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Meet the Jurors of the
Made in Huntington Film & TV Festival
Jenny Alonzo
Marketing & Content Executive
Jenny Alonzo is a dynamic leader in content development, production, marketing, and corporate media strategy. She has worked with top brands including NBC, BET, Turner, IBM, The Wall Street Journal, Nielsen, and Trellix, and was a founding executive of Lifetime Television, shaping its groundbreaking Television for Women positioning.
Michael Nagle
Founder & CEO of Ashling Digital Inc.
Michael Nagle has spent his entire career in media. He is the Founder & CEO for Ashling Digital where he assists FAST channels with distribution, marketing and partnerships. Home Media Magazine listed him as one of their “Digital Drivers” in both 2016 and 2017. He served in executive roles for Bloomberg, Playboy, NatureVision and Invincible.
Greg Wagner
Actor, Producer, Screenwriter
Greg Wagner is a producer, actor and screenwriter. He has previously worked with Cyndi Lauper on his screenplay Last Night At Radio City, and is currently in pre-production on another screenplay of his, Take On Me. He has a documentary in the works with journalist Brian Karem, and plays Judge Marvin Nichols on NBC's Law and Order.
Matt Biscuiti
Managing Director, The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuiti is managing director at The Lippin Group, a leading communications agency that consults, develops and executes strategic campaigns for companies, creators and content across entertainment, media and technology. Based in New York, he joined Lippin in 2004. During his 25-plus year career, he’s specialized in providing corporate communications and thought leadership counsel to businesses of all sizes, including TV networks, streamers, content studios, ad agencies, associations, conferences, events and digital platforms.
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Michael Donovan
Michael Donovan Casting
Michael just received his 10th Artios Award, presented by the Casting Society of America for Outstanding Achievement in casting. He has cast more than 1,000 shows produced at such venues as the Hollywood Bowl, the Ahmanson Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum, Pasadena Playhouse, and more! Click the learn more button to learn more about Michael Donovan.
Patricia Kehoe
President, PK Network
Patricia (Pat) Kehoe is the Founder and President of PK Network, a New York City based full-service, woman-owned, advertising, marketing, and public relations firm that provides big agency solutions with the accessibility, speed, flexibility, and affordability of a boutique.
Dorothy Bennett
Director of Creative Pedagogy at the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI)
Dorothy Bennett, the Director of Creative Pedagogy at the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI), leads groundbreaking initiatives embodying NYSCI's signature pedagogical approach, DESIGN, MAKE, PLAY. With 30+ years of experience in formal and informal education, she transforms this interest-based, learner-centered approach into impactful practices. Her fruitful partnerships with national and international entities, including IBM and the Australian Children's Television Foundation, have resulted in immersive design experiences and engaging digital media that fuel curiosity and empower learners of all backgrounds to become STEM creators.
Tom Heller
Partner at Catch & Release Films
Tom Heller is a film and television producer. His credits include the Academy Award-winning PRECIOUS, directed by Lee Daniels; Danny Boyle’s 127 HOURS, which was nominated for six Oscars; WIN WIN, directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Tom McCarthy; and Indie Spirit Award-winning MUD directed by Jeff Nichols. Heller also executive produced the Oscar-nominated film FOXCATCHER after first discovering the source material and acquiring life rights to Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz.
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Kent Gibbons
Fmr. Trade Magazine Editor
in Media and Entertainment
A graduate of Pace University in Pleasantville, New York, Kent Gibbons worked at newspapers for over a decade before joining cable-TV trade magazine Multichannel News in March of 1994. He retired in 2024 as the editorial overseer of Multichannel News and Broadcasting+Cable, which had combined their editorial operations. He lives in New York City with his wife, Martha Moore, and their cat, Lucy.
Jeffrey Cole
Center for the Digital Future
Jeffrey Cole has been at the forefront of media and communication technology issues both in the United States and internationally for the past three decades. An expert in the field of technology and emerging media, Cole serves as an adviser to governments and leading companies around the world as they craft digital strategies.
Mark Walton
Associate Professor of the Professional Practice in Media Management at
The New School
Mark Walton is currently an Associate Professor of the Professional Practice in Media Management at The New School in New York. He also regularly consults with media companies, government entities and independent content creators to help them develop sustainable business models and seek distribution for their work.
Mark Robichaux
Author, Journalist &
Communications Expert
Mark Robichaux is an author, journalist and communications expert with more than two decades of experience helping the biggest media firms in the U.S. create better content. He is currently assisting cable-TV pioneer John Malone with his upcoming memoir, Born to be Wired, available this fall by Simon & Schuster.
Court Stroud
Writer, Professor, Coach
Court Stroud serves as Visiting Assistant Professor of Business - Entertainment Marketing at Marymount Manhattan College. He also teaches as an adjunct at the NYU SPS Integrated Marketing & Communication MSc. program, Columbia, and his beloved alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin.
Previously, he worked at Univision, Telemundo, Azteca, CBS Interactive, and several startups.
Luis Ortiz
Managing Director
Latino Public Broadcasting
Ortiz oversees the development, financing and production of Latino-themed programming that is distributed for broadcast on national public television and online at PBS.org. Ortiz also administers LPB’s Public Media Content and Digital Media funding initiatives, which support independent filmmakers in the creation and dissemination of Latino themed documentaries for PBS, as well as of digital content engaging audiences online. In addition, he serves as Series Producer for VOCES on PBS, LPB’s signature series that features the best of Latino arts, culture and history, and shines a light on current issues that impact Latino Americans.