EXECUTIVE BOARD
The core mission of the Executive Board is to advise and participate in shaping the school's future. This group of industry, creative and community leaders partners with the Dean and the faculty to implement special initiatives, advance industry connections, enhance financial support for the school and its students, and raise the school's public profile.
![]() Jim Berk CEO Participant Media |
![]() Sanford R. Climan President & CEO Entertainment Media Ventures |
![]() Laurie Coots Chief Marketing Officer TBWA/Worldwide |
![]() Francis Ford Coppola MFA '67 Filmmaker American Zoetrope |
Donald De Line '80President Deline Pictures |
Moctesuma Esparza '71, MFA '73CEO Maya Entertainment |
Peter GuberChairman Mandalay Entertainment |
Curtis HansonDirector/Writer/Producer Deuce Three Productions |
Goldie HawnFounder The Hawn Foundation |
Ken Hertz, Esq. JD '84Partner Goldring, Hertz, & Lichtenstein, LLP |
Reginald HudlinWriter/Director/Producer Hudlin Entertainment |
Phil KentChairman & CEO Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc. |
David A. Leveton, Esq.Attorney and Business Executive Law Offices of David A. Leveton |
Kishore LullaGroup Executive Chairman Eros International |
Frank Marshall '68Producer/Director The Kennedy/Marshall Company |
William E. MitchellManaging Partner Sequel Capital Management |
Steve MoskoPresident Sony Pictures Television |
Cecilia deMille PresleyDirector and Trustee Cecil B. deMille Foundation |
Richard Rosenblatt '91Chairman, CEO, & Founder Demand Media, Inc. |
Martin ScorseseFilmmaker and Chair The Film Foundation |
Brad Silberling MFA '87Director a |
Harry Evans Sloan '71 JDChairman and CEO Global Eagle Acquisition Corp. |
Darren Star '83Writer/Producer Darren Star Productions |
Bruce VaughnChief Creative Executive Walt Disney Imagineering |
Gore Verbinski '87Director a |
Paula WagnerFounder Chestnut Ridge Productions |
Jeff WalkerChairman, MDG Health Alliance – CHWs |
Deborah WidenerFinancial Services Executive |
Rita WilsonActor, Producer, Writer |
Richard Wolpert '85Managing Director Chance Technologies and Investments |
Jonathan ZakinPresident & CEO Big Live |


































