Meet the Team
STAFF | BOARD of Directors | CREATIVE WORKFORCE ADVISORY BOARD
STAFF
Executive + Development + Admin
Jaime Zavala
Executive Director
Lynn Warshafsky
Founding Director
Karen Kiss
Director of Institutional Giving
Eric Wang
Director of Operations
Melanie Deas
Media Assistant
Media Arts Education + Mentoring Programs For Youth
Alanna Styer
Director of Education
Annalise Peralta
Program Intern
Aminata Diop
Programs Outreach and Opportunities Coordinator
Camila De Luna
Administrative and Development Associate
Center for Creative Workforce Equity
AJ Amiri
Director
Brigid McCaffrey
Senior Lead Artist
Ziyao Liu
Teaching Artist
JJ Tolibao
Teaching Assistant
MEDIA ARTS EDUCATION + MENTORING TEACHING TEAM
Lead TEACHING ARTISTS
Jennifer Browne
Photography
Lismary Escamilla
Illustration
Makeda Flood
Multimedia
Coffee Kang
Photography
Ella de Buck
Multimedia
Sammy Lamb
Film + Animation
Mengxi Yang
Animation
TEACHING Assistants
Katherine Santos
mentors
Aline (Allegra)
Augustin Miller
Claudia Eller
Daniel Leon
Dave Derby
Eliot Charof
Ian Smith
Katrina Edelen
Kelly Fogel
Kurt Simonson
Mike Cersocimo
Misha Mehta
Nicholas Fadely
Romina Estrada
Saul Lopez Hernandez
Juliet Johnson
Multimedia
CJ Calica
Photography
Kayla Leon
Joshua Corbin-Tomlinson
Liam Pinno
Isabel Li
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ruth Seroussi, J.D.
President
Development Director
The Public Interest Network
Steven Oritt
Vice President
Producer, Director
Michael Cannone
Secretary / Treasurer
Senior Partner
Westmount Asset Management
Claudia Bartlett
Owner, photo l.a.
Moze Cowper
Managing Partner, Cowper Law, LLP
Kavi Fulena
Financial Advisor
Merrill Lynch
J-T Ladt
Head of Digital Strategy, Illumination
Brandon C. Williams
Senior Vice President, Universal Talent Development & Inclusion (UTD&I) for NBCUniversal Studio Group (NBCUSG)
John Nguyen
Executive Producer
RSA Films
Matt Ogens
Filmmaker, Commercial Director
board member emeritus
V. Joy Simmons, M.D.
Member Emeritus
In memoriam
Mark Swope
May 14, 1953 - December 19, 2016