As Director of Brand Development, Ashley Chambless works closely with both the development and marketing teams at Provident Films team to source, market and distribute faith and family films. Provident Films is a division of SONY Music Entertainment. For 12 years, Ashley has worked in entertainment and marketing in the faith space. After working in marketing at multiple record labels, Ashley transitioned to marketing film. During her time at Provident Films, Ashley served the marketing teams for faith-films such as War Room, Woodlawn, and I Can Only Imagine. Ashley lives in Spring Hill, TN with her husband and two sons, Charlie and Finn.

As VP of Development and Production, Trey Reynolds leads the Sony/Provident Films team to produce, market and distribute faith and family films. Provident Films is a division of SONY Music Entertainment. For 20 years, Trey has worked in production and marketing environments for small start-ups to large corporate businesses. After getting his start as a video editor with CBN, Trey ran a full-service video production company in Memphis, TN for 10 years. During that time, he directed over 15 feature documentaries, produced countless commercials, and worked with major brands such as Fedex, Coca-Cola, and ESPN. Prior to joining Provident Films, Trey served the marketing teams for faith-films such as War Room, Woodlawn, and Risen. Also, he served as the unit production manager for Indivisible and the Kendrick Brothers most recent release, Overcomer. Currently, Trey has two feature films that are in post-production, an inspirational true story called On the Line, starring Dennis Quaid and a family comedy called Family Camp, starring the Skit Guys, Tommy Woodard and Eddie James. Trey lives in Franklin, TN with his wife and four children.

Jason Kanjiro Howard is a Producer/Writer/Director. Howard’s experience is unique for having paralleled Film and Finance for over 25 years. He began his film career on the film When the Party’s Over with future Oscar winner Sandra Bullock. At Loyola Marymount University, his short film entitled “A Confession” won the Jack Haley Jr. Award for Film excellence. He was the Director of Development at Brainstorm Entertainment working with up and coming writers and developing their projects for the Entertainment industry. He won a directing award for his film Chemical bonds which he wrote, directed and produced and which featured the hip-hop soundtrack from world famous Beat Junkies. During his finance career, Howard has worked as a Fraud Specialist and Trainer for the Bank of America’s Check Fraud Unit and helped the bank save 150 million dollars in potential losses. Howard also managed a BOA’s mixed financial assets portfolio which he grew from 180 to 240 million. In 2013, he worked with famed Producer Jeff Rice. In 2014, he then executive produced the film I’ll See you in my Dreams which debuted at 2015 Sundance Film Festival. The film was named as Time Magazine’s top ten films of 2015 with Blythe Danner winning Best Performance of the year and Sam Elliot recognized for notable supporting actor. The film which was produced for under 1 million dollars has grossed over 14+ million to date. In 2016, Howard executive produced the horror thriller The Rake which was released by Sony in 2018. Currently he is working on Hot Rod Nite with David Gutierrez which is a Latin Flavoured American Graffiti and Fast and Furious all happening in one night in Los Angeles. He also opened his production company in 2020 Sushi Entertainment LLC.

Autumn Bailey- Ford is a passionate, seasoned producer of film and television. The Pennsylvania native has a knack and specialty for independent film production and distribution and in 2018, produced the award-winning documentary Maynard about the civil rights icon Maynard Jackson. Several of her films have won numerous awards and acclaim, some include Mine 9, and Trading Paint, starring John Travolta and Shania Twain. Her serious commitment to high quality entertainment makes her one of today’s most sought-after indie producers. She is the founder of Autumn Bailey Entertainment (ABE), one of the few women-owned production companies in the south east region. She has a knack for finding amazing projects and taking them from script to screen or book to screen. It is a mission of ABE to help artists realize their creative dreams. She has optioned several projects and currently has three shows in studio development. Recently, she has expanded her brand to include a west coast division and co-founded Prominent Productions with Cameron Burnett, son of Hollywood producer Mark Burnett. Under the helm of ABE and Prominent, Mrs. Bailey- Ford has over 30 films under her belt and six projects being produced in 2020. With Prominent’s goal to tell diverse stories that impact change, Mrs. Bailey- Ford saw it necessary to step into international waters and in 2019, she produced her first international film, shot entirely in Tanzania, Africa. Her second international project will be shot in London fall of 2020. Mrs. Bailey-Ford has a passion for giving back and connecting individuals from various cultures to achieve their goals in entertainment. She turned her passion into a reality when she founded Get Connected, an Atlanta monthly industry mixer that, for a decade, was one Atlanta’s largest networking opportunities for entertainment newcomers and seasoned professionals. In addition to this, Mrs. Bailey- Ford also founded the Georgia Entertainment Gala in 2013, attracting over 1800 people to the City of Atlanta annually to celebrate Georgia’s talent in film and television. This gala, is supported by the city of Atlanta, community and corporate leaders and major national corporations. Her commitment to community service has led Autumn to be a member of the Producer Guild of America, Women in Film LA and Atlanta, Black women in film and Reel divas. She is currently a board member for the Atlanta film festival and a past board member of the New York Latino Film Festival. Mrs. Bailey-Ford is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Malibu Film Festival Producer award, Atlanta’s Who’s Who, PVIFF Rising Star Producer Award and Upscale Magazine’s Top 25 Entertainment Industry People. Through hard work, faith, dedication and doing good business, Mrs. Bailey-Ford is certain to continue breaking through barriers with indie-film communities across the United States and abroad. Autumn credits many of accomplishments to her mentor, industry mogul, Devon Franklin who taught her how to navigate business and positively deal with the ebb and flow of this ever-changing industry. Her advice to young aspiring producers and professionals “Work hard, uplift others and show people that if they believe they can achieve anything they set their minds to.

Stephen Emery currently holds the title of Head of Film & TV at leading Hollywood production company and financier, The Solution Entertainment Group. TSEG is a full service production, finance, and sales company making 3-5 movies a year. Since January 2016, he has helped target, develop, package, and produce a wide slate for both film and television. He has Co- Executive produced Wheelman, directed by Jeremy Rush starring Frank Grillo for Netflix, has Executive Produced Killerman, directed by Malik Bader starring Liam Hemsworth and Emory Cohen, Live! directed by Steven C. Miller starring Aaron Eckhart, and Honest Thief directed by Mark Williams starring Liam Neeson. From January 2008 through the end of 2015, Emery served as Executive Vice President of Production and Development at Circle of Confusion where he was instrumental in building the feature film and television production slate. Emery Executive Produced the action- comedy Mr. Right directed by Paco Cabezas starring Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell, the action-thriller Wake, directed by John Pogue starring Bruce Willis, Sir Ben Kingsley, and Ellen Burstyn, and the low budget horror film Satanic, directed by Jeff Hunt starring Sarah Hyland.

Ellen Sandler is an internationally recognized authority on series televison and is a leading consultant for television pilot development. She is the author of the best-selling book, The TV Writer’s Workbook, (Bantam/Dell) a required text at UCLA, USC, NYU, Stanford, Northwestern, Chapman film schools. She received an Emmy nomination as Co-Executive Producer/Writer of the CBS hit Everybody Loves Raymond, and was a Writer/Producer for ABC’s long running comedy, Coach, as well as many other prime time network television series*. She has created original pilots for ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Disney Channel and The ABC, Australia. She is also a playwright and theatre director, her work has been produced in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Her productions have starred Megan Mullally, Fran Drescher, Daniel Stern, Anne Heche, Doris Roberts, and Rhea Perlman.

Prior to co-founding 5x5 Productions, Robin worked in management and operations for more than 20 years, the last 10 of which were as Director of Operations & Finance for 5x5 Media Inc, a production company focused on reality TV. Over the years, Robin has cultivated key relationships in the media business, including with studios, producers and agents in Hollywood and in the growing media market in the Pacific Northwest. In partnership with JD DeWitt, Robin helps 5x5 Productions identify and team up with extraordinary authors to bring their amazing stories to viewing to life, in both television and film.

JD has a passion for working with authors and screenwriters and in 2015, began to connect writers directly with Hollywood. As a literary manager, JD develops and packages material for film and television and is currently in co-production of four projects, two each for television and film. She is seeking a story that lends itself to episodic programming.