Board Chair: Ime N. Etuk is a versatile director and producer who has worked in various stages of film and television production. In 2018 he founded the non-profit Lion Speaks to educate, expose, and empower under-served racial groups in the media industry, through educational opportunities in media literacy, mentoring, training, and job placement.

Board Member: Alex Choi is the Interim Lead Pastor of Imago Dei Community and has been in ministry since 1997. He holds an M.Div, ThM, from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and was previously the lead pastor at Sovereign Grace Church in downtown Los Angeles, California. His goal is to be an effective leader that witnesses true transformation and strategically equips people for a purposeful life.

Board Treasurer: Sebastian H. Rogers is the Founder of Peripheral Vision PDX and currently works as the Creative Director for our partner organization, Lion Speaks. Born in Norfolk, England to an immigrant mother from India and an English father, Sebastian was Raised in a cross-cultural home. After work as a producer and songwriter with platinum-selling artists, and contracts as a performing artist, a spiritual transformation ultimately led him into full-time Christian ministry, before shifting his focus entirely to running Peripheral Vision PDX, which he founded to provide films and media training to under-served communities, organizations and ministries.

Vice Chair: Eric Knox is Founder & Executive Director of HOLLA, a campus-based, culturally responsive, grassroots mentoring movement in Portland, Oregon. Eric grew up in Inglewood, CA and moved to Oregon on a basketball scholarship to Oregon State University. After college he put down roots in Portland, founding an organization called Urban Progress. He started PVPDX founder Sebastian Rogers on his journey from “Christian social justice activist” to “racial equity filmmaker” when he commissioned Rogers to make the 2013 documentary HOLLA: Challenging the Narrative for Kids of Color in America’s Whitest City

Board Secretary: Andy Reed is a Project Manager of Economic Development for Prosper Portland, brokering partnerships and creating workforce and small business development programming. He holds a Master’s Degree in Conflict Resolution from Portland State University and is passionate about assisting companies, public sector and non profits to have greater social and financial impact through corporate social responsibly and impact investing efforts.

Board Member: Matt Tamura is a entrepreneur, and passionate supporter of PVPDX as well many other creative, philanthropic and business endeavors. He met Sebastian while leading 3 o’Clock People, a homeless ministry of Imago Dei Community. If you have ever enjoyed a PVPDX event, it is Matt and his wife Lisa’s gift for hospitality you have enjoyed.

Board Member: Marcy Bradley currently serves as Vice President of Equity and Culture - Portland Metro for Oregon Community Foundation. She has been a nonprofit leader committed to improving educational outcomes for Oregon’s most vulnerable children for more than 25 years. Marcy considers it a privilege to have led the development and implementation of interventions for early childhood school readiness, K-12 education success, college access, career pathways, workforce readiness programs, parent involvement, anti-poverty and family stabilization services over the course of her career. She holds a Master’s degree in education from Boston University.

Hailing from Oakland, California, Lorenzo Lowe III is a community event organizer, mentor, and filmmaker. After receiving his degree in Kinesiology - Sports Sociology at Oregon State University, Lorenzo moved to Portland and immediately became involved in community centered work as a mentor to middle school aged Black boys in Portland. Lorenzo's passion for mentorship soon extended outside of the classroom into film as a mentee of Peripheral Vision PDX.

Now a full time filmmaker, Lorenzo continues to pursue his passion and amplify the voices of marginalized communities through media. He has had the opportunity to shoot short films for community based organizations in the Portland Metro area with a focus on economic development, increasing representation, and addressing wellness within the Black and Brown community.