EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - PJ Raval (he/him) is an award‐winning filmmaker whose work explores the margins of LGBTQ+ communities.  Named one of Out Magazine’s “Out 100” and FILMMAKER Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film,” PJ’s film Directed TRINIDAD (Showtime, LOGO) and CALL HER GANDA. His film BEFORE YOU KNOW IT broadcast premiered as the season finale of AMERICA REFRAMED on PBS, was described by IndieWIRE as “a crucial new addition to the LGBT doc canon;” and received the National Gay and Lesbian Journalist Association Excellence in Documentary Award 2016. PJ is a 2015 Guggenheim Fellow, 2016 Firelight Media Fellow, and a 2017 Robert Giard Fellow.

DIRECTOR - Ray Whitehouse (he/him) is a documentary filmmaker, cinematographer, and journalist based in Washington, D.C. He’s shot, produced and edited projects for The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, Univision, and Al Jazeera Fault Lines. He is an FAA licensed drone pilot and is community coordinator for the D.C. chapter of Video Consortium. His short documentary, Believers, was recognized by the International Documentary Association and National Press Photographers Association. He holds an M.A. in documentary journalism from UNC Chapel Hill and a B.S. in journalism from Northwestern University. The core tenants of his practice are transparency, collaboration and critical reflexivity.

PRODUCER - Andre Perez (he/they) is a latinx educator, filmmaker, and community organizer whose practice centers collaboration, storytelling, and public conversation. He founded the Transgender Oral History Project in 2007 and co-founded a home for LGBTQ youth in 2012. Andre recorded 600 interviews with StoryCorps, including 50 broadcast segments on NPR. In 2016, he appeared on NewCity’s 50 Influential Filmmakers in Chicago and helped grow Trans Lifeline. In 2019, he debuted America in Transition (AIT), a Sundance-backed documentary series exploring family, community, and social justice. AIT partnered with colleges, community organizations, and churches to host 70+ screenings, workshops, and keynotes led by trans people of color.

ASSISTANT EDITOR - Alexzander Cole Karlin (he/they): is a transgender student and filmmaker entering his senior year at Purchase College, SUNY in New York. He is currently the residing president of the school's student film board. In the future he looks to be able to create documentaries focusing around people that have something to teach the world, mostly focusing on different explorations of how one can express their gender identity. 

ONLINE ENGAGEMENT - Daye Pope is a gender justice advocate who was born and raised in rural Iowa. Daye first got involved in progressive changemaking at age 16, volunteering after school for candidates back in her home state, and has worked on Senate campaigns, issue campaigns, and organized for community-led solutions in progressive, queer, and trans communities in Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., where she is currently based. Daye believes that fighting for economic, racial, gender, and climate justice is our moral duty. As Trans United’s Organizing Director, Daye works closely with the Building Power Cohort to build capacity and relationships across community leaders engaged in the work on the ground.