Advisory Council

The members of the CSUEA Advisory Council are high profile, executives, creators, and trendsetters in all facets of entertainment arts who represent media giants, leading studios and independent companies. The Council helps guide the CSU’s efforts to develop mutually beneficial industry partnerships and the most relevant course and career development standards for our students.

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Angeline Buenaventura

Creative Talent Development
Manager, Netflix

Mark "Garvey" Candella

Chief Strategy Officer, AcadArena

Kevin Clark

President, Dakar Collective, Brownbagtv.org, The Hive Colony

Laura Clark

Director of Education, House of Blues Music Forward Foundation

Dan Cohen

Chief Content Liscencing Officer, Paramount Global

Grazia Como

Program Manager, Early Career Recruiting, Outreach & Engagement, Netflix

Jamila Daniel

Chief Diversity Officer for Lionsgate and Senior Vice President of Human Resources at STARZ

Madeline Di Nonno

President & CEO, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

Nicole Dial

Associate Manager, School Relations, Walt Disney Animation Studios

Maureen Droney

Vice President, The Recording Academy

David Eilenberg

Head of Originals, Roku

Bettina Fisher

Senior Director Early Career Talent Development, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Wenda Fong

Trustee & Vice Chair of the Board, California State University

Allison Frenzel

Education Programs Consultant, California Dept. of Education

Ryan Frias

Software Engineer,
Skywalker Sound

Harry Friedman

Executive Producer, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune

Pat Griffis

Vice President, Technology, Office of the CTO, Dolby Laboratories

Rex Grignon

Director, Nimble Studio, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Ilan Haimoff

Partner, Green Hasson Janks

Nicole Hendrix

Co-Founder/Executive Director, The BRIC Foundation

Shari Holly

Director of Operations, Pipelines Pro

Eve Light Honthaner

Author, Focal Press

Steve Ip

Advisor, Venture Partner, and CEO, BIXIN CAPITAL, Animoca Brands, Conductive.ai

Doug Jackson

Director of Technical Operations, Sony Pictures Television

Gregg Katano

SVP, HOLOGATE

Carole Kirschner

Creator CBS Diversity Writers Program - Director WGA Showrunner Training Program - Entertainment Career Coach/Speaker, CBS Diversity Writers Showrunners Program