- Director of Strategic Partnerships
lkay@nlprod.comLiz serves as Director of Strategic Partnerships for Northern Light Productions with a focus on corporate business and alliance building, continuing a strong career in relationship marketing, business development, and strategic partnerships across multiple business sectors. Liz has held numerous board and leadership roles with the Healthcare Businesswoman’s Association while expanding the association's national and international footprint. In this capacity, she has teamed with others to develop executive level leadership programming for women’s advancement and career development. Liz currently shares her time building a new Healthtech initiative focused on rare diseases, and working to save 13 acres of open land bracketed between ocean and bay on Boston’s south shore. - Marketing Manager
ccushing@nlprod.comCharlotte Cushing is the Marketing Manager for Northern Light Productions. Before joining the team, she worked as an award-winning video journalist and producer, with extensive experience producing news stories and developing educational content. Her work has been published by the Washington Post, Vox Media, PBS and more. She holds a BS in Visual Journalism from the University of Miami. - Production Accountant
nkronenberg@nlprod.comNicky has been Northern Light's Bookkeeper since 2001. She's worked in financial administration with various small businesses—both private and public companies—including ten years in law and several years in real estate investment. Adept at bringing her accounting and related business administration skills to multi-faceted small business environments, Nicky especially appreciates the challenges of working with a staff of creative, collaborative professionals in Northern Light's always-changing production environment. - Accounting Assistant
kpierre@nlprod.comKarene Pierre is Northern Light’s Assistant Bookkepper and helps the finance department run smoothly by taking care of accounts payable. She has over twenty years of experience in finance, mainly with small non-profit companies. Karene has a BA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and an MA from Cambridge College. In her free time, she loves to travel and go on pilgrimages, especially to the Holy Land, Italy, Africa, and Asia. - Principal, Creative Director
tlay@nlprod.comTim is Principal of Northern Light and Producer and Project Manager of many of the company’s award-winning signature films for museums, visitor centers and broadcast television. Many of his past projects have focused on interpreting science, technology, and natural history. Tim's credits include Message from the Mountain, a cinematic experience about the eruption of Mount St. Helens for the U.S. Forest Service Johnston Ridge Observatory, and Land to Life, the orientation film for the main visitor center at Yellowstone National Park, and the Mammals Hall at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. - Principal, Creative Director
akukura@nlprod.comAndrew Kukura is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and Principal/Creative Director of Northern Light Productions, where he has been producing both short and long-form films and interactive media for over twenty-five years. His recent documentary credits include producing and directing Revealed: The Hunt of Bin Laden, a two-hour History Channel special featuring interviews with Presidents Obama and Bush, Secretaries Clinton and Gates, and members of Seal Team Six, produced with the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. Other notable credits include The Dhamma Brothers, a theatrically released feature about the profound effect of Vipassana meditation on inmates in a maximum-security prison in Alabama, which won numerous awards and was featured as part of Oprah's Soul Series. Andrew has been Creative Director on multimillion-dollar media projects at museums and visitor centers including the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the Tennessee State Museum, and the Canadian Museum of History, among others. His work has been featured on NPR, PBS, The New York Times, OWN, History Channel, Hulu, and Netflix.
