+ Gary Sinise - Narrator

For over thirty years, Gary Sinise has stood as an advocate of America’s servicemen and women. It began in the early 80’s with his support of Vietnam veterans and continued into the 90’s in support of the Disabled American Veterans organization raising awareness and support for our wounded service members. Since the attacks of 9/11, his dedication to all those who protect our nation has become a tireless crusade of service and gratitude.

His portrayal of Lt. Dan Taylor in the landmark film Forrest Gump formed an enduring connection with servicemen and women throughout the military community. After several USO handshake tours, Sinise formed the “Lt. Dan Band” in 2003 and began touring to entertain our troops in early 2004. Over the years the band has performed hundreds of concerts on military bases and for charities and fundraisers supporting wounded heroes, Gold Star families, veterans and troops around the world.

In 2011, Sinise established the Gary Sinise Foundation to expand upon his individual efforts. He served as spokesperson to build the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial and raised funds for both the Pentagon Memorial in Washington, D.C. and the Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance in NYC. He serves on the Presidents Advisory Group for the Medal of Honor Foundation, as an honorary board member for TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) and Easter Seals (DC/MD/VA/), and as an advisory board member with Hope for the Warriors and the Medal of Honor Museum Foundation. In recognition of his humanitarian work, Sinise has earned many distinguished awards including the Sylvanus Thayer Award from the West Point Association of Graduates, the Bob Hope Award for Excellence in Entertainment from the Medal of Honor Society, the Spirit of the USO Award, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the Spirit of Hope Award by the Department of Defense and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Award from the National Defense Industrial Association. In 2008, George W. Bush presented him with the Presidential Citizens Medal, the second-highest civilian honor awarded to citizens for exemplary deeds performed in service of the nation. He is only the third actor ever to receive this honor. Sinise has been named an Honorary Chief Petty Officer by the U.S. Navy, an Honorary Marine by the United States Marine Corp, and an Honorary Battalion Chief by the Fire Department of New York.

+ Adrienne Hall - Director/Producer

Adrienne Hall is an Emmy Nominated, Webby and Grand Clio Award Winning filmmaker specializing in documentary storytelling.

Some notable projects that she has served as producer on include: Purple Mountains featuring Jeremy Jones, Katy Perry’s Witness Tour Documentary, Bump, Spike & The Pittsburgh Drug Trials (Espn 30 for 30 Shorts), The Discarded (Takepart). Adrienne started her career working with Louie Psihoyos and served as an Associate Producer on his Racing Extinction.

Adrienne has served as creative, supervising or line producer on countless branded docs and real people stories for some of the world’s largest companies and nonprofits. She has just served as producer on her first series in a covid world for Facebook Watch hosted by Tan France, shot with remote crews across two continents and in six US cities.

Adrienne's projects have taken her all over the world, having shot in more than thirty countries across five continents, on boats, underwater, from the sides of volcanoes, to villages on the Amazon River, and the African Bush. She is directing the upcoming feature film Into Flight Once More narrated by Gary Sinise about a squadron of 75+ year old airplanes who crossed the North Atlantic for the anniversary of DDay and the short El Cartel Cubano about post revolution Cuban film poster art.

+ Greg Gheorghiu - Editor

Greg is a documentary editor with wide-ranging experience with a knack for shaping stories hidden within footage. His work includes feature length biographies, short video portraits, scripted comedies, music videos, micro-budget action films, and stories featuring social justice, natural history, cultural investigations and live performance. He has also cut documentary-style commercials for Google, BMW, Nike, Salesforce, NFL, Dropbox, and Microsoft.

+ Joe Anderson - Executive Producer

Along with his wife, Mary Dewane, Joe Anderson founded Benovia in 2002 with the purchase of the legendary Cohn Vineyard, the oldest Pinot Noir vineyard in the Russian River Valley. Anderson bought the vineyard at the urging of Burt Williams, the co-founder of Williams- Selyem.

A graduate of Arizona State University, Anderson worked in Arizona state government for 17 years. While he was working in Arizona’s Department of Administration, he was tapped by the governor Bruce Babbitt, to address the state’s failing Medicaid system. Working with Dr. Donald F. Schaller, Anderson rebuilt Arizona’s health plan for the poor and created a new model of managed health care that cut costs while providing high quality care. They also extended coverage to pregnant women and children who lived below the federal poverty level. The AHCCCS program became a model for other states.

Community service has always been important to Anderson. His personal interest in serving the underserved and his talent for business found common ground when he and Dr. Schaller co-founded the consultancy Schaller Anderson in 1986. Based on their Medical, operational and financial expertise, Schaller Anderson developed care management systems for large employers, state Medicaid Programs and other organizations assuming risk for health care costs. Schaller Anderson became a huge success and was purchased by Aetna, one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits companies, in 2007.

Joe owns the World War II-era DC3 airplane called “The Spirit of Benovia.” Once an avid pilot, Joe served on the City of Phoenix Aviation Advisory Board from 2012 – 2013.

Joe has three children and seven grandchildren and he and Mary split their time between their home in Phoenix and their home in the heart of the Cohn Vineyard, just outside Healdsburg.

+ George McCrimlisk - Executive Producer

+ Eric Zipkin - Co-executive Producer

With over twenty years as a pilot, Eric is the founder of Tradewind Aviation. He began his aviation career as a charter sales representative for Westchester Air, eventually serving as a pilot, Director of Marketing and General Manager. Prior to aviation, Eric developed residential and commercial real estate in southern New York and founded a successful e-commerce business. Eric holds a B.S. in entrepreneurial management and economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate.

+ Gina Papabeis - Producer

Gina Papabeis is a Producer with a specialty in socially conscious, world-changing projects. She is Co-Producer of the documentary THE GAME CHANGERS, which tells the story of James Wilks as he travels the world on a quest to uncover the optimal diet for human performance. Currently in release, the film is directed by Oscar®-winner Louie Psihoyos and executive produced by James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan, Lewis Hamilton, Novak Djokovic, and Chris Paul.

Her work has reached hundreds of millions of people, creating tangible systemic and individual behavior change in the issues of dolphin captivity, the wildlife trade, climate and the perception of plant-based eating. Her wide-ranging impact and production experience influences each phase of the projects she produces, through creative development, production, post, distribution, audience engagement, and campaign execution.