The Prenups are culled, in great part, from the experiences, creativity, lessons learned, cautionary tales, successes and/or hard work of these smart people:
Special Consultants
Jon Funabiki San Francisco State University (formerly Ford Foundation)
Gordon Quinn, Kartemquin Films
Claire Aguilar, ITVS*
Danny Alpert, Kindling Group
Macky Alston, Auburn Media
Pat Aufderheide, American University Center for Social Media *
Diana Barrett, The Fledgling Fund
Linda Blackaby, San Francisco Film Society*
Kevin Bolduc, Center for Effective Philanthropy
Courtney Bourns, Grantmakers for Effective Philanthropy*
Ellen Bruno, Bruno Films
Denis Chicola, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Dan Cogan, Impact Partners
Adam Coyne, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Alyse d’Amico, Center for Effective Philanthropy
Paco de Onis, Skylight Pictures
Helen De Michiel, 30 Leaves Production
Tina DiFeliciantonio, Naked Eye Productions Ltd.
Geralyn Dreyfous, Impact Partners
Brian Duss, Bread for the World
John Esterle, The Whitman Institute
Chelsea Farley, Public/Private Ventures
Leslie Fields-Cruz, National Black Programming Consortium*
Elliot Greenberger, See3 Communications*
Alison Hanold, Center for Social Media – American University*
Cheryl Head, Consultant (formerly Corporation for Public Broadcasting)
Tony Heriza
Sandy Herz, Skoll Foundation
Krisana Hodges, The Law Office of Krisana M. Hodges
Michael Hoffman, See3 Communicaitons*
Kristi Jacobsen, Catalyst Films
Jan Jaffe, GrantCraft*
Jeremy Kagan, Change Making Media Lab*
Steve Kelban, Andrus Family Fund
John Killacky, The San Francisco Foundation
Michael Kirchberger, SOUND
Larry Kirkman, American University School of Communications
Thomas Layton, Gerbode Foundation
Tod Lending, Nomadic Pictures, Inc.
Wendy Levy, Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC)*
John Lightfoot, California Council for the Humanities
Leslie Medine, On the Move
Karla Miller
Holly Minch, Consultant
Joy Moore, Media Consultant, (formerly Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Alyce Myatt, Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media
Stanley Nelson, Firelight Media
Brian Newman, Tribeca Film Institute
Matt Nisbet, American University School of Communication
Luis Ortiz, Latino Public Broadcasting*
Frances Reid, Iris Films
Belinda Reyes, San Francisco State University and Public Policy Institute of California
Jessica Schwartz, Wallace Foundation
Michael Schwarz, Kikim Media
Robert Sherman, Action Center to End World Hunger (formerly Surdna Foundation)
Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, Specific Pictures
Andrea Torrice, Torrice Productions
Bruce Trachtenberg, The Communications Network
Jack Walsh, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC)
Marc Weiss, Weblab
Jill Williams, Andrus Family Fund
Robert Winn, Filmmaker
Pam Yates, Skylight Pictures
Don Young, Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)*
Lisa Zbar, Filmmaker
And the critically-thinking Active Voice team: Sahar Driver, Matthew Green, Maikiko James, Daniel Moretti, Shaady Salehi, and Ana Weibgen
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