Katie Couric is an award winning journalist, producer, New York Times bestselling author, cancer advocate, podcast host and documentary filmmaker. She was co-anchor of the Today Show on NBC for 15 years before going to CBS and becoming the first woman anchor of a nightly news broadcast. After CBS, Katie moved to serve as the Global News Anchor at Yahoo News, where she interviewed prominent political and cultural figures as well as covering breaking news.

Geralyn Dreyfous has a wide, distinguished background in the arts, extensive experience in consulting in the philanthropic sector, and participates on numerous boards and initiatives. She is the Founder and Board Chair of the Utah Film Center, a non-profit that curates free screenings and outreach programs for communities throughout Utah. 

In 2007, she co-founded Impact Partners Film Fund with Dan Cogan, bringing together financiers and filmmakers so that they can create great films that entertain audiences, enrich lives, and ignite social change. Since its inception, IP has been involved in the financing of over 70 films. Geralyn is also a founding member of Gamechanger, the first for-profit film fund dedicated exclusively to financing narrative features directed by women.

Geralyn's independent executive producing and producing credits include the Academy Award winning Born Into Brothels; Emmy nominated The Day My God Died, Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning The Square, Academy Award nominated and Peabody Award winning The Invisible War, and multiple film festival winners such as Miss Representation, Meet the Patels, Anita, In Football We Trust, The Hunting Ground, Dreamcatcher, Alive Inside, Bending the Arc, STEP, The Judge and Be Natural.  Geralyn has been recognized by Variety and the International Documentary Association for her significant contribution to documentary filmmaking.

Ted Haddock serves as President of The Edward E. Haddock Jr. Family Foundation, which invests in the work of social justice and environmental stewardship. Haddock established Common Pictures, a filmmaking arm of the Foundation, to engage pressing social issues by elevating stories that humanize relationships and shape how we see. He served as Producer for Long Time Coming: A 1955 Baseball Story exploring the journey of two men who participated in the first racially integrated Little League game in the Deep South and what it means today. Ted and Common Pictures are currently producing several films that engage stories of refugees, peacemaking in the Middle East, healing the racial divide in the United States and critically endangered animals in Florida.

Ted spent ten years as Director of Photography for International Justice Mission where he provided a global voice for survivors of human rights abuses and helped to brand the organization in its formative years. Haddock received his MFA in Photography from Indiana University and his BA from Furman University. He serves on the boards of The Nature Conservancy – Florida Chapter, Institute for Sport and Social Justice, The Human Trafficking Institute based in Washington, DC and is President of the Board of Trustees for Orlando Land Trust.

Having held management posts at top-tier distributors such as Alliance Films, Phase 4 Films and THINKFilm,  David Hudakoc launched levelFILM in 2013 and oversees all day to day activity of the upstart Toronto-based independent outfit. Having lead North American marketing efforts for award-winning films such as Academy-Award® winner Born into Brothels, JCVD and The Aristocrats,  as well as high profile Canadian releases for The Hunger Games, Looper, The King’s Speech, and Inglourious  Basterds, Hudakoc brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to levelFILM’s operations, as well as deep-rooted relationships across the entertainment industry.

From his start in life as a child soldier in the war-torn region of Southern Sudan in the early 1980s, Emmanuel Jal has come through a huge number of struggles during his life to become a successful and acclaimed recording artist and peace ambassador. In 2008, a feature documentary on his life was released, titled WARCHILD winning 12 prestigious film festival awards worldwide. His autobiography of the same name was published the same year. Emmanuel has released five award-nominated studio albums, and has collaborated and performed alongside artists such as Peter Gabriel, Nelly Furtado, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, and Alicia Keys. Emmanuel co-starred with Reese Witherspoon in the film THE GOOD LIE, which tells the story about the journey of four young Sudanese refugees who win a lottery for relocation to the United States. Emmanuel also appeared as the adult lead in AFRICA UNITED. Jal has received numerous awards for his peace efforts in South Sudan, including recognition from Ban Ki Moon at the UN.

A friend’s story brought Mary Beth into the world of documentary filmmaking. What started with a desire to tell her friend’s story, became a true passion for Mary Beth. Striving to bring individual stories of redemption, hope, and truth to the world, she has produced a number of documentary films. Mary Beth is currently a Producer and Executive Producer on JUMP SHOT: The Kenny Sailors Story (featuring NBA All Stars Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Dirk Nowitzki) and a Producer of UNFORGIVABLE/Imperdonabile. She also served as an Executive Producer on TOWER, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival and won the Critics Choice Award for “Most Innovative Documentary;” TOWER was also awarded the 2018 Emmy for "Best Historical Documentary." In 2016, Mary Beth was an Associate Producer for MAMA RWANDA, directed by Laura Waters Hinson. In 2015, she Associate Produced IMBA MEANS SING, and in 2014, she produced RETURN TO MOGADISHU: REMEMBERING BLACK HAWK DOWN, a documentary short featuring 1996 Army Best Ranger Jeff Struecker.

Pat Mitchell is known for her leadership in the media industry as a CEO, producer and curator. Her career has focused on using media as a force for social change, with a special emphasis on the representation of women’s voices and stories.

Mitchell partners with the TED organization to co-curate and host an annual global TEDWomen conference. Mitchell also advises foundations and corporations on issues of women’s empowerment and leadership development as well as media and governance. She is the chair of the Women’s Media Center and Sundance Institute boards, a founding board member of V-Day, a member of the board of the Acumen Fund, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

The first woman president and CEO of PBS, she most recently served as president and CEO of the Paley Center for Media; she is now a senior adviser to the organization. Mitchell is also the former president of CNN Productions, where she executive produced hundreds of hours of documentaries and specials, which received 35 Emmy Awards and five Peabody Awards.

She was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame in 2009, named one of the Most Powerful Women in Hollywood by Hollywood Reporter and featured in Fast Company’s special report, The League of Extraordinary Women: 60 Influencers Who Are Changing the World.

Mitchell is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English literature (watch the 2012 commencement address she gave at her alma mater). She has taught at the University of Georgia, Virginia Commonwealth University, and at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics.

More Productions is a creative production agency that focuses on feature films, documentaries, staged performances, concerts & graphic novels that are catalysts for conversation. Mark Rodgers has served as an Executive Producer for films such as THE TICKET starring Dan Stevens & WAITING FOR THE MIRACLE TO COME starring Willie Nelson, as well as the off-Broadway production of Babette’s Feast. His firm was invested in Martin Scorsese’s SILENCE. Mandi Hart is a filmmaker and attorney with a background in screenwriting & documentary production. Together, they have launched a new graphic novel & comic startup called Cave Pictures Publishing.

Evoke Media is the media arm of the Sabrina Merage Foundation which has been working since 2008 with the intention of building bridges between diverse societies through partnerships and collaborations nationwide. She is passionate about promoting religious, cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity through partnership initiatives, film, grassroots campaigns, and more. Sabrina focuses much of her philanthropic efforts on uniting communities and paving the way for individuals from diverse backgrounds to connect, teach, and learn from one another. She is also the creator and co-host of the podcast Breaking Glass, which is a series of conversations with the global voices who are pushing gender barriers and changing the narrative for women everywhere.

Stephen Nemeth formed and heads up Rhino Films, the independent film company that originated as a division of iconoclastic record label Rhino Records. He has produced and executive produced dozens of films including THE SESSIONS, C.O.G., FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE, RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH, SPACEMAN and the upcoming FEAR AND LOATHING IN ASPEN. Nemeth's documentary credits include DOGTOWN AND Z BOYS, WARDANCE, FUEL, ROBERT WILLIAMS MR. BITCHIN’, GOOD FORTUNE, LOGAN’S SYNDROME, KISS THE GROUND, 137 SHOTS and HIGHER LOVE. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and on the board of numerous non-profit organizations including Friends of the Earth and the International Documentary Association.

Brenda Robinson is an entertainment attorney whose law practice focuses on intellectual property and entertainment matters on behalf of clients in the music, film, and television industries. Brenda is a graduate of the University of Michigan, obtained a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and obtained a certificate in Business and Public Policy from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. Brenda is a co-founder of Gamechanger Films and a proud member of The Recording Academy. She currently sits on the boards of Chicken & Egg Pictures and the International Documentary Association (IDA) and is a member of the Women at Sundance Leadership Council.

Brenda was most recently an equity investor on the Academy Award®-winning documentary Icarus as well as Won’t You Be My Neighbor and Bathtubs Over Broadway. She is an executive producer on numerous projects including United Skates, alongside executive producer John Legend; The Great American Lie, by director Jennifer Siebel Newsom; Jump Shot: The Kenny Sailers Story, alongside executive producer Steph Curry; and CLARKSTON, alongside executive producer Katie Couric.

Patty Quillin is the Director of Meadow Fund, a donor-advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Patty strongly believes that everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive in healthy, just, and sustainable communities. This vision has guided her philanthropic work for the past 25 years in a broad range of fields, from the environment and sustainable food systems to criminal justice reform and empowering women and girls. Patty is inspired by the passion of filmmakers in their mission to educate audiences and galvanize change. She is a patron of Sundance Institute and Chicken & Egg Pictures, and is a member of Impact Partners.

Regina K. Scully is the Founder and CEO of Artemis Rising Foundation, an organization dedicated to transforming our culture through media, arts, and education. She has produced over 200 documentary films focused on some of the most pressing social justice issues of our time—gender-parity, the achievement gap, and trauma recovery. Scully is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning and Academy-nominated producer. Her films include Miss Representation (2010), The Invisible War (2012), Anita: Speaking Truth To Power (2013), FED UP (2014), The Hunting Ground (2015), Newtown (2016), Eagle Huntress (2016), Dolores (2017), One Of Us (2017), Won’t You Be My Neighbor (2018), The Biggest Little Farm (2019), The Great Hack (2019), This Changes Everything (2019), and Fantastic Funghi (2020). Scully is the Founding Sponsor of the Athena Film Festival (NYC), which highlights women in filmmaking. She is also the co-founder of Making Waves, a public charter school in Northern California, serving low-income students to develop the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to pursue a life of opportunity and purpose.

Caroline Tucker has a professional background in Agency Marketing and Advertising and Magazine Publishing Sales. After settling in Atlanta to raise her family, Caroline shifted her focus to community service and advocacy by serving on numerous advisory boards in the arts arena (The MC Carlos Museum at Emory, the Atlanta Ballet, Georgia Shakespeare), and more recently, in the youth advocacy areas through her work with GCAPP (Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential). As a theater and music enthusiast, Caroline looks to art and media as a means to raising awareness and action to create and promote change. She has experience in fundraising, and importantly, in bringing together passionate advocates to promote projects that make a difference.