Katie Townsend is a Partner in the Los Angeles area and Washington, D.C. offices of Gibson Dunn, a member of the firm’s Litigation and Media
Board Members

Susan Margolin is an award-winning documentary film producer and a pioneer of digital distribution, with over 25 years of experience in independent

Jonathan Gray has been an attorney, producer, and advisor in the documentary film community for over 30 years.

Jennifer Tiexiera is an award winning filmmaker and one of the co-founders of Lady & Bird, a female led documentary production company focused on telling stories from underrepresented voices.

Luis González Zaffaroni is the executive director of DOCSP , an organization focused on the development of the documentary field in São Paulo, Brazil

Joel Simon is the founding director of the Journalism Protection Initiative at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, part of the City University of New York.

Nathalie Seaver has a long history in film and has held creative development and production executive positions for scripted film and television at

Inti Cordera is a documentary film director, producer, and founder of La Maroma Productions and the DocsMX festival & organization in Mexico City.

Toni Kamau is the 2024 Sundance Amazon MGM nonfiction producing prize winner, as well as a News Emmy and Peabody-nominated producer and founder of the Kenyan-based “We Are Not the Machine” - which tells stories of African outsiders, rebels, and changemakers for global audiences.

Paula Ossandón Cabrera is the director of Chiledoc, an organization that promotes Chilean talents, their films and series worldwide. She is also the director and founder of Miradoc, a distribution program for Chilean documentaries with 12 years of experience.