STAFF

Executive Director
NalipED@msn.com
Kathryn F. Galán has been NALIP’s Executive Director for nine years. She has established NALIP as the preeminent national Latino media organization, transforming it from an NCLR special project to a substantial advocacy and professional development organization. Kathryn has overseen 9 national conferences, and created NALIP’s signature programs: the Latino Producers Academy, Latino Writers Lab, Latino Media Market, Latino Media Resource Guide, and “Doing your Doc: Diverse Visions, Regional Voices.” She is responsible for all staffing and day-to-day management, millions in corporate and foundation fundraising, publicity strategies and branding, plus regional programs and chapter development. She has worked as an independent producer (French Kiss, Squanto, and Daybreak) new media consultant, and studio executive. She was head of production for Atlantic Entertainment Group, and a production vice president at Walt Disney Studio’s Hollywood Pictures. Then, she ran Meg Ryan’s Prufrock Pictures, and her own consultancy firm, EKR Strategies. She is a graduate of Amherst College and did initial media studies in video art at SUNY Buffalo, then Masters studies in film history and criticism at UCLA, specializing in World Cinema.

Signature Programs Director
Conference Director
Octavio@nalip.org
Octavio Marin is NALIP’s Signature Programs Director. He has been responsible for producing all of the organization’s programs including the Latino Producers Academy ™, the Latino Media Resource Guide™, the Latino Writers Lab™, the Latino Media Market™, and the National Conference. Previously, he was unit production manager on the feature film How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer, and a production consultant on America 101. Octavio was also a production associate and production supervisor on the films One Man’s Hero, Texas Rangers, Café Argentina and American Dream. Octavio studied management and film production at UCLA and received his Doctors’ Degree from the University of Mexico City.

Programs Coordinator
ldevega@nalip.org
Luis De Vega is NALIP’s Programs Coordinator. He served as production coordinator for Perfectly Round Productions and as floor director/associate producer for “Algo’s FACTory,” a children’s science program, which aired nationally on UPN affiliates. Luis wrote, produced and directed the short The Naked Eye, which won first place in the music video category at the Kansas Film Festival, and the black and white thriller Nowhere to Dream, which also screened in the Midwest. His past experience includes production coordinator for Key Club Studios and consulting on various projects. He earned a Bachelor of General Studies at Wichita State University.