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	Lauren Kesner O'Brien, Executive Media Producer/Founder Lauren started her documentary career at New York Times Television, moved to Armenia for three years to co-produce A Story of People in War and Peace, and has shown her work on BBC, PBS, MSNBC and CNBC. She likes afternoon sunlight, naming recipes after friends and spending time with her baby girl.
	Steffie Kinglake, Director of Partnerships and Business Development/Co-Founder Steffie brings management, curatorial, production, and coalition-building experience to telegraph21. She has directed several nonprofit organizations and diverse communication campaigns. Steffie loves the sea, coastlines, summer, taking photos, and having dinner parties, and currently splits her time between Barcelona and New York.
	Jason Yovanoff, Chief Technical Officer Jason loves travel, well-made maps, Brooklyn, and taking an occasional photograph. He has also developed a strong dislike for iceberg lettuce. When he's not scheming his next adventure, he helps start-ups, not-for-profits, and socially-responsible businesses build their online presence. He's previously worked with the William J. Clinton Foundation, Rosie O'Donnell, Seventh Generation, Inc., and the United Nations.
	Razgo Design, Website Design Razgo is a new media design studio located in Barcelona (Spain). Founded in 2002 by Roger Subirats and Ester Vinyals, Razgo's goal is to create personal designing styles for creative communication. http://www.razgo.net/
	Juan Pablo Baene, Illustrator Juan Pablo has studied fine arts at universities in Bogotá and Barcelona and has had exhibitions in both cities as well as in Brooklyn. His illustrations have appeared on album covers, t-shirts, fanzines, and videos. Juan Pablo strives to constantly reach new audiences and often dreams of robots, Star Wars, and Colombia.
	Jeca Taudte, Conversationalist Jeca likes to run half-marathons and eavesdrop on the subway. She never met a chocolate chip cookie she didn't like. Or eat. She started in documentary production at VH1 and has been working on a documentary about breast cancer for longer than she ever expected. She's also the author of MySpace/OurPlanet: Change is Possible, the award-winning guide for teenagers on saving our planet.
	Pam Loewy, Copy Editor Pam's love of the written word began as a child when she received a copy of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan and the Ant Men. She has many vices, including skimming forward to the last pages of mystery novels. Pam's first book, a tale of romantic suspense, is scheduled for publication later this year. A former Chicagoan and the mother of three, she lives in Massachusetts with her husband Bill.
	Vardan Hovhannisyan, International Acquisitions Consultant Vardan is the award-winning director of A Story of People in War and Peace and the founder of Bars Media, a documentary film studio based in Yerevan, Armenia. After serving in the Soviet army from 1986-1988, he became a freelance cameraman who covered the post-Soviet transition for international news agencies including CBS News, Australian Broadcast Corporation and World Monitor.
	Mel Stern, Video Editor/Associate Website Producer Mel started making short videos with his friends in middle school and has loved video production and editing ever since. He worked as an editor for Fordham University's African-American History Project and after graduating moved to Bogotá, Colombia where he taught English and worked as a citizen journalist. He loves traveling, basketball and reading non-fiction.
	Naveen Sultan, Blog Editor/Associate Multimedia Producer Naveen's first documentary followed the lives of homeless people in New York City and since then she's been hooked. She's worked with PBS, CBS, and BBC. Naveen likes green foods, black clothing, and empty subways. Her favorite t21 feature is Garbage Dreams with Gum For My Boat in close competition.
	Michael Todd Cohen, Creative Consultant Michael has been in entertainment for nearly a decade covering the areas of producing, directing, acting, and design. Recent media projects (Avignon Bound Media) have been honored as official selections in the New York Television Festival and LA Television Festival respectively. Michael is originally from Massachusetts. He only has the accent when he’s tired.
	Christine Creamer, Legal Consultant Christine has a background in small business consulting, start-up compliance and strategic planning. Her law practice is focused on young companies in the new media and creative fields.

Advisory Board

Joe Berlinger is an award-winning filmmaker, journalist and photographer, whose films include the celebrated documentaries Brother's Keeper, Paradise Lost, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster and Crude. Crude premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and has won awards at festivals all over the world. Brother's Keeper was named 1992's "Best Documentary" by the Directors Guild of America, the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of Review, and appeared on the "Ten Best Films of the Year" lists of over fifty major critics. In 1996, Paradise Lost won a Primetime Emmy, a Peabody and the National Board of Review's "Best Documentary" award. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster won the Independent Spirit Award for "Best Documentary," was nominated by the IDA for "Best Documentary Feature" and was placed on the "Ten Best Films of the Year" lists of over thirty critics. In addition to his documentary work, Berlinger has produced and directed a great deal of television, both fiction and nonfiction, for HBO, NBC, MTV, Sundance Channel and History Channel.

Iván González is a director at Swiss Reinsurance Company. Based in New York, he is responsible for the single-risk business in Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to his current endeavors, Iván held a number of positions within Swiss Reinsurance's Asset Management, Corporate and Strategy Development units in Mexico City and Zurich. Iván holds a degree in economics from Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia and a Master's degree in business and international affairs from Columbia University in New York. Additionally, he is an advisory committee member of GP Investments, a Brazilian private equity fund, and a director on the board of UBF Seguros, a Brazilian specialty insurance company.

Karmen Ross is an Emmy Award winning filmmaker and director of Calling the Ghosts, a documentary about women in Bosnia. Calling the Ghosts received a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism award, a Cable Ace, the New Director's Prize at the 1996 Human Rights Watch Film Festival, and two News and Documentary Emmy awards in 1997. Ross and her work have been featured on CNN, BBC, Lifetime TV and 60 Minutes. She has also worked as a producer and consultant on programs for ABC's 20/20 and CBS's 60 Minutes, and as a freelance reporter for the Boston Globe.

Jessica Sanders is an Academy Award nominated filmmaker, director, producer and writer based in Los Angeles. Sanders directed, produced and wrote After Innocence, a feature documentary about wrongfully-convicted prisoners cleared by DNA evidence who struggle to reenter society after decades in prison. After Innocence was short-listed for the 78th Academy Awards. Sanders and her work have been profiled on the Sundance Channel, MTV, MSNBC, CNN, Larry King Live, Dateline, Fox News, Court TV and NPR, and in the New York Times, LA Weekly, Giant Robot Magazine, and Film Festival Magazine.