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Henry Arnaud

President

Based in Los Angeles, Henry Arnaud has been interviewing the biggest names in the entertainment industry for over 20 years.  In France, his outlets have included Vogue, CNTraveler, Glamour, Elle, Tele 7, Le Journal du Dimanche, Tele Cable, Cinema and others. He also works in other French-speaking countries, including Switzerland and Canada, and is currently the correspondent for Le Matin Dimanche, Switzerland’s biggest French-language newspaper, as well as contributing to 20 Minutes newspaper, published in both Geneva and Lausanne. Arnaud is U.S. correspondent for Luxe, a quarterly supplement of Bilan, one of Switzerland’s top business magazines. He covers trends, innovation, craftsmanship, and many of the personalities who have marked the luxury industry. His frequent television and radio interviews are found on TF1, France Television, RTS, M6 and TVA and he is an on-air personality for Canada’s biggest French radio network Cogeco.

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Vera Anderson

Treasurer

Journalist and photographer Vera Anderson was born in California and has been a member of the HFPA, representing Mexico, since 1996. After starting out as an ad agency copywriter, she traveled to Baja, California in the late 80s to work with legendary director Sam Peckinpah, doing research and story development. Back in Los Angeles, Anderson began writing for the Los Angeles Reader and the Advocate, and building her photographic resume with exclusive editorial assignments including Jack Nicholson, Joan Baez and the Lakers. In 1994, at the recommendation of Variety chief Peter Bart, she was hired to launch the new monthly magazine Cine Premiere in Mexico, under the umbrella of the original U.S. edition of Premiere. In 1997, Anderson’s award-winning photo-documentary book “A Woman Like You – The Face of Domestic Violence” (Seal Press) was published, and in 1999 she produced the indie film, The Dogwalker, written and directed by Paul Duran. 2024 marks her 30th year with Cine Premiere as Hollywood correspondent, and her 28th year with the Golden Globes.

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Adam Tanswell

Secretary

Adam Tanswell is an award-winning journalist from London. Alongside his current editorial position as Hollywood Correspondent for the UK movie magazine Total Film, his prize-winning articles have been published in British publications including Radio Times, SFX, Metro, SciFiNow, First News, OK!, and Digital Spy. On television, his filmed interviews have appeared on UK channels such as MTV, Comedy Central, and ITV.

In Los Angeles, Adam is a member of the LA Press Club and BAFTA LA. He is accredited with the MPA and has been a member of the HFPA since 2015. He’s also an active member of the NUJ (National Union of Journalists) in the UK and served on the Preselection Committee for the Monte Carlo Television Festival’s Golden Nymph Awards.

Adam started his publishing career at The Daily Telegraph in London, after obtaining a top-honors university degree in Economics. Alongside his 25-year career in journalism, he also worked at the BBC in London as Press Officer on iconic television shows including Blue Peter, Neighbours, and Newsround.

In his spare time, Adam volunteers with CORE and other charitable organizations. As a volunteer, he has assisted at various LA Film Festivals, Operation Gratitude, and the LA Regional Food Bank.

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Mia Farrell

Mia Farrell is a film publicist, strategist, and artist. She has always been interested in the intersection of film, art, social justice and humanitarian activities. Mia was recently the Director of the Hanson FilmTV Institute at the University of Arizona, where she was able to develop screenings and programs for Black, Latinx and Indigenous students to engage with film and attend festivals such as Sundance and SXSW. She has worked with clients in the U.S., UK, and Europe to provide strategic guidance for domestic and international film festivals, as well as project management and media relations for feature length, short narrative and documentary films and panels. She recently served as PR manager for the British Film Institute’s London Film Festival and Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, where she also served as the program manager for the LFF Critics Mentorship Programme. She has held roles at Lionsgate UK, Paramount Pictures, the Sundance Film Festival, and the Tribeca Film Festival, and has represented films at the Festival de Cannes and Berlinale. She also has worked on multiple philanthropic activities with Oxfam and Plan International.

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Earl Gibson III

Earl Gibson III has been a photojournalist for over 35 years and he has been a contributor for ShutterStock, Associated Press and Getty Images for the past 15 years. He is the lead photographer for the NAACP Image Awards as well as the United Negro College Fund’s “An Evening of Stars.” Gibson is currently an Ambassador for Leica Cameras and serves as a photographer for their corporate events in Los Angeles. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Magazine, The Atlantic, Essence Magazine, Ebony/Jet and a host of both foreign and domestic publications. He is a vintage camera, car and watch enthusiast.

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Jeff Harris

Jeff Harris also served as an independent director of HFPA starting in 2021. Jeff is an accomplished non-profit executive who is passionate about civic engagement surrounding racial justice and equality. He heads JB Harris Consulting, which was founded to support organizations bringing programs and resources to BIPOC communities working to mitigate the effects of poverty, violence, and trauma that can prevent young people from achieving their full potential. He previously served as chief executive officer of the Junior Statesmen Foundation, a national, non-partisan, non-profit helping to develop citizenship and civic involvement for high school students. More recently, he was director of School and Community Partnerships for the Compton Unified School District, where he brought resources to the district supporting arts, STEM, literacy, athletics, and other co-curricular programs for the District’s 35 campuses serving over 20,000 K-12 students while managing over 55 partner relationships.

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Tim Kittleson

Tim Kittleson is a senior consultant with Third Sector Company and a volunteer consultant with Executive Service Corps. His primary focus is board governance, board development, fund development, and executive mentoring for nonprofit organizations. His clients have included the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Film Independent, and International Documentary Association. He was interim President/CEO of Cancer Support Community Los Angeles, Executive Director of UCLA Film & Television Archive and Executive Vice President of the International Film & Television Alliance (IFTA). He is a member of AMPAS, past member of the British Academy of Film & Television (BAFTA), and the UK Film Council, serving on the Los Angeles boards of the latter two organizations. He recently also served on the board of Outfest, chairing the Governance Committee.

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Miriam Spritzer

Miriam Spritzer is an international correspondent for a number of Brazilian outlets. Based in New York, she started her career in 2011 as an on-air reporter for TVCOM, a local news channel for Grupo RBS and one of the largest media companies in Brazil. Additionally, she often contributed to Grupo RBS radio shows and newspapers. She has been published in renowned magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, L’Officiel and Marie Claire and has contributed to major broadcast and radio outlets including Rede Globo, Band and Jovem Pan. Throughout her life, Miriam has studied dance, music, vocal technique, acting and filmmaking. Due to her background in the performing arts, she specialized in culture and entertainment reporting and often covers stories on Broadway shows, film and television premieres, film festivals and art. As a reporter, Miriam is very known for her red carpet coverages and her profile interviews with renowned personalities in entertainment and the creative fields. She has served on on the Board of Directors of the Association of Foreign Correspondents in the USA for 4 years.

Miriam has a degree in Business Administration with emphasis in Marketing by ESPM in Brazil where she received one of the highest academic awards for her undergraduate thesis on Branding and Experiential Marketing. Previously to her work in journalism, she has worked in corporate consulting, marketing and training in various market segments as well as non-profit organizations.

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Meher Tatna

Meher Tatna was born in Mumbai, India and came to the US on a scholarship to Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts where she graduated cum laude with a degree in Economics. For the past 20 years she has freelanced for publications in Asia and her film criticism, essays and interviews have appeared in Vogue, Grazia, Femina and Elle in India, IMN in Singapore and Malaysia, and The New Paper in Singapore. Tatna has been a member of the HFPA since 2002, serving in every position in the Association’s administration including president from 2017 to 2019. During her presidency, the HFPA significantly increased philanthropic giving by expanding its film restoration funding and inaugurating its support of journalistic organizations with million-dollar grants announced at the Golden Globes. In 2018 she was invited to chair the Committee to Protect Journalists’ International Press Freedom Awards in New York with host Bill Whitaker of CBS News.

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Gregory P. Goeckner

CEO

Greg Goeckner manages the day-to-day operations of the Foundation and the implementation of its long-term strategic priorities. He previously was Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, where he played a key role in the HFPA’s philanthropic program. Prior to that, he was EVP and General Counsel of the Motion Picture Association of America and Special Counsel with O’Melveny & Myers. He graduated from Yale Law School and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is a member of the California and District of Columbia Bars and a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

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Sandra Cuneo

Grants Program Officer

Sandra Cuneo has long served as an advocate for social and economic justice issues in underrepresented communities. She has been the grants officer of the HFPA/Foundation since 2011. She has significant nonprofit experience as the executive director of several nonprofits with programs in the Los Angeles area. Sandra has also served on a variety of non-profit boards with a focus on these issues. Sandra has used her experience in nonprofit strategic and organizational planning, program development and implementation to guide these organizations in their strategic initiatives and expansion. She has also as a policy advisor for several national political leaders in social and economic justice issues.

Sandra was previously an attorney and graduated from Georgetown University Law Center. She lived, studied, and worked in Switzerland, Holland, Belgium and France for 12 years.

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Jason Little

Director of Multimedia, Archives and Facilities

Jason Little moved to Los Angeles from Buckinghamshire, England in 2013 following repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. He graduated with a first-class (honors) degree in Photography from Nottingham Trent University and spent three years working in event photography, photographing rock and blues stars of the 1960s including John Mayall, Bill Wyman, Buddy Guy and Georgie Fame. He also helped establish the Roald Dahl Museum archives in Great Missenden and was awarded the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award.

Jason began working for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 2015, managing event photography, graphic design (programs, invitations, booklets, ads, logos, certificates, plaques) and video editing (for panel events in Los Angeles, Cannes and Venice). He curated historical images for the HFPA archive and worked with the legendary audio engineer Bernie Grundman to digitize early Golden Globe Awards radio broadcasts.

Jason has worked closely with hundreds of international charity organizations, news outlets and film festivals to produce engaging, educational content, often collaborating with teams overseas to manage complex, high-profile events.