2025 MENTORS
ADAM NEUHAUS
Founder | Neuhaus Ideas
AMELIA HANIBELSZ
Former Exec Dir of Development | Founder | ABC News Studios
CELIA AU
Actress | Filmmaker
FRANCIE CALFO
Producer
HELEN CHO
Director | Producer | Showrunner
JOSEPH PATEL
Producer | Director | Writer | "Summer Of Soul"
LINDA G. KNOWLTON
Emmy-Nominated Producer & Director
MICHELLE RAIMO KOUYATE
Former President | Sony Pictures Animation
SHARLA SUMPTER BRIDGETT
SVP Film & TV | Chernin Ent.
ALEX KIM
VP of Development | Monkeypaw
BECCA RODRIGUEZ
Manager | Grandview
CHELSEY LORA
Screenwriter
GABE WHALEY
CEO | Founder | MSCHF
IJEOMA OLUO
Writer | Speaker | Internet Yeller
JUST BLAZE
Director of Music & Culture | Hip Hop Producer
MARCELLE KARP
Editorial/Creative Director | Brand Strategist | Marketing Magnet
NICOLE HARJO
SVP Development | Paramount
SOPHIA CHANG
Storyteller | The Baddest Bitch in the Room
ALEX TSE
Screenwriter | Xen Diagram Media
BETH OSISEK
VP of Content Development | Hulu
CHRISTINA VOROS
Cinematographer | Director | Producer | Screenwriter
GBENGA AKINNAGBE
Activist | Actor | Entrepreneur
ILEANA DIEZ
Brand Strategist | Roc Nation
KATHRYN TYUS-ADAIR
SVP Original Programming | Starz
MAUREEN POLO
Head of Direct-To-Consumer | Hello Sunshine
ROBERT KESSEL
Former EVP of Narrative Film | Participant
VANESSA ANGIULI
Sr Director A&R | Interscope
ALICE GU
Director | Cinematographer | Photographer
BRUCE COHEN
Producer | American Beauty
CRISTINA CHAVEZ
VP of A&R | Universal Music Publishing Group
GIGI CAUSEY
VP of Production | FX Entertainment
JACQUE COFER
Executive Producer
KIM WILLIAMS
Casting Executive | Casting Director | Producer
MELINDA HSU
Writer | Producer | Showrunner
SAMANTHA MILITANTE
Director | FX
W. KAMAU BELL
Comedian | Host | Executive Producer
ALIX TYLER
Creative Director | Creative Strategist | Instagram + Facebook
CABRINA QUESADA
VP TV | Heyday
DEMANE DAVIS
Television Director | Producer | Filmmaker
GRACE TRAN
Director of Global Series | Universal International Studios
JOEY BADA$$
Rapper | Actor | Philanthropist | Pro Era Records, Badmind Records
LENNON PARHAM
Actor, Writer & Director
MELISSA ROSENFIELD
Founder | IFP Communications
SARAH HARDEN
CEO | Hello Sunshine
YOUNG GURU
Record Producer | Executive | Engineer