The Firestarter—Sheila Leddy, Fledgling Fund

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Sheila is executive director of Fledgling Fund, playing a key role in developing its overall strategy in collaboration with the president and board. She plays a leadership role in developing grant guidelines, reviewing projects, and assessing their potential to advance its mission.

Ideally filmmakers would be using data in a way that’s positive and that will continually inform their strategy and not be focused just on what was the end goal but thinking about it as a learning opportunity. SHEILA LEDDY

The Flame—Escape Fire

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