Leanne K. Ferrer is the Executive Director for Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC). She joined PIC as Program Manager in 2008, was promoted to Program Director and then to Executive Director in 2013. She created PIC's first series for national public television, Pacific Heartbeat, which is now in its 8th season.  Leanne has over 30 years of experience in the film and television industry. She is an award-winning filmmaker who previously worked for PBS Hawaii, Disney Films, and 1013 Integrated, Hawaiʻi's longest running full-service production company. She is a previously PIC-funded producer whose film,  i scream, floats, and Sundays, broadcast nationally on PBS. Leanne was a 2017 Fellow in the National Arts Strategies, Chief Executive Program and is the Board President of Hawaiʻi Women in Filmmaking.