Annette is an independent writer/producer and literary manager with extensive experience in licensing and merchandising, branding, story development, and all phases of film and television production. She has worked directly with Emmy-winning writers George Meyer and Alan Uger and with Oscar-winning actress Faye Dunaway, and spent a long tenure with Matt Groening on “The Simpsons,” serving as Director of New Media for Matt Groening Productions. She is currently producing an independent film, developing an episodic television series, and writing two books.

Alongside her creative work, Annette has led significant volunteer efforts: as Committee Chair for Cub Scout Pack 766 in Rancho Santa Fe (2010–2013), she increased adult participation and training by 100% in her first year and helped double the Pack by 2012; in 2009–2010, she managed a twelve-month, 40+-volunteer initiative to produce a five-day science, art, and music program about ocean environments—streamlining operations with paperless tools and earning praise as “one of the best Ocean Weeks ever,” despite a 70% budget reduction.

From 2005–2010, she co-founded and chaired the Makumira Scholarship Fund to support law school scholarships in Tanzania in partnership with the ELCA; the first recipient earned a B.A. in Law in November 2009.

Passionate about art, storytelling, and social justice, Annette holds a B.A. in English/Creative Writing from CSULB (recipient of two CSU grants), completed the Sorbonne’s intensive language program, continued studies at UCLA (graphic design, journalism marketing, non-linear fiction, hypertext writing), and lives in Rancho Santa Fe with her two sons, with whom she enjoys adventure travel and exploring new cultures.

Jory Tremblay co-founded and solely funded Design Made Simple LLC, a systems integration that provided services to commercial business by delivering the development, coding and documentation through a sister company in India. He later worked as a Managing Partner at Schwab Healthcare Strategies assisting in building the first ACO in the US. As an investor and SVP of Business Development at Fetch Technologies, Inc. an artificial intelligence and machine learning based software company, Mr. Tremblay led the sales team, marketing, implementation, service delivery, account management and product development, and was responsible for launching the first five products to grow company revenue three fold in a little over two years.

He also served as SVP and then as President of EspressoSat, Inc. where he developed and led the company’s efforts to assess opportunities in emerging markets to bring the “social entrepreneur” model focused on telecom infrastructure to markets in Africa and the Caribbean.

He understands compliance and how to navigate in emerging and frontier markets from his ongoing work in Haiti & Africa on Telecom and infrastructure projects during the past many years. This has led to a valuable understanding of on-the-ground operations and significant contacts in the multilateral and bi-lateral community. He has a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh.

Carl Chapman holds a Masters Degree in Education, and a Bachelors Degree in Broadcasting. His careers have included work in radio, TV, Instructional Technology, Distance Learning, software development, and digital marketing. He is an IMDB credited writer/producer and accomplished wildlife photographer. His roles in higher education included director level administrative positions at several universities and colleges, leading distance learning and instructional technology efforts. Past public service, include board membership and leadership roles on Alumni Board of Northern Arizona University, Arizona Educational Media Association, and the Tri-University Alumni Association.

Currently Carl provides consulting support to business units of Thomson Reuters, FindLaw.