Tom taught public high school English in suburban Philadelphia for 35 years and college English, simultaneously, for 10 years at Drexel University, using music and film extensively in both settings. Tom studied acting for 5 years after retiring from the classroom in 2006, appearing in two staged musicals, more than 20 student and independent film productions, and in 4 feature films, including 2 Hollywood productions. He has studied classical and folk guitar as well as Irish bouzouki. Since 2007 Tom has sung “standards” with Peter Nero’s Philly Pops Festival Chorus as well as solo folk, holiday, and popular classics in different settings and venues.

Lisa Palattella is an award-winning film editor whose works have been shown in movie theaters, on television, and at major film-festivals worldwide.

Her film credits include 12 feature-length documentaries, including the award-winning films Citizen Koch, Until the Violence Stops, and Deli Man. She received the Karl Malden Editing Award for her work on Wish Me Away.

Lisa also has worked on many TV projects, including films for HBO-Max, Disney, PBS, and National Geographic.

Lisa has won two Emmys for editing TV films including Life on Jupiter, Going, Going, Gone: Animals in Danger, and Military Medicine:Beyond the Battlefield.

She has edited 2 films accepted by the Sundance Film Festival. Lisa also is a musician and an ASCAP songwriter.

Marie is an artist and cinematographer originally from rural Appalachia. She shoots narrative, documentary, and commercial work for clients including PBS, Comcast, Verizon, Facebook, LogoTV, Human Rights watch, Urban Outfitters and Bustle. Recently Marie was a cinematographer and associate producer on Queer Genius which features visionary queer artists Eileen Myles, Barbara Hammer, Black Quantum Futurism and Jibz Cameron. She was also a cinematographer on Alysa Nahmias’ forthcoming documentary about artist Jesse Krimes. She is an alum of Vox Populi, a collective art organization. In spring of 2019, she debuted a new site-transformative, collective performance work, “Stop on the object / move on the image” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Kathy is a practicing attorney in business and technology law who, for more than 25 years, has practiced in the Philadelphia area, focusing on software licensing, financial technology, and intellectual property. Her general legal counselling experience covers a variety of settings from multi-national corporations to small businesses. Kathy’s expertise includes negotiating contracts and mediating through difficult situations. She is a graduate of Drexel University and Temple University Law School. Kathy has appeared in 2 Hollywood films and is a self-educated connoisseur of films from all genres.

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