With over a decade of consulting across both the worlds of insurance and anime, Idy Tao can rewrite a dub script in the same breath as she can negotiate with medical providers.

Chloe is a media and entertainment enthusiast with a passion for storytelling, technology and everything in between. Her approach combines creativity and data-driven insights to inform content strategy from development to promotion. She has a broad range of experience having worked in live entertainment, event planning, script development, podcast producing, and most recently marketing strategy at Nickelodeon / Paramount Global. She earned her Master of Science in Media Management at the Gabelli School of Business.

Maria Luiza "Malu" is an experienced marketer in the world of entertainment, responsible for some of Latin America's biggest anime-centered initiatives.  Whether organizing massive out-of-home campaigns for Chainsaw Man in Rio de Janeiro, managing cross-promotions with Cartoon Network and WEBTOON, or leading a best-in-class social media team reaching billions of impressions a month.

Ariel Chan is a double-threat: she's both a seasoned anime industry professional and a trained engineer. Her previous roles include serving as one of Crunchyroll's first 50 employees and as an engineer in the public energy sector, giving her access to a unique network of talented peers and connections.

Klaudia is a New York-based marketer, consultant, and podcaster with a deep history in audience development across several fields, from broadcast news to Nickelodeon. Her analysis of anime, manga, and the wider media landscape can be found at outlets like io9, Comics Beat, the Mary Sue, Primetimer, and on her TikTok of over 45k followers. She holds a special place in her heart for Trigun, Sailor Moon, Fullmetal Alchemist, Promare, Yuri on Ice, Star Wars Visions, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, The Witch from Mercury, and Heaven Official’s Blessing.

Kayode’s background in finance and love of anime since childhood make him perfectly positioned as an analytics associate for Whitebox Entertainment. His previous roles in banking, focused on supporting tech and media companies have equipped him with a deep understanding of creating and deciphering financial models that support industry growth. Now, he brings these skills to the anime and entertainment industry to help find data-driven insights to the complex anime landscape.

Austin Yi is an Associate at White Box Entertainment, specializing in social media management and copy development. With experience from comic book publishers and anime studios like BOOM! Studios and Eleven Arts, Austin brings expertise in social media marketing and sales strategies to his role. At White Box, he focuses on crafting engaging content and managing social posting to drive audience engagement and support client communication goals

Born in the entertainment capital of the world, Burbank, California, Leah spent her formative years calling many different places home. After resettling in Los Angeles, she graduated from UC Davis with a BA in Political Science (Honors) and minor in Japanese. During her undergraduate studies, Leah interned at a law firm and conducted research on a variety of topics, including copyright law for Japanese media. Leah was also the Vice President of Public Relations for Davis Anime Club, one of the largest anime clubs in the West Coast. Now a candidate for a Master’s in Global Thought at Columbia University, she focuses on global governance, Japanese culture, and marketing. 

Born in the Philippines and raised in New York City, Miguel Martinez got their BA in Astrophysics with a concentration in East Asian Language and Culture at Columbia University before pursuing a doctorate in theoretical astrophysics at Northwestern University. Their specialization is studying the way things in space move (dynamics), whether they're alien exoplanets or violent black hole collisions in the densest environments in the Universe. Having been trained in high performance computing, they are excited to take their experience distilling the results of gigantic computer simulations to the world of anime. On the side, Miguel is also the co-founder and president of the Midwest Naginata Federation and teaches the Japanese martial art of naginata in Chicago.