2007 HONORARY COMMITTEE
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Raymond Sommereyns, director, Outreach Division, Department of Public Information, United Nations Members Dr. Arjun Appadurai, John Dewey Professor in the Social Sciences, senior advisor for global initiatives, The New School Bill Ayers, radio talk show host; founder and executive director, World Hunger Year Jeremiah A. Barondess, MD, president emeritus, The New York Academy of Medicine Myron Belfer, MD, MPA, professor of child psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; child mental health consultant, WHO Geneva; senior associate in psychiatry, Boston Children’s Hospital Michael A. Brown, president, Media Communications Association International; president, Rockwell Automation Verne E. Chaney, MD, MPH, FACS, founder and president, Intermed International Dr. Michael A. Cohen, director, Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School Maria Emilia Compte, MD, MPH&TM, vice president for programs, Intermed International Ramu Damodaran, chief, Civil Society Service, Outreach Division, Department of Public Information, United Nations Benicio Del Toro, actor, Traffic, Sin City, The Usual Suspects, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Dana Glaser, producer, Today Show Danny Glover, actor, Dreamgirls, The Color Purple, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon Ashok Gurung, director, India China Institute, The New School Eveline Herfkens, executive coordinator, Millennium Development Campaign, United Nations |
Carol Jenkins, president, Women’s Media Center; journalist Milton Justice, lecturer in theater studies, Yale University; documentary producer Simon Kilmurry, COO, P.O.V.; vice president, American Documentary Deborah Koons Garcia, filmmaker, The Future of Food Dr. Benjamin Lee, provost, professor of anthropology and philosophy, The New School Albert Maysles, filmmaker, Gimme Shelter, Grey Gardens, The Gates – A Project for New York City André-Jacques Neusy, MD, DTM&H; associate professor of medicine, NYU Medical School; founder and director, NYU Center for Global Health Katherine Oliver, commissioner, Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting Sydney Pollack, filmmaker, The Interpreter, The Firm, Out of Africa, Tootsie, Three Days of the Condor, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Susan Rees, executive director, Media Communications Association International Monty Ross, special projects coordinator, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Susan Sarandon, actor, Dead Man Walking, Thelma and Louise, Bull Durham, Atlantic City Stephen Schlesinger, director, World Policy Institute; publisher, World Policy Journal, The New School Lynn Sherr, correspondent, ABC News 20/20; author Gillian Sorensen, senior advisor, UN Foundation
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SPONSORS
Air America Radio ~ BlueKite Design ~ Penny and Dean Borman ~ Brandy Library ~ Cafe Spice ~ Charlie Mom ~ Craftsman Wine ~ Douglas and Wyndham Eberle ~ Figure 5 Productions ~ Final Draft ~ Gene’s Restaurant ~ Silvia and Davids Grendze ~ Annie Halvorsen ~ Jan and Jeff Hart ~ Jefferson Market ~ Jungle Software ~ Lemongrass Grill ~ Lifetime Television ~ Dana Loytved ~ Yoko Mori ~ The Mount Sinai ~ Nice Spots ~ NYC TV ~ Mr. and Mrs. Neil Postighone ~ Professional Sound Services ~ Real Networks ~ Starbright Products ~ Tío Pepe ~ The Women’s Media Center ~ UN Foundation, Better World Campaign
STEERING COMMITTEE
Isabelle Broyer, chief, Guided Tours Unit, Public Relations Section, Outreach Division, Department of Public Information, United Nations
Linda Lopez, president, Media Communications Association International, New York; co-producer, Stories from the Field
Joanna Piucci, chief, Special Projects Unit, Department of Public Information, United Nations
Corinna Sager, immediate past president, Media Communications Association International, New York; co-producer, Stories from the Field
Pamela Tillis, director, Office of Public Programs, The New School
