BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Anita Hill
Board Chair & President
Anita Hill is a University Professor at Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management. The youngest of 13 children from a farm in Oklahoma, Hill is a graduate of Oklahoma State University and Yale Law School. She began her career in private practice in Washington, D.C. and worked at the U.S. Education Department and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In 1989, Hill became the first African American to be tenured at the University of Oklahoma, College of Law. Hill is the recipient of numerous awards, grants and honorary degrees. Her professional and civic contributions include chairing the Human Rights Law Committee of the International Bar Association, and membership on the Board of Directors of the National Women’s Law Center and Lawyers for Civil Rights.
Kathleen Kennedy
Board of Directors
Eight-time Academy Award® nominee, Kathleen Kennedy is one of the most successful and respected producers and executives in the film industry today. As President of Lucasfilm, she oversees the company’s three divisions:Lucasfilm, Industrial Light & Magic, and Skywalker Sound. In 1992, she co-founded the production company The Kennedy/Marshall Company with director/producer Frank Marshall, and in 1982 she co-founded Amblin Entertainment with Marshall and Steven Spielberg. Altogether, Kennedy has further produced or executive produced more than 70 feature films, which have collectively garnered 120 Academy Award nominations and 25 wins. For much of the past 20 years, Kennedy served as a governor and officer of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and serves on the board of the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. She also sits on the boards of numerous educational, arts, and philanthropic organizations.
Nina Shaw
Board of Directors
Nina Shaw is a founding partner in the entertainment law firm of Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano. Her practice is in the television, motion picture, and live stage area. A native New Yorker, Shaw was born and raised in Harlem and The Bronx, educated in the New York City public school system and is a graduate of Barnard College and Columbia Law School. Among her clients are successful and award winning actors, writers, producers & directors as well as entrepreneurs and entertainment executives. She began her legal career in the Entertainment Department of the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers. Shaw has been a long-standing advocate for the education of girls and women, and is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions. She is currently Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Independent School Alliance for Minority Affairs. Additionally, Shaw is among the founding organizers of Time’s Up.
STAFF
Malia Arrington
Executive Director
Malia Arrington is Executive Director of the Hollywood Commission on Eliminating Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality. In this role, she provides leadership in all of the organization’s activities, forging the solutions that will guide a fairer, safer industry for all workers. Arrington has dedicated her life to advancing human rights and ethics. She joined the Hollywood Commission in November 2018 after serving as its Chief Operating Officer of the nonprofit U.S. Center for SafeSport. In that post, she helped lead an organization dedicated to protecting athletes from emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Earlier, Arrington served as Senior Director at the U.S. Olympic Committee, where she played a key role in developing SafeSport’s mandate and policies. Arrington is also a Board Trustee of Safe Sport International, which is committed to expanding the tenets of SafeSport around the world. A graduate of Emory University and the University of Virginia School of Law, Arrington came to the field after practicing law in Denver and serving as a Judicial Intern at the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
Julia Belanova
Program coordinator
Julia Belanova is an artist and activist originally from San Francisco, California. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a B.A. in Theater, Dance, and Media. As an actor, Belanova recurs as Sasha on Mayans M.C. (FX/Hulu), and her credits include Lisa Frankenstein (Focus Features), Sugar (Apple+), and Five Nights at Freddy’s (Blumhouse). Belanova is proud to serve the Hollywood Commission and help to build a safer, more inclusive entertainment industry for all workers.
Raana Simmons
Director, Programs
Raana Simmons is a gender and safety expert focused on translating specialist language to manage programmatic and government affairs priorities, develop trusted relationships, and deliver policy outcomes that meaningfully respond to public concerns. She has spent the last 15 years working in the gender-based violence field, including serving as a legislative strategist to pass first-in-the-nation policies that advance survivor justice. Prior to joining The Hollywood Commission, Simmons led on the delivery of Bloom, a web-based trauma support service for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and harassment.
Simmons holds a Bachelor of Science in Communication with a concentration in Public Relations from the University of North Florida, and a master’s degree in Public Administration with a dual concentration in Program Management & Policy Development and Gender-Based Violence from the University of Colorado-Denver.