Jim Miller has been the executive director of Brave New Films since 2006. Most recently he Executive Produced the award-winning short subject documentary Suppressed: The Fight to Vote.
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Megan Twohey is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times and co-author of the bestselling book SHE SAID: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement. The book takes readers behind the scenes of Twohey and Jodi Kantor's 2017 investigation of Harvey Weinstein, which helped trigger the global reckoning on sexual misconduct. The investigation shared in the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service as well as the George Polk award for national reporting, and won many other prizes.
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Ken Paulson is a journalist, lawyer and educator who has combined these roles as an advocate and expert on the First Amendment. He’s the director of the Free Speech Center and the former editor of USA Today, where he remains a columnist writing about First Amendment issues.
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All Around Artsy was founded in 2009 by Kira Bursky, an award-winning filmmaker on a journey to explore perceptions of reality with each of her magic fueled films and projects.
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EMMY and Peabody award-winning filmmaker Susan Koch directs, produces, and write documentaries and non-fiction programming for worldwide distribution.
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With decades of award-winning experience in public affairs, public policy and outreach roles, Ms. Marshall is a seasoned facilitator whose passion is tempered by a pragmatic approach to achieving common goals that make communities stronger.
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Bedonna Smith is Executive Producer of Activism at Anonymous Content. In this role, Bedonna serves as a connector with the company’s association with Emerson Collective, a social change organization.
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Stephen Brower has worked in A&R and marketing for the iconic Vanguard and Sugar Hill Records labels, and also founded the Easy Sound Recording Company indie rock label.
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Amber Victoria is a digital entrepreneur and analog artist from Asheville.
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As a multi-faceted artist and filmmaker, Keresey Pearl has valued curiosity and pioneering from an early age.
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Dr. Christine Bricker is a professor of political science at Warren Wilson College. Her research and teaching focus on American politics, specifically on political behavior, public opinion, state and local politics.
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With reporters leaving the journalism profession in droves — sometimes by choice, but more often by necessity — Virginia Daffron’s career has taken the opposite direction.
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Cortina Jenelle Caldwell, Founder & Creative Director for Artists Designing Evolution, is a queer, Two-Spirit descending from generations of Southern, West African, Latinx & Native American peoples.
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For over two years Brett has been producing, architecting, and delivering virtual reality content, consulting with brands about embracing the immersive mediums of VR and AR, and programming team building as Better Than Unicorns.
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Doc Klein has been involved with social movements for the last forty years in health, environmental awareness and action, education, and business.
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Andre Hörmann is an documentary filmmaker and has been awarded at many prestigious international festivals
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Anna Samo is an award-winning filmmaker with screenings around the world such as Berlinale, Annecy, Stuttgart, Zagreb, Encounters FF, Cork FF, Aspen Shortsfest etc.
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Dayna Reggero is an award-winning filmmaker, creative activist, and founding director of the Climate Listening Project.
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Jessica Villatoro is a student at The University of North Carolina at Asheville and is one the organizers for March for Our Lives here in Asheville and Students Demand Action.
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