Advisors
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Scott Z. Burns
SCREENWRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER
Jessa Calderon
ARTIST & ACTIVIST
Leo Cerda
FOUNDER, BLACK INDIGENOUS LIBERATION MOVEMENT
Fanshen Cox
PRODUCER
Lynn Hirshfeld
IMPACT STRATEGIST & AUTHOR OF GIRLS GONE GREEN
Stephanie Dawson
PRODUCER, CO-CHAIR OF PGA GREEN
HUgh Forrest
CHIEF PROGRAMMING OFFICER AT SXSW
Lori Kozlowski
DIRECTOR OF EDITORIAL AT SHONDALAND
Kevin Patel
FOUNDER OF ONE UP ACTION
Favianna Rodriguez
PRESIDENT OF CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER
Scott Shigeoka
CURIOSITY EXPERT & CLIMATE ACTIVIST
Benn Wiebe
PRODUCER & CLIMATE ACTIVIST
PRODUCING TEAM
KAT BARNETTE
Director of Physical Production
ALLISON BEGALMAN
Executive Producer + Co-Founder
WENDY COHEN
Workshop Producer, Climate Mental Health Network
ARIEL DEL CRUZ
ADITI PRADHAN
Technical Producer
KAT EVASCO
Executive Producer
HEATHER FIPPS
Executive Producer + Co-Founder
Director of People + Planet
EMMA LACHANCE
Pitchfest Advisor
REHANA LODGE
Volunteer
EMILY LYON
SARAFINA LUDLOW + JANAE MARABLE
Comedy Writers
JULIAN MOWATT
Volunteer
HALEY MARGOLIN
Volunteer
Associate Producer + Co-Director of Pitchfest
SARAH NEWMAN
Workshop Producer, Climate Mental Health Network
SAMUEL RUBIN
Executive Producer + Co-Founder
JINNY RYANN
Director of Marketing and Social Media
CHERYL SLEAN
Executive Producer
CAROLINE STELLA
Virtual Content Producer
LAUREL TAMAYO
Virtual Programming Coordinator
ALI WEINSTEIN
Executive Producer, Co-Founder, Co-Director of Pitchfest
JACKSON XIA
Website Producer
KAREN ZHANG
Volunteer
About Young Entertainment Activists
Young Entertainment Activists (YEA!) knows that the content produced in Hollywood influences global culture. If we want that content to have a positive cultural impact, we need to engage the people who make it in their own professional language. We are an activist hub and creative production studio in the entertainment industry, organizing young media professionals and equipping them to transform our industry, lend their talent to critical social change, and ultimately change the stories that shape our culture.
About YEA! Impact
YEA! Impact is a social impact agency rooted in the power of grassroots community-organizing and storytelling. Our top issue areas include environmental justice, intergenerational action and intersectional storytelling.