Jennifer Griffiths is an Executive Director at Big Jump Entertainment. Her scope of work encompasses Production and Development as well as Studio Operations. Her passions include Marketing and most importantly, Employee Wellness. She plays an integral role in Big Jump’s Artists First Initiatives and is also thrilled to welcome hundreds of burgeoning new Artists to Big Jump Entertainments Co-op Program every year! Jen would like to recognize her magnificent creative teammates Meg Garrioch (who helps make all visions and chicken scratches into something incredible!), Allecia Robb (who’s tireless enthusiasm aids in improving the Co-op program at every turn!), and All the Artists and Leadership Team at Big Jump Entertainment, without whom, Jennifer would not be having such a wonderful time; and to whom she owes all her thanks and respect! Jennifer is an internationally recognized marketer. She was recently thrilled to Project Manage the Animated Special of One Day at a Time and Produced the Animated Special of Black-ish, with Big jump Entertainment and Smiley Guy Studios.  

Jonas Diamond is the Executive Producer of Smiley Guy Studios and CEO of iThentic. For over 20 years, Jonas has been instrumental in growing the company’s production business and arranging financing for its many original properties. Jonas’ Producer credits include: Odd Job Jack, Space Riders, Corner Gas: The Movie - Digital, Corner Gas Animated for Bell Media; Pillars of Freedom, Canada Crew Interactive, Finding Stuff Out Online and Cutie Pugs for TVO; Turbo Dogs, Chirp, A Christmas Carol, Save Me and The Curse of Clara for CBC; Sons of Butcher, The Dating Guy, Skatoony, and GeoFreakZ for Teletoon; Dad Drives and Operation Unplugged Digital for Blue Ant; Überdude and Teleporting Fat Guy for Smosh; Hatchimals for Spinmaster; One Day at a Time animated for Sony / Viacom and Black-ish animated for ABC; Warren United, Wussywat and the feature SOS: SAVE OUR SKINS with Baby Cow; features Everyday Is Like Sunday and Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End; and the Emmy/Rockie/Digi/Canadian Screen Award winning GUIDESTONES. Jonas has been a board member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & TV since 2011.

Joel Gregorio is a Filipino-Canadian Producer who approaches projects not just as a storyteller but also as a technician. Utilizing his extensive production background in VFX, editing and post production. Aside from the creative and techincal, his emphasis is on recognizing and fostering talent as well as mobilizing resources for unique and challenging projects.

Having worked in a variety of creative and technical roles throughout different stages of production he has supervised and produced award winning digital series (live action), commercials, and various animated series.

More recently, he has served as Animation Producer on the One Day At A Time Animated Special and as Animation Producer on the Black-ish Election Special. Currently he serves as a Producer on the CSA award winning Corner Gas Animated series, now in production on its 4th season. He was also involved in the series' development from live action to animation.

Mike Valiquette is a director, producer, creative development exec, and designer who has won some awards, worked for many big fancy clients and teaches at both Algonquin College in Ottawa and Seneca in Toronto. He maintains a small boutique studio, Go Lucky, and the long-running Canadian animation resource site, Cartoon North. 

M.R. Horhager is a Filipino-Canadian creator, director, writer and filmmaker from Toronto, Ontario with a decade of experience in the animation industry. His work includes directing the award-winning series Dot. produced by the Jim Henson Company, working with Sesame Workshop as a director on Prankster Planet, and most recently directed two animated specials for live-action sitcoms; a reboot of Norman Lear's One Day at a Time and an election special for Black-ish. His current role is Director and Creative Producer on Nickelodeon’s Blues Clues & You reboot.

His past director credits also include the pre-school series Chirp, and the Christmas special The Curse of Clara: A Holiday Tale, which won a 2017 Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Program or Series.

In addition to his work in broadcast TV, M.R. Horhager is also a prolific creator of original animated content, with multiple projects in various stages of development. He has also written, directed and produced several short films, with many that have appeared in international festivals, including Extreme Nuts (2010), Ball'oons (2011), I Hate You Red Light (2012), Ringo (2012), and Kafka’s Little Fable (2016). In 2017, he was invited to pitch one of his original projects, The Distinguished Dinosaurs, at the acclaimed Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

M.R. Horhager’s varied experience has given him the opportunity to work on shows and develop content that span from the pre-school demographic up to adult. In addition to his many projects, his newest venture in 2020 is leveraging his strong storytelling ability as a TV writer.

Tom Ragazzo was born and raised in New York, just north of New York City. He attended Emerson College and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in TV/Video Production. His 18 year career in Hollywood started as a Production Assistant on the movie Along Came Polly and has since expanded to include many roles for many shows. He has done everything from PA, to Casting Associate, to Assistant Editor and Editor, to Post Production Supervisor, Associate Producer, Co-Producer and now Producer. He's been fortunate to work on many big name projects, including the entire series of NBC's Parks and Recreation, the pilot of Brooklyn 99, The Good Place, Showtime's United States of Tara, and now ABC's Black-ish, Grown-ish and Mixed-ish. Tom also Produced, Directed, Shot and Edited a behind the scenes web series about Parks and Rec's final season, which was ultimately nominated for a PrimeTime Emmy Award. Tom is currently a Producer on the -ish family of shows, where his primary duty is the head of Post Production for all three shows, with his role recently expanding to support the EPs/writers and production now as well.