2026 MENTORS
ALICE GU
Director | Cinematographer | Photographer
DEMANE DAVIS
Television Director | Producer | Filmmaker
JUST BLAZE
Director of Music & Culture | Hip Hop Producer
MELANIE GEE
GVP, Client Partner | Razorfish
RICARDO LATORRE
VP, Group Experience Design Director | Razorfish
W. KAMAU BELL
Comedian | Host | Executive Producer
ALIX TYLER
Creative Director | Creative Strategist | Instagram + Facebook
ELIZABETH WACHTEL
Literary Agent
KELLY GOODE
Senior TV Programming Executive
MICHELLE RAIMO KOUYATE
Former President | Sony Pictures Animation
SOPHIA CHANG
Storyteller | The Baddest Bitch in the Room
BAO NGUYEN
Director | Producer | EAST Films
ILEANA DIEZ
Brand Strategist | Creative Marketing
LARA LOVE
Literary Agent | Author | Prison Reform Advocate
NAHNATCHKA KHAN
Showrunner | Writer | Director
SUNYA GANBOLD
Head of Delivery, EVP | Razorfish
BRUCE COHEN
Producer | American Beauty
JOEY BADA$$
Rapper | Actor | Philanthropist | Pro Era Records, Badmind Records
LENNON PARHAM
Actor, Writer & Director
OMAR FAJARDO
VP, Creative Director | Razorfish
THEO JONES
VP, Brand Creative + Social Strategy | Razorfish
CRISTINA CHAVEZ
VP of A&R | Universal Music Publishing Group
JOHN MENEILLY
Manager
MARCELLE KARP
Editorial/Creative Director | Brand Strategist | Marketing Magnet
RACHEL RAIMIST
Director
TROY CARTER
Founder & CEO | Q&A