Meg Villarreal, Director, US Independents (USA)
Meg Villarreal's professional experience in broadcasting has ranged from promotion and publicity to education and outreach, and to international project development. She is co-founder and director of US Independents. The organization provides independent producers and distributors cost-effective access to international TV/video markets, festivals, and seminars. US Independents currently has a cooperative presence for independent producers and distributors at Sunny Side of the Doc, SilverDocs, the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers and History Makers Summit. Prior to the establishment of US Independents in 1996, Ms. Villarreal was Associate Director of International Activities at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). She has been a TV consultant to the government of the former Yugoslavia and has organized and presented broadcasting seminars in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Sweden, and Switzerland. She is currently a member of the Community Advisory Board of the Maine Public Broadcasting Network and is a past board member of The World Congress of History Producers and Women in Film and Television International.
