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Donald
Thoms,
CINE President,
VP of Talent Development for Discovery Communications
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Donald Thoms currently serves as vice president of Talent Development
for Discovery Studios. In this new role, Thoms oversees efforts
to scout and secure on-screen talent for Discovery Studios productions. Additionally,
he serves as Discovery Studio’ primary liaison to the talent community
as he works to identify and develop new on-air personalities to appear
in series, specials and short form content created by Discovery Studios
Prior to joining Discovery Studios, Thoms has was vice president,
Production for Discovery Health Channel/Discovery Health Media
Enterprises. In this role, he oversaw the day-to-day operations
of the Discovery Health production team and was responsible for
a wide array of original and co- productions. In addition,
he steered the strategic planning for Discovery Health productions,
the management, and execution of all content, as well as managing
parallel production plans among television, online, new media,
and other businesses.
During Thoms’ time with Discovery Health Channel, the network
saw double-digit growth in ad sales revenue and ratings
and many the network’s most successful projects were grown under
Thoms: NATIONAL
BODY CHALLENGE, DR G: MEDICAL EXAMINER, YOU: THE OWNER&squo;S
MANUAL, MYSTERY DIAGNOSIS, PLASTIC SURGERY: BEFORE and AFTER,
LIFELINE, SUPER SURGERY AND BIRTHDAY LIVE! He is
also responsible for nurturing the talents of Dr. Jan
Adams, respected plastic surgeon, Dr. Mehmet Oz, world renowned
heart specialist, Dr. Drew Pinsky, famous doctor to the stars
in the area of addiction, as well as Dr. Jan Garavalia, Sara Snow,
Dan Ho, and Nathan Lyon. Thoms
also opened new opportunities for independent and minority
filmmakers at Discovery Health with projects like CLOSE
TO HOME,
by Vanessa Roth, DANGEROUS DECEPTION: LIFE ON THE DOWN LOW by
Michael Smith and Johnny Symon’s MEN HAVING BABIES all
premiering on the network.
Prior to joining the Discovery Health network, Thoms
was Vice President of Program Management at PBS where
he was responsible for overseeing the packaging and
delivery of PBS’s programming services. In addition, Thoms developed
and evaluated programming projects as well as helped
to develop on-air promotional initiatives for key programs. While
at PBS, Thoms was liaison for independent and minority producers
coming to public television. He created
PBS’s series, INDEPENDENT LENS, which featured the works
of independent filmmakers and the INDI SCENE, an extensive website
promoting independent productions on PBS.
A native of Baltimore, Thoms currently is President of CINE the
50-year-old organization that recognizes excellence in
film and video making. He is a former member the Board of Governors
for the National Capital/Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS).
Mathew
Tombers,
CINE Immediate Past President,
Intermat, Inc.
Mathew Tombers is Managing Director of Intermat, Inc.,
a television company which executive produces programs and consults with
industry companies on a variety of issues. Intermat, Inc. is currently
involved in approximately thirty hours of television in various stages
for a variety of networks. He is one of the Executive Producers of OFF
TO WAR, a ten hour series for Discovery Times and for a one hour on international
adoptions for Discovery Health. He has consulted a variety of companies,
including Ted Turner Documentaries, WETA, Betelgeuse Productions, and Creation
Films, Lou Reda Productions as well as many others.
Mary
Frost, CINE Secretary,
Frank Frost Productions
Lauren
Cardillo, CINE Treasurer, Fusilli
Flims
Lauren Cardillo, CINE Treasurer and President of Fusilli Films, is an
award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work on subjects ranging from
the world’s longest footrace across the Sahara desert to the history
of gold has earned national recognition. Her ability to tell compelling
stories creatively has earned National News and Documentary Emmy Awards,
Telly, CableAce, Chris and Gracie Awards, as well as several CINE Golden
Eagles, an award from the New York Festivals and the Columbus International
Film Festival Screenwriting Award. In 2007, Cardillo co-produced STAND
UP: Muslim American Comics Come of Age, for Corporation for Public
Broadcasting America
at aCrossroads. Her current projects,
also for PBS, are 9 to 5 No Longer, and a film which
takes a look at the science behind the balloons in the Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day Parade™. Cardillo’s 2006 PBS
documentary, The
Mother Road, starring Lauren and her Mom, took the classic
road trip on a different path: Their mother-daughter
drive down Route 66 is a journey not just down a national
landmark, but through time’s barriers and across the
generations. The Golden Eagle winner received a Gracie Award
as well, was presented at the Sundance Independent Producers
Conference, and reached 90% of the public television
market. Formerly a Senior Producer for National Geographic’s Explorer Series,
Cardillo has worked with MTV, VH1 and HBO. For CNN’s investigative
and documentary unit, she produced an analysis of the savings
and loan crisis which won CableAce and Chris Awards. Cardillo’s
career began, fittingly, with “On a Wing and a Prayer”,
a film she produced about Amelia Earhart as a student in Stanford
University’s
Graduate Documentary Film Program. It aired on WNET and
is still in distribution, demonstrating the longevity of well-told
stories. www.themotherroad.tv
Sally
Adams,
Producer Consultant
John
T. Aquino, Esq.,
Attorney/Consultant
John T. Aquino is a Washington, D.C.-based author, publisher, and attorney.
He has been editor/publisher of magazines, books, and newsletters for
the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Music Educators
National Conference, Mortgage Bankers Association, the Environmental
Industry Associations, and American Lawyer Media. He is the author of
200 feature articles, 120 columns, eight published short stories, and
eight books, including Truth and Lives on Film: The Legal Problems
in Depicting Real Persons and Events in a Fictional Medium. He is
a member of the National Press Club, the Mystery Writers of America,
and the Science Fiction Writers of America.
Suzanne
Arden,
CINE Vice President, Media Consultant
Mary
Claycomb,
Claycomb Press, Inc.
Carole
L. Feld,
Principal, The Giving Tree Group
A past president of CINE, Carole Feld is a leading brand strategist and
creative marketer specializing in adult and children media, education and
art brands. Formerly Sr. VP for Communications and Brand Management
at PBS and VP for Programming at The Motley Fool, she has also held senior
strategic communication and branding positions at HBO, Tri-Star Pictures,
and Columbia Pictures. Ms. Feld is a recipient of numerous communication
awards, has lectured at the Forbes Management Conference on the "Best of
Branding," received the Golden Lion Award for advertising at Cannes and
was named by Advertising Age as one of the country’s top 100 marketers.
She has served on numerous nonprofit boards. A Los Angeles native,
Ms. Feld holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California at
Berkeley and an M.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Southern California.
www.givingtreegroup.com
Gail
Gleeson,
TI Broadcast Solutions Group
Gail is a broadcast professional with over 20 years experience in broadcast
operations, production, technology planning and implementation. Her project
management experience was developed during her tenure among former employers
such as ABC News, BBC, Turner Entertainment Networks and The Travel Channel.
www.TIBroadcastSolutionsGroup.net
Ronnie Gunnerson,
Loyola College of Maryland, Department of Communications
Melanie Jones, Eastman Kodak
Chris
Kater,
Video Placement Worldwide
Chris Kater, President of Video Placement Worldwide, an independent-sponsored
educational video and DVD distribution company, is the current
Chair of CINE’s International Affairs Committee. In that
capacity, Chris is the current North American representative
for the WorldMediaFestival, CINE’s sister festival, based
in Hamburg, Germany. With Video Placement Worldwide, Chris
has worked with the cultural sections of the embassies of Switzerland
and the Netherlands in the distribution of informational films
and videos for over 25 years. During that time, he has also
worked with the embassies of Austria, Canada, Chile, Cypress,
the European Union, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland
in the distribution of their cultural films and videos to schools
in the United States. Chris is the immediate past-president
of Inforfilm, a group of international video distributors whose
26 member companies are primarily from Europe, Scandinavia,
Australia and Canada, and which facilitates the distribution
of informational video programs by utilizing local distribution
firms to reach audiences in a specific country.
Ed
McDermid,
PilotWare
Sandie
Viquez Pedlow,
Public Broadcasting Service
Sandie Viquez Pedlow, Director of Stations Relations, PBS
TeacherLine, is responsible for system communications of an
online professional development service for teachers. She
previously served as the Director of Program Strategies for
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in Washington,
DC. where she played a leading role in the development of public
television series and specials addressing social issues, children
and all aspects of American culture. Pedlow was instrumental
in developing CPB programming initiatives incorporating new
media and community outreach to reach new and diverse audiences.
Some of the specials developed under her leadership include The
Kennedy CenterPresentsAmericanos, American
Family, Foto Novelas, Piri Thomas: Every Child is
Born a Poet, The NewAmericans, Scottsboro: An American
Tragedy, Sound andFury, Breaking the Cycle, The Life
and Times of Frida Kahlo, America Rebuilds, Free toDance:
The African American Presence in Modern Dance. As a key
member of the CPB team that administered the founding of Latino
Public Broadcasting, Pedlow led Latino producer forums in five
major cities seeking input from community leaders and independent
producers. Working with the U.S. Public Television International
Consortium, Latin America Initiative (LAI), she sought co-productions
with broadcasters in Venezuela, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina,
and Chile. Other positions held during her tenure at CPB were
Associate Director, Drama, Culture and Arts, and Senior Program
Officer. Prior to CPB, Pedlow was a producer at South Carolina
Educational Television Network (SCETV) where she led the first
U.S. public television exchange with Gosteleradio in the former
Soviet Union. As a producer and manager of SCETV’s Writer/Producer
Division, she developed documentaries, cultural and public
affairs programs, and produced a series on the integration
of the European community. Pedlow has served on the board of
INPUT, the International Public Television Screening Conference
and was the U.S. National Coordinator. She also served on the
boards and editorial committees for P.O.V. and AmericanPlayhouse.
Ms. Pedlow is a board member of Latino Public Broadcasting and
CINE.
Mitchell
Praver, Chief Operating Officer, National Public Radio
Mitch
Praver, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
of National Public Radio, brings more than 25 years in
traditional and new media experience to CINE’s Board
of Directors. Before joining National Public Radio,
Praver was Executive Vice President, Business Development
and Sales at Rockville, MD-based Hillcrest Labs, a software
technology company. Prior to that he was General Manager
of AOL’s Web Personals business. From 1998
to 2004 Praver was at National Geographic ultimately serving
as President of NationalGeographic.com, its interactive
businesses including the Web site, CD/DVD-ROM business
and content development across new platforms. Previously,
Praver was Vice-President of New Media Distribution for
Discovery Networks and also led Verizon/TELE-TV’s
programming and content acquisition team for one of the
nation’s first VOD services called Stargazer. Earlier
in his career, Praver was Vice President of Programming
for the Katz Media Group and later served as Vice President
of Programming for the Lifetime cable network.
William Spencer Reilly, Faith & Values
Media
William Spencer Reilly is Vice President of Television
Production and
Programming at Faith & Values Media, the nation's largest
coalition of
Jewish and Christian faith groups dedicated to media production,
distribution and promotion. In his present position, Mr. Reilly
oversees
the company's regular weekly productions and programming on
Hallmark Channel
as well as its primetime holiday specials. He also serves as
the company's
Executive Producer on its Movies of the Week which are co-produced
with
Hallmark Entertainment International. www.faithandvaluesmedia.org
Leslie
Sewell,
The History Project
Head of The History Project, which produces
historical documentaries, Leslie Sewell produced, wrote and directed Government
Girls of World War II, which received national broadcast on PBS,
was screened at the Library of Congress, and has been selected by numerous
colleges and universities for their Women’s Studies programs. Sewell
is completing a film on Iraq and Afghanistan in conjunction with Manifold
Productions, and is at work on a biography of Alexander Hamilton for
PBS. An experienced senior television producer, Sewell has written,
directed and produced network television programming for
nearly twenty years. With experience in documentary production
and short form news, she has produced for NBC Nightly News,
the Today Show, the Public Broadcasting Service and National
Public Radio. For PBS and the Fox News Channel, she
has produced television pieces including Bill Moyer’s
Now, To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe, and Special
Report with Brit Hume. Sewell has managed live
coverage and supervised logistical coverage of events such
as national political conventions and presidential trips,
and has supervised news correspondents, writers, editors,
camera personnel and other technicians. Leslie Sewell has
a BA from Northwestern University and is working on an MA
in Classics at St. JohnÅfs College in Santa Fe.
www.governmentgirls.com
Kathy Slobogin, CNN
Kathy Slobogin
is Managing Editor of CNN’s award-winning documentary program, CNN
Presents. Named to this position in October 2002, she
is responsible for all aspects of the long-form series, from story
selection through the final cut. She is based in Washington,
D.C. Previously, Slobogin was the Education and Family-issues
correspondent for CNN. Before this, she worked as a senior correspondent
for CNN&TIME, CNN’s weekly prime-time news
magazine. Before reporting for CNN&TIME, Slobogin served
as senior correspondent for Impact, a weekly prime-time
investigative newsmagazine. Slobogin was named a correspondent
in 1992 after joining CNN’s special assignment unit as a
producer in 1990. In 1992 and 1996, Slobogin was a correspondent
for the CNN Democracy in America documentary series on
presidential election issues. The series won the Joan Shorenstein
Barone Award both years. Her many other honors include Emmy awards
in 1984 and 1995 and 2003 and Emmy nominations in 2005 and 2006,
a 1984 Peabody Award for the critically acclaimed three-hour Close-Up documentary To
Save Our Schools, To Save Our Children, and the 1982 Christopher
Award for her work on another Close-Up series, FDR. Other
awards include the 2000 Edward R. Murrow Award; CableACE awards
in 1993, 1995 and 1996; the National Press Club Award in 2006,
CINE Golden Eagle awards in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 and 2004; the
Headliners Award in 1990, 1996, 1997, 2000 and 2004; the 1994
Westinghouse Science Journalism Award; the 1980 Writer’s
Guild Award; and a 1983 duPont-Columbia citation. www.cnn.com
Maggie
Burnette Stogner,
Blue Bear Films
Margaret (Maggie) Burnette Stogner is a seasoned film, video, and new
media professional with over 20 years of experience. She is founder and
owner of Blue Bear Films, an independent film and media arts company
providing development and production services. Recent projects include
the world-touring King Tut exhibit; the Geographic Literacy campaign;
and program development for a range of cable broadcasters. Previously,
she was Senior Producer of National Geographic's documentary series EXPLORER
and ULTIMATE EXPLORER, which won numerous Emmys, a Peabody and a Dupont
award under her supervision. Margaret has a Masters in Communication/Documentary
Film from Stanford University and began her career in San Francisco,
where she gained experience on a wide range of nonfiction programs for
PBS, NBC, TBS, as well as on features for Lucas Films. She mentors emerging
filmmakers by teaching film and media arts at American University and
serving on the Board of CINE. She is a recipient of the prestigious Nicholls Screenwriting Fellowship, Associate Director
of the Center for Environmental Filmmaking, and a voting member of the
Academy of TV Arts and Sciences. www.bluebearfilms.com
Mary
Ann Zimmer, Esq.,
Media Ventures International, Ltd.
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