One Institute Board Members

Amitis Motevalli (she/her) is an artist who explores the cultural resistance and survival of people living in poverty, conflict, catastrophe and/or war. Her experiences as a trans-national [...]

Rasheed Newson (he/him) is the author of “My Government Means to Kill Me,” which examines the political and sexual coming of age of a young, gay, Black man in New York City in the mid-1980s. The [...]

Rob Saltzman (he/him) was born in Bloomington, Indiana, the son of two academic psychologists at Indiana University.  He attended public schools and occupied himself with competitive swimming and [...]

Amy Scholder (she/her) has produced two highly acclaimed feature films. DISCLOSURE, a documentary about the history transgender representation in film and TV directed by Sam Feder, premiered at [...]

Ricky Carter (He/Him) is a community activist and philanthropist. He is currently the Director of Major & Planned Gifts with Center Theatre Group, leading a powerhouse team of fundraising [...]

Jeremy Ancalade has spent the last decade serving communities in Southern California and nationally. From mental health LGBTQ work at The Trevor Project, feeding individuals living with HIV and [...]

Steve Pepdjonovic is the Director of Marketing & Communications at the American Film Institute, where he has led national campaigns for the organization since 2013. He is responsible for [...]

Tom’s areas of expertise are museum management, exhibition development, and contemporary art. Tom has strong ties to the Los Angeles fine arts community and is a veteran nonprofit manager well [...]

Founder of Los Angeles based Architecture firm IntuArch, Michael has been responsible for over $200 million of construction throughout New York, California, and abroad. Michael’s clients have [...]

May Hong HaDuong has served in the film archiving world for over 15 years. She has expertise on the complexities surrounding access to moving images, including the programming, cataloging, [...]