Kim Reynolds began her career working at The Late Show with David Letterman in 2005, and after a five-year stint working in late night, joined MTV's award-winning News and Docs department. During her time at MTV, Kim produced numerous specials and events including a town hall on climate change with former Vice President Al Gore, a forum on gun violence in Chicago with Ice Cube and Common, and the MTV Video Music Awards pre-shows. Kim went on to develop PBS's 50th-anniversary signature programming initiative American Portrait with RadicalMedia, and developed and produced the critically acclaimed series The Me You Can't See with Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry for Apple TV+. Her last film, Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance, which looked at how the art world dealt with the death of Breonna Taylor, was named to the 2021 DOC NYC shortlist. Kim is a graduate of Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ.

Dawn Porter is an American documentary filmmaker and founder of the production company Trilogy Films. Her award-winning films include Gideon’s Army (2013), Spies of Mississippi (2014), Trapped, and Bobby Kennedy for President. Porter’s work has been featured on HBO, Netflix, CNN, PBS, MSNBC, MTV Films, and other platforms. Porter’s latest documentary, The Lady Bird Diaries, an all-archival documentary about Lady Bird Johnson, debuted at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival. Her other projects include Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court, a four-part docuseries that explores the history of the Supreme Court, the MGM documentary Cirque Du Soleil: Without a Net and Eyes on the Prize for HBO. Additional credits include The Me You Can’t See (Apple TV+), Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer (National Geographic), The Way I See It (Focus Features), John Lewis: Good Trouble (CNN, Magnolia Pictures), 37 Words (ESPN), Un(re)solved (Frontline PBS), and Gideon’s Army (HBO).

Dr. Julia Sweig is the author of The New York Times bestseller, Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight, longlisted for the 2022 PEN America Literary Award in biography and winner of the 2022 Texas Book Award. Sweig is the creator, host, and executive producer of the podcast In Plain Sight, a co-production of Best Case Studios and ABC News Studios. She is executive producer of The Lady Bird Diaries, which is adapted based on Sweig’s book and podcast. Sweig is currently writing a biography of Dr. Mathilde Krim, a boundary breaking scientist and unsung hero of the AIDS crisis.

Darren Walker is president of the Ford Foundation, a $16 billion international social justice philanthropy. Under his leadership, the Ford Foundation became the first non-profit in US history to issue a $1 billion designated social bond to stabilize non-profit organizations in the wake of COVID-19. Before joining Ford, Darren was vice president at The Rockefeller Foundation. Previously, he was COO of Harlem’s Abyssinian Development Corporation. Darren co-founded both the US Impact Investing Alliance and the Presidents’ Council on Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy. He serves on many boards, including the National Gallery of Art, Carnegie Hall, the High Line, the Smithsonian, National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Addie Morfoot has been covering the entertainment industry for the last 18 years. She currently serves as head of editorial coverage for Variety‘s Docs section. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Crain’s New York Business, Documentary Magazine and Adweek. Her personal essays have been published in The New York Times, Marie Claire, Salon, Cosmopolitan.com, Brain, Child, The LA Times and The New York Press.