Naheed Ismail, IT Consultant
Naheed reviews the grant applications. He is one of the decision-makers on all of our grants. He also manages our IT operations team and has a love for wildlife and nature. He spends time in Africa and hosts photographic safaris. He is an artist, photographer, and highly talented guitarist.
Makeba Johnson
Makeba Johnson: Works with her Godmother, Carole Dean. She helps with productions and grants. She is soon retiring from the US Navy.
Claire Papin, Assistant to Carole Dean and Co-Host of the The Art of Film Funding Podcast
The Art of Film Funding (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-art-of-film-funding).
Claire is also the founder, producer and voice over artist of Lighted Paths Productions.
She has worked as an on-camera talent in film & TV, and radio broadcaster, for over 25 years. Claire can be remembered for her ground breaking work as a host and producer on Wisdom Radio’s Wisdom Today, and on It’s All Good for Lime Radio; both of which aired coast to coast in the U.S. and Canada on Sirius Satellite Radio.
Elizabeth England, Campaign Reporting
Elizabeth England’s crowdfunding expertise has supported hundreds of creative projects. Currently, she co-produces and co-hosts BuzzBroz.com media projects with her partner Ken Sheetz. Their 100% crowdfunded feature film, The Coolest Meditation Ever: Antarctica 12.12.12, is free to watch on the About page at CoolestTechEver.com, an ecommerce funding portal that sprung organically from their successful crowdfunding perk strategies. CoolestTechEver.com is fundraising for their current film project, Coolest Meditation Ever: Arctic 2022, where they will complete another 24 meditations for the flowering reverence for life and peaceful cooperation among all peoples; and a collective commitment to responsible stewardship of our planet.
Richard Kaufman, Director of Marketing
Richard has used his expertise and knowledge to help us grow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. He’s also helped many of our campaigns with targeted advertising on those platforms. This has resulted in increased donations for their projects. Richard is also a Senior Account Executive at Filmtools.
Carole Joyce – Director of Roy W. Dean Grant – Consultant for Filmmakers
A talented filmmaker, photographer, and producer, Carole Joyce is a Board Member of the 501(c)3 non-profit From the Heart Productions, and Director of the Roy W. Dean Grant, of which she has been an integral part of for over 20 years. Carole is also the CEO of Authentic Vision Consulting, a consulting firm specializing in independent film production and financing.
A graduate of Brooks Institute of Photography, Carole is an award-winning filmmaker for her documentary Survivors. Carole served as Executive Producer for the award-winning short film Stairway to the Stars starring Sean Young and as LA Line Producer for Wheels of Heaven with Mickey Rourke. Carole produced the short film Living UnDone, which won the Grand Jury Award at the Ethos Film Festival and Best Short Documentary for the Paris Film Festival. Carole is a Producer for the upcoming film Prodigal Daughter. Carole’s additional credits are available on IMDb. From the Heart Productions’ credits are also available on IMDb.
Carole also serves as an Advisor for the Authentic Global Film Festival and a Judge for the Ethos Film Festival.
Click Here to schedule a consultation with Carole Joyce. Students enrolled in the year long Producer’s Class get a special discounted price of $80 for a 1 hour consultation.
Shirley Bennett – Financial and Office Management
Extensive background in sales and marketing, new business start up, eldercare advisement and financial & office management.
Lisa Weeks – Bookkeeper
Lisa is the owner of ProfitPros Bookkeeping Solutions. She has been using Quickbooks since before it was officially called “Quickbooks!” Lisa recently moved to Colorado where she enjoys nature and the four seasons with her husband and their two Labrador Retrievers.
