About

Karla Pita Loor is the Television Academy Foundation’s Chief Development Officer, bringing to that role two decades of experience in strategic partnerships, philanthropy, and non-profit management. She leads the Foundation’s strategic development efforts and oversees partnered programs to fulfill the organization’s mission to shape the future of television while preserving its rich history. Karla has led transformative fundraising efforts across Los Angeles, working with industry sponsors, individual philanthropists, and foundations to raise over $100 million dollars to support charitable causes.

Karla has been instrumental in elevating the impact and profile of the Television Academy and its Foundation. As the chief partnership broker for the Academy’s $40 million New Destination Campaign, Karla negotiated the investments of industry leaders such as Dolby Laboratories, LG, Netflix, Haim Saban, Time Warner Media, the Walt Disney Company, and many more, thereby transforming the Academy campus with the opening of the Saban Media Center and Wolf Theatre. During her tenure, she has significantly increased support across all of the Foundation’s education and preservation programs and launched The Power of TV, the Foundation’s first public program. Through panel conversations with creators, executives, performers and policy experts, The Power of TV explores the medium’s potential to promote positive social change through compelling story-telling and inclusivity on-screen and behind the scenes.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Karla focused on institutional advancement, organizational development, and strategic communications within the educational and entertainment space. She served as Director of Development at Rolling Hills Preparatory School and Associate Director of Donor Relations at Marlborough School. Karla’s advocacy work within the entertainment industry began at the Emma L. Bowen Foundation for Minority Interests in Media, where she oversaw education programs and industry relations.

Karla received her Masters of Arts from University of California, Los Angeles, and her Bachelor of Arts from Duke University in North Carolina. She lives in Culver City, California with her husband, Kevin Kitchel, and their two children, Viviana and Estela.

Julie Ann Crommett joined The Walt Disney Studios on February 6th as Vice President, Multicultural Audience Engagement. She was most recently Google's Entertainment Industry Educator in Chief leading their efforts to shift and diversify on-screen perceptions of computer science through storytelling (a position she created). Previously she worked at NBCUniversal managing behind-the-camera diversity programs including Writers on the Verge and the Directing Fellowship.

Her journey is coming full-circle at Disney where she began her career as a Pixar Animation Studios' production intern working on the Wall-E DVD and Up promos. Most recently, she was named to The Hollywood Reporter's prestigious "Next Gen: 35 under 35" and serves on the boards of NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers) and Women in Animation. Of Cuban and Puerto Rican heritage, Julie Ann was raised in Atlanta, GA and earned her BA in English at Harvard University.

It’s the important things—our families, our values, the impact we have on others—that connect us. And although making sense of it all can be hard, asking the right questions can make things clearer. So when I talk to you about wealth management, I want to learn about those life questions that are on your mind. “Should I start my own business? Is it better to leave my kids everything? Or nothing? How do I set up a charitable fund? Will my family be ok when I’m gone?” Together, I know we can find the answers.

Whatever your concerns, I can help you create a comprehensive financial plan to address your important priorities. Over the last 10 years, I have put my experience to work for each of my clients, helping them find the best way forward to pursue the goals that truly matter.

Capabilities to impact your life and wealth

I deliver comprehensive wealth management and focus on these areas: – Detailed portfolio management through comprehensive investment strategies
– Wealth transfer strategies, including inheritance and business succession planning

– Longevity planning, including retirement income and insurance planning
– Life transition planning for marriage, divorce or loss of a loved one

My professional achievements and education

– Series 7 and 66 securities licenses
– B.S., finance, California State University, Northridge

Outside the office

– I maintain an overall active lifestyle by hiking, snowboarding, playing squash, or practicing Krav Maga
– You can also find me spending my free time giving back to the community at the Union Rescue Mission

Vice President, Acquisitions, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Alex Almogabar Zahn is Vice President of Acquisitions for Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA). Since joining the division at Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2011, Zahn has been involved in the acquisition and production of dozens of films such as Dope, which he helped bring to Director’s Fortnight in Cannes 2015, Marshall starring Chadwick Boseman, Bleed for This starring Miles Teller and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, and most recently at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, Searching starring John Cho and Debra Messing.

As an individual who prides himself in his heritage, he is deeply committed to and passionate about furthering the presence of Latin Americans in film. He has devoted much of his work to highlighting filmmakers, actors, stories, and overall content that accurately and positively represent the modern US LatinX experience.

Prior to joining SPWA, Zahn worked in casting at 20th Century Fox, and with Avy Kaufman in New York, where he helped cast films including Salt, Taking Woodstock, & Jack Goes Boating. Zahn also helped cast the 2011 Sundance Next section film Restless City, directed by Andrew Dosunmu and shot by Bradford Young.

Zahn graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Economics & Management. He currently resides in Los Angeles.