Board and Staff
Staff
Ranny Levy, President
Lauren Longworth, Jury Manager and Editor, KIDS FIRST! News
Michelle Roybal, Bookkeeper
Samsunshine Levy, Web Master
Marcel Traum, Video Editor
Trustees
Ranny Levy - Founder and President
Ed Greene, Ph.D. - Cito USA
Dan Gurlitz - Soundview Media Partners LLC
Nancy Kenney - Vice President
Mallory Lewis - Children's Entertainer
Kimbirly Orr - Knock Out Performance
Jere Rae-Mansfield -
Monterey Media
National Board
Marcela Davison Aviles - Mexican
Heritage Plaza
Brittany Curran, Actress
Joseph Giangrasso - Filmmaker
R. Paul Herman - HIP Investor
Dean Koocher, Lazytown Entertainment
Laura Lavi, Zing Revolution
Margaret A. Loesch - CEO, The HUb
Kay Panabaker - Actress
Jay Reinbold - Warner Bros. Entertainment
Geoffrey Selzer - Luminous Publishing
Sarah Slater - Media Consultant
2013 KIDS FIRST! Film Critics
Adam Chernick
Anthony Aranda **
Brianna Beaton *
Camille Bajema *
Canela Roey
Cassandra Hsiao
Cheyenne Nguyen *
Gerry Orz
Jaheem Toombs
Jailene Arias
Johntae L
Julianna Noone *
Keefer C. Blakeslee
Molly Jackson
Morgan Bertsch *
Patrick Nguyen
Raven Devanney **
Stacy-Love Belizaire
Valdi-Agaelle Belizaire
Victoria Burns *
* Joined in 2012
** Joined in 2011
Advisory Board
Stevanne Auerbach, Ph. D. -
Dr. Toy
Norma Jean Colby - Pediatric
Nurse
Terry Solowey - Children's
Media Specialist
2012 KIDS FIRST! Film Critics
Anthony Aranda *
Camille Bajema
Brianna Beaton
Morgan Bertsch
Victoria Burns
Casey Chandler
Julia Chestnut
Raven Devanney *
Blake Hawes
Jennifer Huntoon
Hunter Willow Jones
Cheyenne Nguyen
Julianna Noone
Talia Rashba
Ajay Sharma
*Joined in 2011
Youth Advisory Board
Anthony Aranda ***
Gabriella Chu ***
Raven Devanney ***
Makai Weber-Colvin ***
*** Joined in 2011
Honorary Board
Bruce Apar - Mediapar
Peggy Charren - Action For Children's Television
Gay
Dillingham - Earthstone, Livingry Foundation
Sarah Frank -
Consultant
Shannon Gilligan -
Choose Your Own Adventure
Joshua
Greene -
Stories to Remember
Vivian Horner -
Educator and Media Specialist
Chris Kientz - Raven Tales
Katie Peters -
Muse Media
Morton Schindel -
Weston Woods/Children's Circle
Lisa Strout - Director, MA Film Office
Margaret Tritch - Maitland Primrose
Board Emeritus
Larry Balaban - Pacific Entertainment
Mary Lou Bono - Media Marketing Expert
Rev. Martha Dewing -
Interfaith Minister
Katy Grant - Librarian (Advisory Board)
Twila Liggett - Reading Rainbow
Jane Peacock - NM Dept of Public Health
George C. Schellenger - Status Productions (Advisory Board)
Harold Weitzberg - Weitzberg
Consulting, Inc.
Doug Zwick - Pop Twist Entertainment
Jeff Yapp - Cablevision
Systems
Ruth Wooden -
Public Agenda
