- Arielle Kebbel
Actor — Midnight Texas, The Vampire Diaries, Gilmore Girls
- Beau Willimon
Writer/Creator/EP — The First, House of Cards; President of the Writers Guild of America, East
- Ben Blacker
Writer & The Writers Panel
- Betty Thomas
Emmy Award-winning Director & Actor, First VP of the DGA
Director — Dream On, Grace and Frankie, Audrey - Bryan Seabury
Senior Vice President, Drama Development (CBS)
- David Hudgins
Writer/EP — Everwood,
Friday Night Lights, Parenthood - Dina Hillier
Head of Development, Counterbalance Entertainment
- Glen Mazzara
Writer/EP — The Shield
Creator/Writer/EP — Damien
Writer — Nash Bridges - Gloria Calderón Kellett
EP/Showrunner/Director/
Actor — One Day at a Time - Graham Yost
Writer/EP — Sneaky Pete, Justified, Boomtown
- Jordan Levin
General Manager,
Rooster Teeth - Julie Plec
Creator/Executive Producer/Director — Legacies, The Originals, The Vampire Diaries
- Kathleen McCaffrey
Senior Vice President, Programming (HBO)
- Kevin Falls
Writer/EP — Pitch
Writer/Creator/EP —
Journeyman, Franklin & Bash - Kyle Killen
Writer/Creator — Lone Star, Awake, Mind Games
- Lauren Whitney
President, Television,
Spyglass Media Group - Liz Tigelaar
Creator — Life Unexpected
EP — Casual
Writer — American Dreams - Michael Rauch
Writer/EP — Instinct, Royal Pains
- Noah Hawley
Writer/Creator/EP — Fargo, Legion, My Generation
- Peter Billingsley
Emmy nominated Producer, Director & Actor
- Phil Rosenthal
Creator/Writer/EP —
I’ll Have What Phil’s Having,
Everybody Loves Raymond - Richard Linklater
Founder & Artistic Director, Austin Film Society
Writer/Director - Tanya Saracho
Creator/Showrunner — Vida
- Thomas Schlamme
Director/EP – Snowfall, The West Wing; President of the Directors Guild of America
Founding Board: Betty Thomas; Richard Linklater; Peter Billingsley; Julie Plec; Kyle Killen; Liz Tigelaar, Arielle Kebbel; Bryan Seabury; Laura Kincaid; Dina Hillier; Leigh Evans; Julia Kebbel; Ben Spector; Tricia Linklater; Shawn Anderson; Kristen Mullarkey; Ahmed Ahmed; Regina DiMartino; Robyn Ross; Stan Zimmerman; Andrew Hampp