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• BOARD OF DIRECTORS
• BOARD OF TRUSTEES
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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| MARIA AGUI CARTER |
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MARGARITA DE LA VEGA-HURTADO |
 Maria Agui Carteris an independent filmmaker and writer. Founder of Iguana Films, she specializes in films about culture, politics, and history with a special focus on race, civil and human rights. She is a former staff producer for WGBH Boston, and currently a Brandeis Visiting Scholar. Agui Carter has been an Associate Fellow at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard, a Warren Fellow at Harvards History Dept. and a Rockefeller Fellow at Tulane Universitys Stone Center for Latin American Studies. Over a dozen of Agui Carters documentaries have been commissioned for local and national Public Television. |
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 delavegahurtado@gmail.com
Margarita de la Vega-Hurtado is an academic and independent media consultant, working with national and international festivals, after having spent several years as the Executive Director of Flaherty International Film Seminars. She began working as a film critic in Colómbia in the late sixties, and has always been dedicated to advancing the cause of independent cinema in Latin America and in the United States. Margarita earned a doctorate in American Culture at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where she became involved in the formation of the Latino Studies Program, eventually becoming the program director for several years, teaching the first course in Latino Cinema at that University. |
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| MOCTESUMA ESPARZA |
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EVY LEDESMA GALAN |
 Executive Committee
MoctesumaE@mayacinemas.com
Mr. Esparza is a multi-talented, award-winning filmmaker, producer, and entertainment industry executive. He has received over 100 honors including an Academy Award nomination, an Emmy, a Clio Award, and a Cine Golden Eagle Award. Esparza and Robert Katz are partners in Esparza/Katz Productions. His production credits include The Milagro Beanfield War, directed by Robert Redford; The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, a feature length theatrical film produced for PBS; Selena, directed by Gregory Nava; Gettysburg and Gods and Generals. He co-chaired NALIP’s 2000 Conference, and is Chair of the New America Alliance. His new venture, Maya Pictures, will produce and distribute Latino and independent feature films. In 2005 he founded Maya Cinemas, first-run multiplexes in neighborhoods of Latino concentration.
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 Treasurer
Executive Committee
Evy@Galaninc.com
Ms. Ledesma Galan is the founder/director of the 10-year old CineSol Latino Film Festival which provides cultural and educational enrichment in the Rio Grande Valley Border Region. She is also vice-president of Galan Productions, an Austin-based tv/film production company which specializes in long form documentaries and is currently producing “Visiones: Latino Art and Culture,” a 3-hour documentary for PBS. Ms. Galan came to CineSol after working as a remedial English teacher at Texas State Technical College, as well as working with the Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center to bring culturally relevant arts programming to the community. |
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| ALEXIS GARCIA |
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EVANGELINE GRIEGO |
 alexisgarcia@gmail.com
Alexis Garcia is an agent at Endeavor in the independent group. Previously he was an associate in the Entertainment & Media Group in the law firm Sheppard Mullin, where he counseled entertainment industry clients in the development, production, financing and distribution of motion picture and television content. He represented entertainment/media clients targeting U.S. Latino audiences and/or involved in film production in Latin America, whether focusing on English or Spanish content. Mr. Garcia earned his J.D. in 2002 from UCLA School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Entertainment Law Review, Business Editor of the UCLA Law Review, and Coordinating Editor of the Chicano-Latino Law Review. Mr. Garcia is also a board member of the East L.A. Classic Theatre, a non-profit aimed at providing comprehensive literacy training and engaging, relevant theatre experiences to disadvantaged youth and minority communities in the promotion of cultural inclusion and academic excellence. |
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 Abouttyme@aol.com
Evangeline Griego is a long time independent filmmaker and media activist who recently produced SIR! NO SIR! with David Zeiger which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary, and was nominated recently for a Spirit Award. As Director she recently completed the “Breathless in LA” segment of the seven part environmental series “Sierra Club Chronicles” with Executive Producer Robert Greenwald. It aired nationally in 2006. Currently, Griego is producing a documentary about the history of Boyle Heights, one of Los Angeles’ original neighborhoods. With Griego in the Director’s chair, her company, About Time Productions, produced the feature documentary GOD WILLING, currently in post production. She also produced the award winning PANO ARTE: IMAGES FROM THE INSIDE and the bilingual documentary BORDER VISIONS, both of which received national broadcast on PBS. |
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| NEYDA L. MARTINEZ |
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BIENVENIDA MATIAS |
 Vice-Chair
Executive Committee
Neyda@pov.org
Neyda L. Martinez is the Marketing Manager/Publicist for American Documentary | P.O.V. and is the founder of Monserrat Ltd., offering publicity, marketing, and strategic business development to a variety of clients including international ad agencies. She is a former Assistant Vice President/National Marketing Manager at Citigroup, a former Director of Public Relations for the Vidal Partnership, an Interim Senior Vice President of the Cultural Industry Investment Fund for The Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, and Director of Marketing and Public Relations at El Museo del Barrio. She is involved NY Women in Film and Television, National Arts Marketing Project, Institute of Puerto Rican Art and Culture, and WNYC. |
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 Chair
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beni_matias@earthlink.net
Ms. Matias is an executive, educator and filmmaker, as well as former Executive Director of the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers in New York City and Publisher of The Independent Film and Video Monthly. She is a founding Board Member and former NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers) Coordinator. She was the Executive Director of the Center for Arts Criticism, a Minneapolis-based non-profit. Before coming to CAC, she was Director of Production at the Independent Television Service and Executive-in-charge of Production at WNYC-TV. She has produced documentaries both for public television and independently, including El Corazon De Loisaida. She is a former AIVF board member, and has served on the boards of Intermedia Arts Minnesota and Women Make Movies. Beni is currently producing the documentary For the Record: Guam and World War II. |
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| FLAVIO MORALES |
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FRANCES NEGRÓN-MUNTANER |
flavio.morales@nbcuni.com
Flavio Morales is Vice President of Programming, mun2. Morales supervises all programming strategy and on-air content for the network, developing original and authentic programming that resonates with Latino youth. Under Morales’ leadership, mun2’s creative content has received extensive industry recognition including a Peabody Award, validating the network’s innovative original-programming strategy. Prior to joining mun2, Morales served as Director of Programming and Music for LATV, of which he was a founding member. |
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 Executive Committee
Bikbaporub@aol.com
Ms. Negrón-Muntaner is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and president of Polymorphous Pictures. The recipient of Pew, Ford, Truman, and Rockefeller fellowships, she holds an MFA from Temple University and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University. Known for her films documenting the Puerto Rican diaspora, including AIDS in the Barrio, and Brincando el charco: Portrait of a Puerto Rican, she is currently completing two documentaries, For the Record: Guam and World War II, and Regarding Vieques. Her latest books are Boricua Pop: Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture and None of the Above: Puerto Rican Culture and Politics. She is also the founder of Miami Light Project's Filmmakers Workshop, a program that seeks to promote independent filmmaking in South Florida. She currently teaches Latino/Caribbean culture and literature at Columbia University in New York City. |
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| DAVID ORTIZ |
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PORFIRIO PINA |
 Executive Committee
LDavid.Ortiz@nbcuni.com
David is a creative executive in the feature film division of Universal Studios in Universal City, CA. Born and raised in the Bronx, New York, David graduated in 1998 from the University of Chicago with a B.A. in Public Policy. He began his career in advertising, working with Leo Burnett in Chicago. He then relocated to Los Angeles in order to become a trainee in the William Morris Agency mailroom, where he quickly joined then worked in the motion picture department for two years. David spent 1.5 years as a creative exec at Warner Bros. where he supervised CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and SYRIANA starring George Clooney & Matt Damon, amongst other projects. David returned to Universal Pictures in August of 2005 to work with his former boss and mentor, President of Production Donna Langley. He is currently supervising IDLEWILD, the feature film debut of the rap group Outkast. He sits on the Board of Directors for NALIP, Conference V, VI and 7 committees, and the Nominating committee. |
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 Porfirio Pina is Director, Latin Music for BMI, where he establishes and maintains relationships with Latin songwriters and publishers, as well as provides assistance with all administrative and creative functions. He also assists with the planning and execution of BMIs annual Latin Awards gala. He serves as the Director of the BMI Foundations peermusic Latin Scholarship, a national competition for young Latin songwriters and composers. Before joining BMI, he managed one of the most talented songwriters in Latin Music, Nicolas Tovar, who has written numerous hits for Cristian Castro, Paulina Rubio, Ricky Martin, La India, and Jaci Velazquez to name a few. |
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| RICK RAMIREZ |
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ELAINE ROMERO |
 Rick.Ramirez@Fox.com
Rick Ramirez serves as Vice President, Emerging Markets for Fox Entertainment Group. In this capacity, he is instrumental in positioning Fox as an entertainment leader in the Hispanic, African American and Asian American consumer markets. Mr. Ramirez participates in the development of business initiatives and strategies for Fox Entertainment Group and its parent News Corporation. His work engages him in the full scope of the entertainment enterprise, including marketing, sales, promotions, publicity, content development, research, business development, strategic planning, government affairs and diversity development. A native of El Paso, Texas, he worked previously at Phil Roman Entertainment, which he joined during the company's inception in early 1999. He was Vice President, and managed development, production and business affairs for animation and live-action projects intended for TV series, specials and motion picture projects. In addition, Rick oversaw all aspects of deal structuring, financing and distribution. Rick has also served as a producer for Galavisión, was a partner of Ron Tequila Productions, and practiced corporate law with Smith, Underwood, Carmichael & Floyd of Dallas, Texas. |
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 Secretary
Executive Committee
ERome1@aol.com
Elaine Romero was one of six participants in the inaugural 2007 NBC Diversity television program, and one of six participants in the 2006 CBS Diversity Mentorship Program for which she shadowed “ Without a Trace.” Through NALIP, Elaine has attended the Latino Writers Lab™, the Latino Producers Academy™, and Los Angeles Film School on full scholarship. Elaine has written and directed Fidelity and The Soldier. She wrote Dream Friend (also produced) and The Family Jewel, which were screened the San Diego Film Festival, CineFestival, the Arizona International Film Festival, and the 24-Hour Film Festival in Los Angeles. An award-winning playwright and fiction writer, Elaine has had her plays Walk into the Sea, Barrio Hollywood, Secret Things, ¡Curanderas! Serpents of the Clouds, and Day of Our Dead presented at such theatres as Actors Theatre of Louisville, Ford Amphitheater, Magic Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Women’s Project and Productions, INTAR, the Working Theatre, and the New Theatre. She has been published by Vintage Books, Samuel French, University of Iowa Press, Smith & Kraus, Heinemann Press, and has upcoming works with Playscripts and Simon and Schuster. A past Guest Artist at South Coast Repertory, Romero serves as playwright-in-Residence at the Arizona Theatre Company, managing their National Latino Playwrights Award.
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| BERNARDO RUIZ |
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 Bernardo Ruiz is in production on the American Experience: Roberto Clemente biography. A writer/filmmaker who works on both sides of the narrative-documentary border, he has written and/or produced nonfiction programming for PBS, A&E Biography, Discovery Health, MTV, National Geographic and TLC. He is the co-producer of the award-winning THE SIXTH SECTION, which aired nationally on the Public Television series P.O.V., and produced Migrations,' a web-based documentary project for P.O.V.s Borders series.
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