Director
Stephen Leeds
Founder and Chief Creative Officer at Umbrella Street Media. He's been honored by the New York Film Society's New Films / New Directors series at MOMA. He has earned a prestigious Pollie Award for his advertising work and several Best Picture awards for his work in film. He has created over a hundred television ad campaigns and is also a writer, director and producer on feature motion-picture and television works for various Hollywood studios. He has created over a hundred television ad campaigns and is also a writer, director and producer on feature motion-picture and television works for various Hollywood studios.
Producer
Marisa Polvino
Marisa is an award-winning producer whose career spans feature films, series, documentaries and digital media. Her diverse production slate includes major motion pictures such as Transcendence (ohnny Depp) and The Education of Charlie Banks Jesse Eisenberg), as well as groundbreaking projects like Power On—a short film series in collaboration with Google and YouTube championing diversity in STEM—and Meaning in Madness, which explores mental health issues among teens and young adults. As the co-founder of The Nohoba Group, Polvino produces high-profile socially driven narratives using media as a force for engagement and transformation.
Producer
Jeri Wilson
Jeri is a nonprofit executive with over 30 years of experience advancing health and child-focused causes. She currently serves on the Executive Board of Concern Foundation and previously led the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation, where she helped scale funding to top-tier children’s hospitals and championed groundbreaking pediatric cancer research. Jeri has held leadership roles at Children's Hospital Orange County, the Alzheimer’s Assoc, and Susan G. Komen, and remains deeply committed to innovative, impact-driven philanthropy.
Producer / Author
Paul Weissenstein
​Co-author. Co-owns the contractual rights to John Vallely's story. Former coach at Northwestern University of Illinois, and Sierra Canyon H.S., where he maintains relationships with prominent coaches with media influence. Wrote and optioned his first based-on-true sport screenplay to Brent Almond, and Will Hardy, where it was in studio development.