Catherine Rafferty is a multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker from upstate New York

Alexandra Korba is a seasoned freelance creative producer and line producer. Most recently she was lead producer on the 4-part HBO/Max series "The Synanon Fix" which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Prior to that, she worked on the independent feature "Adrift", which premiered at Mill Valley Film Festival and Netflix's "Downfall: The Case Against Boeing" which also premiered at Sundance. Currently, she is working across two Netflix documentary features, one of which is a follow-up to "Downfall".

Her work across documentary features and series at production company Moxie Films, in tandem with her experiences working at Paramount Pictures and National Geographic, gives her a unique breadth of knowledge across the industry. She has granular insight into every aspect of documentary filmmaking from development to post-production.

Meg began her career as a photo and video journalist at the Houston Chronicle and then held a leadership role at Teach For America where she built the nonprofit’s first video studio. After overseeing content development and digital strategy at an LA-based agency, Meg co-founded Universe Creative, a documentary production company. Meg’s work has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and supported by the International Documentary Association and Redford Center. She holds a MA in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin.

Jess Epstein is an independent documentary producer who has been working in documentary film and unscripted television for over 10 years. She has worked in the U.S. and abroad, producing both long and short-format content, including feature-length documentaries, LOS ÚLTIMOS FRIKIS and CANDACE PARKER: UNAPOLOGETIC (ESPN / FILM-45), both of which premiered at DOC NYC. Her most recent project, REMAINING NATIVE, directed by Paige Bethmann, which premiered at SXSW in 2025 and received both the Special Jury and Audience awards. She is currently producing the feature documentary, DADDY, directed by Hannah Myers. She is a PGA Create Documentary Fellow, CNN Points North American Stories Documentary Fellow, and a Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program Grantee for this project. She is also an impact strategist, recently working with Loren Waters on her short documentary film, ᏗᏂᏠᎯ ᎤᏪᏯ (MEET ME AT THE CREEK) (BSDFF 2024) and TIGER (Sundance 2024). She holds a BA from NYU Gallatin and MA from BARUCH Cuny. In addition to producing, Jessica is the Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships at BAVC Media.

Maria Fortiz-Morse is documentary filmmaker whose work has screened at festivals internationally and on the PBS documentary series "P.O.V.". From behind the camera, Maria quietly focuses on capturing the beauty, power and courage of her subjects who range in scope from presidential candidates and celebrities, to human rights activists and children living with disability. Her experience growing-up in a multiracial family inspires her to seek-out stories that can bridge cultural differences, and she believes passionately that documentary filmmaking can be a force for positive, social change.