PRESENTING YOUR 2007 FLASH MOVIE JUDGES!

Our seasoned panel of judges will be scoring each piece on technical flash skills, the underlying message of the piece, adherence to the theme, and general creativity. Winners announced Friday May 4th!

TOM GLAISYER

Tom Glaisyer is an experienced project manager specializing in organizational change and technology assimilation of social software. Recently, he has focused his expertise on applying social networking thinking and technology to international affairs particularly in the peace and security, and conflict resolution fields.

Tom contributed significantly to the design and rollout of a collaborative site developed in conjunction with a civil society conference on conflict prevention held at the United Nations in summer 2005. More recently, he launched the blog The Morningside Post, at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University where he completed his M.I.A in May 2006. Tom also works on a volunteer basis with the Peace and Security Initiative and a domestic civil rights association providing advice and services on how they might engage in a blogging strategy to support their objectives. Tom has explored many of these cutting edge ideas in writings.

Tom is the Connect US Fellow at Netcentric Campaigns, a website that powers progressive social change by serving as a hub connecting change makers with the innovation, tools and strategy needed to be successful in the age of connectivity. 

WENDY COHEN

Wendy is the Community Manager and Editor at the Huffington Post. This born and raised Montrealer was the Outreach Coordinator for Arts Engine and programmer of the Media That Matters film festival. She is a co-chair on the Urban Pathways Young Professional Board, a research and creative assistant for the "The Art of the Documentary" (New Riders Press) and is currently associate producing a documentary film. Wendy is the co-founder of Screening Liberally and loves living in Brooklyn.

DANIEL MEILING

Dan lives with his parents in a house with uncut grass, located on the fringe of suburban Churchville, New York. When he's not sleeping or eating potato chips, Dan commutes to RIT, where he is a film/animation major. Dan has been known to spend a couple hours every day basking in the sun, dreaming of a future where flying, cyborg whales deliver mail and pizzas. Dan has been using Macromedia Flash on and off for about five years and believes that it is a great tool for telling stories and getting a message across.

SARA BODENBERG

Sara is the co-founder of the Citizens for Global Solutions Flash Movie Contest and helped to manage the contest in its first two years. She has previously worked at CGS in various capacities as a volunteer, intern, consultant, Development Associate and finally as an Outreach & Advocacy Manager. Sara has a bachelor's degree in Political Science and Spanish from Edgewood College and is currently pursuing her Masters Degree from American University in Washington, DC. Sara resides in Laurel, MD with her boyfriend, Brad and her cat, Diesel and will kick your butt in volleyball.

CHARLES J. BROWN

Charles J. Brown is President and CEO of Citizens for Global Solutions and the Global Solutions Education Fund. From 2001 to 2004, he was a deputy executive director at Amnesty International USA. From 1999-2001, he served as Chief of Staff for Assistant Secretary Harold Hongju Koh in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor in the Department of State, and as Director of the Bureau?s Office of Strategic Planning and External Affairs. In 1998-99, he was the Bureau?s Senior Advisor on Public Affairs. During his tenure at State, he also served as spokesperson for U.S. Government delegations to the UN Conference on the establishment of an International Criminal Court, the UN Commission on Human Rights, and the Warsaw Ministerial of the Community of Democracies. From 1988-1998 he worked at Freedom House in a variety of positions, ultimately as Director of Program Development. He is co-author of The Politics of Psychiatry in Revolutionary Cuba and co-editor of Judges and Journalists in Transitional Democracies.