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Jason, Founder and CEO

Laela, Technical & Visual Consultant

Mike, Digital Co-Founder and COO

Born and raised in New York City, Jason is the CEO and founder of International Truth. He started his service in children’s educational programming with Linda Ellerbee (the founding board member) and Nickelodeon News in 1998 and continues to service youth with the advent of International Truth, as well as special education programs in the NYC Department of Education. He has worked in media and education for more than 25 years and holds a degree from New York University - Tisch School of the Arts in Film and TV & Psychology and a Master’s in the Science of Education from CUNY.

Mike, Digital Co-Founder and COO

Laela, Technical & Visual Consultant

Mike, Digital Co-Founder and COO

Mike is a media creator and arts educator. As a television producer, he has worked on projects for HBO, Nickelodeon, and truTV. As a composer, he has written music that has been featured in films screened at Lincoln Center and the Sundance Film Festival, and in theaters and concert halls around the country. Espar uses the media arts to empower, inspire, and build community through his work as an Assistant Professor of Music at San Diego City College where he teaches music history and music technology. He holds a B.A. in Film Studies from Yale University and an M.A. in Music Composition from NYU.

Laela, Technical & Visual Consultant

Director of photography Laela has worked on award-winning narrative and documentary projects for HBO, FX, NBC, PBS, Netflix, Hulu, Epix, Amazon, AMC, A&E, TBS, Nick Jr., NickMom, ESPN, History, and WeTV. A member of the International Cinematographers Guild IATSE Local 600, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, New York Women in Film & Television, and the International Collective of Female Cinematographers, she has served as a panelist on cinematography at the Canon Creative Studio and at DOC NYC PRO, and as a guest speaker at The New School. She has a degree in Social Anthropology from Harvard University.

Bridget, Director of Communications

Laela, Technical & Visual Consultant

Marketing Director and Sales & Development Strategist Bridget is a collaborative leader. She has a consistent track record of broadening client bases as well as facilitating new growth within technology companies. In her current Business Development position with a Fortune 150 company, she is working closely with large multinational companies to deliver technologically advanced solutions within tight timelines. She enjoys opportunities to collaborate with diverse, talented people who are bringing their experiences and skills to the task of improving final outcomes.

Linda, Founding Board Member

Bridget, Director of Communications

Linda, Founding Board Member

Linda is an American journalist who is most known for several jobs at NBC News, including Washington, D.C., correspondent, as well as being recognized as the first female anchor to ever host a news program. She is also known for hosting the first ever children’s educational program - Nick News, on Nickelodeon. A program that lasted for 25 years and won her numerous Emmys as well as a few Peabodys. Her work on NBC News Overnight was recognized by the jurors of the duPont Columbia Awards as "possibly the best written and most intelligent news program ever."

Staff

Rhodora, Consultant / Interim Executive Director

Rhodora is a Principal Consultant of Community Health Synergy, LLC, a queer and Asian-owned business dedicated to advancing health equity through community-centered capacity building.

Rhodora offers expertise on strategic planning and implementation, cross-sector partnership engagement, coalition building, capacity building, fundraising strategy and program development, federal, state and philanthropic grants management, workforce development, community-based participatory research, and policy advocacy.

In the span of her 20+ year career, Rhodora has supported Federally Qualified Health Centers, community-based organizations, county and state agencies, foundations, and national organizations across the continental U.S., Hawai’i, U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands, and Freely Associated States.

Rhodora has previously held positions at the Alameda Health Consortium (AHC), Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership (APPEAL), NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health (NYU CSAAH), and Asian American Recovery Services, Inc (AARS).

Rhodora has a BS in Physiological Studies and Asian American Studies from UCLA and an MPH in Population and Family Health from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Jill, Executive Director

Rhodora, Consultant / Interim Executive Director

Accomplished marketing executive with a proven track record of building and managing high-performance teams that deliver impactful digital content. SEO-focused strategist with a talent for standing up business-critical, full-funnel programs from scratch.

Cynthia, Secretary of the Board

Rhodora, Consultant / Interim Executive Director

Cynthia, Secretary of the Board

Cynthia is a freelance copy editor with solid experience in editing, researching, proofreading, and grant writing. That experience includes sixteen years working as a freelance copy editor for her company, CMB Editorial Services and nine years on the copydesk of Electronic Engineering Times, following 11 years on the trade newspaper’s marketing side. Cynthia also volunteered for The Rowe Center for nine years. At this Massachusetts-based nonprofit corporation, she served variously as member-at-large, clerk, and vice president on its Board of Trustees. During those years, shecollaborated extensively with the executive director to write ten grant proposals that yielded $58,000 in awards for Rowe. Cynthia has a master’s degree in English Literature and a B.A. in French Literature from CUNY’s Queens College.

Currently, in addition to copyediting for private clients, Cynthia serves as Recording Secretary at the bimonthly select board meetings of a Western Massachusetts town.