Karen Davis has been involved in the film festival world for over 20 years—as Executive Director of the Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival from 1993-2011, and as Consulting Programmer for the Palm Beach International Film Festival and the Palm Beach Women’s Film Festival. She currently acts as Artistic Director of the Palm Beach Israeli Film Series, consults for the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, and is Moderator for The Cinema Club based in Boca Raton.

Prior to joining the film world, she was a freelance journalist for women's publications like Ms. Magazine and Lilith. She has written four books, including Public Faces/Private Lives: South Florida's Pioneer Women.

Ellie Kahn is a junior at Needham High School, where she loves to take art classes, write, and play Ultimate Frisbee. Ellie is an active feminist and is so excited to be apart of the Rising Voices Fellowship for the upcoming year. In her free time, Ellie likes to spend time with her two brothers, sing, and collage.

Lisa Mednick Owen is a recent addition to the Board of Directors of Jewish Women's Archive. Her early enthusiasm for reading (and writing) led her to a career in the field of law-where she practiced for several years in large law firm and corporate settings. She left that area several years ago to pursue her interest in working with community, educational and social justice non-profit organizations, where she currently sits on several Boards and leadership councils. She loves living in hectic, crowded New York City with her husband and a menagerie of two cats and one large dog.

Maya Sinclair is a senior at Gann Academy in Waltham. She loves studying Talmud and History as well as Hebrew. She is the editor in chief of the yearbook, very active with the school newspaper, and plays on both the basketball and cross-country teams. One day she hopes to work in a setting where she can give back to both her local community and the greater Jewish community.

Yana Kozukhin grew up the daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants in the greater Boston area. She now attends New York University, studying Childhood Education and Judaic Studies. She is an active member of NYU's Bronfman Center for Jewish Life and has served as a board member both on NYU's Hillel Board and its J Street U chapter. As of Spring 2019, she is currently a Global Ambassador with Kahal Abroad in Florence. Her interests include writing, linguistics, and good television.

Eliana Melmed is a junior at Milken Community School in Los Angeles. She enjoys long bike rides on the beach almost as much as she enjoys performing in musicals and doing dissections in biology. After school, Eliana competes with her school's swim and water polo teams, and she looks forward to each weekend when she is a counselor for two-year-olds at her synagogue. When Eliana is feeling overwhelmed, she relaxes by playing the violin, curling up with a good book, or taking out a spiral-bound journal and ballpoint pen.