STAFF

Executive Director
NalipED@msn.com
Kathryn F. Galán has been NALIP’s Executive Director for nine years. She has established NALIP as the preeminent national Latino media organization, transforming it from an NCLR special project to a substantial advocacy and professional development organization. Kathryn has overseen 9 national conferences, and created NALIP’s signature programs: the Latino Producers Academy, Latino Writers Lab, Latino Media Market, Latino Media Resource Guide, and “Doing your Doc: Diverse Visions, Regional Voices.” She is responsible for all staffing and day-to-day management, millions in corporate and foundation fundraising, publicity strategies and branding, plus regional programs and chapter development. She has worked as an independent producer (French Kiss, Squanto, and Daybreak) new media consultant, and studio executive. She was head of production for Atlantic Entertainment Group, and a production vice president at Walt Disney Studio’s Hollywood Pictures. Then, she ran Meg Ryan’s Prufrock Pictures, and her own consultancy firm, EKR Strategies. She is a graduate of Amherst College and did initial media studies in video art at SUNY Buffalo, then Masters studies in film history and criticism at UCLA, specializing in World Cinema.

Signature Programs Director
Conference Director
Octavio@nalip.org
Octavio Marin is NALIP’s Signature Programs Director. He has been responsible for producing all of the organization’s programs including the Latino Producers Academy ™, the Latino Media Resource Guide™, the Latino Writers Lab™, the Latino Media Market™, and the National Conference. Previously, he was unit production manager on the feature film How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer, and a production consultant on America 101. Octavio was also a production associate and production supervisor on the films One Man’s Hero, Texas Rangers, Café Argentina and American Dream. Octavio studied management and film production at UCLA and received his Doctors’ Degree from the University of Mexico City.

Programs Coordinator
carlos@nalip.org
Carlos Espinoza began his career in the film industry in 2003 assisting the Art Director on the feature film How the Garcia Girls spent Their Summer. Carlos moved his way up working as a Prop Master for music videos and TV commercials. For the past 5 years he has worked on over 18 feature films as Production Designer/Art Director including; Farmhouse, A Wonderful Christmas, and Rockslyde in 2009, where he earned a nomination for Best Production Design at the Feel Good Film Festival in Hollywood, CA. Carlos joined NALIP in early 2010, and coordinated the eighth Latino Writers Lab, Latino Producers Academy, and regional “Doing your Doc” workshop in New Mexcio.