Raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and educated at Wellesley College, Kathy Eldon has worked as a teacher, journalist, author, film and television producer in England, Africa and the United States. She and her daughter Amy Eldon Turteltaub are co-founders of Creative Visions Foundation, a global organization that supports “creative activists” who their creative talents to change the world around them. Creative Visions [...]
Amy’s career in broadcasting began with the Emmy-nominated documentary, Dying to Tell the Story, which she brought to TBS and CNN. She went on to associate produce and present that documentary which wove the story of her brother, photographer Dan Eldon, with those of other journalists working in conflict zones around the world. The two-hour documentary was nominated for a Director’s Guild [...]
Trevor Hall, President of the Creative Visions Foundation, is an experienced educator, writer, and business consultant. He was also the founder of Open Roads Creative, a business development consultancy that combines tactical story building with the identification and establishment of strategic partnerships. Open Roads Creative provided its services to the senior leadership of companies and organizations including: The Martin Agency; RISE [...]
Joey Borgogna’s interest in Creative Activism began while growing up in San Diego and being exposed to the harsh contrast of societies between the US and Mexico. He spent part of his youth performing street theatre in Mexico and Kenya, directing theatre in Australia, and learning about entertainment and mainstream media in London and graduated from the University of Southern [...]
Prior to Creative Visions Foundation, Megha worked at the Walt Disney Studios as Director of Strategy and Finance, Deloitte Consulting, eForce Consulting and several film production organizations in the capacity of Business Development, Marketing, Public Relations, IT, Finance and Management. She received an MBA from Columbia University, Graduate School of Business and a B.S.in BioChemistry and Specialization in Business from [...]
Grace originated the accounting position in Creative Visions Foundation and created operating systems that have supported it to become an organization making meaningful impact on social good. Grace is a CPA with an accounting practice in California. Her credits include Sr. Manager in the business management group at Ernst & Young. She has been a board member for the Santa [...]
Aran comes to Creative Visions after having recently moved to LA from Paris, where she worked as a freelance journalist for various art and travel publications, covering the Parisian contemporary art scene. Born and raised in Atlanta, Aran grew up in and around the arts. Whether it was in the city’s prestigious High Museum of Art or in her Grandmother’s [...]
Former CNN journalist Charles Tsai is using online multimedia to inspire and educate youth to become effective changemakers and social entrepreneurs. Through his new website, Social Creatives, Charles is creating and curating the best tools, programs and resources that help youth learn the best practices of social innovation. One program he’s scaling globally this year is a video-based competition called [...]
Kyle Hollingsworth brings a unique brand of inspiration and imagination to Creative Visions, where as Creative Director, she helps bring Dan’s energy and her own creative vision to life. With an extensive background in television, print and illustration, Kyle’s work has earned her an Emmy nomination, and she has been featured on HGTV, Eye on LA, E! Entertainment, and is [...]
Mandeep joins Creative Visions formally after a six-month stint with Kathy and Amy ten years ago. That six-month period at Creative Visions was the segue which transformed Mandeep’s future career. She went from Private Banking at JP Morgan in London to a colourful ten years of creative activism, journalism and development. She used her degree in Politics, Economics and Philosophy [...]
As Director of the Dan Eldon Center for Creative Activism, Claire Humphrey brings unique insight to the art of creative administration, pairing a lifetime of experience as a seasoned world traveler and inspiring entrepreneur with an inborn passion to connect powerful people to noteworthy causes. Beginning work at the age of 12, Claire learned the ins and outs of business [...]
Since 2006 Monique has periodically helped to redesign and develop the Creative Visions website. Being passionate about the creative power of media, the expansive experience of travel and communications with other cultures, Creative Visions’ mission resounded with her desire to create alternative approaches to aid the alleviation of suffering. Raised and educated in the Netherlands, Monique grew up in a [...]
Raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and educated at Wellesley College, Kathy Eldon has worked as a teacher, journalist, author, film and television producer in England, Africa and the United States. She and her daughter Amy Eldon Turteltaub are co-founders of Creative Visions Foundation, a global organization that supports “creative activists” who their creative talents to change the world around them. Creative Visions [...]
Jacoba Atlas is an award winning writer and producer, with extensive experience as a broadcast executive, at NBC, Turner Broadcasting, CNN and PBS. She is president of Creative Visions Productions, a multi-media company whose mission is to use media to inform, engage and inspire. CVP most recent project is “Extraordinary Moms”. It aired on OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) in May [...]
Kim Brizzolara is currently producing a narrataive feature film with executive producer Martin Scorsese, based on a memoir of a blind hero of the French Resistance; and is involved in the production of several other features and documentaries. She is on the executive board of the Hampton’s International Film Festival, where she created and co-chairs a seven-year-old juried section called [...]
William Carmichael is presently and has been since 1989, an independent consultant working on assignments with foundations, non-governmental organizations and international associations engaged in development, human rights, and governance initiatives in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Central Europe. Most recently William served as the Executive Director of (Former) Soviet Union and Central European Programs at the Institute of International Education, [...]
Gary J. Streit is President of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C., a general practice firm of 43 lawyers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Practice is concentrated in areas of taxation, employee benefits, pension and profit sharing plans, corporations and general business matters, and estates and trusts. He is also currently Chair of the Audit Committee and Member of the Board of Directors [...]
Robert Tercek, is one of the world’s most prolific creators of interactive content. He has created breakthrough entertainment experiences on every digital platform, including satellite television, game consoles, broadband Internet, interactive television and mobile networks. His expertise spans television, telecommunications and software. In his talk at TEDxMarin, he spoke about the power of the personal narrative and his work at [...]
Elinor Tatum is the Publisher and Editor in Chief of the New York Amsterdam News, the oldest and Largest Black Newspaper in the City of New York, and one of the oldest in the Country. Ms. Tatum was appointed to her position in 1997, and became one of the youngest publishers in Black Press history. Under her watch, the newspaper [...]
Billy Weisman is a lifetime philanthropreneur and founder of Weisman Enterprises. He has served on numerous nonprofit boards such as the Jane Goodall Institute, Minnesota Community Foundation and the Weisman Art Museum.
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