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Advisory Council


The members of the CSUEA Advisory Council are high profile, executives, creators, and trendsetters in all facets of entertainment arts who represent media giants, leading studios and independent companies. The Council helps guide the CSU’s efforts to develop mutually beneficial industry partnerships and the most relevant course and career development standards for our students.

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Angeline Buenaventura
Angeline Buenaventura
Creative Talent Development
Manager, Netflix
 
Mark Candella
Mark "Garvey" Candella
Chief Strategy Officer, AcadArena
 
Kevin Clark
Kevin Clark
President, Dakar Collective, Brownbagtv.org, The Hive Colony
 
Laura Clark
Laura Clark
Director of Education, House of Blues Music Forward Foundation
 
Dan Cohen
Dan Cohen
Chief Content Liscencing Officer, Paramount Global
 
Grazia Como
Grazia Como
Program Manager, Early Career Recruiting, Outreach & Engagement, Netflix
 
Jamila Daniel
Jamila Daniel
Chief Diversity Officer for Lionsgate and Senior Vice President of Human Resources at STARZ
 
Madeline Di Nonno
Madeline Di Nonno
President & CEO, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
 
Grazia Como
Nicole Dial
Associate Manager, School Relations, Walt Disney Animation Studios
 
Maureen Droney
Maureen Droney
Vice President, The Recording Academy
 
David Eilenberg
David Eilenberg
Head of Originals, Roku
 
Bettina Fisher
Bettina Fisher
Senior Director Early Career Talent Development, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
 
Wenda Fong
Wenda Fong
Trustee & Vice Chair of the Board, California State University
 
Allison Frenzel
Allison Frenzel
Education Programs Consultant, California Dept. of Education
 
Ryan Frias
Ryan Frias
Software Engineer,
Skywalker Sound
 
Harry Friedman
Harry Friedman
Executive Producer, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune
 
Pat Griffis
Pat Griffis
Vice President, Technology, Office of the CTO, Dolby Laboratories
 
Rex Grignon
Rex Grignon
Director, Nimble Studio, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
 
Ilan Haimoff
Ilan Haimoff
Partner, Green Hasson Janks
 
Nicole Hendrix
Nicole Hendrix
Co-Founder/Executive Director, The BRIC Foundation
 
Sharri Holly
Shari Holly
Director of Operations, Pipelines Pro
 
Michelle Homerin
Michelle Homerin
Director, Casting, ABC Signature Studios
 
Eve Honthaner
Eve Light Honthaner
Author, Focal Press
 
Benjamin Hung
Benjamin Hung
EVP, Head of Business Operations and Content Strategy, MRC Entertainment
 
Steve Ip
Steve Ip
Advisor, Venture Partner, and CEO, BIXIN CAPITAL, Animoca Brands, Conductive.ai
 
Doug Jackson
Doug Jackson
Director of Technical Operations, Sony Pictures Television
 
Gregg Katano
Gregg Katano
SVP, HOLOGATE
 
Carole Kirschner
Carole Kirschner
Creator CBS Diversity Writers Program - Director WGA Showrunner Training Program - Entertainment Career Coach/Speaker, CBS Diversity Writers Showrunners Program
 
Larry Laboe
Larry Laboe
Executive Director, NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA)
 
Jessica Lindl
Jessica Lindl
General Manager and Vice President of Social Impact and Education, Unity Technologies
 
Tery Lopez
Tery Lopez
Director, Inclusion and Equity, Writers Guild of America West
 
Michael J. Luisi
Michael J. Luisi
Producer, Netflix
 
Courtney Miller
Courtney Miller
Sr. Strategic Customer Success Manager, Education, Adobe, Courtney Miller Consulting
 
Luis Patino
Daria Overby
Executive Director, Creative Diversity, Managing Partner, Event Planner, Production Consultant, STARZ, Eneday, LLC, Productive Planning
 
Sumi Parekh
Sumi Parekh
Executive Director, Group Effort Initiative
 
Luis Patino
Luis Patiño
Chief Executive Officer, Austin PBS
 
Jean Firstenberg
Jean Picker Firstenberg
President Emerita and Trustee, American Film Institute
 
Karla Pita Loor
Karla Pita Loor
Executive Vice President, Enterprise Inclusion & Social Responsibility, Endemol Shine North America
 
Robert Ramirez
Robert Ramirez
Senior Manager, Partner Operations, Peacock Originals
 
Nancy Robinson
Nancy Robinson
Director, Education Programs, The Television Academy Foundation
 
Ivette Rodriguez
Ivette Rodriguez
Founder & President - AEM Marketing
 
Juan Rodriguez
Juan Rodriguez
Director, Content and Formats Management - Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (DMED), The Walt Disney Company
 
John Shike
John Shike
ASG, Key Accounts Manager; SMPTE, Membership Director for Student Outreach
 
katie soo
Katie Soo
Chief Marketing Officer, Trustee and Chairman of the Board, KiwiCo, Asia Society Southern California
 
Billy Sprout
Billy Sprout
Director, Collegiate Esports, Mainline
 
Anita Stokes
Anita Stokes
Senior Manager, University Relations, Dolby Laboratories
 
Jo’ie Taylor
Jo’ie Taylor
Director of Partnerships, Entertainment Industry Foundation
 
DeMarco White
DeMarco White
Client Service Manager, Partnerships & Business Development, The Recording Academy