Tony Shawcross developed and launched the visionary model for community media that has evolved into the Open Media Foundation. Before founding Deproduction and Denver Open Media, Tony worked with Little Voice Productions, the Colorado State House of Representatives, the Pan African Arts Society and FreeSpeech TV, among others. Tony has presented over 100 media education courses with the Colorado Independent Media Center, Denver Community Television, the Alliance for Community Media and various local schools and universities. Tony graduated magna cum laude with a degree in marketing and business administration from the University of Colorado.

Dan brings 15+ years of media and content production experience to his role at the Open Media Foundation. A graduate of The Ohio State University, he's held digital media operations and executive management roles at Time Inc, Bonnier, Competitor Group and Teton Gravity Research, among others. Dan is currently consulting with several content and digital marketing start-ups on Colorado's front range, helping early growth-stage companies develop go-to-market strategies in B2B and B2C environments.

For more than 10 years, Angelia D. McGowan has worked in a variety of communications roles from community outreach coordinator for health awareness campaigns to publicist for arts organizations. 

She has worked on traffic safety campaigns for the Colorado Department of Transportation, a drought-awareness campaign for Denver Water and a healthy-pregnancy campaign for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. In April 2006, McGowan traveled to Durban, South Africa to present a poster on CDOT’s award-winning seatbelt program at the Safety 2006: International Prevention and Safety Promotion conference.

As a publicist, she has represented Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Denver Black Arts Festival and the Pan African Arts Society/Starz Denver Pan African Film Festival. She has also served as a freelance writer for community newspapers and as an editor and media relations director in higher education. In 2004, the Colorado Association of Black Journalists named her Public Relations Professional of the Year.

McGowan, who resides in Denver, is the publisher of Canady’s Corner, an online community news release service for nonprofit organizations.

Since her Fundraising Internship with Deproduction/DOM in 2008, Cheryl has maintained her Unlimited Membership as a volunteer with the Development Department of the Open Media Foundation, DOM events, and studio productions. She continues to incorporate her professional and volunteer experience in Public Relations, Event Coordination, Fundraising, Theater, and Media Production.

Her interest in creating meaningful yet entertaining television and her belief in community involvement align with the organization’s mission “to put the power of the media and technology into the hands of the community.” Currently she is editing her first DOM broadcast. It will include some of the characters from her one-woman show, WE AIN’T MAD: WE GOT ISSUES! 

This collection of monologues contains some work written at The Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Theater and another for Literature & Writing in 1998. The compilation was her Capstone Project at the University of Denver in 2003 where she was awarded a Certificate in Creative Writing and her Master of Liberal Studies degree. In 2008, the entire piece was re-edited during her Jentel Arts - Writer’s Residency in the beautiful wide-open spaces of Wyoming.

Steve is a practicing attorney in the areas of intellectual property (trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets), entertainment law, and business an corporate law. He holds an MBA from New York University Graduate School of Business, a law degree from the University of Denver College of Law and a graduate Masters of Laws in Taxation (LLM) from the New York University School of Law. He has written a book entitled "Where to go When the Bank Says No" for entrepreneurs in need of financing new and growing business ventures. 

His involvement in the community includes serving on the board directors of the Rocky Mountain Anti-Defamation League, the board of Governors of NATAS (the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences), as well as Denver Open Media and the board of Directors of the Mizel Arts and Cultural Center. 

His other activities include business coaching for early stage businesses to develop and implement business and strategic plans to enhance their growth.