Kamala Avila-Salmon

Kamala Avila-Salmon is the first Head of Inclusive Content for the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, where she develops and implements diversity, equity and inclusion strategies to reflect a globally diverse audience in the studio’s film slate. She diversifies the powerful images and messages disseminated by Hollywood. As an outspoken voice on issues of race, racism and anti-Blackness, she has written several Medium articles on DEI in the entertainment industry, and hosted the podcast, “From Woke to Work: The Anti-Racist Journey.” After earning her BA and MBA from Harvard, she worked at Bad Boy, Universal Pictures, Google, and Facebook, leading marketing campaigns for major talent such as Janelle Monae and hit shows including "The Voice" and "Red Table Talk."