History Makers Board

The History Makers Board is truly International and is composed of the top Commissioning Editors and Producers of History and Current Affairs Programming. It is an active Board, meeting throughout the year in the various committees- Content, Headliners, and Sponsorship. Michael Katz, Vice President of Program and Production for AETN International continues as our chair through the 2009 event.

• Daniela Bagliani, Acquisitions and Coproductions Manager, Documentary Dept., RTI SpA - Mediaset Group, Italy
• Peter Bardehle, Vidicom Media Productions, Germany
• Caroline Behar, Deputy Head of Acquisitions and Co-productions, France 5, France
• Piero A. Corsini, Commissioning Editor, La Storia siamo noi, Rai Educational, Italy
• Daniele Doglio, Strategy Consultant, Educational, RAI - Radio Televisione Italiana, Italy
• Olaf Grunert, Head of Topical Evenings, ARTE, France
• John Farren, Creative Director, 360Production, UK
• Mette Hoffmann Meyer, Head of Documentaries, Danish DRTV, Denmark
• Stephen Hunter, Senior Executive Producer, National Geographic Channels, International, USA
• Michael Kot, VP Factual Content, Canwest, Canada
• Bill Locke, Head of History and Special Projects, Lion Television, UK
• Michael E. Katz, Vice President, Programming and Production, AETN International, USA
• Elizabeth Klinck, Researcher, E Klinck Research, Canada
• Tom Koch, Director, WGBH International, USA
• Richard Melman, Channels Director, The History Channel, BSkyB, UK
• Alberta Nokes, Freelance Executive Producer, Associated Producers Ltd., Canada
• Ralf-Peter Piechowiak, Executive Producer/Commissioning Editor, Contemporary History, ZDF German Public Television Network, Germany
• William Spencer Reilly, President & CEO, Lightworks Pictures, USA
• Stephen Segaller, VP National Productions, Thirteen/WNET New York, USA
• Mark Starowicz, Executive Director, Documentary Programming, CBC/Radio-Canada, Canada
• Cindy Witten, Director General- English Program, National Film Board of Canada, Canada