Jacquie Jones, Executive Director _ jacquie-AT-nbpc.tv

Jacquie Jones is the Executive Director of the National Black Programming Consortium, a 30-year-old media arts organization that funds, distributes and produces public interest media for all platforms. Since taking over leadership of NBPC, Jacquie has established herself as a leader in the evolving next-media landscape through innovative partnerships and initiatives such as the Katrina Project in 2005, the ground-breaking New Media Institute, which she founded in 2006, and the online public interest media portal, Blackpublicmedia.Org. Projects, such as the Ford Foundation-funded Masculinity Project and NMI: Africa, have brought new communities of users online and created new demand for deep resources around Africa, the informal economy, black masculinity and other critical subject areas. Jacquie is also a Peabody Award-winning writer, director and producer of documentary films. Her film credits include Africans in America and Matters of Race for PBS, From Behind Closed Doors: Sex in the 20th Century for Showtime and The World Before Us for the History Channel. In addition to her filmmaking, she is a widely published critic of popular culture and is a regular contributor to EbonyJet.com. She has been involved in using media content to improve access to and involvement in civic life since 1987. Jacquie holds a BA in English from Howard University and an MA in documentary filmmaking from Stanford University. She was selected a Revson Fellow at Columbia University, is currently a scholar-in-residence at the American University, and serves on the board of directors of the Integrated Media Association (iMA) and Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media (GFEM). She is also co-president of the board of the John Eaton Home School Association in Washington, DC.

Leslie Fields-Cruz, Director of Programming _ leslie-AT-nbpc.tv

Leslie Fields-Cruz coordinates and directs NBPC's development fund programs and supervises the acquisition, distribution and delivery of programs to the public television system. She has spent over ten years in the non-profit arts field, working primarily in independent media and youth theater. Leslie is a graduate of the New York Arts & Business Council's Arts Leadership Institute and holds an MA in Cinema Studies from New York University.

Nonso Christian Ugbode, Director of Digital Media christian-AT-nbpc.tv

Nonso Christian Ugbode is a writer, producer and web/media conceptualist. He works as the director of digital media for the National Black Programming Consortium in Harlem, NY where he oversees content and style for NBPC's Blackpublicmedia.Org website. He also manages in-house production of content and e-advocacy for NBPC. As a producer and filmmaker his recent works include "Colored Frames," a film about black painters directed by Lerone Wilson, currently in distribution and screening at festivals. He received his BFA in Film & Television Production at New York University.

Kay Shaw, Director of Strategic Partnerships kay-AT-nbpc.tv

Kay Shaw comes to NBPC having served as Director of Communications for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, where she launched the organization’s website, coordinated its branding initiative, oversaw production all of the organization’s issue and event videos, and developed its in-house production facilities. Prior to joining LDF, Ms. Shaw built a reputation for successfully promoting and distributing black independent films including several award-winning PBS films, such as Camille Billops’ Sundance award-winning film “Finding Christa,” Marlon Riggs’ last documentary “Color Adjustment” and Stanley Nelson’s Sundance award-winning film “Black Press Soldiers without Swords.” She developed and implemented the theatrical release of Haile Gerima’s groundbreaking film “Sankofa,” which at the time was the highest grossing, self-distributed, black independent film in theatrical release in the country. In addition, she developed and implemented the theatrical releases of Peter Bratt’s debut film “Follow Me Home,” and worked closely with Kino International on Joe Brewster’s “The Keeper.” She later partnered with Brewster in Delta Entertainment, a video distribution company that specialized in independent films/videos by people of color. Ms. Shaw has a Bachelor’s degree from George Washington University.

Thabi Moyo, Assistant Director of the New Media Institute thabi-AT-nbpc.tv

Thabi Moyo is an emerging filmmaker from Jackson, Mississippi. She holds a BA degree in film with a minor concentration in education from Howard University. Thabi became the writer, director, producer of The Journey Awards, a black history theatre production that honored members of the community who had contributed to the progress of civil and human rights. More recently, Thabi completed her first credit as Associate Producer on documentary film entitled, “Prom Night In Mississippi”. A story that follows high school students in the small town of Charleston, MS, as the make plans for their first ever integrated prom. Prom Night was an Official Selection for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

Kagendo Murungi, Programs Associate kagendo-AT-nbpc.tv

Kagendo Murungi is a producer, arts administrator and community social justice organizer. She works within NBPC's programming department supporting partnership efforts, producer relations and the digital media project.

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