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Our Board Members:

 

   


SANDRA MARTINEZ: PRESIDENT
  • Program Director/Officer, California Wellness Foundation
  • Commissioner, Los Angeles City Commission for Children, Youth and their Families
  • Extensive previous experience with community based non-profit organizations including the Community Coalition
  • BA, UC Berkeley (Political Science); MA (Public Health)

    MARCO DAVANZO: TREASURER
  • Owner/Founder, Alakazam! Comics
  • Previously employed as a business loan officer and stock broker
  • MBA, U.C. Irvine; BA, Princeton University (Political Science, Economics)

    LARRY SOLOMON : SECRETARY
  • 40 Years Experience as an award-winning Film and Television Editor
  • NYU Film School Class of '58

    GAYLE BARNES: DIRECTOR
  • Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams
  • Creator/Developer of the Student Filmmaker and eCommerce Programs at Eastman Kodak during 10-year tenure
  • Extensive and diverse background in business, entertainment and real estate
  • Focus on forging alliances between community and business

    PAOLO DAVANZO: DIRECTOR
  • Founder/Executive Director, Echo Park Film Center
  • Associate Professor Film & Video, College of the Canyons
  • Documentary filmmaker/film events programmer, Not A Cornfield/Farmlab
  • BA, UC San Diego (Visual Arts, Political Science); MA, Humboldt State (Film)
  • Founder/Director EPFC Human Rights Film Festival and Youth Film Festival

    LISA MARR: DIRECTOR
  • Operations Director, Echo Park Film Center
  • Award-winning filmmaker, writer and musician
  • Documentary filmmaker/film events programmer, Not A Cornfield/Farmlab
  • Board Member, Friends of Leonard Knight (Salvation Mountain)
  • BFA, University of British Columbia (Creative Writing)

    ALEC MILLER: DIRECTOR

  • Business Consultant in Strategy and Acquisitions for Early and Later Stage Companies
  • BA, Yale University (English)
  • Past experience teaching at-risk youth bicycle repair skills at a non-profit bicycle shop

    HILARY RHODE: DIRECTOR
  • Professional Accountant
  • Served on numerous non-profit Boards over the years

    BILL WEIDNER: DIRECTOR
  • 25 year employee at Warner Brothers Studios
  • Father of one of our former students


     

     

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