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Executive Producers
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Lili Fournier, is the host, producer and director of the award-winning Women of Wisdom and Power three one hour special featuring Jane Goodall, Gloria Steinem, Shirley MacLaine, Alanis Morrissette, et al. Her most recent Quest broadcast, her 11th PBS special, is “Quest for Success” featuring some of today’s most influential business and spiritual leaders including the Dalai Lama, Sir Richard Branson, Peace Laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Russell Simmons, Stephen Covey, Jack Canfield et al. She produced the “By My Spirit” concert featuring Placido Domingo, Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, in the presence of Queen Sofia for Spain’s Quincentenario celebrations, a tribute to world peace and co-existence. |
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Michael Olmstead
As President of e2k and Events for Change, Michael Olmstead has developed one of the world’s most successful and diversified event production and entertainment companies, dedicated to creating powerful events that enhance a sense of community and celebrate humanity.
In 2008, Michael served as Executive Producer for the first-ever Pangea Day, on May 10, 2008. The four-hour show with locations in Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro was broadcast live in seven languages to over in 100 countries. The event established new ground in the integration of streaming media with traditional broadcast formats to create a sense of community. |
In January, Olmstead provided the remote video feeds for the Inaugural Neighborhood Ball that again demonstrated the power of new media to bring people together.
Over the past thirty years, Michael has personally produced and/or directed over 400 events and shows, including major productions for the Super Bowl, the World Cup, the State of the World Forum, the U.S. Conference of Mayor’s, the NFL All-Star Game, and the United Nations. |
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Louis J. Horvitz, four-time Emmy Award-winning director of ten Academy Awards will direct and Executive Produce. He has directed 10 Emmy Awards, a dozen People’s Choice Awards, Live Aid, Net Aid, The American Film Institute Lifetime Awards, The Kennedy Center Honors, Evening of Stars. He is regarded as a pioneering force in the global broadcasting arena. |
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Salli Frattini, President/Executive Producer, Sunset Lane Entertainment. Salli Frattini most recently Executive Produced YouTube Live 2008. She is the former Senior Vice President of MTV, where she Executive Produced the MTV Movie Awards and MTV Music Awards. |
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Honorary patrons
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Archbishop Desmond and Lea Tutu. He rose to worldwide fame as an opponent of Apartheid. In 1984 he became second South African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Tutu chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and is currently the chair of The Elders. He works to build peace by nurturing visionary leadership. |
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Leah Tutu is the wife and partner of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. In 1998, Desmond and Leah Tutu established The Desmond Tutu Peace Trust, whose mission is to nurture peace by promoting ethical, visionary, values-based human development. |
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Honorary Co-ChairS
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Elder Bernice A. King
Born the youngest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the late Coretta Scott King, Bernice A. King is internationally known as one of the most powerful, life-changing speakers in the world today. She founded Be A King, whose mission is to elevate the way people Think, Act, Live, and Lead. She hopes to develop a nation of young people who will impact the global marketplace and transform the world culture with a KINGdom mindset. |
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Dr. Helene Gayle is President and CEO of CARE, one of the world’s premier poverty-fighting charities. Former Director of HIV programs for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2006 co-chair of the International AIDS conference, consultant to WHO, UNICEF, World Bank, she now focuses on empowering women in the fight against poverty. |
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Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda is the General Secretary of the World WYCA, a global movement of more than 25 million women and girls in 124 countries. It has been in the forefront of advocating for women’s and girl’s rights, and for positive social change. A trained human rights lawyer, she previously served as Regional Director for the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). |
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SUPPORTING STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONS
• The National Council of Women’s Organizations, Membership of 100 organizations, with 10 million women in America
• The National Organization for Women, in 50 states in America
• CARE, a pre-eminent charity that works in 66 countries to fight poverty
• UNIFEM, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, in 100 countries
• The World YWCA, 25 million members in 122 countries
• The African Women’s Development Fund
• Equality Now
• Save the Children, Free the Children and other charities |
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