FOUNDED IN 2018
Founder and President, Sheila M. Wright, birthed C.R.E.W Foundation, out of a need to build a production workforce in Ohio. C.R.E.W. stands for Creating Real Entertainment Workforce.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to build thriving creative economies by equipping people with technical and artistic skills, investing in production spaces and infrastructure, and connecting cultural and academic institutions to new opportunities for collaboration and growth.
OUR VISION
A thriving film, television and digital media industry with a culture of belonging where BIPOC can access professional and business opportunities that recognize their value in an ever-changing economy.
OUR VALUES
Good Stewardship
Passion
Possibility
Collaboration
Gratitude
Purpose
Focus & Fun
Working Smart
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Sheila M. Wright
Founder & President
Sheila Wright is the Founder of The CREW Foundation. She also serves as the President of The Good Community Foundation. The threading of her work encompasses diversity, equity and inclusion, economic development, and the arts.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SHEILA M. WRIGHT
Founder
The C.R.E.W. Foundation
VANESSA L. WHITING ESQ.
President
A.E.S. Management Corporation
ALBERT B. RATNER
Former Co-Chair Emeritus and CEO
Forest City Realty Trust
KEITH LIBMAN
Partner
Bober Markey Fedorovich
DAVID M. REYNOLDS
Private Banking Executive, SVP
Key Private Bank
MICHAEL BOWEN
Partner and Attorney
Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP
INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATION
TONY F. SIAS
President and CEO
Karamu House
STEPHANIE WAHOME
Executive Director
The Art of Me
INDUSTRY ADVISORS
BRIAN LIVESAY
Co-Founder and Founder
Atlanta Metro Studios and 404 Studio Partners
LILLIAN PYLES, CSA.
President
Lillian Pyles Casting
JON MARC SANDIFER
Vice President
Original Programming BET Network
STEPHANIE WAHOME
Executive Director
Art of Me