Tuesday, May 21st, 2019

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Track I: Haas Conference Center, Room 172-173, Live Webcast

Women on the Creative Edge: From Film & TV to Education and Technology: Experiences in a Changing Landscape

Dr. Jacqueline Sanderlin, Education Consultant, CEO/Founder, Why Not Incubator

Tanna Frederick, Producer, Director, Actress, and Activist

Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, Astrophysicist, Author, Musician and FIU CASE Board Member

Julia Hunter, President, Jenni Kayne

Tracey S. Kardash, Deputy Director Development Los Angeles, PEN America Los Angeles

Susan Campos, Media Consultant, former Reporter, KABC-TV, MSNBC Moderator

Dr. Jacqueline L. Sanderlin (“Dr. J”) is an accomplished school principal, professor, and empowerment speaker, whose “Why Not” attitude has led to dramatic improvements in some of Southern California’s toughest schools. Dr. J’s passion for empowering school communities, business partners, and educational leaders is unparalleled! Her innovative and visionary style has taken this simple question and turned it into a movement that educational and

business leaders around the country are clamoring to incorporate into their schools, classrooms, and business corporations. Dr. J holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications/Public Relations and a Master of Arts Degree in Special Education from Cal State University Dominguez Hills College. She also earned a Doctorate in Education, Leadership, Administration, and Policy from Pepperdine University. She has been an adjunct professor at Argosy University, Grand Canyon University, and Pepperdine University where she has taught education administration and organizational leadership. She has served over 20 years as a special education teacher, curriculum specialist, assistant principal, principal, district office administrator, and executive director of school and community engagement. Dr. J’s ability to create community partnerships eventually made its way to the small screen, when she and actor, Cheryl Hines collaborated to create and produce the NBC reality series, School Pride. This program renovated schools across the country, and provided the foundation for Dr. J’s innovative approach to “community empowerment.”

Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, Astrophysicist, Author, Musician and FIU CASE Board Member: Internationally renowned astrophysicist, author and recording artist, Dr. Fiorella Terenzi has a doctorate in physics from the University of Milan. In research at the Computer Audio Research Laboratory, University of California,  San Diego, she pioneered techniques to convert radio waves from distant galaxies into sound - released by Island Records on her acclaimed CD "Music from the  Galaxies". Her award-winning CD-ROM "Invisible Universe” (Voyager Company) and best-selling books  "Heavenly Knowledge", "Musica Dalle Stelle", & "Der Kosmos ist weiblich” (Harper&Collins) weave astronomy and music, science and art into a tapestry for the senses.  She has appeared on CNN and in The Wall Street Journal, People, Time, and Glamour, and lectured at UCSD, Stanford, and MIT. Dr. Terenzi’s ground-breaking video for fashion designer Ermenegildo Zegna's Men's Collection was described by the New York Times as "Zegna's Very Big Bang”, and her high-energy show  “Let’s Get Astrophysical”, performed at the Miami Beach Centennial, featured the first Top-15 Stellar-Themed Song  Countdown combined with live DJs, musicians, dancers, and acrobats. Her FIU CASE "Physics & Ferraris” seminar showcased a variety of exotic Ferrari sports cars along with renowned inventor and former Walt Disney Imagineering R&D President, Bran Ferren to "Entertain, Educate, Enlighten, and Enthrall".  As a recording artist,  she has recorded "Quantum Mechanic" and “N.E.O" tracks for Billboard Top 20 Music Video "The Gate to the Mind's Eye with Thomas Dolby (Giant/Warner Bros. Records); Beyond Life, a Mercury Records dance/trance CD tribute to Dr. Timothy Leary (Polygram Records); "Trance Planet Vol. 5”  ( Triloka Records) and others. Terenzi's global media appearances include television and radio features on The Dennis Miller Show, Sci Fi Channel, NPR Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition and Science Friday, Newsweek on Air, Strange universe, History Channel's "The Universe and "Ancient Aliens and others.

Tanna Frederick is a producer, director, actress, and activist. In her decade plus collaboration with indie film icon Henry Jaglom, she has starred in and helped produce six of his feature films, including the recently released, The “M” Word, the highly anticipated, Ovation, and three of his plays, including Train to Zakopane, which just completed a  run at the Edgemar Theatre in Santa Monica. Frederick — who got her start performing at the Steben’s Children’s Theatre and then the University of Iowa — is also a mainstay of the Los Angeles theatre community.  She has starred in successful productions of A.R. Gurney’s Sylvia, Richard Nash’s The Rainmaker — which was a Los Angeles Times Critic’s Pick — and Claire Chafee’s Why Why Have a Body, which also marked Frederick’s directing debut. She and Jaglom also collaborated on the stage adaptation of his film, Always… But Not Forever and the yearlong run of his original play Just 45 from Broadway, which was later adapted to the 2012 film of the same name. An Iowan by birth and a Californian by choice, actress Frederick is passionate about both of her home states. She is also the cofounder of the Iowa Independent Film Festival and of Project Cornlight, an initiative aimed at bringing film productions to the Hawkeye State and through which she produced her upcoming film Garner, Iowa. Project Cornlight currently has two other films are currently in development. Frederick has been hard at work producing the series, DEFROST in collaboration with Randal Kleiser, a revolutionary virtual reality experience using the Oculus Rift. She has a great skill for seeking out talented and dedicated individuals for her team. In California, Frederick fell in love with surfing and in 2007, she founded Project Save Our Surf, which is dedicated to ocean conservation, the improved availability of freshwater to those in need and exposing a wide range of people to the joys of the ocean through surfing. Since 2012, Project Save Our Surf Camp has reached thousands of underserved children and teens in Southern California and Mexico, educating them on environmental issues and giving them hands-on instruction in yoga and surfing. She has been instrumental in coordinating fundraising events, camps, beach clean-ups, and carrying out the mission of Project Save Our Surf. For her work on an off stage, Frederick has received numerous awards, including Broadway World Best Actress Award for Rainmaker, Best Actress awards from the Wild Rose Film Festival, Worldfest Houston, the Fargo Film Festival and the Montana Independent Film Festival. She has been named “One to Watch” by MethodFest and received the CineCause Award, the University of Iowa’s Distinguished Alumni Award, Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival’s Maverick Award.

Tracey Kardash is the deputy director of development, Los Angeles for PEN America. She joined PEN America in April 2018 with 20 years of experience as a nonprofit development professional, including most recently 5 years defending human rights through fundraising as the director of development, Southwest region, for Amnesty International. Earlier, she held executive positions at Union Station Homeless Services, Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters, The Foundation for Camp Max Straus, and The Jewish Federation in both Los Angeles and Palm Beach County. Originally from Ottawa, Canada, Tracey has a Masters in management human services and a Masters of Arts from Brandeis University, with concentrations in fundraising and advocacy. When not advocating on behalf of others, she spends time in her native garden, mountain biking, and cycling around the world.

Julia Hunter is President of Jenni Kayne and has been with the company since 2014.  Under her leadership, the brand’s focus has shifted to building what Forbes recently called “The Ultimate California Lifestyle Brand.” Staying true to Jenni’s signature west coast inspired style and leveraging the company’s elevated branded digital content, Julia added a number of new product categories that were natural extensions for the company including home, baby and handbags and directed the company’s emphasis toward digital as well as its own branded product.  The company operates 6 retail stores based in California and New York and recently launched a new e-commerce and content experience on jennikayne.com.  The company’s revenue is projected to more than double in 2019.  Prior to joining Jenni Kayne, Julia managed business and product planning at a number of leading retail and fashion companies including J. Crew, Louis Vuitton, Elizabeth & James and Loeffler Randall. Julia began her career as a M&A technology investment banking analyst in San Francisco after graduating from UC San Diego with a Bachelor's degree in Economics. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Girls, Inc. in Los Angeles and is a member of the Hollywood chapter of Young President’s Organization (YPO).

Louisa Spring - Lawyer, producer, entrepreneur, gamer, Louisa is an accomplished executive in immersive media and gaming. Louisa has worked on award winning VR campaigns for Mini-Cooper and NYTVR, the award winning game Firebird: La Peri and other PC and VR games around the world. She has moved the needle at every VR company she has worked with including facilitating deals with Intel, Oculus and Walmart with Spatialand which resulted in a successful acquisition. As a TV producer Ms. Spring has worked with Far Moor, (successfully acquired by Endemol), and William J. Macdonald, (Rome). She's a former member of the board of BAFTALA, and practiced law in London. Ms. Spring is bringing immersive entertainment and esports to locations in the UK, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau.