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Ellen Schneider
Founder and Executive Director
ellen@activevoice.net
Ellen has worked at the intersection of film and civic engagement for over 25 years. She was formerly the executive producer of P.O.V., PBS's longest running independent documentary series. Schneider created and executive produced the pilot TV series, Right Here, Right Now, which Entertainment Weekly called "a blueprint for what reality television should be all about." Ellen lectures widely and has served juries ranging from the Sundance Film Festival to the Rio Cine Festival in Brazil. |
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Shaady Salehi
Program Director
shaady@activevoice.net
Shaady directs and implements many of Active Voice's film campaigns, working with local and national organizations to develop strategies for maximizing the use of film and meeting defined objectives. Prior to joining the Active Voice team, she did her graduate studies in Cultural Anthropology, focusing on the role of the Internet in provoking cultural resistance and social change among urban youth in Iran. She holds an M.A. in Anthropology from the University of California, Davis, and is currently enrolled in Columbia University's Strategic Communications program. |
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Daniel Moretti
Operations Manager
daniel@activevoice.net
Daniel oversees organizational operations and contributes to the digital and production components of various campaigns. He comes to Active Voice with experience in both the nonprofit sector and the film industry, having worked at Lifetime Television in Los Angeles and at international production company Bigfoot Entertainment in the Philippines. He was also a program associate at The Global Film Initiative, where he provided support for programs that promoted cross-cultural understanding through cinema. Daniel holds a B.A. in Television and Video Production from Emerson College. |
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Ana Weibgen
Campaign Coordinator
ana@activevoice.net
Ana coordinates campaigns mostly dealing with human and civil rights. A dedicated activist, Ana’s work has focused on achieving social, civil and economic equality for marginalized communities, particularly youth and people of color. Ana previously worked as an organizer for the Barack Obama campaign, a paralegal for the American Civil Liberties Union’s Racial Justice Program and a youth leader in South Africa. Ana holds a B.A. in History from Wesleyan University.
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Maikiko James
Program Coordinator
maikiko@activevoice.net
Maikiko coordinates programs and projects that deal primarily with cultural and immigration issues. She has held development positions at Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach, TADA! Youth Theater in New York City and Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights. A performer and facilitator in multiple youth and social justice programs, Maikiko holds a B.F.A. in Screenwriting from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, with a minor in Asian Pacific American Studies. |
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Matthew Green
Campaign Coordinator
matthew@activevoice.net
Matthew has a background in print journalism and education. He has written widely about urban agriculture and local food justice topics for a variety of Bay Area publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle and Edible East Bay Magazine. Matthew taught journalism for three years in an urban Oakland high school, where he built an organic vegetable garden with his students and where he continues to teach gardening classes. Matthew holds a B.A. in History from Oberlin College. |
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Sahar Driver
Closer to the Truth Project Coordinator
sahar@activevoice.net
Sahar draws on her experience working in the film and television production industry in Los Angeles, as well as her education in participatory research, feminist ethnography and cross-cultural alliance building. Sahar holds a B.A. in International Affairs and Environmental Studies from James Madison University and an M.A. in Social and Cultural Anthropology, with a focus in Gender, Ecology and Society, from the California Institute of Integral Studies; she is currently working towards a PhD in that program. |
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