Advisory Board

 

Dominique Bravo

Dominique Bravo is an attorney with nearly 20 years of experience representing artists, labor unions, and other individuals and organizations in a wide range of legal issues. She specializes in employment and entertainment law, and provides general management counsel to a number of arts and non-profit organizations. She began her career with the New York law firm of Cohen, Weiss and Simon and previously served as general counsel to the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA). She currently serves as special counsel to AFTRA in matters concerning sound recording artists, and has a private practice representing individuals and organizations in the arts and entertainment fields. Dominique also serves as an officer on the Board of Directors of Performance Space 122 and on the Board of Directors of the Montessori Day School of Brooklyn.

Bari George

Bari George is a communications and management specialist who has worked for 25 years with lead organizations in the nonprofit sector. She excels at bringing experts together to collaboratively inform and drive innovative and productive solutions. Her connections extend across the nonprofit world, including leaders in the environmental, health, consumer, child welfare, international, human rights, education, arts and labor sectors. Bari was formerly the Director of National Advertising for Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the VP of Accounts for Benenson Janson Advertising. She has worked with the ACLU, Oxfam America, People for the American Way, Declare Yourself, Americans for Fairness in Lending and many more issue-based nonprofits. Bari also serves as an advisor to the Jane Goodall Institute Roots & Shoots Program. She holds a degree in Anthropology from Princeton University.

Angela Jones

Angela Jones is the Program Associate for Effective Philanthropy at Northern California Grantmakers, staffing their Family Philanthropy Exchange and the Organizational Effectiveness and Professional Development Committee, among other work. She has also worked as program assistant in both the Family and Community Development and Conflict Resolution programs of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Angela received her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and previously served with the policy-advocacy group Urban Strategies Council. She is currently pursuing her M.B.A. degree at Mills College in Oakland. Angela is a film enthusiast and is hoping to use her business degree in film finance. In addition to serving on the advisory board of Chicken and Egg Pictures, she is a board member of Bay Area Blacks in Philanthropy.

Vivien Labaton

Vivien Labaton is Director of Strategic Program Initiatives at Atlantic Philanthropies, a global foundation based in New York City. Prior to joining Atlantic in 2007, Vivien was a staff attorney and a Blackmun Fellow at the Center for Reproductive Rights and a law clerk to Judge Constance Baker Motley in the Southern District of New York. Before attending law school, Vivien was the Founding Director of the Third Wave Foundation, the only national philanthropic organization for young women. Vivien is a graduate of Barnard College and NYU Law School, and is a co-editor of The Fire This Time: Young Activists and the New Feminism. She has served on the Boards of Directors of the Women’s Funding Network, Political Research Associates, and Third Wave, and is currently an Advisory Board member for Chicken & Egg Pictures.