Three new members have been appointed to the Board of Trustees at Central Recorderdance Institute. Lulu Wang (director of “The Farewell”Shripriya Mahash (founder partner at Spero Ventures) and Patrick Gaspard (current CEO of the Center for American Progress), joined the business, cultural, and philanthropic leaders. These individuals steer the entire organization and act as an advisor.
They will expand the Institute’s Board of “values-based leaders,”The building of an “evolving community for storytellers.”The Trustees will collaborate closely with Ebs Burnough, Board Chair, and Joana Viente, CEO.
“We are honored to have Lulu, Patrick and Shripriya join us as Trustees on the Board of Sundance Institute,”Vicente, in a statment. “Their vision and expertise offer us innovative leadership to continue to evolve as a cultural organization and deepen our commitment to the work.”
Wang answered a question about whether he would like to join the board. “Sundance played a pivotal role in launching my filmmaking career and I’m honored to join the Institute’s Board to help usher in a new wave of filmmakers with singular voices.”
“I’m thrilled to join the board of Sundance as an honor and a duty,”Patrick Gaspard shared, “at a moment when the work of storytelling is critically connected to the work of democratic inclusion and rights protection across the Globe. Sundance provides a vital scaffold for independent artists to take up the full power of expression as a value in itself and in service of community.”
“Central Recorderdance Institute,”Shripriya Mahamesh added, “is one of the finest examples of how to support creators and help them find their path in an extremely challenging industry. It has been supporting creators well before the ‘creator economy’ became a buzzword. I’m thrilled to be able to join the board to support the Institute’s mission to enable and support incredible independent filmmakers around the world.”
They join current members on the Institute’s Board: Robert Redford, President & Founder; Ebs Burnough Chair; Sean Bailey, Vice Chair; Gigi Pritzker, Vice Chair; Jason Blum, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Philipp Engelhorn, Caterina Fake, Jeanne Donovan Fisher, Robert J. Frankenberg, Donna Gruneich, Cindy Harrell Horn, Uzodinma Iweala, Amanda Kelso, Charles D. King, Lisa Kron, Lyn Davis Lear, Ann Lewnes, Wonya Lucas, Alejandro Ramírez Magaña, Pat Mitchell, Bill Plapinger, Amy Redford, Geoffrey K. Sands, Junaid Sarieddeen, Nadine Schiff-Rosen, Barry Tyerman, and Lynette Wallworth.
