HUMAN TRAFFICKING FILM PROJECT

Amanda launched Aging & HIV: A Story of Resiliency on World AIDS Day 2020.  Currently, Amanda is working on this film about human trafficking, Culture Kills Culture Healers, and a WWI-based documentary, The Story of Milton Gregg, about the lifetime accomplishments of the Victoria Cross recipient, Milton Gregg.  

Amanda is a native of Newfoundland who worked in St. Louis, Missouri before landing in Windsor, Ontario in 1995. She launched Manan Strategy after completing two positions at the University of Windsor: Special Assistant to the President/Associate VP Advancement) and Vice-President for Advancement for the University of Windsor.  Amanda’s career was immersed in fund development, corporate videos, government relations, media relations, and much more while holding executive positions in non-profits spanning from 1980 to 2008. 

Amanda has received numerous recognitions for her community service, some of which are: 40 under 40 in St. Louis recognition, The McDonnell Douglas Feed America Award, Windsor’s Women of the Year 2001 (1 of 2), The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal, and the Crystal Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canada South Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Kimberley is a passionate and respected journalist, who began working with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, back in the early 1990s, as a Parenting Columnist contributing documentaries and news items to National and provincial programming in Toronto, until 1995 when she joined CBC Windsor. While at CBC Windsor, Kimberley was a reporter, editor and back-up producer for afternoon news and current affair programming.   

Kimberley also produced many individual videos for patients at end of life through her company Lifesong Stories for The Hospice of Windsor and Essex County. The stories varied from the stories of their lives all the way to individual love letters/videos for their loved ones that they were leaving behind.  

Kim is currently working on two documentaries about healing, this human trafficking film and Culture Kills Cultural Healers.  

Kimberley became connected to Hildebrand Productions and Intelligent Heart Collective in the winter of 2018. She has helped produce and manage the latest project, a live online event that helped raise money for the Italian Red Cross.  She continues to work on various ongoing film related projects with them.