MEET THE STAFF:  ALGHANI, RABIA  Facilities Manager  ALPERT, JON  Co-Founder & Co-Director  BENNSTROM, DAG  Post-Production Manager  CASSIDY, ESTHER  Development Director  HESSENTHALER, MEGAN  Rentals Coordinator  HIGASHITANI, REINA  Producer  Co-Director, Productions For Hire  MESSINGER, DARA  Member Services Coordinator  MORTON, MILES  Graphics Manager  O’NEILL, MATTHEW  Producer/Director  RAMOS, JOHNNY  Assistant Director, Youth Programs  RUIZ, CLARIVEL  Director, Youth Programs  RUSSELL, NATHAN  Director, Production & Member Services  SCOTT, CHINISHA  Youth Programs Associate  SONENSTEIN, SHANNON  Producer  Co-Director, Productions For Hire  SPENCER, SANDY  Managing Director  TABBAA, KARIM  Distribution Coordinator  TSUNO, KEIKO  Co-Founder & Co-Director  CONSULTANTS & VOLUNTEERS  BELFANTI, PATRICIA  ConnecTV  CAPPELLA, DONNA  Assistant to the Director  CHANG, LEI  ConnecTV  CUSTODIO, JOHN  Editor  KAPLAN, JOHN  Cable Show Producer  MENESES, DAVID  Editor  MIZOGUCHI, NAOMI  Editor  NARAYANASWAMY, ALAMELU  Website Associate  RENAUD, BRENT  Producer/Director  RENAUD, CRAIG  Producer/Director  STEIN, EDDIE  Editor  STERRENBERG, JAY  Editor  DCTV INSTRUCTORS  ALBERTS, JEFF  ARMSTRONG, KALIM  BARTON, ADAM  COLTHURST, BRENDAN  DESAI, NIHARIKA  FLEISCHMAN, JEREMY  GAILE, DON  GERMAIN, RAOUL  GIBSON, JODI  GOLDMAN, CARRIE  GOODMAN, DAVID  KHAVIN, DMITRIY  KILGUST, BEN  LEARS, RACHEL  LONG, JENNIFER  MATHES, ISAAC  MODI, ANAND  MOONEY, SHARON  NASTASI, JONATHAN  PARADA, ED  PEROT AUDI, SIMONE  PHILLIPS-HORST, ERIC  REIS, PATRICK  ROBINS, JEREMY  RUTTER, NAFTALI  SINNOKROT, NIDA  STERRENBERG, JAY  YOMTOOB, LILA  PROTV INSTRUCTORS  BRITTO, MICHAEL  CAMPENNI, RAH  DURAN, ALEJANDRO  LOHMAN, MELISSA  PEREZ ANTIGUA, JESSE  POLIZZI, RUBIN  RICHARDS, ORLANDO

Rubin Polizzi // PRO TV Instructor One day in 1998, Rubin Polizzi walked into DCTV hoping that he would get an internship to learn about computers. A few months later, he was put into DCTV’s Pro-TV program where he learnt media production from his mentors Brent and Craig Renaud, Jon Alpert, Kekio Tsuno, and many others staff members. After working with DCTV for 2 years, Rubin got the opportunity to travel abroad to India where he produced his first award-winning piece: DIL SE (FROM THE HEART). When Rubin finished with DIL SE, he went on to host the Emmy Award Winning show - ACCESS DEMOCRACY: SMACK DOWN YOUR VOTE. After the show, Rubin left DCTV to work with Manhattan Neighborhood Network’s youth channel as a media instructor and Vice President of their board or directors. In 2002, Rubin became head of Video Production for PUMP (People Using Media to do Prevention). In 2005, Rubin got a call from his old mentors - the Renaud Brothers - and started working on their award winning T.V series OFF TO WAR and also helped with Baghdad ER which won four Emmys. He has also worked for Major League Baseball as a highlight editor.