Rideback Rise Taps Former Warner Bros. Exec as First-Ever CEO

Dan Lin’s not-for-profit web content gas for POC inventors is actually remaining to increase.

Rideback Rise has actually touched Diana Mogollón, the owner and also former chief of Warner Bros.’ Phase thirteen electronic web content center, to offer as its own first-everCEO She will certainly take the reins coming from Rise founding exec supervisor Sabrina Pourmand, that was actually worked with together with Tracey Bing as chief of web content in February 2023. Pourmand and also Bing will definitely be actually leavingRise

“Diana is an inspiring leader with an impressive track record of bringing underrepresented voices to the forefront, as evidenced by her vision and tenacity in building the Stage 13 studio to champion POC storytellers. On behalf of the Rise board, I’m thrilled Diana is taking the help at Rise and applying her distinct vision, passion and leadership to advancing the Rise mission and working with Rise’s supremely talented storytellers of color to drive narrative change,” pointed out Lin, that quit coming from Rideback the manufacturing business previously this year to operate Netflix movie however preserves his chair as panel seat of the not-for-profit he established.“I would also like to express gratitude to our founding executive director Sabrina Pourmand, whose interim tenure brilliantly set Rise on its current path to being an industry change agent, and to our first-ever head of content, Tracey Bing, a formidable producer and champion of artists who worked tirelessly to recruit and operationalize the Rise cohort.”

In the happening full weeks, Mogollón is actually anticipated to introduce the entrants of her crew, that will definitely sign up with Rise ability and also innovative growth supervisor April Chang.

The following pal will certainly on its own experience adjustment and also development. Whereas the inaugural training class featured 5 others (consisting of one composing crew) and also 10 individuals that each obtained $50,000 and also $10,000 in financing, specifically, the 2024-25 pal will certainly permit as much as 15 others, each obtaining $40,000 gratuities besides accessibility to growth funds to aid all of them alternative internet protocol and also make graphic sound components, consisting of proof-of-concept online videos. Requests for the 2nd pal will definitely level for the month of June on the Rise web site.

“In a short time, Rise has established itself as a highly-respected institution doing the necessary work to advance narrative change by developing mainstream content by diverse creators, and I am honored to have been entrusted to lead Rise at a time when the industry is contracting and the need to amplify POC stories is both real and good business,” Mogollón pointed out in a claim.“Since stepping in, I have been in awe of the excellence of our current cohort, and I’m excited to welcome our second cohort of Fellows later this fall. We are determined to make a difference in bringing more POC voices to the forefront of film and television with stories that engage audiences across the board.”

Mogollón possesses encounter in this particular room, as Phase thirteen was actually made partially to offer possibilities to producers coming from underrepresented histories (it lagged Netflix’s Exclusive, to name a few collection) prior to it was actually shuttered in the Warner Bros. Exploration regimen. Before that, she was actually corporate bad habit head of state and also standard supervisor for NBCUniversal’s Latino Generation Z/millennial-focused mun2 cable television system.

Functioning out of Rideback Cattle ranch’s Historical Filipinotown central office, the existing pal of Rise others and also individuals has actually been actually building their tasks while obtaining mentorship coming from creatives such as Adele Lim, Robert Rodriguez and also Chris Weitz; taking part inmasterclasses and also fireplace talks along with Jason Blum, Phil God, Kemp Powers, Jessica Gao and also Hasan Minhaj; and also obtaining innovative advice coming from writer-showrunners consisting of Jessica Sharzer, Doug Jung and also Amanda Idoko.

Rise’s institutional contributors feature the Ford, MacArthur and also Doris Battle each other bases as properly as the Murphy Household Fund, The Eastern United States Structure, the Panda Neighborhood Fund, Zelnick Belzberg Philanthropic Depend On, Comcast NBC, the UTA Structure, the Horn Structure and also Salmira.