meet the Voices of frank

  • Qing Yu Chen
    Qing Yu Chen
    Honors Paralegal Specialist, Federal Trade Commission
    Qing Yu Chen is a first-generation graduate of Columbia University and The Juilliard School through the Columbia-Juilliard Exchange. Now serving in antitrust, she brings discipline, curiosity and gratitude to her work. Outside of law, she enjoys experimenting with recipes and building mechanical keyboards.
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    Rachel Grant
    Scholar
    Grant previously served as an assistant professor in Xavier University of Louisiana’s Mass Communication Department teaching classes in strategic communication, social media management and media law.
  • Rachelle Reeder
    Rachelle Reeder
    Strategist, Researcher and Storyteller
    At the Ad Council, Rachelle Reeder blends strategy, research and storytelling to drive narrative change. Grounded in a belief in a greater “we,” her work spans planning, insights and evaluation to shape both short-form PSAs and long-form films through Ad Council Entertainment.
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    Ram Devineni
    Filmmaker and Founder at Rattapallax
    RAM DEVINENI is a documentary filmmaker, technologist and founder of Rattapallax. He produced The Russian Woodpecker, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.
  • Rashad Robinson
    Rashad Robinson
    Former President of Color of Change
    Rashad Robinson is a civil rights leader and former president of Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online human justice group with millions of members. He led campaigns addressing voting rights, corporate accountability and fair media representation. Robinson previously directed media programs at GLAAD and sits on several nonprofit boards. He lives in New York City.
  • René Weber headshot
    René Weber
    M.D., Ph.D.
    René Weber’s lab investigates complex cognitive responses to mass communication and mediated narratives with an emphasis on the neural mechanisms of moral conflict, persuasion, media violence, cognitive control and flow experiences.
  • Rob Anderson
    Rob Anderson
    Director of Solutions Applied Technology at SAS
    Robert L. Anderson II is Director of Solutions Applied Technology at SAS, with a four-decade career there. He has led DevOps and Testing teams and managed customer implementations across healthcare, finance, government and sports industries. He won the 2022 SAS CEO Award for Excellence. A North Carolina A&T State University graduate, he lives near Washington, DC.​
  • Robert Davies
    Robert Davies
    Physicist and Educator
    Dr. Robert Davies is an Associate Professor of Professional Practice in the Physics Department at Utah State University. He co-created The Crossroads Project, blending art and science to communicate humanity’s impact on Earth’s systems. Davies aims to build public understanding for meaningful environmental action.
  • Roland Walker
    Marketing Communications Manager at Sledgeland Ghana Limited
    Roland Walker is the Marketing Communications Manager at Sledgeland Ghana Limited, where he drives brand growth through innovative storytelling, strategic partnerships and impactful media campaigns that strengthen the company’s market presence and engage audiences.
  • Ross Kauffman
    Ross Kauffman
    Documentary Filmmaker & Director
    Ross Kauffman is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker telling human-centered stories that inspire empathy and social awareness. Known for Born Into Brothels and E-Team, he explores resilience, justice and transformation through visual storytelling.
  • Ryan Senser
    Ryan Senser
    Self-Employed Independent Strategy Consultant
    Ryan Senser helps justice leaders turn vision into action through strategy, narrative and organizational transformation. With experience at SYPartners, Edelman Digital and numerous nonprofits and foundations, he develops brand, storytelling and engagement strategies that drive culture change and social impact.
  • Sam Snyder
    Sam Snyder
    Campaign Director @ True Blue Strategies and Small Business Owner of Spinster Abbott’s
    Samuel Snyder is a seasoned educator, organizer and communicator, skilled in managing awareness campaigns. He has worked to empower community voices and build social and political power for some of the biggest conservation issues of our time.
  • Samir Rachid
    Samir Rachid
    Supervisor, Biostatistics at Allen Institute for Immunology
    Samir Rachid Zaim, Ph.D., is a Seattle-based biostatistician and data scientist with 10+ years in biomedical informatics. Formerly at the Allen Institute for Immunology, he specializes in machine learning, clinical informatics and bioinformatics. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona and advances healthcare through innovative research.
  • Sandi Logan-McKibben
    Sandi Logan-McKibben
    Ph.D.
    Dr. Sandi Logan-McKibben is Associate Director of Clinical Training at Palo Alto University with extensive experience as a school counselor educator. She has taught undergraduate to doctoral-level counseling courses and led multiple classes in school counseling, focusing on human-nature, assessment and data-driven practice. She holds a PhD from the University of Florida.