SXSW Mentors and Film Round Tables Announced for SXSW Online - sxsw.com

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The beauty of events like SXSW has always been the ability to meet people from all across the globe and having the opportunity to learn and be inspired by one another. Keep the creativity going and continue seeking out answers to your questions from the comfort of your home. At SXSW Online, connect with professionals from all areas of the tech, film, and music industries with Mentor Sessions and Round Tables.

Launching soon, you’ll be able to discover, RSVP for, and access Mentor Sessions and Round Tables using Mentorly – part of our suite of SXSW Online associated platforms. Mentor Sessions are 15 minute one-on-one meetings with a wide range of industry professionals. Round Tables bring together film industry experts with SXSW attendees for an informal and enlightening discussion.

Mentor Sessions are organized by areas of expertise including Cannabusiness, Space, Climate and Social Action, and more. Find an expert that will help guide you to success in your business ventures with our preview list of SXSW Online Mentors and Roundtable participants below.

You must RSVP for Mentor Sessions or Round Tables in advance. Stay tuned for more information and the launch of RSVPs on March 9.

SXSW Mentors By Track

Advertising & Brand Experience

Kelsey Formost
Magic Words Copywriting | Founder
Dr. Charles Wood
University of Tulsa | Professor of Marketing, Center Director
Douglas Scott
Subnation Media | Co-Founder
Janis Middleton
22squared Ad Agency | SVP, Executive Director of Multicultural and Inclusion Strategy
Dolores Hirschmann
Masters in Clarity | Chief Clarity Officer
Steve Keller
Studio Resonate at Pandora | Sonic Strategy Director
Margot Bloomstein
Appropriate, Inc. | Principal
Bessie Lee
Withinlink | Founder and CEO
Damian Bazadona
Situation | Founder, President
Brandon Rachon
Kastner and Partners | Chief Creative Officer
Joseph Jaffe
CoronaTV | Host
Lina Renzina
The Ad Council | Talent Partnerships
Alexandra Lourdes, Ph.D
Refined Hospitality – Café Lola, Saint Honoré Doughnuts & Beignets | Founder
Sarita Alami
Mailchimp | Director of Programming, Mailchimp Studios
Jesus M Rodriguez
Makine | SVP Creative + Creative
Brent Buntin
Code and Theory | CMO
David Meltzer
Sports 1 Marketing | Co-Founder

Cannabusiness

Amanda Reiman
Personal Plants | Founder
Ryan Crane
Tempo | Founder & CEO
Liz Grow
Grow House Media | CEO
Jessica Velazquez
INDIVA ADVISORS LLP | Managing Partner
Mary Pryor
Cannaclusive and TONIC CBD | Founder and CMO
Austin Stevenson
VERTOSA INC. | Chief Innovation Officer
Kellen O’Keefe
Flower One | Chief Strategy Officer
Naweh Totimeh
Aequilibrium | Founder/President
Leah Maurer
The Weed Blog | Co-Owner
Karson Humiston
Vangst | Founder and CEO

Climate & Social Action

Connection & Culture

Shannon Marie Riley
Building 180 | Founder
Juan Carlos Perez
Art+Logic | Director of Marketing
Priyanka Jaisinghani
Girlz,FTW | Co-Founder
Anita Jaisinghani
Pondicheri Restaurant | Chef/Owner
Lin Jerome
Refined Hospitality | Founder
Elizabeth Blau
Blau and Associates | CEO and Founder
Reed Slobusky
SkinnyFATS | Founder
Mary Cheyne
Magnetic Podium, LLC | Transformational Public Speaking Trainer & Coach
Mordechai Lightstone
Tech Tribe | Rabbi
Miraya Berke
Dessert Goals, Rom Com Fest, Mixily | Founder
Aaron Leventman
Almost Adults Productions | Creative Director

Design

Richard Mullane
Hassell | Environment & Communities Sector Leader
David Dylan Thomas
Author, Design for Cognitive Bias | Cognitive Bias
Erik Summa
Dell Technologies | Innovation Experience Lead
Jessie McGuire
ThoughtMatter | Managing Director
Joe C. Klug
University of Arizona | Assistant Professor of Scenic Design
Liron Lavi Turkenich
Aravrit | Founder & Creative Director
Christine Park
Bayer | Design Director
Maria Yap
Adobe | Vice President of Digital Imaging Organization at Adobe

Future of Music

Brittany Douziech
Endemol Shine North America | Music Supervisor
Nicole Sanzio
InDigi Music | CEO/Founder
Steven Ambers
SOCAN | Vice President Corporate Development
Jessica Tolf Vulpius
Crunchy Frog / Crunchy Tunes | PR / sync agent
Jesper Yebo Reginal
Crunchy Frog / Crunchy Tunes | Boss Frog
Gareth Carter
Crunchy Tunes | Head of Sync
Ulrik Nalna Petersen
Crunchy Frog | Founder, Head of Digital Distribution
Andee Connors
Pandora / Sirius XM | Manager: Creator Engagement Team / Head of Metal & Punk Programming
Dan Nordheim
Pandora | Catalog & Creator Services Coordinator
Chris Bell
Chris Bell Productions | Producer/Engineer/Mixer
Paul Wiltshire
Songtradr, Inc | Founder/CEO
Militia Vox
Militious Productions, Militia Vox, Judas Priestess | Artist, Creator, Director, Founder
Dilini Weerasooriya
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management | Financial Advisor, CFP
Ed Brew
LabelRadar | CEO
Brianna Ruelas
Ruelas Music Group | CEO
Victoria Wiltshire
Songtradr | Chief Experience Officer
Doug Hall
Big Feat PR | Founder
Jake Webb
Slash MGMT | Founder
Peter Sotos
Independent Music Consultant
Paul Rocha
Secret City Records | Director, Creative Licensing and Synchronization
Jessica Klodnicki
Skullcandy | Chief Marketing Officer
Nermina Mumic
Legitary | CEO & Founder
Nina Carter
Broadcast Music Inc | Creative Director, Events & Partnerships
Tim Pattison
Broadcast Music Inc | Director, Creative Pop/Rock
Josiah Albertsen
Pandora + SiriusXM | Partner Manager, Catalog Specialist
Joanna Noyes
The Orchard | VP, Marketing
Carissa Stolting
Left Bank Artists / Unmanageable | Founder, Artist & Event Manager
Matthew Covey
Tamizdat | Executive Director
Olivia Harrington
Ten Atoms | Head of Film, TV and Brand Development / Manager
Adèle Ho
Little Spark Music | Music Supervisor
Kristin Grant
Westcott Multimedia, Inc | Founder
Toni Wallace
United Talent Agency | Co-Head of Music Brand Partnerships
Ola Sars
Soundtrack Your Brand | CEO & Founder
Francis Preve
Symplesound | Founder/Principal
Ann Markwell
This Fiction | Manager, A&R
Alisann Blood
United Talent Agency | Co-Head of Music Brand Partnerships
Arielle Rubin
Nettwerk Music Group | Manager
Cristina “Trinity” Velez-Justo
ReelScoring, LLC | Founder/Composer
Jeff Liebenson
Liebenson Law | Principal
Mike Warner
Work Hard Playlist Hard | Founder
Michele Darling
Berklee College of Music | Assistant Chair of Electronic Production and Design
Shari Hoffman
Transparence Entertainment Group | Co-founder & CEO
Craig Snyder
Lyte | Director of Business Development
Reema Iqbal
BMI | Sr Director, Creative – Film, TV, Visual Media

Game Industry

Matt Arden
NBA 2K League (NBA) | Head of Content & Media
Lee Perez
Meddling Kids | CEO & Game Director
Emma Buttin
French Embassy in the US | New Media Officer
Jeff Rona
Wide Blue Sky | Composer, Producer

Government & Politics

Dominique Harrison
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies | Director, Technology Policy
Chelsea Collier
Digi.City | Founder
Sherri Greenberg
The University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs | Professor of Practice, Fellow of Max Sherman Chair in State & Local Government, Graduate Advisor

Health & MedTech

David Tobin
Audiojack | CEO / Founder
Melissa Barker
The Phoenix Project | Founder & CEO
Rachel Carmen Ceasar
Culture of Health+Tech Consulting // University of Southern California (USC) | Researcher
Andrew Nerlinger
PandemicTech | Co-founder
Prakash Jayakumar
The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School | Assistant Professor of Surgery / Director of Value Based Health Care and Outcome Measurement
Ambreen Molitor
Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Senior Director
Rhea Mehta
Bowhead Health | Co-founder
Shelly Bhowmik
Platform Wellness | Founder

Media & Journalism

Wilkine Brutus
WLRN, Miami’s NPR | Palm Beach County Reporter
Daniel Villarreal
Newsweek, NBC Out, LGBTQ Nation | Contributor
Jose Papa
Trace Brasil / Bett | CEO / Chairman

Space

Chris Impey
University of Arizona | Professor
Kenneth Harris
The Aerospace Corporation | Senior Engineer
David Delgado
Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Cultural Strategist
Dylan Taylor
Voyager Space Holdings | Chairman and CEO
Kim Arcand
SAO/NASA | Visualization scientist

Sports

Erica Vanstone
WFTDA | Executive Director
Jasmine Maietta
round21 | Founder
Brian Mirakian
Populous | Senior Principal

Startups

Heather Kumari McClellan
HKM Coaching & Consulting | Founder
Josh Daghir
R/GA Ventures | Associate Director, Strategy & Portfolio Manager
Sly Lee
Emerge | CEO, Cofounder
Mélissa Peng
Curly Executive | CEO
Heather Wentler
Doyenne | Executive Director & Co-founder
Caren Carrasco
Benjamin David Group | Senior Partner
Vincent Touati-Tomas
Northzone | Head of Marketing and Communications

Tech Industry & Enterprise

Addy Ruth
Cognite AS | Senior Web Developer
Wendy Xiao Schadeck
Northzone | Partner
Cynthia Overton
Kapor Center | Director of Tech Workplace Initiatives
Amanda. Gupta
CoveyLaw | Attorney
Ed Doran
Microsoft Research | Senior Director
Alexander Chan
Chan Solutions | Founder, VP Product
Josh Klein
Indigometrics | CEO and Co-Founder
Kate Baucherel
Galia Digital | Digital Strategist & Blockchain Explainer

Workplace

Gorick Ng
The Unspoken Rules | Author
Carol Sankar
The Confidence Factor for Women | Founder
Obed Louissaint
IBM Corporation | Senior Vice President, Transformation & Culture
Craig Lemasters
GXG | CEO

XR

Ulrich Schrauth
VRHAM! Festival | Artistic Director
Jimmy Cheng
Digital Domain | Director of Content
Simone Kliass
Voiceover Specialist and XR Researcher |
Arnaud Colinart
ATLAS V | Founder – Producer
Julie Walsh
Walsh Projects | Founder
Kim-Leigh Pontin
Nexus Studios | Creative Director
Diego Prilusky
Entrepreneur |
Elaine Wong
HTC Vive | Content Partnerships, Viveport

Making Film & Episodics

Elle Schneider
Director/Cinematographer |
Rebecca Stern
Cattle Rat Productions | Director
PJ Raval
Unraval Pictures | Filmmaker & Television Director
Megan Griffiths
Filmmaker & Television Director
Yen Tan
Filmmaker
Brian Taylor
Writer, Director, Producer
Adam Hootnick
Resonance Pictures | Founder / EP
Matthew Soraci
The Lagralane Group | COO
Elise McCave
Kickstarter | Senior Director, Film
Theresa Navarro
American Documentary, Inc. | POV | Vice President, External Affairs
Michael Kinomoto
ITVS/Independent Lens | Senior Manager, Production
Darrien Michele Gipson
SAGindie | Executive Director
Chris Ohlson
Revelator | Producer/Director
Barbara Crampton
AMP FILMS | VP of Production and Development
David Hartstein
Blue Suitcase | Producer
Valerie Steinberg
Valerie Steinberg Productions | Producer
Joseph Litzinger
BBC Studios/ Interesting Human Media | Executive Producer
Danielle Kreinik
Ubisoft Film & Television | Director of Television & Executive Producer “Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet”
Cedric Gamelin
CloudWalker Games | Founder
Paul Merryman
Producer |
Alex Johnson
Screenwriter + Filmmaker |
Lisa Donato
Director
Sarah Seulki Oh
Producer
Gregory Kallenberg
Film Prize/Film Prize Feature Factory | Founder
Bryan Poyser
Director
Lindsey Dryden
Little By Little Films | Founder, Director, Producer
Heather Kafka
Actor

Film & TV Industry

Rowan Woods
British Council // London Film Festival | Film Programme Manager // Series and Episodic Programmer
Marcin Pieńkowski
New Horizons Film Festival | Festival Director
Jay Lin
Portico Media | CEO
Diego Marambio
INCAA – Argentina National Film Institute | International Affairs Coordinator
Dan Satorius
Satorius Law Firm PC | CEI
Deena Kalai
Deena Kalai, PLLC | Attorney
Nyasha Foy
Complex Media | Senior Counsel, Business and Legal Affairs
Amy E. Mitchell
Amy E Mitchell, PLLC | Owner/Entertainment Attorney
David Nugent
Hamptons Film Fest | Artistic Director
Matthew Bolish
NYFF/Film Linc | Director of Operations & Production
Che Lin
Sandbox Immersive Festival | Curator/Lecturer
J Thomas Nam
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) | NAFF Managing Director/ BIFAN Programmer
Jim Brunzell III
Sound Unseen, LLC | Festival Director
Greg Rhem
Bronx Brain 64 | Founder/Chief Consultant
Ina Pira
Vimeo | Curator
Monica Garcia Massague
Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia | General Manager
Andrew Peterson
Provincetown International Film Festival | Director of Programming
Alice Kharoubi
Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes | Director of Cinemas Programming
Lee Meltzer
PMK BNC | Director
Lina Plath
Frank Publicity | Co-Founder/Partner
Sylvia Desrochers
MPRM | Senior Vice President
Jacki St. Thomas
Jive PR + Digital | Account Manager – Entertainment
Will Jenkins
Civic Advisors | Political Consultant and Media Producer
Eric Sloss
Cinetic Media | Head of Sales
Matt Grady
Factory 25 | Founder
Aijah Keith
IFC Films | Director of Acquisitions
Andreas Olavarria
Level 33 Entertainment | President & CEO
John Van Thaden
Magnolia | SVP
Michael Repsch
Dark Star Pictures | President
Aaron Katz
Oscilloscope | Head of Acquisitions
Sarafina DiFelice
Netflix | Original documentaries
Robert Chernow
Good Deed Entertainment | Acquisitions Manager
Karol Martesko-Fenster
Abramorama | COO / Partner
David Magdael
DAVID MAGDAEL & ASSOCIATES, INC. | PRESIDENT/CEO
Brandy Fons
Fons PR | Founder
Jay Kim
GiiOii / Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) | Producer / xR Curator
Landon Zakheim
Sundance Film Festival / Overlook Film Festival | Programmer, Short Films – Sundance / Co-Director – Overlook
Dale Cohen
UCLA Law | Director, Documentary Film Legal Clinic
Britta Erich
Creative Europe Desk Hamburg | Consultant, Press, Communication

Film Round Tables By Track

Making Film & Episodics

Pamela Torno
ITVS | Senior Manager, Short-Form Content
Caroline von Kuhn
Sundance Institute | Catalyst Director
Flavio Alves
Queens Pictures LLC | Director
Clay Liford
Well Tailored Films | Writer/Director
Fanny L Grande
Avenida Productions LLC. | CEO Co-Founder
Kuye Youngblood
BRIC TV | Director | Head of Development & Production
Ramfis Myrthil
Beast of the East Productions | Founder/President
Julie Christeas
Tandem Pictures | Founder, CEO
Maria Zuckerman
Topic Studios | EVP, Head of Studio
Liz Cardenas
Ten to the Six Pictures | Founder
Kathleen Grace
New Form | Producer
Michael Taylor
Film Editor, member of AMPAS and ACE
Carol Silverman
Set Decorator
Natalie Difford
Cinereach | Head of Filmmaker Development
Rachel Crouch
Cold Iron Pictures | Director of Development
Claire Bargout
SpectreVision | Director of Development
Meghan McWilliams
CloudWalker | Founder
Holly Herrick
Austin Film Society | Head of Film & Creative Media
Alex Winter
Trouper Productions | Founder
Milan Chakraborty
Marginal MediaWorks | Head of Film
Chelsea Hernandez
Panda Bear Films | Director
Greta Fuentes
MACRO | Director of Development
Dan Tucker
York Mediale | Immersive Producer & Curator
Estela Valdivieso Chen
Serendipity | CEO/Producer
Amy Seidenwurm
Oculus | Executive Producer, VR for Good
Dale Cohen
UCLA Law | Director, Documentary Film Legal Clinic
Britta Erich
Creative Europe Desk Hamburg | Consultant, Press, Communication

Film & TV Industry

Rachel Walker
Alamo Drafthouse | Head of Programming & Creative – Los Angeles, Virtual Events Team
Megan Leonard
Seattle International Film Festival | Programmer
Anderson Le
Hawaii International Film Festival | Artistic director
Jessie Fairbanks
SFFILM | Director of Programming
Meira Blaustein
Woodstock Film Festival | Co-Founder / Executive Director
Marian Koltai-Levine
PMK BNC | President of Film, Content and Marketing
Peter Van Steemburg
XYZ Films | Talent Manager
David Ninh
Kino Lorber | Director of Publicity
Ryan Kampe
Visit Films | President
Bryan Glick
GQue Films | President
Basil Tsiokos
Nantucket Film Festival / DOC NYC | Film Program Director / Director of Programming
Opal H Bennett
DOC NYC | Shorts Programmer | Director of Filmmaker Development
Carl Spence
FilmFreeway, Eventive, Miami Film Festival, Orcas Island Film Fest | Film Rep, Senior Programmer, Festival Director
Kristin McCracken
McCrackHouse | Social Media Strategist
Kristin Harris
Good Deed Entertainment / Cranked Up Films | EVP, Distribution & Operations
Sten-Kristian Saluveer
Marche Du Film – Festival de Cannes / Storytek | Head of NEXT / CEO
Mitch Davis
Fantasia International Film Festival | Artistic Director

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