Board of Directors

Terri Melkonian

TERRIMEL Productions

Ten years managing film and television productions at NBC/Universal preceded by a freelance television production career and the last five years as Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Sunset Gower and Sunset Bronson Studios, Terri Melkonian felt it was time to pursue her filmmaking dreams and follow her passion of producing quality, uplifting entertainment.

John W. Fagerholm

Attorney: M.E.T.A.L. Law Group LLP

John W. Fagerholm, Esq. is the managing partner of M.E.T.A.L. Law Group LLP. He gained his experience with a litigation law firm and with a high profile entertainment law firm before co-founding Fagerholm & Jefferson Law Corporation nearly a decade ago.

Allan Rosenthal

CPA: Allan Rosenthal & Associates AC

Allan Rosenthal has over 25 years of experience in accounting, auditing, tax planning, computer consulting, financial planning litigation support, business financing, mergers and buyouts.

Damien Lichtenstein

CEO of Equilibrium Entertainment

Born in 1966, Demian Lichtenstein began his career as a child actor in New York City, performing at the distinguished 18th Street Playhouse, Circle in the Square, and Joseph Papp's Public Theatre.

Shelley Leopold

Marketing Director of the LA Weekly

Shelley Leopold currently serves as the Marketing Director of the LA Weekly. Drawing on her previous experience in both the art and advertising worlds, she is able to indulge her creative whims developing out of the box events and marketing strategies for the country’s leading alternative newspaper and its community.

Daphna Ziman

President of Edwards Entertainment International

Daphna Ziman is a filmmaker, founder of a music label, philanthropist and author living in Beverly Hills, CA. She is known internationally and in the Halls of Power in Washington, DC, for her creative and unusually successful work on behalf of saving abandoned children.

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