and various community service projects. Earlier this year, Jamiel’s colleagues on the YouthBuild National Alumni Council elected him as their President. As a Rising Star award recipient in his community, Jamiel currently serves as a committee member for the York City General Authority Commission, NAACP, Ancestors Dream Organization, and Helping Offer Options and Directions, LLC.