Meet the Team

Program Development Team

Our Program Development Team is responsible for the creation of Journeys in Film curriculum guides, educator professional development workshops, partnerships with schools, universities and other community organizations, promotion of international education reform on local and national levels, and general organizational growth of Journeys in Film.

Hershawna Frison headshot
Hershawna Frison
Jennifer Fischer headshot
Jennifer Fischer
Martine Joelle Mcdonald
Martine Joelle Mcdonald

 

Board of Directors

Elana Luppino headshot
Elana Luppino
Hunter Chang headshot
Hunter Chang
Jamor Gaffney-Logan
Jamor Gaffney-Logan
Jennica Carmona headshot
Jennica Carmona
Joanne Ashe headshot
Joanne Strahl Ashe
Kayla Johnson headshot
Kayla Johnson

 

National Advisory Council

We are very proud of the prominent members of our National Advisory Council, who volunteer their efforts on our behalf in multiple ways. By supporting Journeys in Film, each individual listed below understands and supports the critical need for preparing today’s American youth for participation in our increasingly interdependent world.

Alexi Ashe Meyers - Lawyer
Brooke Adams - Actor
Daniel Coleman - Co-Founder of Casel and Author of Emotional Intelligence
Eileen Mattingly - Curriculum Development
Elizabeth Clark Zoia - Public Relations Specialist
Emily Shagley - Marketing Specialist
Gary Foster - Horseshoe Bay Productions
Harold Ramis - Director, Writer, Actor in Memoriam
Jill Iscol - Ed President IF Hummingbird Foundation In Memorium
Kristen Wiig - Actor
Liam Neeson - Founding Spokesperson
Loung Ung - Spokesperson for The Cambodia Fund
Mary Steenburgen - Actor
Piper Hendricks - P.H. Balanced Films
Henry-Louis Gates - Chair of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
Richard Shweder - University of Chicago
Randy Testa - XMedia Lab, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Rosabeth Moss-Kanter - Harvard Business School
Sara Jo Fischer - Independent Art Consultant
Scott Frank - Screenwriter, Director
Sharon Bialy - Casting Director
Tara Bennet Coleman - Author of Emotional Alchemy
Ted Danson - Actor
Tony Shalhoub - Actor, An Interview with Tony
Walter Teller - Entertainment Lawyer
William Nix - Chairman, Creative Projects Group

*We would like to give special recognition to the late Sonia Weitz, a Holocaust survivor, for her valuable service on our National Advisory Council. She was a remarkable woman who dedicated her life to educating youth about the dangers of ignorance and bigotry, through her firsthand testimonies. View our Sonia Weitz Legacy page to learn more.*

 

Head Writers

Amy Bowers - Writer
Anthony Whitten - Writer
Danika Sudik - Writer
Hershawna Frison - Director of Education and Strategic Initiatives/Writer
Lara Tukarski - Writer

 

Additional Writers

Barrett Rock - Writer
Glenn Klakring - Writer
Laura Zlatos - Writer
Lorraine Martinez Hanley - Writer
Mary Anne Kovacs - Writer
Matt McCormick - Writer
Patricia Lawson - Writer
Tonya Montgomery - Writer
Translate »