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ACMI Board of Directors

	John D. Leone, Esq., President John@ArlingtonStudio.com John Leone was born and raised in the Town of Arlington. He holds a J.D. degree from New England School of Law and an under-graduate B.B.A. degree from the School of Business Administration at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is admitted to practice law before the US Supreme Court and in the states of Massachusetts and New York. He consults and advises clients who are starting new businesses or continuing the operation of existing ones. He has been a Town Meeting member since 1994, and is the current Town Meeting Moderator. He serves on the Boards of Directors of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce and the Touchdown Club of Arlington.
	Kathleen Colwell, Treasurer Kathy@ArlingtonStudio.com A resident of Arlington since 1981, Kathy has been an active resident including service as: a Town Meeting member; a past president, board member, and treasurer for Arlington Cable Access Inc. (ACA); founding member and first president of the Arlington Educational Enrichment Fund (AEEF); founding member and current treasurer of Arlington Community Media Inc. (ACMI); an active cable access volunteer: an educational technologist with the Arlington Public Schools. Presently she is a tax specialist for H&R Block during tax season and runs a computer consulting business.
	James Clements, Director Presently associate professor of digital media and communications at the New England Institute of Art, Brookline, MA, Jim is a 20-year professional in the television production industry who has served six years as access coordinator for Continental Cablevision, MediaOne, and AT&T Broadband in Arlington and Cambridge, MA. An Arlington resident for 25 years, Jim is a five-year volunteer for Arlington Cable television as well as past president of Arlington Cable Access. Kudos includes a Hometown USA Award for producing of a video presentation of Stravinsky's Firebird, by Underground Railway Theater.
	Kathleen Darcy, Director Kathleen is the vice president of small business and community development at Leader Bank, Arlington, MA. With over 20 years of banking experience, Kathy is also an active participant in the Arlington community. She is a board member for the Arlington Chamber for Commerce and for the Arlington Boys and Girls Club. She has also been a co-chair of the Arlington Town Day Committee and is the founder of the Arlington Women's Network.
	Michael T. Healy, Director A lifelong resident of Arlington, MA, Mike was graduated from the Rhode Island College with a master's degree in school administration. Additionally, he holds a graduate certificate in dispute resolution from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Recently Mike retired from the Cambridge Public Schools after many years of teaching. He previously served as a member of the Arlington School Committee and a as an Arlington Town Meeting member. He has served on a number of other Town boards and committees.
	Julie Kuhn, Director In 2000 Julie helped set up the new Arlington Cable Access studio. She has directed and coproduced a variety of programs ranging from a political talk show The Front Page hosted by Arlington resident Susan Shaer, a yoga show, a music show enttitled Insomnia, and most recently a real-time cooking show Quick and Healthy Cooking. She also worked as Assistant Director (AD) for the movie short Hear, produced in Arlington by Sara Alfaro-Franco. Julie has performed many technical duties for the cable station, has recruited volunteers, helped with Arlington Town Day, and served as crew member for many other programs.
	David W. Padrusch, Director David has written, produced, directed, and/or edited more than 35 documentary television programs for The History Channel, Discovery Channel, Discovery Health Channel, and NOVA, including the Emmy nominated Mysteries of the Sea. In 2003 he created Limulus Productions to produce quality television programs and films. More recently, he has directed two highly acclaimed History Channel specials: Bible Battles, an examination of the Old Testament from a military perspective; and Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War, a recounting of the violence, insurgency, and terrorism that ripped through the post-Civil-War South. David's latest production is 300: The Last Stand, a two-hour, high-definition special that reveals the heroics and sacrifice of 300 Spartan warriors at the famous Battle of Thermopylae.
	Charlotte Pierce, Director Charlotte became involved with the Arlington Studio in 2004 as producer of the Hola Arlington! Spanish educational program and went on to produce programs for the Sustainable Arlington series and to help start up the Ottoson News Network (ONN) video production club, now in its second year. She serves on the Board of the Friends of Menotomy Rocks Park, is a founder and president of the locally-based World Language Network, and is a parent volunteer at Bishop and Ottoson schools. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington and a master's from Harvard's Kennedy School of Govt.