Who We Are

Ms. Rogoff, a seasoned children's television producer, is excited about using new multimedia platforms to educate and entertain children about cooking, nutrition, food policy, and healthy living. Formerly executive producer of Sesame Street International, Ms. Rogoff created 182 half-hour original foreign language episodes on location in Russia and Mexico. Ms. Rogoff has earned numerous awards for her documentary films, children's shows, and current affairs programming for ABC, NBC, and PBS Frontline.

Editor extraordinaire on projects including Disney’s Cheetah Girls, mtvU, MTV’s College station and, along with his partners, is a writer, director and producer of a new venture, Flatiron Productions– a multiplatform music project aimed at providing unsigned artists with professional content and diversifying the avenues for reaching their fans. Mr. Wilson started his career at MTV Caribbean where after a couple of years he produced all specials programming, including a 1-2 hour concert series called Live & Direct, filmed throughout the Caribbean. Mr. Wilson has worked with a variety of music artists, including: the Black Keys, Band of Horses, and Lupe Fiasco, and also produced and edited a variety of programming for the US Naval Air Force, US Holocaust Museum, and WalMart.

Max Evry graduated with a degree in Film and Television Production from Boston University, where his student film, Eskimo Hill, received a completion grant and honors at the 2004 Redstone Film Festival. A follow-up film, Blue Lollipop, showcased his ability to infuse visual effects with a sense of humor and style. In 2007, he served as associate producer, co-writer, and designer on the KidsCOOK Productions pilot, Finky’s Kitchen. He currently lives in New York City, and when not making films or artwork, he is a featured online interviewer and writer for such sites as ComingSoon.net.

Kate Ghiloni is a Boston-based comedian and writer. Kate has been featured nationally on NBC's The Feast and RooftopComedy.com. She has performed in the Boston Comedy Festival (2010) and the Women in Comedy Festival (2010, 2011). As a writer, Kate's work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Washington Post Magazine and People Magazine.

Todd Seyfarth is an assistant professor of culinary arts at Johnson & Wales University, teaching Nutrition & Sensory Analysis, Spa Cuisine, Sports Nutrition, Introductory Food Science, and Culinary Fundamentals classes. He is the winner of the peer-selected Outstanding First Year Teacher Award, Outstanding Culinary Nutrition Faculty Member of the Year, and Teacher of the Year for the College of Culinary Arts. He advises the Johnson & Wales Nutrition Society and also co-founded the Johnson & Wales “Green” collaborative, which focuses on current culinary trends within the field of sustainability. Mr. Seyfarth previously taught at the New York Food and Hotel Management School and worked as a sous chef at Oakland’s Restaurant in Hampton Bays, NY and dietary manager at Stony Brook Hospital in Stony Brook, NY Mr. Seyfarth received his AAS and BS degrees from Johnson & Wales University and MS at SUNY Stony Brook in NY.

Mr. Gold is a talented editor, writer, and filmmaker who graduated with a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 2009. He has edited narrative, documentary, and commercial formats and is featured as a popular writer on CollegeHumor.com. Mr. Gold describes himself as an enormous trollbaby born to an unfortunate tribe of faeries. As a youth, he rollicked about the meadow in the usual fashion, and unwittingly slaughtered his tiny family with his lubberly cavorting. He then went to art school, which was pretty much the same as before, and now he shoots and edits videos for fun and profit.

Dr. Quatromoni is a tenured Associate Professor of Nutrition at Boston University. She has faculty appointments in the Department of Health Sciences at Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and in the Department of Epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health. Dr. Quatromoni is a nutritional epidemiologist with a funded research program in adult and childhood obesity. She is the Principal Investigator on KidSTEPS, imove, and CYCLE Kids research initiatives, and an investigator on the Framingham Study. She is a registered dietitian, a published author, and a member of the American Public Health Association, the American Dietetic Association, and the Massachusetts Dietetic Association. She serves as media spokesperson and advocacy captain for the American Heart Association's initiatives on childhood obesity. Her background in clinical nutrition includes expertise in cardiovascular nutrition, obesity, sports nutrition, and eating disorders. She is a consultant to a number of public school districts on a variety of health promotion and wellness education initiatives. Dr. Quatromoni was the 2007 recipient of the Whitney Powers Excellence in Teaching Award from Sargent College at Boston University.

Deborah Mason takes her passion and commitment to the classroom and the community. She inspires young dancers, setting high standards for creative excellence and physical prowess. She is the founder and artistic director of the Deborah Mason School of Dance, which has served as a training ground for dancers since 1975. She is the founder and executive director of the Cambridge Youth Dance Program, a non-profit dance and performing arts program for serious dancers in the Cambridge area. Her credits include a leading role in the musical Cinderella in SummerStock, touring New York City, Chicago, Kansas City, and Boston. Deborah has worked with some of the finest dancers in the dance world. Having served the city of Cambridge for 37 years, she was commissioned by Mayor Reeves to serve on the Board for the Arts in Cambridge. She has been honored with the key to the city of Cambridge, and has been cited from the city of Boston for her continued success. She has been honored by Mayor Sheila Russell for her dedication to young women's development, received the Galluccio Award for her commitment to youth sports, was recently cited by the United States Senate in Washington, DC for providing a high quality arts education for decades, was nominated for Coca Cola Company’s Distinguished Teachers in the Arts Award Program, and recently was nominated for the “Energizer Hall of Fame.”

Mr. Wood was technical director/production manager at the Strand Theatre in Boston for nearly 15 years. He is a founding board member of the Boston Alliance of Theatre Artisans and a member of Boston Dance Alliance. He has overseen design and installation of Wooden Kiwi's own kiwiFLOOR in dance studios and theatres from Maine to New Mexico, and collaborated on the development of the Rosco SubFloor. From 1996 to 2000, he worked as exhibit manager for the MIT Media Lab's Brain Opera, an interactive, computerized musical performance and exhibit that traveled all around the world. Mr. Wood has coordinated productions for the First Night Neighborhood Network, Jose Mateo’s Ballet Theatre, New Rep Theatre, Lyric Stage, and BalletRox’s Urban Nutcracker, and he has worked with Partners for Youth with Disabilities' Access To Theatre program for over 15 years, helping youth of all abilities to perform.

Jada Alleyne, a Boston native, has been a freelance hairstylist for over ten years. She enjoys creating different styles for photo shoots and proms. Jada has been a licensed cosmetologist since 2005 and hopes to open her own salon one day.

Ms. Leonard believes you are meant to be good at more than one thing in life. Embracing this philosophy, she is pursuing her RD at Simmons College while managing Echo Experiential Marketing, the company she co-founded. Ms. Leonard’s experience includes creating marketing strategy for Intel’s C-level executives, producing segments for The Today Show and Fox, and styling and producing fashion shows for Oilily. Ms. Leonard is a graduate of Emerson College where she received a BS in Public Relations and Print Journalism.

Sydney Oland holds an MA in Food Studies and Gastronomy from Boston University as well as a professional Chef's diploma from the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts. She writes eatingnosetotail.com, teaches at Create A Cook, co-owns trainspottersmusic.com, and works part time at Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge.

Celefex specializes in 3-D, CGI animation, and design. Their clients include Between the Lions, Sesame Street, Disney, Saatchi Advertising, Sony, Showtime, and Matthew Barney. They have also designed and produced all of digital animation and effects for Elmo's World. Mr. DeCarlo has been a digital compositing artist on many commercials, films, and television shows, including DreamWorks Pictures feature film Head of State starring Chris Rock. Mr. Baumann won an Emmy for his animation work on the 1992 Olympic Games, and a Clio & Addie award winner for his work on the Frontier Airlines' “Talking Animals” campaign.

Jessica Hammer is currently a doctoral candidate in the EGGPLANT games research group at Columbia University, where her work focuses on narrative, creativity, and social interaction in games and play. She has taught at NYU, consulted for clients including Nokia and the BBC, and lectured internationally on her theories of interactive narrative. Ms. Hammer leads Finky's Kitchen's talented award-winning game designers.

Cathal Armstrong is the Owner and Head Chef of Restaurant Eve in Alexandria, VA. He has won many awards, including being honored as one of Food & Wine magazine's “10 Best New Chefs” of 2006, and was a nominee for the James Beard Best Chef Mid-Atlantic in 2007. Armstrong has also been featured in Bon Appétit, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washingtonian, The Wall Street Journal and Delta Sky.