Our Board

Hillary (she/her) is a retired trial and appellate attorney who spent most of her career representing abused, abandoned, and neglected children. Since moving to Dry Creek Valley in 2015, Hillary is busy in her garden, volunteering around the area, running, hiking, and biking, and trying to become proficient in Spanish. She lives with her husband Michael and their adorable Labrahula (really a mutt) Ziggy. Hillary’s first love was film. She spent her tweens holed up in a local theater watching classic films, her parenting years watching thrillers, and until COVID, never went more than a week or two without a movie theater experience. She loves movies —- but mostly loves to watch them on the big screen with the “ooohs” and “ahhhhs” of her fellow moviegoers around her.

A native to the Golden State, Lisa (she/her) has lived and worked in both SoCal and NorCal, devoting much of her volunteer efforts to celebrating and promoting her cherished Hispanic culture and community. She was a long-time Board Member of MANA de San Diego, a national organization catering to the advancement of underprivileged Hispanic girls. She served on the board and led the chapter’s development effort via its signature annual fundraiser called “Brindis.” Now in Healdsburg, Lisa helped found Corazon Healdsburg, a grassroots organization dedicated to bridging the cultural and equity gap many North Sonoma County resident Latinos face. Responsible for the organization’s name (“heart” in Spanish, a language she speaks fluently), Lisa served on the Corazon Board for six years. More recently, she’s gotten involved with local organizations Reach For Home and Latinos Unidos. And passionate about the arts in all forms, she now serves on the Alexander Valley Film Board. Lisa calls Healdsburg her forever home, sharing an 1890s Queen Anne she restored over several years with her husband, Michael, a practicing attorney. Lisa has several other historical renovations currently underway in town. As she likes to say, “It’s important to invest in our community’s future in ways that make all of its residents feel equally at home.”

Sue (she/her) joined the True West Film Center Board in 2019 and is currently serving as the Chair of the Board Recruitment & Development Committee. She spent her career as a healthcare management consultant, initially for Accenture and then at Kaiser Permanente. She has also served on numerous non-profit Boards. Sue is passionate about film, having volunteered and then worked for the Mill Valley Film Festival for a number of years. She also attends film festivals regularly, including Mill Valley, San Francisco, Sundance, Telluride, Palm Springs, Santa Barbara, Seattle, Toronto, and Cannes. Besides film, she loves reading, hiking, and traveling, as well as her husband John and her dog Rodeo.

Michiko (she/her) is currently the Vice Chair of the City of Healdsburg Parks and Recreation Commission. She is on the Arts and Culture Master Plan Committee as well as the Saggio Hills Park Naming Committee and a member of the Creative Leadership Team. Of course, since she lives in Healdsburg, she and her husband had a vineyard (now sold!), for which she was the CMO (read: accounts payable). Her real career was spent in marketing, primarily with advertising agencies in New York and San Francisco, as well as with several start-ups. A graduate of Harvard Business School, she also has an undergraduate degree in architecture from Yale, with a secondary focus in art history. She has been on the Boards of several museums: Museum of Sonoma County, Randall Museum in SF and with the Modern Art Council at SFMOMA. She spends her days obsessively making lists of films to watch (and actually watching some of them!), reading The New York Times and running.

Michael (he/him) is a highly creative and effective executive leader with over 30 years’ experience leading international media arts organizations. Over the course of his career, he has established an admirable track record of program development and expansion, quality film festival programming, fundraising, financial and operational management and strong community support; demonstrated a talent for practical and successful strategic planning as well as board and staff development; and proved his ability to build and sustain long-term alliances with the film, philanthropic and business communities.

Lumpkin has maintained a high profile at a number of important international film festivals, including the Berlin International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Hotdocs, IDFA (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam), and the Sundance Film Festival where he has served on the Documentary Competition Jury. He has also served as a juror for numerous international film festivals including the Berlin International Film Festival, the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

In 2021 Lumpkin relocated back to Northern California working as an independent consultant specializing in public relations and awards strategies for documentary films.

John (he/him) serves as the Legal Director at Ava Community Energy, an organization focused on providing renewable energy and launching decarbonization initiatives. Before joining Ava, John spent ten years at Salesforce, where he conducted complex commercial transactions before launching the Sustainability Legal team to support all environmental/social/governance (“ESG”)-related matters including renewable energy procurement and regulatory compliance. His prior work includes roles across a variety of industries, as well as a previous career as a technology professional. John holds a bachelor’s degree in professional writing from Carnegie Mellon University as well as a JD from Golden Gate University. John is proud to be able to contribute to the True West team and its valuable and engaging mission to provide a world-class cultural experience coupled with education and outreach for Alexander Valley and beyond. When not in the Bay Area, John can be found in Lisbon trying to improve his Portuguese accent.

Renn (he/him) is a retired chief financial officer, having served in that role for over 30 years in several international equipment leasing businesses. In that role, he traveled the world, visited offices in more than 15 countries on a regular basis, and raised substantial financing for equipment purchases. He has a BA in economics, an MBA in accounting and is a lapsed CPA.

Since retiring, he has served on several non-profit boards, including five years on the finance and buildings and grounds committees of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and the last two years as their treasurer. For several years he also mentored business start-up hopefuls through a program run by the Small Business Administration called SCORE. He and his husband, Marty Roberts, purchased property in the Dry Creek Valley in 1997 and have spent considerable time in the Healdsburg area since then, more or less relocating full time in 2020. In 2021 they moved into Healdsburg and are enjoying becoming more involved in the community.

Renn has been a movie fan for his whole life, starting with the 25 cent Saturday-afternoon double-features at the Rialto Theater, and is looking forward to helping bring that magic back to everyone with our new film center. He and Marty enjoy traveling, spending time with friends and hanging out on Maui.

Veronica (she/her) is a Mexican-American multi-hyphenate who hails from Modesto, California. She released her second feature film THE SLUMBER PARTY for Disney+ in the Summer of 2023. Her first taste of the industry came as an assistant at Funny or Die after graduating from USC's Peter Stark Producing program. At FoD, she would work her way up to being a Producer and Director for their digital content, including the unforgettable "How To Become Legally Recognized As A F*ckboi". Veronica has been selected to participate in the Sundance New Voices Lab, was the 2019 Sundance Institute's Latinx Fellow, and participated in the Viacom ViewFinder and Refinery 29's Shatterbox director programs. Her first feature, LET'S GET MERRIED for VH1 / MTV Studios earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Director. She has also staffed as a writer on Netflix's FREERIDGE, a spin-off of ON MY BLOCK, HBO's BETTY, and Disney's GABBY DURAN & THE UNSITTABLES, which led to her first episodic directing credits. She is currently writing a feature film for Disney.

Randall (he/his) is an attorney focusing on social justice issues. Having served as a "big-law" associate and partner for over 30 years, Randall's practice is now oriented towards the pro bono representation of undocumented migrants in asylum and related matters. Randall, his wife Sarah, and their two exuberant dogs, enjoy the glorious North County sunsets, the wonderful wine and myriad recreational opportunities in the area! Randall is also a (bad) guitar player in a rock band, relying on the ability of volume to disguise a lack of talent. Some of you may hear him from time to time (followed by shouts to turn it down!). Randall and Sarah split their time between Oakland and Cloverdale (Asti). Randall also serves as True West Film Center's legal counsel.

Jeffrey (he/him) is currently the Founder and CEO of Former Bros. Media LLC. Founded in January 2022, the company provides strategic advice to a variety of media clients including Canal Plus, Dick Wolf Productions , Archie Comics/Studios, and Genius Brands. He additionally is an investor and advisor to several early stage "entertainment-tech" companies including Vuulr, Meta Media and Open Sesame.

For the prior 8 years Jeff was President of Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Distribution, overseeing the sale of all films and television programming from Warner Bros., HBO, and Turner Broadcasting to broadcast networks, pay tv services, cable networks, satellite broadcasters, and streaming services around the world. Prior to that position he was President of International Television Distribution at Warner Bros. since 1994. He was at the company for 37 years, joining Telepictures in 1983 and rising through the ranks through 5 successive mergers including Lorimar, Time, Turner, AOL and AT&T. In this last position, he oversaw a global sales organization, as well as 26 production companies in 14 countries acquired under his leadership. He helped create and sat on the Boards of several joint venture pay tv film services including HBO Latin America, HBO Asia, and The Movie Network in Australia. Prior to joining Warner Bros. Jeff worked in the international division of Universal Television, Children's Television Workshop (Sesame Street) and as the National Sales Manager for Astral Television in Canada. After graduating from the film school at New York University, he worked as a film editor for independent producers and the long running CBS new program "60 Minutes".

Dianne’s (she/her) career spanned 25+ years’ as a successful Sales and Marketing Executive with experience building and managing high performance sales and marketing teams selling into the Fortune 500 at the highest levels. As a second career she obtained her real estate license and formed an independent prefab construction consulting firm responding to the lack of sustainable, affordable housing in the Greater Bay Area. Dianne also worked on land and development opportunities- primary residences, multifamily, vineyards and investment properties.

Upon retirement, Dianne is focusing on volunteer opportunities. Dianne was a founding Board Member and chaired the Educational Outreach Committee of the Alexander Valley Film Society (AVFS) for five years. She is excited to return to serve on the Board once again - as True West Film Center - and will continue with the Event Committee as well as the Marketing Committee.

Dianne is also on the Board of Directors for the Family Justice Center of Sonoma County leading the community Outreach committee. In addition, she works on the Program Committee of the Career Technical Outreach Foundation and volunteers weekly at HEROES - a Thoroughbred rescue ranch in Healdsburg.

Dianne and her husband Mark’s son Gage recently graduated from Notre Dame University with an MBA specializing in Marketing and Innovation. He is currently employed at BTS Consulting in San Francisco. They are also the proud parents of a Flat Coated Retriever named Maisie - who brings joy every day!