Will is an executive and attorney with extensive experience in corporate formation, operations and business affairs, as well as being an experienced litigator and ADR practitioner with substantial expertise in the entertainment, media, sports, intellectual property and creativity fields. Will has served as Co-Chair of Baker Botts LLP’s Entertainment, Media and Sports Practice Group, as VP of Legal and Business Affairs for NBA Properties and as COO of the network of nearly 2,000 employees and representatives of the Motion Picture Association of America's global Intellectual Property Group. He has worked closely with Internet/Software businesses as a strategist and operational advisor for many years.
Will has a Masters degree in History/Teaching and has taught in the public schools of Washington, D.C. as well as graduate level law school and other domestic and international courses as a regular professional panelist. He has published, lectured and been widely interviewed on television, radio and in print. He is a lifetime voting Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and a Member of the Academy of Television Arts and Science (ATAS), the National Academy of Recording Arts and Science (NARAS), the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) and a documentary and feature film producer who actively serves on Award Nominating Screening Juries for both the International Documentary Association (IDA) and AMPAS.
Nancy Cushing-Jones is a Partner in Broad Think, a branding company in Los Angeles, and was the first woman appointed division President at Universal Studios. Nancy established and grew the Universal Publishing Rights Division worldwide. She also launched Universal's the third-party interactive licensing business. A twenty-year veteran in global brand franchise management, she has formulated and implemented broad branding and merchandising plans for a wide spectrum of creative properties.
Jeff Grant has dedicated his life to various forms of service, both professionally and personally. He is currently on the Board of Directors of Family Reentry, Inc., where he serves as its Vice Chairman, and as volunteer Chief Operating Officer of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fresh Start Enterprises. Under his leadership, Fresh Start Enterprises refocused its core business to real estate property services. In changing from a business-to-consumer model to business-to-business model, Fresh Start Enterprises increased its sales revenues from $114K in fiscal 2010, to $350K in 2011, and is projected over $500K for 2012. Now employment training more than twice the number of ex-offenders, formal classroom and on-the-job training programs have been enlarged and completed, with full outcome accountability and performance measurability. Ex-offender clients attend a “Community Matters” team meeting each Saturday morning that offers soft skills instruction and specific work place training. Yale University Research has proven that ex-offenders who complete the Fresh Start program reduce their chances of recidivism by over fifty-four (54%) percent. In fall 2011, Jeff’s work at Family Reentry and Fresh Start Enterprises was recognized when he was given the Elizabeth Bush Award for Volunteerism. Mrs. Bush appeared at the Family Reentry Annual Benefit and personally gave Jeff a commemorative plaque in honor of the occasion.
Claude Johnson is the founder and president of 
