National Advisory Board

JJ Abrams, Writer, Director, Producer – Bad Robot

Mikkel Bondesen, Founding Member YSF, President & CEO Fuse Entertainment

Troy Carter, Atom Factory

Paul Cummins, CEO, New Visions Foundation

Brad Falchuk, Founding Member YSF, Co-Creator GLEE

Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles City Council

Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, CEO, The Gotham Group

Gary Knell, President and CEO, NPR

Norman Lear, Writer & Producer

Rob Mandel, Founding Partner, The Management Group

McG, Director

Jamie Tarses, Producer

Matthew Weaver, MediaWeaver 

Richard Weitz, Partner, WME Entertainment

Entertainment Advisory Board

Kevin Arnovitz, ESPN

Matt Bakal, Mandate Pictures

Stefanie Black, IAMA Theatre Company

Sam Brown, New Line Cinema

Corey Double, MTV

Eric Friedman, Creator, Disney XD’s CRASH & BERNSTEIN

Eileen Gibson Funke, The Writer’s Junction

Kenny Goodman, The Schiff Co.

Paul Grellong, Writer, NBC’s REVOLUTION

Jeannine Hamaoui, YALA

Peterson Harris, Penguin Books

Alison Haskovec, Independent Producer

Michael Karsh, Digital Content

Jeannie Koenigsberg, HBO

Robert Munoz, HBO

Steven Puri, The Cobra Snake

Brad Saunders, HBO

Sarah Stephens, The Agency Group

Lis Rowinski, Fake Empire

Sheryl Tirol, Walden Media