Cynthia López serves as executive vice president of American Documentary | POV and co-executive producer of the POV series. She oversees all aspects of the organization’s development including: programming, community engagement and education, digital strategies, communications and overall strategic management of the series. López has forged innovative media partnerships with Harpo Studios, ABC News' Nightline, Discovery Channel, The Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York, The Moth, Netflix, The New York Times, Pentagram, Inc., StoryCorps and Al Jazeera Network, National Radio Project and WNYC. During 2013, POV was one of only 13 nonprofit organizations worldwide to receive a $1 million MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. López is the founding chair and trustee of NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers). She also serves on the board of directors for Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB), and is on the World Bank Connect4Climate 2013 jury. She has served on the Tribeca Film Institute’s 2012 Latin America Media Arts Fund, the 2012 Pare Lorentz Award Committee, Sundance Documentary Film Fund and as an advisor to Heinz Foundation, MacArthur Foundation and Jerome Foundation. As a featured speaker Lopez has presented at American University, Brown University, Columbia Journalism School, CUNY Journalism School, MIT, MoMA, Museum of Native American, Newseum, Apollo Theatre and many prestigious film festivals. Lopez is a recipient of several media industry awards including: eight News & Documentary Emmy® Awards. In 2013, the Imagen Foundation cited López as one of the top 20 most influential Latinos in entertainment.
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