Children’s Media Career Symposium 2025

David Kleeman | Senior Vice President, Global Trends | Dubit Limited | https://www.dubit.io/

Caitlin Corkery | Series Creator and Senior Manager of Series Production, Albie’s Elevator | WHYY | https://whyy.org/programs/albies-elevator/

Danny LaBrecque | Creator & Host | Danny Jo’s Treehouse | https://dannyjoestreehouse.com/

Allie Strawbridge | Voice Director | Nickelodeon | https://www.nick.com/

Allie graduated with an Economics degree (whoops!) and ended up an Emmy Award-winning CoExecutive Producer and Voice Director. In 2003 she entered the Children’s Media industry by working on Nickelodeon’s The Backyardigans. There, she gained invaluable experience and formed lasting relationships with some of the best in the business. After twenty years of producing animated shows, she is a champion of collaboration, dedication, and the ingenuity it takes to create authentic stories with heart for our most important audience – kids. Most recently, it has been Allie’s honor and pleasure to shift her focus to exclusively Voice Directing. To her, there is nothing more rewarding – or fun – than bringing characters from the page to life. Whether directing a novice youth or Academy Award-winning veteran, the thrill is the same, and she never takes it for granted.

Diondra Brown | Content and Curriculum Manager, Twin Cities | PBS | https://www.tpt.org/

Tone Thyne | Vice President of Moonladder | FableVision, Film and Television | https://www.fablevisionstudios.com/

Tone Thyne is VP of Moonladder. He oversees development and production of FableVision’s original animated and live-action broadcast properties. He has acted in the role of Writer, Director, Showrunner, and Executive Producer on several long and short form projects for Aardman Animation, Sesame Studios, SpinMaster, The Dodo, SuperProd, The Boston Pops, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Guru Studios. Tone was Showrunner/Executive Producer of SpinMaster’s hit preschool series Sago Mini Friends (Apple+); he was Showrunner/Head Writer for Emmy-award winning series Go Go Cory Carson (Netflix); Executive Story Consultant on Pikwik Pack (Disney); and the Supervising Producer for the Emmy award-winning Wonder Pets! (Nick Jr.) During his 11 years at Walt Disney Feature Animation, Tone contributed to blockbuster films including The Lion King, Pocahontas, Tarzan, and Toy Story, among others. He has produced animated projects for Mattel, Nickelodeon, PBS, and SyFy Channel and has animated segments for Sesame Street. Tone is a former advisory board member of the Fred Rogers Center and the Co-Creator/Co-Executive producer of the CSA award-winning series The Adventures of Napkin Man!