John Echohawk, Pawnee, is the Executive Director of the Native American Rights Fund. He was the first graduate of the University of New Mexico’s special program to train Indian lawyers, […]

Melinda Janko, Producer, Director, Writer, graduated from Emerson College in Boston, MA. Shortly after, she formed Turning Point Productions, a company that specialized in producing promotional videos for the non-profit […]

Gregg Mitman is Director, Producer, and Writer on The Land Beneath Our Feet. He is an award-winning author, filmmaker, and teacher, who has spent the past decade uncovering the story […]

Sarita Siegel is the Director, Producer, Editor and Cinematographer of The Land Beneath Our Feet. Siegel directed, produced and edited In The Shadow of Ebola (2015, 23 min.), commissioned by PBS. Siegel directed, […]

Jacques Perrin has acted in more than 80 films, in Italy with directors including Valerio Zurlini, Mauro Bolognini, and Vittorio De Seta; and in France with names like Costa-Gavras, Jacques […]

After studying law and then cinema, Jacques Cluzaud worked as first assistant director during the 1980s on films including Vaudeville, Flagrant Desire, Bille en Tête, Indochine and Lumumba. He then […]

Captain James C. Goudreau, SC, USN (Ret) spent over 26 years in the service of our nation. During his last five years in the Pentagon, he served in positions including […]

Maryanne Culpepper is the Executive Director of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital. She is an award-winning writer/filmmaker with extensive experience in developing, writing and producing high-profile documentaries […]

Ari Daniel has had a lifelong love of science. In graduate school, he trained gray seal pups and worked with wild Norwegian killer whales. These days, Ari produces digital interactives […]

The Honorable Sharon E. Burke is a senior advisor to New America, where she focuses on international security and a new program, Resource Security, which examines the intersection of security, […]