Kamala Avila-Salmon
2024-2025 Obama Foundation USA Leader
Head of Inclusive Content, Motion Picture Group, Lionsgate Entertainment
Los Angeles, California
Kamala Avila-Salmon is the head of inclusive content at Lionsgate Entertainment, where she helps drive creative, marketing, and business decisions to build a film slate that reflects a globally diverse audience and drives greater commercial success through inclusive storytelling. Kamala developed a pioneering framework for inclusive production, defining best-in-class representation, now embedded across all Lionsgate processes. As a result of her leadership, inclusion-related feedback is a key business criterion for studio investment decisions.
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