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the Underground (Schine)
200 Waverly Ave
Syracuse, New York, 13210
United States

Ava Notkin

Ava Notkin graduated in the Fall of 2020 with a major in Marketing Management and a minor in English Literature and Creative Writing. While at university, she founded the TAMID business club, aided many short film productions, and was a tutor at local elementary schools for the Syracuse University Literacy Corps. After graduating she continued activism on campus by writing an article about Rape Culture for the Daily Orange and giving the key speech for the Body Exhibition event hosted by SASSE. Post-Grad, Ava worked with NBC Universal for the 2020 Summer Olympics and gained a notable following on Tiktok, empowering women and teaching about spirituality, as “The Flowerpoweress”. She currently works as a freelance Content Creator and Social Media Strategist for an international company while managing her own platforms. Ava’s biggest goal is to continue empowering women of all kinds through her professional and personal work.

Bob Boden

Emmy® Nominee Bob Boden's career in all forms of non-fiction and unscripted/ alternative TV programming has included senior management and production functions for a variety of television studios, networks and production companies. He is frequently acknowledged as an industry leader in the game and reality genres. Prior to his current role as Executive Vice President, Production & Development for Entertainment Studios and Executive Producer of the daily syndicated comedy celebrity game show Funny You Should Ask, Bob’s other production credits include executive producer of GSN's The Chase (for which he was nominated for an Emmy®), as well as four original series on the HUB family network and 19 series on FOX Reality Channel, and co-creating and executive producing the FOX prime time game show Greed. He also has senior credits on numerous docuseries, competition reality, talk, lifestyle, magazine, variety and hidden camera series and specials. His executive positions include SVP, Reality & Game Show Development for Hasbro Studios, SVP, Programming, Production and Development for FOX Reality Channel, SVP Programming for Game Show Network, SVP Production & Development for dick clark productions, VP Development and Production for FX Networks and VP, Daytime Programming for The Family Channel, as well as other positions at CBS, ABC and Paramount Television and consulting roles at Lionsgate, Fremantle Media, Sony Pictures TV International and many others. Bob was Governor of the Reality Programming peer group of the Television Academy for the past five years, as well as serving as Chair of the Primetime Awards Committee. He is an adjunct professor for the Los Angeles semester program of Syracuse University’s prestigious S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication, and co-founder of the National Archives of Game Show History, part of the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York. Bob graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors from UCLA, earning a Bachelor's Degree in Theatre Arts. He is a native of New York and currently lives with his family in Los Angeles.

Geena Matuson

Geena Matuson is a recent M.A. recipient from the Goldring Arts Journalism from S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 2019. She plans to utilize her lifelong education, both academic and experiential, to share information, ideas and tools to help people connect with themselves and be more human. She builds platforms, designs systems and creates processes to help people manage themselves from the inside out — sharing stories, research, and actionable steps to help you find personal fulfillment.

Krystol Austin

Krystol Austin is a Master of Architecture candidate at Syracuse university who's passionate about biophilia, climate change, mental accessibility, social justice, and forest therapy. She's most widely known for receiving first prize in Gensler's Rising Black Designer Tuition Scholarship + Design Challenge. She's passionate about people and spaces and plans to continue her career as a leader at Gensler's NY Community Studio

Nicki Cox

Nicki Cox is senior Broadcast and Digital Journalism student here at The S.I Newhouse School of Public Communications. In June of 2020 she created an Instagram page to share her passion for weightlifting while also speaking on the importance of mental health. Her goal is to teach young women about the importance of fostering healthy relationships between food and fitness

Shari Alyse

Shari delivers keynotes on joy and connection and is currently in development for an unscripted television show that will bring joy back into the homes and hearts of people everywhere. Shari’s gift has always been her ability to connect with her audiences whether on stage or television. She is a regularly featured guest expert on major media news networks (ABC, FOX, CBS, NBC) and has been featured in many publications such as Huffington Post, Thrive Global, and Medium to name a few. Her deep belief in the goodness of people and their potential makes her a highly sought after speaker and television personality. Visit www.ShariAlyse.com to book Shari to speak at your event or for your organization and be sure to follow her here: IG - @ShariAlyse TikTok - @thejoymagnet FB - @sharingwithshari

William Khabbaz

William is a junior at Syracuse University studying Public Relations with a minor in Art History. He have always had a curiosity to explore a more creative outlet for his life and writing has been his answer. He hopefully will be working in the Communications field promoting something he love.