DANIELA KON LIEBERBERG | Founder + Executive Director

Daniela Kon Lieberberg is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producer, and consultant with two decades of experience at the intersection of human rights, global development, and impact media. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, she studied film at La Fémis in Paris and NYU Tisch, earned a Bachelor’s degree in Media and Cultural Studies at the London College of Communications, and completed a Master’s in Documentary Production at Royal Holloway, University of London. In 2003, she moved to New York to work for Emmy award-winning director Marc Levin at Blowback Productions, where she served as a researcher and assistant editor for HBO and THINK Film’s Protocols of Zion, an official Berlinale and Sundance selection. In 2005, Daniela founded the impact agency DEEDA, working with filmmakers, NGOs, and aid organizations across Southeast Asia, West Africa, and the Middle East. Her work includes the award-winning documentary TALIBE, the United Nations FAO Ending Hunger Campaign, the UN Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD), and numerous collaborations with grassroots initiatives in education, voluntourism, food security, youth leadership, women’s empowerment, LGBT rights, water management, children’s rights, and modern-day slavery. Driven by the goal of maximizing responsible impact through creativity, Daniela founded SIMA and the Social Impact Media Awards in 2012, advancing the culture of impact filmmaking and supporting filmmakers and changemakers globally. Based in Los Angeles, she expanded SIMA’s operations into fiscal sponsorship and global impact distribution through SIMA Studios, reaching over 140,000 students and 5 million viewers in more than 100 countries. Today, SIMA is the largest network of social impact creatives with a vast and ever-expanding global footprint, leveraging the power of impact film to advance education and ignite social change from the grassroots level and up. Daniela also serves as an Adjunct Professor at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and is a Board Member of the Film and Women’s Rights Committee of Human Rights Watch.

ERINN SULLIVAN | Chief Marketing Officer

Erinn Sullivan is a creative marketing, branding and communications consultant and art director based in Los Angeles, California. She is the founder of award-winning production company, Luna Impact, and has worked with over 40 brands in the past ten years to scale their impact and revenue. Her client roster spans both nonprofit and for-profit sectors, with notable nonprofit/social impact clients including The Gates Foundation, 360 MEDIA, BanQu, MOZAIK Philanthropy, KPJR Films, The Redford Center, The Maria Group, UN Women, Red Songbird Foundation, Youth Policy Institute, The Desmond Tutu Foundation and many more, including ongoing work as a creative director for multiple award-winning documentaries, impact campaigns and/or their respective fundraising campaigns. Erinn is a longtime SIMA family member—first joining SIMA as a designer in January 2014 where she helped establish SIMA’s brand identity through ongoing art direction and design. During her time with SIMA she has filled many roles, serving as the Director of Programs where she conceptualized and built SIMA Academy (formerly SIMA Classroom); Director of Partnerships where she kickstarted SIMA’s Global Ambassador Program and SIMA X Screening Series; and Director of Communications where she managed ongoing brand engagements and PR. Erinn now serves as Chief Marketing Officer, overseeing the brand identity and marketing endeavors for all of SIMA’s programs and sits on SIMA’s Board of Directors. Erinn has a BFA in Advanced Media Studies and Communications with an emphasis in Cultural Anthropology from one of the nation’s top tier journalism schools, The Reynolds School of Journalism at UNR. Erinn also holds various accredited certifications in health and wellness (600 E-RYT)+ a National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) Holistic Health Counseling Certification.

VIRGINIA PITTARO | Global Partnerships Director

Virginia works at the intersection of sustainable global development and entrepreneurship. Born in Argentina, she started her career at the Endeavor Foundation where she developed a pioneer Corporate Social Responsibility Program to leverage the social impact of business entrepreneurs. Later, she worked at the United Nations Development Program Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative in New York. In 2012, she was the founding Executive Director of Sistema B Argentina, an organization created to promote a purpose-driven economy and a new type of companies, B Corps, that uses businesses as a force for good. She also led the expansion of the global community of B Corps in Latin America. In 2015 she accepted an offer to join the Ministry of Social Development in Argentina. There, she served as the National Director of Innovation and Capabilities Development of the largest conditional cash transfer welfare program in the country. Virginia holds a B.A in International Affairs, magna cum laude, at San Andres University in Argentina, and, sponsored by the Fulbright Commission, earned a Master Degree in Public Policy and International Development at University of Maryland, USA.

ANAT ESHEL | Operations Manager

Anat is an operations manager, writer and filmmaker. Her short films have screened at Cinequest, New Filmmakers LA and MiraLA, among others. Mall Baby, Anat’s feature-length screenplay was a finalist at the Big Apple Film Festival. Initially from Miami, Anat currently lives in Los Angeles and received her BFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Prior to working at SIMA, Anat worked and volunteered for arts nonprofit organizations in Los Angeles, including Everybody Dance and The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company.

EVA S. NELSON | Liaison to the United Nations

Eva S. Nelson is SIMA’s liaison to the UN and other organizations in Europe and the United States. She has lived and worked in Africa, the US, and Europe. Ms. Nelson graduated with a Bachelor of Science and Mathematics and went on to work with multiple financial institutions on Wall Street. After several years she realized that her calling was in international humanitarian work. She joined the United Nations as a Consultant, where she still works. As an advocate for human rights, child education, peace and anti-slavery, she lends her assistance to organizations dedicated to these causes including Artists4Freedom. Ms. Nelson is also an award-winning author who writes African action-adventure stories on topics like: human-trafficking, war, LRA, espionage, colonialism and corruption. Nelson’s first novel, “Nightmare Along the River Nile” is set in Uganda and Sudan. It is about a student who was abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and sold into slavery. “Nightmare Along the River Nile” was listed among the top books on slavery by “The No Project.” Nelson’s second novel, “The Helpers” is an international tale of espionage and corruption, which is set in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Europe and the United States.

KRISTI MANNING | Grassroots Program Officer

For more than 15 years, Kristi Manning has been dedicated to helping maximize humanitarian relief efforts, working as a consultant, field operations manager, project director, and international event organizer for non-profits worldwide. She combines expertise in both institutional aid and grassroots initiatives, providing support in fundraising, planning, implementation and monitoring of local and global development programs. Kristi is the co-founder of The Next Right Thing, a non-profit connecting critically ill or injured children from developing nations with free medical treatment and transport. Her clients include Dubai Cares, The Starbright Foundation, Carrie-On, Paul Newman’s Painted Turtle Camp, and the Strongheart Fellowship. Kristi oversees SIMA’s Grassroots Program, facilitating screenings for community-based humanitarian and advocacy initiatives worldwide.

PROF. DAVID CRAIG
Communications & Media Professor, Producer, Activist | USC Annenberg

CLAUDIA FLORES
Creative Director, Consultant | HSP

LYNN ELLIOT ESQ.
Entertainment Attorney

ILIAS MORAD
Researcher, Entrepreneur, Investor

SUSI BAHAT
Chair | Human Rights Watch, WRC Los Angeles

LOUIS ARNITZ
Chief Executive Officer | i:FAO AG

TINA KUSHNER ESQ.
Attorney, Kushner & Kushner

ERINN SULLIVAN
Founder & Creative Director, Luna Impact

MILENA JANCOVIC
Director of Finance, Myriad Pictures

TREVOR HALL
President & CEO | Open Roads

ENAT SIDI
Editor, Sundance + Academy Judge, Oscar Nominee

PATRICIA BILLINGS
Publisher & Educator | Milet Publishing

ANDREW MCGREGOR
Journalist, Filmmaker, Founder | The Tiziano Project

SHAWN HUMPHREY
Educator, Innovator, Development Consultant

KEELY BADGER
Impact Producer, Marketing Director, Philanthropy Executive