Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Senior Talent Partner, Agent WME
Brad Slater
Brad Slater, an agent at WME in Beverly Hills, started his career after graduating from the University of Arizona in 1996. His first job upon graduating was in foreign distribution selling American made films to countries throughout the world. In 1998 he made the transition to the representation business and went to work at Michael Ovitz’ Artist Management Group (AMG) as an assistant to talent manager Rick Yorn.
After learning the business and working his way up, Mr. Slater was promoted and became a talent manager in August 2001. After managing various careers, he made the transition to agent in 2003 at the William Morris Agency. After working as an agent for 7 years, the William Morris Agency merged with the renowned Endeavor Agency forming WME in 2009.
He is currently a Senior Talent Partner and has been an agent for close to 20 years. Mr. Slater represents the likes of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Forest Whitaker, Octavia Spencer, Henry Cavill, Ice Cube, Ben Affleck, Gina Rodriguez, Billy Bob Thornton, Eva Longoria, Jerry Ferrara, Shay Mitchell, Michael Strahan, LeBron James, Odell Beckham Jr, Ronda Rousey, and Ryan Garcia. Brad lives in Beverly Hills, California with his wife, Kara and their twin 9-year-old boys, Brady and Jackson.
Founder, Anti-Recidivism Coalition,
Scott Budnick
Scott Budnick is an American film producer, Founder of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), and is currently CEO of One Community, LLC – a film, television, and new media co-financing company that uses the power of storytelling to encourage and inspire positive global change.
Recently, Budnick returned to the film business as executive producer of One Community’s first film, JUST MERCY, released in theaters on January 10, 2020.
As the former Executive Vice President of Todd Phillips’ Green Hat Films, Budnick produced OLD SCHOOL, DUE DATE, and the highest-grossing R-rated comedy trilogy in film history, THE HANGOVER, which grossed over $1.4 billion.
Since 2004, Budnick has been a fierce advocate for social justice and a fairer judicial system. In 2003, he began volunteering with InsideOUT Writers (IOW), a program that brings creative writing into juvenile halls. In 2013, Budnick founded ARC, whose mission is to reduce incarceration, improve the outcomes of formerly incarcerated individuals, and build healthier communities. ARC provides formerly incarcerated men and women with direct services such as housing, counseling, job training and opportunities, mentoring, and education. The organization also empowers and mobilizes its members to play a role in justice reform efforts through direct policy advocacy.
For his work with youth in the criminal justice system, Governor Jerry Brown named Scott the 2012 California Governor’s Volunteer of the Year. He sits on the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) and was selected to serve as a Board Member for President Barack Obama’s foundation, the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance.
Vice Chair
Jerome Dixon
As a high school junior, I was arrested by the Oakland Police Department (CA) as a suspect in a murder investigation. Unconnected to the crime, I was questioned without parental notification. After twenty-five hours of interrogation, I was then coerced into signing a police-scripted statement. This statement was used against me in a court of law despite the initial judge’s ruling to the contrary and my subsequent denial of having committed this crime. I am now known to the State of California as a “term-lifer”. Twenty-one years later at my 2011 Parole Hearing and after numerous appeals to lawyers, journalists, and judicial stewards, the Prison Parole Board had difficulty comprehending the facts surrounding my incarceration. They acknowledged my claim of innocence and released me from their custody in October 2011. Since my release, I have been touring the country speaking about my ordeal, advocating for justice and social reform; and how I harbor absolutely no animosity towards the system for what has happened.
President, Plan B Entertainment
Dede Gardner
Dorcas Wright “Dede” Gardner is an American film producer and the president of Plan B Entertainment. She is a two-time Oscar winner for 12 Years a Slave and Moonlight, and the first woman to win two Oscars for Best Picture. Her films Selma, The Tree of Life, The Big Short, Vice, Minari, and Women Talking were additionally nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. She received a BA from Columbia University and an MA from CalArts.
Jimmy Horowitz
Jimmy Horowitz is Vice Chairman of Business Affairs & Operations for NBCUniversal. In this newly-created role, he oversees global deal making across the portfolio of the media industry’s premier film and television studios, television networks and streaming service, Peacock. Horowitz advises and collaborates with Business Affairs teams across the Company, providing expertise, counsel, and insight into all major deals, and setting policy across the portfolio addressing the new distribution landscape.
Horowitz has been with the Company for over 30 years, rising through the ranks to the highest levels of studio leadership. He was named Vice Chairman and President of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) in January 2019, after serving in several senior roles, including President of Universal Pictures, Co-President of Production and Executive Vice President of Universal Pictures.
While serving as Vice Chairman and President of UFEG, Horowitz negotiated an unprecedented five-year exclusive partnership with visionary filmmaker Jordan Peele and his Monkeypaw Productions, secured a five-year exclusive deal with The LEGO Group to develop, produce and distribute theatrical releases based on its intellectual property and original ideas, negotiated a new five-year overall film and TV deal for Working Title with Universal Pictures and NBCUniversal International Studios and brought LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s The SpringHill Company over to the film studio in a four-year deal.
He began his tenure at the company in 1992 in the feature legal department and subsequently held the roles of Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs and Executive Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, managing all of Universal’s term deals, along with oversight of the business and legal affairs departments. Earlier in his career, he served as counsel for the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. He also practiced labor law at Manatt, Phelps, Phillips, LLP and later at Greenberg Glusker until 1990.
Horowitz is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
He earned his Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School and graduated cum laude from Tulane University with a Bachelor’s Degree in political science.
Esché L. Jackson
Public Policy Advocate
Vice President of Operations, One Community LLC
Christine Mammolito
Christine currently serves as Vice President of Operations for One Community, LLC. She began her career in New York working in the substance abuse treatment field. After a successful 14-year career in addiction services, she pivoted to the entertainment industry, working for Robert Downey Jr. as Chief of Staff. During that time, on the set of the movie Due Date, she met ARC founder Scott Budnick and connected over their common interest in the criminal justice world; their friendship grew out of this shared interest. Toward the end of her career in addiction services, Christine specialized in working with those returning to the community after lengthy prison terms. When Scott left the entertainment industry to create the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, Christine served as board proxy when Robert Downey Jr. joined ARC’s Board of Directors. Her involvement with ARC during its infancy sparked an interest in returning to the non-profit world, and Christine became ARC’s Deputy Director in 2016. Christine continued to serve the organization in various roles through 2021 and was integral in developing ARC’s operations.
Christine was instrumental in helping to establish and grow both programs and administrative departments that are the foundation of ARC. She helped build a scrappy, startup operation into the sophisticated organization that it is today. She remains passionate and deeply involved with ARC on a weekly basis, providing guidance and mentorship to both members and staff.
CEO of AIE CREATIVE
Arturo Nuñez
Arturo Nuñez is an experienced executive, consultant, investor, and entrepreneur with over 35 years of in-depth experience with globally recognized organizations. He is currently the CEO of AIE CREATIVE, a company created to provide immersive experiences to a highly curated selection of brands looking for unique ways to connect with diverse customers and a Board Member of the ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES. Formerly, he was the Chief Marketing Officer at NUBANK, the world’s largest independent digital bank, where he ran its global marketing efforts (Brazil,Mexico, and Colombia).
Prior to NuBank, Nuñez joined the APPLE INC Latin America team in 2014 as their Head of Marketing, responsible for marketing, corporate communications, product marketing, education content, and enterprise marketing. He was instrumental in developing and fostering relations across all 38 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean with a special focus on Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and Chile.
Before joining APPLE INC Nuñez held several positions with Nike over the course of close to a decade. Nuñez joined NIKE in 2007 as Marketing Director for the U.S. Southeast Region and six months later was appointed to Marketing Director for NIKE AMERICAS. In 2009 Nuñez transitioned to the position of Vice President, Marketing for Nike’s Emerging Markets, where he was immersed in global culture, a trend throughout his career. For Nike, Emerging Markets (Latin America, Africa, India, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand) represented the nexus of sport and global culture – the geography is home to some of the world’s most diverse countries as well as the most inspiring and accomplished athletes and teams.
In 2012 Nuñez held the position of Vice President of Global Marketing for NIKE BASKETBALL, responsible for driving Nike’s global marketing vision and strategy. A passion for sports and global culture initially drew Nuñez to Nike where he was responsible for crafting the voice of Nike Basketball as well as the communications, public relations, events, retail, digital, E-commerce and creative strategies. He developed campaigns and branding for high profile athletes including Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and Paul George. Nuñez led Nike’s brand efforts, overseeing all aspects of the marketing mix including brand communications, sports marketing, public relations, retail marketing and category brand management, and driving brand energy around such key categories as Football (Soccer), Running and Sport Culture.
Before coming to Nike, Nuñez spent 7 years at the NBA, working his way from Marketing Director of Consumer Products for the Latin America office to Vice President and Managing Director of Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market.
In addition to his vast marketing experiences with globally recognized companies, Nuñez has also held a variety of marketing roles for leading companies including DIAGEO (Louis Vuitton, Moet
Hennessy, and United Distillers JV), Colgate Palmolive (U.S. and Costa Rica), and PepsiCo Restaurants International (Caribbean and Central America).
Nuñez is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese and resides in Pinecrest, Florida, with his wife Ana, son Marcelo, and daughter Karina. In his spare time, he collects art, DJ’s and is a member of a number of groups with the mission of helping others realize their dreams including Summit Series, Conversations in The Park, Clubhouse, and the New Fania Collective. Arturo sits on the boards of The Miami Underline, The Playing For Change Foundation, and The Nyah Project, A native of Harlem, New York and son of Venezuelan and Cuban parents, Nunez attended Florida A&M University, where he studied Business Administration and Economics. He is co-owner of DANTE’S HIFI, Miami’s first vinyl listening lounge, and a partner at CHULITA MEXICAN RESTAURANT in Venice, California. Most recently, Arturo was recognized by ADVERTISING WEEK as one of the most influential marketing leaders in Latin America.
Founder and President, Post Investment Group
Jason Post
CEO & Executive Producer, PLUS ONE Society
Kristen Renee Ingram
Kristen Renee Ingram is the award-winning CEO & Executive Producer at PLUS ONE society- a Black woman-owned event production & marketing agency specializing in social justice & racial equity servicing sports, entertainment & media industries.
Prior to launching PLUS ONE, Kristen was the Head of Affiliate Marketing for NFL Network where she oversaw strategic partnerships, creative campaigns & experiential events for all NFL calendar initiatives, including Super Bowl. Inspired by the power of sports & its ability to connect cultures & provoke progressive action, Kristen launched PLUS ONE in 2017 with the intent to directly uplift & amplify social justice movements that influence positive change within the culture. Today, she is one of the premier social justice campaign & event producers in the country.
In 2017, Kristen led the historic production of Imagine Justice with Common & J. Cole on the steps of the CA Capitol in Sacramento. In 2018, she returned to Imagine Justice & led the production of the Hope & Redemption Prison Tour: a series of live concerts in various correctional facilities featuring Common & a special guest appearance by Talib Kweli. In 2019, she partnered with Good Films Impact to oversee production on all sports & music programs and events for Represent Justice- a social impact campaign that launched alongside Warner Bros.’ theatrical release of Just Mercy, inspired by the true story of Equal Justice Initiative founder & Executive Director, Bryan Stevenson.
In 2020, Kristen advanced her clients’ & partners’ shared goals for social impact in the midst of a global pandemic, racial uprisings & immeasurable injustices to influence one of the most successful policy reform years since the inception of PLUS ONE. Her accomplishments consist of effectuating major reform policies in CA & OH (e.g. Prop 17, Prop 20, AB 376, & SB 13) and the election of LA District Attorney George Gascon.
Co-Founder and CEO, Treehouse
Prophet Walker
Prophet Walker, Co-Founder and CEO of Treehouse, grew up in South LA, where amidst poverty, violence, and homelessness in his neighborhood, community was always at its core.
Prophet is deeply involved with both criminal justice and education reform and serves on multiple non-profit and civic boards. In 2014, Prophet ran for the California State Assembly, coming in second. This passion for reform was triggered by his personal experience of being incarcerated at 16 and sentenced to spend six years within an adult prison. While incarcerated, he started a state-wide program that allowed incarcerated people to earn a two-year college degree, and today thousands of incarcerated people participate in the program. Prophet was one of the program’s first graduates. He then attended Loyola Marymount University where he received a degree in Civil Engineering. In 2015 President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama invited Prophet to attend the State of the Union to honor his efforts to reform our criminal justice system and for his commitment to our children.
Prophet’s experiences surrounding community strength and human connectedness inspired him to create Treehouse, recognizing the power of community in proximity and shared property selection and investor relations. Prophet enjoys spending his free time with his daughter and friends.
Chairman, Wells Group of New York
George Wells
George Wells is the Chairman of Wells Group of New York, a 15-person management consulting firm that specializes in working with high growth businesses in the consumer internet, healthcare, technology, and contemporary arts spaces, and the CFO of Quip, an oral care startup. Mr. Wells also serves as interim CFO of Maisonette, a children’s luxury goods marketplace and business manager to contemporary artist Mickalene Thomas. His previous executive roles include serving as interim CFO of Draper James, a lifestyle clothing brand founded by Reese Witherspoon, and interim COO/CFO of Lehmann Maupin, one of the top ten art galleries in the world.
Mr. Wells serves on the Out in Tech board, an organization committed to promoting diversity in the tech and startup community and has pledged a $1 million dollar art donation to his alma mater, Morehouse College.
Co-Founder LA Traveler Space LLC & House of PR Realty LLC
Toni Michelle White
Toni Michelle White, Co-Founder of LA Traveler Space LLC & House of PR Realty LLC, hasn’t always walked a straight line. By looking at her, no one would believe she was a 23-year fugitive from the efforts of law enforcement to imprison her away from her only daughter back when she was 19. Today, she is a licensed realtor, licensed state notary, & fingerprint technician. Freedom was the main ingredient. Being free to raise a female child with an absent father and deceased grandparents gave Toni the fighting spirit to rise from ashes. Her greatest accomplishment is her daughter who is a retired nuclear power electrician after service in the U.S. Navy.
Toni has always been someone that’s passionately committed to serving groups that are under-represented and under-resourced. Her desire to serve others came after the period in her life when she was homeless with her daughter on the streets of Los Angeles. Toni was introduced to great non-profit organizations such as Upward Bound house which housed her family and Chrysalis in Santa Monica, where she was able to redefine herself by reentering the workforce & licensure in fields that would produce a life career. Toni learned valuable skills through her academic studies at Southwest Community College & returned to Southwest as an A.R.C Construction Cohort Member.
Toni appreciates that there is more happiness in giving than in receiving and feels that way with each client she works with as a Case Manager at WLCAC-Re-Entry Department in Watts, CA. Prior to that, she worked for Los Angeles County as a Supervisor with the homeless shelter, Home at Last CDC, where she worked on homeless outreach through “Project Room Key.” Toni’s story isn’t finished yet, she looks forward to the next chapter – being part of the ARC board where she can lead by example and be a good role model to encourage anyone running from the greatness within us all.
Brandon Williams
Vice President, Human Resources & Head of Talent Management for Universal Pictures
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Brandon Williams
Brandon C. Williams is Vice President, Human Resources & Head of Talent Management for Universal Pictures, where he leads a team focused on developing & executing workforce & diversity, equity & inclusion strategies needed to achieve business priorities, while also providing opportunities for talent to grow within the organization.
Williams was one of the leaders, & active Advisors, in establishing the Universal Pictures Inclusion Committee in 2020, which has extended the company’s partnership with ARC tapping into the core strengths & resources to support formerly incarcerated individuals. Because of the opportunities & support he’s received throughout his life, Brandon is driven by his personal & professional passion for creating opportunities for others to reach their potential and cultivate inclusive environments.
Prior to joining NBCUniversal, Williams held strategic HR positions at Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) & spent two years residing in London leading SPE’s Talent Strategy & Diversity and Inclusion for the European region. He also served as a co-chair of a diversity committee for the UK’s Speaker of the House of Commons in partnership with Inclusive Employers – UK’s first membership organization for businesses committed to diversity and inclusion, focused on enabling employers to find solutions & drive change to ensure that diverse talents are attracted, recruited, retained, developed & can fulfill their potential. Prior to Sony, he spent seven years at Turner Broadcasting providing HR & Talent Acquisition support for businesses in Atlanta, Georgia & Cartoon Network in Burbank, California.
Williams has been recognized by 21st Century Leaders, a non-profit organization in Georgia, for his outstanding leadership in honor of the organization’s 30th Anniversary.
