janderson_name = "Jennifer L. Anderson"
janderson_bio= "Jennifer is an independent strategy/finance consultant in the media/entertainment industry. She formerly served as Head of Finance & Strategic Operations at Red Envelope Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netflix, where she had responsibility for the evaluation of all film acquisition opportunities and setting overall divisional strategy.  Prior to Red Envelope, Jennifer served as Vice President, Finance at Paramount Vantage (a division of Paramount Pictures) where she was responsible for coordinating the studio&#39;s green-lighting of films, co-financing opportunities and talent deals.  Additionally, Jennifer&#39;s operational duties included oversight of theatrical marketing finance and the divisional overhead budget.  Jennifer worked on several Oscar-winning titles including NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, THERE WILL BE BLOOD, BABEL and AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH.<br/><br/> Prior to Paramount Vantage, Jennifer began her career in entertainment at Paramount Pictures as Manager, Motion Picture Planning, with responsibility for creating and analyzing feature film P&Ls for &#34;green-lighting&#34; the production and acquisition of the studio&#39;s major motion picture releases.  She started her career in corporate finance as an investment banking analyst at J.P. Morgan & Company, Inc., and subsequently worked in private equity for the leveraged buyout firm, Butler Capital Corporation.<br/><br/> Jennifer holds a B. S. in Business Administration, cum laude, from Georgetown University.  She also has an MBA in Media Management from Columbia Business School." 

llederer_name = "Laura Lederer"
llederer_bio = " Laura J. Lederer founded and directed The Protection Project at Harvard University&#39;s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1997. In 2000, she moved The Protection Project to Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). She is adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law Center, where she has taught for seven years, including the first full course on international trafficking in persons offered at a law school. For five years she served as Senior Advisor on Trafficking in Persons to Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, Paula J. Dobriansky. She also directed a Global Projects on Trafficking in Persons at the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the U.S. Department of State. In addition, for seven years she was the Executive Director of the Senior Policy Operating Group on Trafficking in Persons, a high level interagency policy group that staffed the President&#39;s cabinet-level Inter-agency Task Force on Trafficking in Persons. She is and Planning at Global Centurion, an NGO working to stop child sexual slavery." 

gross_name = "George Ross"
gross_bio = "George Ross has been a consultant and director of Nomi Network since its founding. Since July 2005 he has also served as Executive Director, New York for World Vision Inc. Since 2002, Mr. Ross has been a consultant to early stage businesses and a financial investor. His business career has included senior financial officer and board member positions with both public and private companies in diverse industries. Mr. Ross was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and a board member of Tier Technologies Inc. from February 1997 to January 2000, which became a public company during this period. Mr. Ross was a partner and investor with Capital Partners from 1992 to 1997, serving on multiple boards of directors. He was a senior financial officer and director of various Axel Johnson Inc. businesses from 1979 to 1992. He also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and director of Aminoil USA, an R.J. Reynolds (&#34;RJR&#34;) subsidiary, from 1976 to 1979; and in various financial positions with RJR from 1969 to 1976.  He also has worked in public accounting with Ernst & Ernst. Throughout his career he has served on non-profit boards for education and individual, family and community development." 

ajordan_name = "Adriene Jordan"
ajordan_bio = "Adriene Jordan is a Communications and Public Relations Specialist who runs Freedup Films, LLC - a television, film and new media production company. Jordan and her partners provide comprehensive Communications Strategies for clients. This includes Corporate digital videos and hand-outs, Issues and Crisis Management; Public Relations/ Community Outreach; Intensive Media Training and Marketing with a concentration on new media. In 2008, Jordan partnered with the Obama Media Team to produce Southside Girl, a 6-minute video about Michelle Obama. The piece aired at the 2008 Democratic National Convention before Mrs. Obama delivered the opening night keynote address.  Later, Jordan and her partner spent time with Presidential Candidate Barack Obama to produce his 30 minute television special; American Stories; American Solutions. The piece simultaneously aired on seven television networks one week before the historic November 4th, 2008 election. Prior to establishing her own company, Jordan began her career almost twenty years ago as a Journalist at CBS Evening News. Jordan worked in the Washington Bureau first as a Broadcast Associate then an Associate Producer. She continued to quickly climb the ladder to become a Producer covering stories stemming from the Supreme Court of the United States, the White House, Pentagon, State Department and Capitol Hill.  Jordan frequently produced longer format pieces for the CBS Evening News franchise, &#34;Eye on America&#34; and served as a contributing Producer to Sunday Morning, The Weekend News, Morning News and CBSNews.com. With that strong foundation, Jordan now uses her skills to create original programming for various cable TV outlets - both national and international.  This includes several documentary series for which Jordan recently spent time in the White House to interview Senior Advisor to the President, Valerie Jarrett; then White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers and Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice. Jordan has also travelled to Cuba to interview Fidel Castro. Jordan has lectured about Journalism at Georgetown University, her alma mater, Dartmouth College and at high schools including hers, Georgetown Visitation. Jordan continues to develop and run the Sidwell Friends Summer Programs Broadcast Boot Camp, a journalism program Jordan created eight years ago to teach young people the fun, privileges and responsibilities of Journalism." 

slee_name = "Susan Lee"
slee_bio = "Originally from Hong Kong, Susan immigrated to the United States with her family at the age of six.  She is the product of the New York City public school system and an alumna of Barnard College, Columbia University where she received a B.A.  in Political Science.  In 2005, Susan received her Masters in Public Administration at Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, New York University.  She is currently a development consultant for various non-profit organizations in New York City.  Susan served as the Program Manager for Development at AAFE Community Development Fund and the Advocacy Associate at Covenant House International where worked on its anti-trafficking campaign in Latin America.  In 2009, Susan left her consulting business to serve as Volunteer Coordinator for Margaret Chin for City Council campaign where she successfully helped elect Margaret Chin to the New York City Council.  Susan joined Nomi Network as its Fundraising Chair in 2009."