THE TEAM
Cathy Campo (Netflix)
Founder
Podcast Co-Host
Cathy Campo is an incoming MBA candidate at the Kellogg Northwestern School of Management. Currently, she works at Netflix in unscripted development and current programming. A former NBCUniversal Page and a Brown University graduate, she is passionate about mentoring others. In addition to founding The Hollywood Assistant, she mentors high schoolers through nonprofit Good City Mentors and undergraduates through Brown University's career lab. She is the Young Alumni Co-Chair for the Brown University Club of Los Angeles, and her writing has appeared in CNBC.com and E! Online.
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Articles
Podcast Co-Host: Episodes 1-6
-January 2024 - Present
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"Introducing... Your New Co-Editors-in-Chief" Interviewer -April 2024
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"One Year of the Hollywood Assistant"
-February 2024
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"Dear Hollywood Assistant, I Need More Money" -December 2023
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"Ask an Assistant" Interviews​
(Various, Feb 2023 - March 2024)
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"Ask a Former Assistant" Interviews
(Various, Feb 2023 - March 2024)
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Natalie Lifson (Buchwald)
Co-Editor-in-Chief - New York
Co-Head, Journalism Team
Natalie Lifson is an Executive Assistant and Agent Trainee at Buchwald, a JHRTS (Junior Hollywood Radio & Television Society) board member, a producer at The Aurelians Collective, and a graduate student in USC Gould School of Law's Entertainment Law certificate program.
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Natalie is a proud alum of New York University, where she studied Media at Steinhardt, Producing at Tisch, and the Business of Entertainment at Stern.
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Natalie has lived many different lives in the entertainment industry, having worked on Broadway, scripted and unscripted TV, film, comedy, podcasting, broadcast journalism, fashion, and more.
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Articles
"Hollywood Buzz" column
-March 2023 - Present
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Assistant Highlights -August 2024
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"Streaming Media NYC: A Conference About Disruption"
-June 2024
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"Ask a Recruiter: Resume (with Paul Tranchese)" -June 2024
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"Ronda Rousey - From Fighter to Screenwriter" -May 2024
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"What are NewFronts & Upfronts?"
- Roku Interview -May 2024
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"Ask a Recruiter: Interviewing (with Paul Tranchese)" -May 2024
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"Introducing... Your New Co-Editors-in-Chief" -April 2024
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"Hollywood Assistants: The Forgotten Casualties of the Strikes" -October 2024
-Featured in Business Insider
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Lucy Stover (More Medavoy Management)
Co-Editor-in-Chief - Los Angeles
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Articles
Introduction to "A Homonormative Hollywood" -July 2024
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Assistant Highlights -August 2024
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"The Disabled Assistant"
-May 2024
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"Introducing... Your New Co-Editors-in-Chief" -April 2024
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Regan Lavin (UTA)
Artistic Curator
Regan is an LA-based actor, writer, and director. She’s currently working as an assistant in TV Lit at UTA. Outside of work, Regan is writing and directing a short film with the Aurelians Collective. Before moving to LA, Regan attended Stanford where they studied culture, theatre, and film. Through her absurdist, intimate, witty work, she explores young women’s processes of finding themselves, particularly through experiences with artistry, forms of love, gendered expression of emotion, and questioning societal norms.
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As Artistic Curator of The Hollywood Assistant, each month she showcases 3-5 of your recent and upcoming artworks (be that short films, live performances, EPs, etc.) to get your voices out there!
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Articles
Assistant Highlights
-May 2024 - Present
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"WME Assistants Craft Feature Film"
-June 2024 - Present
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Matthew Threadgill
(Disney Branded Television)
Co-Head, Journalism Team (LA)
Matthew Threadgill is a burgeoning entertainment leader and aspiring development executive, currently serving as Development Assistant at Disney Branded Television. After graduating from Northwestern University with a degree in Theatre, Matthew began his professional career as an Assistant at Independent Artist Group.
His affinity for kids and family storytelling led him to Nickelodeon in 2023, where he served as Department Coordinator & Executive Assistant to the EVP of Noggin. Eager to broaden his understanding of storytelling, Matthew sees each day as an assistant as an exciting opportunity to soak up knowledge and build meaningful relationships. When he's not buried in a script or having a coffee chat, Matthew likes to spend time with his family and binge old clips from The Wendy Williams Show (a guilty pleasure).
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Articles
"Ask an Assistant" Interview with Audrey Henson -July 2024
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"Streaming Media NYC: A Conference About Disruption"
-June 2024
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"What are NewFronts & Upfronts?"
-May 2024​
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Alexa D'Ambrosio
Head of Social Media
Alexa works in music as a singer/songwriter. Previously, she worked at Hello Sunshine, editing & producing video content for the company’s social channels, helping to tell stories that put women at the center of the narrative. Alexa has also supported social media development for Mandy Gonzalez, who starred as Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton on Broadway. Alexa graduated from Brown University, with double majors in Modern Culture & Media, and Hispanic Studies. Alexa currently lives in NYC after being in LA for a year and a half.
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John Brahan (Hello Sunshine)
Podcast Co-Host & Editor
John Brahan works as an Executive Assistant in the Unscripted department at Hello Sunshine. Previously, he served as an EA on Season 3 of Amazon's "Making the Cut." John graduated from The University of Mississippi with a BA in Public Policy Leadership and a BFA in Theatre Arts. Initially, he left his home state of Mississippi and moved to LA to act, write plays, and work in restaurants. In his Acting Era, John portrayed Steve Harrington in Netflix and Secret Cinema's "Stranger Things: The Drive Into Experience" and also a dinosaur in Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum's production of "The Skin of Our Teeth." John hopes you never saw him do any improv. In his free time, John plays drums for various artists and groups including Lemondrop, Julianna Joy, and Blondonna.
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Articles
Podcasts Co-Host: Episodes 1-6
- January 2024 - Present
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"Ask an Assistant" Interviewee
- August 2023