OUR TEAM
WILL STOLLER-LEE
Co-Founder / Executive Director
Will Stoller-Lee was part of the planning team that visited the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 to explore the possibility of offering a course for credit in conjunction with the festival. A year later the first Windrider Forum was launched with 40 students from Fuller Theological Seminary and Biola University. Now in it’s ninth year, the Windrider Fourm at Sundance has grown to become a one-of-a kind immersive educational experience and the largest ticket purchasing block at the festival. This past year more than 120 students, faculty, staff, alumni, and guests attended the festival including students from Fuller, Biola, Taylor University, BYU, Pt. Loma University, Northwestern College, and the Los Angeles Film Studies Center.
In 2005, Will was the catalyst for a regional forum held as part of the Colorado College Summer Festival of the Arts. And, he has helped to launch Windrider Forum events in the Bay Area, the Northwest, at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Heartland Film Festival. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Windrider Forum.
Will has been the Director of Fuller Theological Seminary’s regional campus in Colorado Springs since 1995 when the local program was launched. Fuller is a multi-denominational seminary with a campus in Pasadena and six regional campuses (in Seattle, Phoenix, Northern and Southern California, Houston, and Colorado Springs). Fuller’s regional campus in Colorado offers coursework year-round for students and coordinates several ministry partnerships including Young Life and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. As Fuller’s Director, Will has devoted a great deal of time on community events that take an honest look at themes of spirituality and religious faith which promote respect and understanding. In 2008, he received the “Dove of Peace” award for his community work on interfaith dialogue from the Center for Christian-Jewish Dialogue.
Will has been married for 26 years. He and his wife, Anne, have two grown children. He is a graduate of Colorado College (B.A. in History, ’79), and Fuller Seminary (M.A. in Theology, ’93).
JOHN PRIDDY
CEO, Co-Founder
A successful entrepreneur and Peabody award winning film producer, John is a leader in the creation and expansion of entrepreneurial companies and development of private and non-profit enterprises. As the Chairman of The Priddy Group, He is responsible for the development of the global strategy and network. He sits on several Boards of Directors and is a Member of the U.S. Department of State’s International Council on Business Leadership Subcommittee on Access to Markets, serves on the Advisory Board for the John Templeton Foundation Communications and Public Engagement department and serves as the Chair of PR and Marketing for WEConnect International. He is also the Co-Founder of Full Circle Exchange,an innovative social enterprise dedicated to empowering women by focusing on poverty reduction through job creation, improved incomes, and access to global markets.
Along with his brother Ed, John is an executive producer of award-winning documentaries including Hilla Medalia’s After The Storm, Medalia’s Peabody Award winning To Die in Jerusalem, Heather Rae’s Showtime feature, Family:The First Circle, Laura Waters-Hinsons As We Forgive and Dog Day’s, Doug Block’s critically acclaimed 51 Birch Street and Dani Menkin’s Academy short listed 39 Pounds of Love. Other films include Craig Detweiler and John Marks’ cult hit, Purple State of Mind and Michael Hoffman’s Out of the Blue.
John lives in Boise Idaho with Terri, his wife of 34 years, and the couple has four grown children. John has a Masters of Arts in Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary where he was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2012 and has B.S in Business Administration from the University of Colorado.
ED PRIDDY
Co Founder
Ed Priddy along with his brother John and Mark are founding partners of The Priddy Group.
The company believes strongly in the long-term economic viability of the private sector that is reflected in a solid track record of forging partnerships among non-profit, educational, government, and private business entities. The results of these collaborative efforts speak for themselves: socially conscious business ventures, profitable enterprises, quality employment opportunities, reduced risk factors, and increasing rewards for all stakeholders.
Ed, along with his brother John, were instrumental in launching the Windrider Forum (at Sundance Film Festival 2005) where lively, creative workshops, screenings and discussions allow both cutting-edge graduate and undergraduate film students to interact with the year’s top film projects.
Staunch supporters of young filmmakers, the Priddys’ are long-time sponsors of the Angelus Student Film Awards (rated by MovieMaker magazine as America’s premiere student film festival) and creators of the Triumph Award, given annually to a live-action film that best represents the spirit of redemption—hope, transformation and perseverance.
The Priddys’ interest in film and its impact on the culture led to their becoming executive producers of award-winning documentaries including Hilla Medalia’s “After the Storm”, Medalia’s Peabody Award-Winning “To Die in Jerusalem,” Laura Waters-Hinson’s Academy Award-Winning, “As We Forgive,” Doug Block’s critically acclaimed “51 Birch Street” and Dani Menkin’s Academy short listed “39 Pounds of Love.”
Other films include Craig Detweiler’s and John Marks’ cult hit, “Purple State of Mind” and Michael Hoffman’s “Out of the Blue.”
A lifelong entrepreneur, Ed has a degree in finance from the University of Colorado and has co-founded several successful companies.
PEGGY RUPPLE
Windrider at Sundance Associate Producer
Peggy Rupple’s passion for media began with her extensive background working alongside her husband in stage, radio and television production. She currently partners with him as Associate Director at Seriously Funny Entertainment developing comedy projects for film and television. In the interim years, she served from 1993-2000 as Account Coordinator for Parfums Givenchy, managing three of the largest retail accounts in the Western Region and from 2000-2002 as a corporate trainer for Lauren Anderson Associates; a consulting firm for cosmetic and luxury good companies.
Peggy’s love for media and training merged in 2003 with her position as Manager of Special Projects at Biola University’s Cinema and Media Arts Department in La Mirada, CA. Under her direction, the annual Biola Media Conference, held at CBS Studios, became the largest national conference for Christian media professionals working in mainstream Hollywood media. As an adjunct instructor, Peggy pioneered a world-class Internship program, directed the Biola Sundance off-campus program and led the Biola Media Seminar Course. Her PR role in designing department websites, cultivating industry mentors, and raising support as the Program Coordinator for the $3 million Capital Campaign effort resulting in the 2009 CMA Production Center completion,
advanced the film program’s profile and student opportunities up until 2011.
In 2012, having been an integral member of the Windrider Forum program since it launched in 2004, Peggy confidently stepped into the role of Associate Producer for the Windrider Forum. She looks forward to continuing her investment into the next generation of film, ministry and media makers through expanded partnerships, immersive forums and weekly Windrider online film screenings.
Married to Dan for 35 years, Peggy is a proud mom to three cherished children (Nathan, Justin and Lauren) and their spouses, and has fallen hopelessly in love with her new role as grandmother to 4 grandchildren.
MERITT SAWYER
Producer, Windrider Bay Area
Meritt Sawyer has been on the leadership team of Windrider-Bay Area since its inception after experiencing “the fabulous” Windrider-Sundance. With thirty years of experience in international nonprofit management, she has a particular love for global narratives shared through the power of film. Meritt is the Executive Director of the Paul Carlson Partnership that serves medical and micro-finance needs in The Democratic Republic of Congo. Prior to that she was the International Program Director for Langham Partnership International, Vice President of John Stott Ministries and the Co-Founder and Executive Director of FACT for leadership development in the developing world. Meritt has been personally active in a far-reaching series of local and global endeavors and currently sits on the boards of Fuller Theological Seminary, Able Works and Oasis. She is married to Steve, has three grown children and will unashamedly accept any donation of fair-trade dark chocolate.
TERRI BULLOCK
Director, Windrider Film Forum – Bay Area
Terri has been on the leadership team of Windrider Film Forum – Bay Area since its inception. She’s passionate about the arts as a powerful and creative vehicle to engage the community in thought-provoking issues. She’s been an active volunteer for UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, for her children’s schools and her church, has served on the board of the Menlo Park Atherton Education Foundation and sponsored Music@Menlo, an internationally acclaimed Chamber Music Festival, since it began in 2003. Previously, she worked for twenty years in wholesale banking and finance for Wells Fargo Bank, Chase Manhattan Bank and The Savant Group. Terri retired from the corporate world to raise her children and become a more involved philanthropist. She has a BA in English from the University of the Pacific, an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management and is a Certified and Licensed Financial Planner.
DAVID MANOUGIAN: Trustee
Currently the Founder and CEO of EGM Consulting, an enterprise focussed on helping companies energize, grow and manage their brand, business, customers and culture. David was a member of the original team that build and launched the Golf Channel and served as President and CEO for six years, where he spearheaded innovations in Golf Television from tournament coverage, biographies, reality series, news and instruction helped lead the company from inception to a valuation of over 2 billion dollars. David spent five years with Comcast Sportsnet, where he built and launched Comcast Sportsnet Northwest. A graduate of Portland State University, David has been married to Lori for over 23 years and the couple has one daughter, Emma. The Manougians make their home in Portland Oregon and Deer Lodge Montana.
MONIKA MORENO-LAPP
Senior Programmer
Monika Moreno has directed the ANGELUS STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL since 1998. Her exceptional programming skills and considerable passion for visual storytelling has made ANGELUS the #1 preferred student film festival worldwide among college and film school students. Her leadership has resulted in four consecutive Oscar nominations among Angelus winners and a litany of other prestigious recognitions. Monika regularly receives invitations worldwide to speak or participate on panels for young filmmakers on short filmmaking and writing the short film. She has moderated interviews for filmmakers and industry leaders in the international film circuit. Media appearances have included all network affiliates, local and international. Angelus events she has spearheaded include events in Italy, Czech Republic and England, in partnership with Peter Glenville Foundation and Windrider Forum. Her personal background in screenwriting has resulted in several optioned screenplays and awards, including first place in the 2011 Santa Catalina Film Festival, Blue Cat, HBO Montage. Other awards include UCLA Diane Thomas Award, Big Bear Film Festival and Long Beach Film Festival. She is currently developing the web series “Non-Prophets” for her production company, Moca Entertainment which creates branded entertainment and short form comedy-dramas for the web.
