Speakers and Panelists
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Yolonda Ross - Actress, Writer, Director, Producer
Aldis Hodge - Award-winning actor
Minah Jung - Screenwriter and Producer
Senator Bob Hasegawa - Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus | 11th Legislative District
Lisa J. Brown - Ph.D, Washington State Commerce Director
Jaylen Moore - Writer, director, producer | Rumble Riot Pictures
Katharine Lee McEwan - SAG AFTRA/AEA Actress, writer, and Producer
Joey Tuccio - CEO | Roadmap Writers
Rose McAleese - Writer
Tom Skerritt - Two-Time Golden Globe Nominee and Best Actor Emmy Award | PICKET FENCES
Madeline Down - co-lead of video production | Seattle Seahawks
Brian Dobbins - Co-President | Artists First
Amy Lillard - Washington State Film Commissioner | SFS Pitch Panel Judge
Dustin Kaspar - Educational Programs Manager at SIFF | SFS Pitch Panel Judge
Trina Griffin - Producer | SFS Pitch Panel Judge
Juan A Mas - Producer and Director | SFS Pitch Panel Judge
Brianna McDonald - President | Northwest Region of the Keiretsu Forum investment community
Bill Kelman - Filmmaker and Film Executive in Distribution, Acquisitions and Development
Stacey Adams - VP of Current Programming | Disney ABC
Jonny Greco - Sports Presenter and Storyteller
Mitch Shepherd, Filmmaker | SFS Pitch Panel Judge
Amanda Rae Jones - Industry Business Leader, Co-Owner and Chief Financial Officer | Wandering Dragon Productions and Hazard Factory Stunts & Effects
Ben-Alex Dupris - Director
Maria Gargiulo - Writer/Director/Educator
Virginia Bogert - Writer/Director/Documentary Filmmaker
Chad Hutson - Screenwriter
Jeremy Dodd - Communications, Writer, Director, Producer
Judy Wright - Construction Foreman I.A.T.S.E. Local 488
Tifa Tomb - Director, Editor, Educator
Anthony Tackett
Don Hamilton - Photographer and Filmmaker
Greg Heilman & Matt Haver - Founders & Hosts of Heilman & Haver
Brent Stiefel - Founder, CEO | VOTIV
Danny Westneat - Journalist
Jennifer Hale- Award-winning Veteran Voice Actor, Advocate, Disney Princess, Defender of the Galaxy
Justin Spencer - Actor
Kevin Eggers - Lawyer
Michael Bethely - Founder | Bethely Entertainment, Co-Chair| the Inland Northwest Juneteenth Coalition
Teme Wokoma - Owner/Founder | Lavender Dream Beauty LLC, King County Equity Now
Chuck Malkus - President | Malkus Group
Ed Hartman - Award-winning Composer, Film Producer, Performer, and Educator
KATE BECKER - Creative Economy & Recovery Director | Office of King County Executive Dow Constantine
S. Epatha Merkerson - Actress
Sean Lydiard - Co-Founder and Managing Producer | Rumble Riot Pictures
Winfield Ezell, Jr. - Founder | OBSIDIAN CREATIVE STUDIOS
Sheila Ivy Traister - Actor, Director, Writer and Educator
Mayor Will Hall - Mayor, City of Shoreline
Breven Angaelica Warren
Amanda Pendleton
Melinda Raebyne
Joseph Lipson - Producer | Seattle Seahawks
SJ Chiro - Director
Kourosh Ahari - Director
Edwin Hodge - Award-winning actor
JinWoo Park - Actor
TraeAnna Holiday - Media Director | King County Equity Now & Community Organizer | Africatown Community Land Trust
Stewart A. Lyons - Producer, Production Manager | Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad
Andrea James - Filmmaker, Consumer Activist
Sebastian Siegel - Writer, Producer, Director
Julie Tokashiki Skerritt - CEO | Triple Squirrels
Carlos A. Ortiz - Writer/Director/Producer | Zeta-Maya Entertainment
Lael Rogers - Writer & Director, Creative Director/Co-Founder | All is Well
Matthew Bennett - Renown Author and Publisher
Rana San - Producer | SFS Pitch Panel Judge
Dan Gildark - Director, Producer, Writer | SFS Pitch Panel Judge
Robin McLain - Producer | SFS Pitch Panel Judge
Jai Khanna - Producer, Founder | Oakhurst Entertainment
Rebecca Cook - Founder, Vice President | Iastse Local 488
Roger Pulvers - Acclaimed Author, Playwright, Theater and Film Director, Translator and Journalist
Rachelle Henry - Award-Winning Actress, Voiceover Artist, Writer, Director, Producer, and Panelist
James Taylor, Filmmaker | Seattle Wine and Film Festival
Susan Ruth - Musician, panelist
Tony Fulgham - writer, director, musician, business owner | All is Well
Ajuawak Kapashesit - Actor, Writer
Nicole Suyama (Inupiaq) - Actress
Susan LaSalle, DGA Unit Production Manager
Sarah Crowe - Corporate Producer/documentary filmmaker
Amrita Sen - US-based Designer, Singer and Film Producer
Gary Glushon - Film and Television Executive
Jon Keasey - WGA Screenwriter and PGA Producer
Rich Cowan - Producer, Director, Co-Founder | North by Northwest Productions
Amanda Ogle
Atuanya Priester - Producer, Founder | A Real Grip Films
Dru Holley - Founder | Black Bald Films
Heather Olson - Writer, Producer and Director
Cynthia Carrillo, MBA, CSM | Vice President of Economic Development, Greater Seattle Partners (GSP)
Eryn Rea - Actress, Producer
JOHN PENNEY - Award winning Writer/Director, LA Film School
Kay Ross - Community Manager
Megan Kennedy - Director, Editor, Producer
Rik Deskin - Actor/Stage Manager, President | SAG-AFTRA Seattle Local
Amy Denio - Singer and multi-instrumentalist, Founder | Spoot Music, President | Tiptons Sax Quartet, Vice President | Seattle Composers Alliance
Daniel L.K. Caldwell
Elijah L. Lewis - Community Builder | Africatown Land Trust
Raymond Power - Actor, Writer, and Youth Advocate
Sax G - Multidisciplinary Artist Spanning Both Visual and Aural Realms
Tara Forth - Composer, Producer, Multi-instrumentalist, President | Seattle Composers Alliance
Barbara Brown - Director
Rita Meher, Co-Founder & Executive Director
Dow Constantine
Anne Mitchell
Pete Tenney, Seattle Sports Commission
Alan Nay
Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles - District 4 | King County Council