KEVIN KEDROE is an NYC-based creative director and production designer. With a BFA from The Cooper Union, Kevin's career blossomed through brand development and production. His work as a production designer has garnered accolades from HBO, BET, Sundance and The Cannes Film Festival.
Kevin wields strategic expertise to shape integrated strategies into impactful storytelling, to guides teams in crafting immersive brand experiences across platforms, and to elevate market presence.
PETER O’LEARY is a filmmaker living in Twentynine Palms, CA. He earned his BA from Oberlin College, and attended NYU Grad Film’s MFA program in directing and cinematography.
Peter works in a “one-man-band” style. In various capacities, his work has screened on TV, in galleries, and at 100's of festivals, including Sundance. Vimeo twice featured his cinematography as “Staff Picks”. His work in advocacy has generated 100’s of millions of views on social media.
DEVIN LANDIN is a writer/producer, market researcher, and educator. He has a B.A. from Manhattanville College, and graduated from NYU's MBA/MFA film producing program. He lives in Brooklyn, and is a member of the Kings County Democratic County Committee.
Along with advocacy work, Devin's producing includes feature films Saints Rest, and Entangled , the TV pilot According to My Mother, and the Academy Award nominated short film Samaria.
As a market researcher, Devin helps clients understand their audience with actionable insights derived from data. Clients include not-for-profits, Fortune 200 companies, consumer products, and healthcare.
TIANA MARENAH is a neurodiverse artist, screenwriter, and filmmaker born in West Africa. She grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. Tiana left Alaska to study History and Film Studies at The George Washington University.
After undergrad, she attended NYU’s Tisch film program in Singapore where she earned an MFA in screenwriting, directing and cinematography. As a video installation artist, her work has been shown in the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Kunstinstituut Melly in Rotterdam, the International Center for Photography Museum in Manhattan, and during Art Basel (Miami), 2018. Tiana currently lives in Los Angeles, and works as an educator/writer/director.
KRISTEN SWANBECK is a director and editor originally from Ohio who now lives in Los Angeles, CA. She got her B.A. from Antioch College and her MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts graduate film school.
Kristen makes short documentaries for Topic Studios, including the series Sex Toy Dynasty and My Kid Plays Soccer. She’s directed several narrative short films, including, most recently, At Least You are Here, which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival, then went on to play in Ukraine, Brazil, and around the world. She edited Saba Riazi’s narrative feature film Ice Cream, about a woman living in modern day Tehran, which recently premiered at the Telluride Film Festival.
Before becoming a filmmaker, Kristen worked on the line at a plastic bottle factory in Ohio. She got her teamster union card at a trucking terminal in Queens, NY working the night shift as a billings clerk. She remains true to her gritty roots.
ERIK DOREY is a veteran political strategist, communications director and legislative aide. His work on U.S. Senate campaigns for three consecutive cycles put him in the thick of some of the biggest races in the country, serving as chief spokesperson and director of communications, digital and research teams for statewide campaigns.
Erik got his start on Capitol Hill early in the Obama administration, working for the House Committee on Science and Technology before becoming a Legislative Assistant advising a subcommittee chairman on housing, civil rights and judiciary issues.
From there, Erik worked for the DCCC on a special election in Oregon, serving as Communications Director for the state's democratic party, where he learned the ins-and-outs of a state party apparatus.
As Press Secretary for Sen. Claire McCaskill in 2012, Erik steered the senator's messaging and earned media efforts in a storied campaign, where improbably they won despite her status as the cycle's most vulnerable incumbent. Erik's next position, Deputy Campaign Manager for Sen. Mark Pryor, saw him directing not only the communications team, but also research and digital, with a key role in the campaign's paid media strategy. In the same role for Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Erik's strategic acumen helped to establish his candidate as the early frontrunner in Maryland's competitive democratic primary.
