Kirk Ellis ~ Executive Producer
Kirk Ellis won two Emmys, a WGA Award, a Peabody and the Humanitas Prize for his work as writer and co-executive producer on the HBO miniseries “John Adams.” The miniseries won a record breaking 13 Emmys in total, as well as four Golden Globe awards. Previously, Ellis received an Emmy nomination and won the WGA Award and Humanitas Prize for the ABC miniseries “Anne Frank,” which he has served as writer and producer have garnered more than 50 Emmy nominations.
Ellis recently wrapped production as executive producer (with Richard Plepler and Tony Krantz) on an eight-part Apple TV miniseries based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “A Great Improvisation” by Stacy Schiff. Starring Michael Douglas as Franklin, the series chronicles Benjamin Franklin’s efforts to negotiate a treaty with France at the height of the American Revolution.
With Fremantle TV and Israel-based Abot Hameiri, Ellis also serves as showrunner for “Bibi,” a dramatic series based on the life of Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ellis lives in Santa Fe and Palm Springs with his wife, Sheila. His first book, Ride Lonesome, was published in March 2023 by the University of New Mexico Press. He is currently at work on a second book, due out in Spring 2025.
Joely Proudfit Ph.D. ~ Producer/Consultant
Dr. PROUDFIT (Luiseño name Payómkawichum) is a descendant of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians. Having been tenured by the California State University system three times, Dr. Proudfit is the founding director of the California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center.
In 2016 she was appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Advisory Council on Indian Education. In 2021 California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed her to the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.
Dr. Proudfit is president of Native Media Strategies. She collaborates and consults to develop inclusive strategies for fostering authentic representation of Native Americans. Her partners include BBC, PBS, Nat Geo, ABC/Disney, Netflix, and others. Recent credits include Stumptown, Spirit Rangers, Scott Cooper’s film Hostiles featuring Christian Bale and Wes Studi, and Chelsea Handler’s “Chelsea and Chelsea Does.”
In April 2022, she was named one of two “Educators of the Year” by Variety. Dr. Proudfit’s great-great-grandmother-in-law, Caterina “Mama” Mazzetti, was also a Harvey Girl.
Rosa Walston Latimer ~ Author/Consultant
Rosa Walston Latimer is the author of Harvey Houses of Texas, Harvey Houses of New Mexico, Harvey Houses of Kansas, and Harvey Houses of Arizona.
Rosa is also the author of Spirit of Mercy on the West Texas Wind, the history of Our Lady of Mercy boarding school and convent in Martin County. She was the 2020-21 Artist-in-Residence for the Flower Hill Foundation. Her most recent book, Austin’s Flower Hill Legacy: A Remarkable Family & a West Sixth Street Wildscape, was published by The History Press in 2022.
Rosa has taught memoir and non-fiction writing at University of Texas at Austin; the West Texas Writers' Academy at West Texas A&M; and for the Story Circle Network. Rosa’s grandmother was a Harvey Girl from 1910 to 1913.
Claudia Chung ~ Producer
As an editor, features writer, and columnist, Claudia has worked for national lifestyle magazines, including Details, Instyle, W42, and Money.
Specializing in topics related to women's general interest studies, Claudia has written articles on health, sex, money, relationships, and everyday feminism.
Currently teaching at Columbia University while finishing her doctorate, Claudia is also a faculty instructor at the New York Film Academy, College of Performing and Visual Arts.
Her award-winning workshop on critical race consciousness in art, media, and education was presented to New York City Council Committee on Youth Services, Diversity in Research Conference, and Asian Americans in Leadership and Media.
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Christof Bove ~ Executive Producer
CHRISTOF is an award-winning producer and director. For nine years he was a Vice President of Development at the USA Network and the Syfy Channel. Of his 20 produced projects while there, his film 23 Days of Fear won an NAACP Image Award for best movie.
While still an executive, he directed the award-winning documentary Deep Springs: A Desert Education. In 2014, Netflix purchased his feature doc Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show.
Creator and showrunner of the series EAT. RACE. WIN. for Amazon Prime, he won a 2019 Daytime Emmy after receiving two nominations, including Best Culinary Program.
He is a graduate of Deep Springs College, Cornell University, and California Institute of the Arts. He is currently writing a memoir about a solo, transcontinental bike ride from San Francisco to New York.
