Peter Scott is a screenwriter who has worked in film, television, and books. He is a member of the Writer’s Guild of America. Originally from the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts, Peter is a graduate of Milton Academy in Milton, MA, and Harvard University, from which he holds a B.A. in Economics. Prior to starting his writing career, Peter worked in management consulting at the Monitor Group in New York City. Peter and his wife, Emily Fox, are the parents of two children, one current Echo Horizon student and one graduate.

Ken Nakayama has 25 years of experience in quantitative finance and trading and began his career at Bankers Trust marketing derivatives to hedge funds and other institutional money managers. He subsequently founded and headed equity derivatives and trading research at Deutsche Bank, and together with his team won numerous awards for best-in-class research from Institutional Investor (including a 1st place All-American ranking for Equity Derivatives Research), Risk Magazine, and Euromoney. Ken later traded a statistical arbitrage strategy for Deutsche Bank, then joined Barclays Global Investors (now BlackRock) to head systematic volatility trading and research. He was also the "tipster" behind a May 2001 article in Barron's that questioned Bernard Madoff's legitimacy—the only article in a major publication to raise these questions.

Today, Ken is a principal of Chord Asset Management, which runs a statistical arbitrage hedge fund.  Ken is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School and a member of its secondary school committee in Los Angeles, a CFA Charterholder, a finance industry mentor and selection committee member for UCLA's Sharpe Fellows and Simon Fellows programs, and a mentor for UCLA’s Masters of Financial Engineering program.  Ken and his wife Lori have three boys, two of whom are currently attending Echo Horizon School, and one of whom graduated in 2015.

Joshua Oppenheimer was born and raised just outside New York City. After earning his BFA at Northwestern University, he obtained his MFA at the Peter Stark Motion Picture Producing Program at USC. Since graduating, Josh has worked as a writer in film and television for several major studios and large independent production companies. He lives with his wife, Lucille, and their two daughters, Olivia and Juliana.

Sharon Tal Yguado is a leading media executive. She most recently served as the head of original series at Amazon Studios. In this role, Sharon oversaw the development and production of big scope, hour-long genre series. She originated and spearheaded numerous high-profile projects, including The Lord of the Rings and The Wheel of Time. The Hollywood Reporter has named Sharon one of the top 100 female leaders in Hollywood for two consecutive years (2017, 2018). 

Previously, Sharon served as the head of Fox International Studios and EVP of global programming at Fox Networks Group (FNG), where she oversaw FNG’s original global scripted strategy. She led the development and production on a number of global scripted TV franchises, including The Walking Dead (AMC), Outcast (Cinemax), and Legion (FX). Sharon was also responsible for the programming strategy and launch of over 150 entertainment channels all over the world. Under her leadership, Fox became the largest global cable network in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. 

Sharon has a master’s degree in Film and Media Studies from New York University and The New School. She also has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Tel Aviv University in Israel. Sharon is married to Joshua Yguado, President and Co-Founder of JamCity. They have two children at Echo Horizon. Sharon was born in Israel and lived in Rome, Italy, and New York before moving to Los Angeles 12 years ago.

As Principal of Galileo Global Marketing, Ziad works with brands and content creators to define partnership marketing strategies and develop best-in-class campaigns that drive results for his clients.

Prior to founding Galileo Global Marketing, Ziad spent almost twenty years in the film marketing and partnerships arena, at studios like Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures. In these roles, he managed global organizations, negotiated partnerships with companies around the world, and spearheaded the creative development of award-winning co-branded advertising campaigns.

His expertise covers some of the biggest, most enduring global IPs, including James Bond, Spider-Man, Batman and Men in Black -- in partnership with brands as diverse as Lexus, McDonald's, M&M/Mars, Heineken, Sony Mobile, Paul Smith and more.

Ziad lives in Mid-City Los Angeles with his husband and their two children, both Echo Horizon scholars.

Jason D. Kaplan joined Howard Capital Management in 1999. As managing Partner, he oversees the operations of the firm as well as manages client relationships for a number of individuals and families, providing both investment counsel and portfolio management services. He is also on the Investment Committee, which makes decisions for the Firm regarding asset allocation and portfolio holdings and serves as Chief Compliance Officer.

Prior to joining Howard Capital Management, Mr. Kaplan worked in the corporate finance group at Imperial Capital where he was responsible for developing and executing mezzanine financings and acquisitions. He began his career at Arden Realty, Inc. as a financial analyst. Mr. Kaplan currently serves on the Board of FastPay, the market leading provider of liquidity and financial workflow solutions to the global digital media industry. In addition, Mr. Kaplan is involved with numerous charities and currently serves on the Boards of the Saban Community Clinic as well as team Prime Time.

Mr. Kaplan received his B.A. degree in Economics, Magna Cum Laude, from Brown University. He earned both his J.D. and M.B.A degrees from the University of Southern California and is a member of the California State Bar.

Jason has been married to Alison for 15 years and they have two boys, Jake (13) and Jordan (8).

Gillian Nalibotsky currently works as an attorney in the public sector representing the State of California.  She began her legal career as a litigation attorney representing financial institutions in matters involving commercial transactions, bankruptcy, real estate leases and complex fraud. She is an appointed committee member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Joint Task Force on the Retention and Promotion of Women Lawyers and is a member of the National Charity League. 

As the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Institutional Advancement at Windward School, Dawn specializes in strategy, risk management, and infrastructure. Dawn joined Windward in the fall of 2011 and brings over 20 years of experience working within the non-profit and educational sectors.  

Though a Northern California native, Dawn moved to Los Angeles to pursue her undergraduate education at UCLA. She later received an MBA from the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University with an emphasis in Leadership and Organizational Change.

Dawn has three grown children and resides in Calabasas.

Tom Y. Chang is an associate professor of Finance and Business Economics at the USC Marshall School of Business, a research fellow at the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and a CESR fellow at the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research. He conducts research in the field of behavioral economics focusing on better understanding individual decision making and its implications for firm behavior.

His research has been published in top scientific journals and is regularly covered in outlets like The Associated Press, The Atlantic, BBC, The Economist, The Financial Times, The Los Angeles Times, NPR, The New York Times, PBS, Scientific American, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

He is also a big supporter of science education, and regularly serves as a Grand Awards Judge at both the California Science and Engineering Fair and the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair.

Tom holds a B.S. in physics and a Ph.D. in economics from MIT. He is married to Mireille Jacobson, Professor of Health Economics at USC. They live in Culver City with a dog, cat, and two children, both currently attending Echo Horizon.

Anne is a co-founder of MuckerFi, a specialty finance company affiliated with Mucker Capital, the early-stage venture capital firm.  Anne is also founding partner at Beal Private Capital, which helps entrepreneurial investors and operators with the initial capitalization of their businesses.  Mucker is headquartered in Los Angeles and Austin; Beal is based in Los Angeles and New York City.

Before Beal Private Capital, Anne built her career in Silicon Valley, including tenure as an enterprise software product marketer at Ariba Networks, as an investor at Van Wagoner Capital and as an investment banker at Perseus Group and Alex. Brown.

Anne has a B.A. in History from Yale College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. 

Bruno is a creative entrepreneur who was born and raised in Argentina. He graduated with honors with a major in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires and began his career by representing a variety of Argentinean industrial sectors with the WTO in 1998. A year later, Bruno decided to switch careers. While his background was not in the marketing field, he took on the challenge of opening his first start up, Aper.net, a Digital Marketing Agency that leveraged the region’s growth in tech adoption. During his time at Aper.net he led its expansion plan by opening offices in Madrid and Mexico City in 2002.

While at Aper.net, Bruno quickly became aware of how much technology and media were beginning to be intertwined and how this would affect the way marketing and advertising would be done in the years to come. Bruno went on to found Circus Marketing in 2005.  

His goal was to create a new way to navigate the advertising world, by implementing story building led by innovation and inspired by human desires. Combining the strength of micro-networks and the agility commonly found in startups, Bruno was able to grow Circus Marketing from a single office in Mexico City to a regional agency and then to a globally integrated agency in the course of 15 years. With offices in Los Angeles, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Bogota, Costa Rica, Santiago de Chile and most recently São Paulo, Circus has served to a gamut of clients including to Netflix, Spotify, Uber, Google, Warner Bros Pictures, Turner, Kayak, Heineken, Citibank, Northgate and California Lottery. 

With Bruno as its CEO, Circus Marketing has won major regional awards, such as BEST INDEPENDENT AGENCY at el Ojo de Iberoamérica, BEST AGENCY at IAB Mixx, BEST AGENCY CREATIVE CIRCLE, as well as 8 Cannes Lions between 2012 and 2019.

In 2012, Bruno was chosen to serve as VP on the Board of Directors of the Mexican Association of Advertising Agencies (AMAP) at a time when communications were being relaunched in the country. And most recently in 2018, Bruno was chosen as part of the Council of the Americas. He has written for specialized journals such as Merca20, InformaBTL and Adlatina and has taught different courses at universities like University of Buenos Aires and San Diego University.

Being involved in the community, helping others and giving back has always been important to him, which is why he supports NGOs like The John Tracy Clinic, Valle de Huajes & Innovando la tradición, and is part of the Human Sustainability Project Board. Bruno and his wife Patricia are the proud parents of two current Echo Horizon students.

Eric Lorenzini is a lawyer with 20 years of experience in civil litigation, including real estate, contract, business tort, partnership, copyright, and trademark disputes.  For the past 10 years, he has been a partner at Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside LLP, a full-service law firm in Century City.  Prior to joining Elkins Kalt, he was with Munger Tolles & Olson LLP.  Eric graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1990 with a B.A. in sociology and political science.  He obtained his J.D. from Stanford Law School in 2001.  Prior to law school, Eric worked for seven years for Common Cause, a nonprofit grassroots lobbying group, as State Issues Director in Washington, DC and as Executive Director of the state chapter in Connecticut.  He and his wife Michelle Dean live in Culver City with their son, who is a first grader at Echo Horizon School and in the Echo Center.

Maria Manotok Pathria has over 20 years of legal experience in the asset management industry, all with The Capital Group Companies, Inc. and its affiliates, which rank among the world’s oldest and largest investment management organizations. As a member of the Legal Management Group, she oversees and manages the global Legal and Compliance operations for the organization and provides legal advice to its senior executives and internal stakeholders. She is also currently Chair of the Board, Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel for Capital International Inc. From 2019-2021, she was based in Singapore and held the role of Head of Legal and Compliance, Asia Pacific.

She holds a juris doctor degree from UCLA School of Law and a bachelor's degree in political science from Smith College. She is a member of the California State Bar and the Los Angeles County Bar.

Maria is also a member of the Board of Directors of the John Tracy Center. Her husband, Varun, is a private equity investment professional currently serving as Managing Director of ThirdEye Capital, LLC. He previously served on the Singapore American School Foundation Board. She has two children at Echo Horizon.

Born and raised in our nation's capital, Jeena attended Howard University where she received a B.S. in Systems and Computer Science. After working a few years as an IT consultant at Accenture, Jeena decided to move to Los Angeles, CA. She was determined to pursue a new career in the fashion and modeling industry. Upon arrival she worked as a runway/print model and became a SAG-AFTRA commercial actress. Her beautiful family consists of her husband Philip and their two children. Phylicia is a 5th grade Echo Horizon School student and Zavier, who wears bilateral cochlear implants, is a 2nd grade Echo Center student. Recently, Jeena has developed a passion for advocating for families who have children with disabilities.

John P. Roberts is the Chief Content Officer of Pure Imagination Studios, which focuses on the development and execution of original TV, film, and digital productions for kids and family. John is a four-time Emmy Award nominee in interactive television and recipient of the ITV Leadership Award from ITVT. He is also a board member of the Producers Guild New Media Council and an active member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. John lives in West Hollywood, CA, with his wife Christie and their son, a second grader at Echo Horizon. He graduated from State University at New York with a bachelor’s degree in Communication/Media.

David Stone is a commercial real estate attorney and partner at the law firm of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP. David’s law practice involves all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, sales, joint ventures, development, financing, and leasing. He represents investment companies, private equity funds, developers, life insurance companies, pension funds, banks, real estate investment trusts and other entities in connection with a wide variety of commercial real estate matters throughout the country.  David regularly speaks on expert panels for Bisnow, BOMA and RealShare, among others. In addition, he has guest lectured at USC's Graduate School of Real Estate Development. 

David was born and raised in Los Angeles and received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2001 and his J.D. from Loyola Law School in 2004. He and his wife Jennifer live in Mar Vista with their daughters Kayla (Echo Horizon Class of 2022) and Isabelle (Echo Horizon Class of 2025).

Robert Thun is Senior Vice President of Content and Programming for AT&T Mobility and Entertainment. Previously, Robert was Executive Vice President of Business Operations for Univision Communications, Inc. Robert also served as Associate Vice President of Content for AT&T Operations, Inc. and as Vice President of National Accounts, Sales Strategy and Business Development at Fox Cable Networks. Robert holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Georgia, a master’s degree in Accounting from USC, and an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Robert also serves as a board member of the Los Angeles Sports Council. He and his wife Jola are the parents of an Echo Horizon alumnus who graduated in 2018.

Michelle Martinez is a former attorney and third generation Los Angeles native. She graduated from UC Irvine with a BA in English in 1997, and received her JD from the UCLA School of Law in 2000. Michelle began her legal career as a litigation associate at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe in Los Angeles, before moving to Orrick’s New York office in 2002. Michelle specialized in products liability and mass tort litigation, and has helped try cases all over the country. She was a member of the New York and California state bars, and practiced law for ten years before leaving Orrick in 2010, following the birth of her oldest son.

Michelle and her husband, Corey LoPrete, relocated to Los Angeles shortly after their oldest child was born. Michelle served on the Board of Trustees at Palisades Preschool in Santa Monica from 2017-2020. Michelle was Co-Chair of the board from 2018-2020. Michelle’s tenure on the PPS Board included the selection and on-boarding of a new Preschool Director, as well as helping the school navigate the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting quarantine. She also serves on the Board of LIFT-Los Angeles, a national nonprofit whose mission is to break the cycle of poverty by investing in parents and families. Michelle and Corey currently reside in Mar Vista with their two sons, who both attend Echo Horizon School. 

Dr. William Luxford, a prominent Los Angeles neurotologist, is an associate of the House Ear Clinic. He is a Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology at University of Southern California School of Medicine. Dr. Luxford is on staff with numerous hospitals in the Los Angeles area working primarily at St. Vincent Medical Center. His clinical and research interests include middle ear implants, bone-anchored hearing appliances for chronic otitis media and single-sided deafness, cochlear implantation in children and adults, and evaluation and treatment of acoustic neuroma.