Campaign Team
NISHA PAHUJA
Nisha Pahuja is an Oscar, Peabody,Grierson and Emmy-nominated filmmaker based in Toronto. Her latest film, TO KILL A TIGER, had its world premiere at TIFF where it won the Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature Film.
Kate Roberts
Kate Roberts is the Founder and CEO of The Ikigai Co, a purpose-driven consultancy advising ultra-high-net-worth philanthropists, NGOs, and impact investors on strategy, partnerships, and resource mobilization. She is also the Founder of The Body Agency Collective, a charitable organization advancing women’s health, economic empowerment, and gender equity.
Saelyx Finna
Saelyx served for five years as the artistic and executive director of Northwest Film Forum (NWFF), the most comprehensive nonprofit film center in the Pacific Northwest, leading the organization to an unprecedented state of financial health and public engagement. In response to the Trump administration's 2017 travel bans, Saelyx co-founded and organized the Seventh Art Stand, a national film series spotlighting the affected countries, which was covered in The New York Times. She is also the co-founder of Alliance for Action, a national network of US-based exhibitors and distributors committed to social equity in the film industry.
Sarah Michael
Sarah Michael (She/Her) is a freelance documentary media professional. Her interests lie in contributing to impactful storytelling by delving into subjects that address societal issues to help inspire change through art. She has worked for several years as an Associate Producer, Canadian Screen Award nominated Story Researcher, Coordinator, and Online Content Manager contributing to all spans of a project's journey from development, production and release. She is currently part of the team at Notice Pictures Inc and the Projects Manager for the #StandWithHer impact campaign.
Daniel Kaplan
Daniel Kaplan is an award-winning digital marketing director and strategist with over a decade of experience leading multi-platform campaigns across the media and entertainment landscape. He has directed marketing efforts for more than 65 films, festivals, and mission-driven organizations, including high-profile projects for HBO, Netflix, ABC, Hulu, PBS, and AMC Networks’ DOC NYC—the largest documentary film festival in the United States.
Fran Sterling
Fran Sterling is the Director of Education and Impact at Life Stories and the Founder of Blueshift Education, a leading education studio supporting impact campaigns for independent social-issue documentary films. Fran brings over three decades of experience in education to her role, including a decade of teaching History and Civics, and fifteen years at Facing History and Ourselves.
Michelle Ciulla Lipkin
Michelle Ciulla Lipkin is a globally recognized leader in media literacy education. She is an Adjunct Lecturer at City University of New York where she teaches Media Literacy and works as an independent contractor creating curricular materials, resources, and conducting workshops. She currently partners with the National Association for Media Literacy Education, Blueshift Education, ConnectED, and others on advancing media literacy education around the U.S. and beyond. Michelle serves on the advisory boards of Life Stories and Truth in Common.
Gabby Ostoyich
As Production Assistant to the To Kill a Tiger #StandWithHer Impact Campaign, Gabby collaborates with partners and team-members to help the project come to life. She assists with the educational component of the campaign, working with diverse groups to formulate and distribute a comprehensive curriculum inspired by the movie and intended to reach student audiences across the U.S. She facilitates meetings and coordinates with key partners in order to bring about meaningful dialogue and bring survivor-centered gender-based violence prevention programming to schools.
S. MONA SINHA
S. Mona Sinha is the Global Executive Director of Equality Now, a global organization that campaigns for legal and systemic change to address violence and discrimination against women and girls. She has been described as “a powerful force who brings women and the world together.”
ENA CHADHA
Ena Chadha is a senior Indo-Canadian human rights lawyer, investigator, educator and mediator, whose career is dedicated to equality rights and tackling systemic discrimination. Ena is Chair of the Ontario Human Rights Legal Support Centre and served as Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission.
BEESHAM SEECHARAN
Being thankful for the opportunities as the son of working-class Indo-Caribbean immigrants from Trinidad & Tobago, Beesham has used his role as an international corporate lawyer to be a supporter of diverse communities and impactful entrepreneurship in local and national public, private, and nongovernmental sectors.