Advisory Boards
Emerging Leaders Advisory Board
- Bernetta Hardy (Chair), Director, Business Affairs, The Walt Disney Company
- Matt Blackett (Chair Emeritus), Deputy General Counsel, SAG-AFTRA
- Alina Condurat, Associate, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
- Anne Easton, Associate, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
- Emma Smizer, Associate, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
- Leah Katz, Associate, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
- Merrick Soss, Business Affairs Executive, Creative Artists Agency
- Mahin Aminian, Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs, Paramount Global
- Ozichi O. Emeziem, Associate, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
- Bradfield Biggers, Associate, Raines Feldman Littrell LLP
- Christine Yeroushalmi, Associate General Counsel, SAG-AFTRA
- Sonja J. Kim, Senior Counsel, Product & Commercial, Lyft Media
Law Firm Advisory Board
- Alan L. Friel (Chair), Partner and Chair, Global Data Practice, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
- David Zitzerman (Vice Chair), Partner, Head of the Entertainment Law Group, Goodmans LLP
- Hillary Bibicoff, Transactional Entertainment Attorney, Feig Finkel LLP
- Randi D. Bandman, Of Counsel, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
- Richard B. Kendall, Partner, Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP
- C. Dennis Loomis, Of Counsel, Buchalter
Law School Advisory Board
- Nancy Rapoport (Chair), UNLV Distinguished Professor and Garman Turner Gordon Professor of Law, Boyd School of Law
- William Nix (Chair Emeritus), Chairman, Creative Projects Group, Adjunct Professor and Industry Adviser to its Entertainment, Media and Sports Dispute Resolution Project, Pepperdine/Straus Institute
- David L. Schwartz, Frederic P. Vose Professor of Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
- Sonya Bonneau, Professor of Law, Legal Practice, Georgetown Law
- Julie A. Shapiro, Director of the Entertainment & Media Law Institute, LMU Loyola Law School
- Ida Palombella, Adjunct Fashion Law Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Leadership Advisory Board
- Carolyn Hampton (Chair), Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing Legal, Paramount Pictures
- Katie Rodin (Vice Chair), EVP and Chief Legal Officer, ocV!BE, Anaheim Ducks & Honda Center
- Peter Steckelman (Chair Emeritus), Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, Tennis Channel
- Eric Burton, Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, FOX Sports Media Group
- Richard Patti, Associate General Counsel, Alvarez & Marsal
- George Whipple III, Lawyer and Emmy-Winning Television Reporter, Epstein Becker Green
- Madhu Southworth, Senior Vice President, Legal & Business Affairs, AMC Entertainment Inc. and Sundance TV
Women Who Lead Advisory Board
- Talin Galoosian (Chair), Senior Counsel, Labor Relations, Walt Disney Television
- Tracy Rane (Chair Emeritus), Counsel, Kibler Fowler & Cave LLP
- Karen Thorland, Consultant, Thorland Consulting
- Grace Duplissea, Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs at Lionsgate
- Michelle van Oppen, Senior Litigation Counsel, Paramount
- Natalie LeVeck, Senior Counsel, Google
- Caroline Mankey, Partner, Akerman LLP
- Julie Shepard, Partner, Jenner & Block, LLP
- Kirsten Jackson, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
- Erica Van Loon, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
- Karen Grant-Selma, Head of Business & Legal Affairs, Jesse Collins Entertainment
- Jenifer Wallis, Chair, Entertainment Practice, Munck Wilson Mandala LLP
International Advisory Board
- Amit Mor (Chair), Naschitz Brandes Amir, Israel
- Ranjana Adhikari, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, India
- Rafael Rodríguez Andrade, RR Consulting, Mexico
- Raúl del Alto Álvarez de la Cuadra, RR Consulting, Mexico
AMEC Advisory boards
The AMEC Advisory Boards set the organization’s strategic goals, maintain relevancy in the constantly evolving Entertainment and Media industries’ landscape and assure the fulfillment of our mission.
Each Board member is appointed to serve for a two-year term. Board members may serve a maximum of one two-year term.