Unscripted 8/5 Speaker Gallery

Propagate’s rapidly expanding production portfolio includes “Lore” for Amazon, “Charmed” for the CW, “Haunted” for Netflix, “In Search Of” for The History Channel, “Planet of the Apps” for Apple and the documentary miniseries “November 13: Attack on Paris” for Netflix. Before being promoted to her current position in 2018, San Vargas was Executive Vice President. Prior to joining Propagate, San Vargas served as Senior Vice President, Production for Pilgrim Studios, where she helped launch competition series “Top Shot” and oversaw “The Ultimate Fighter,” “American Chopper” and “Street Outlaws,” among others. Previously, she worked as a freelance producer on highly rated non-scripted series including “America’s Next Top Model,” “The Simple Life” and “Making the Band.” San Vargas has a B.A. in political science from the University of Southern California.

Mills and his group oversee production on “American Idol,” “The Bachelor” franchise, the long-running family favorite “AFV,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “Shark Tank,” “Dancing with the Stars,” “Match Game,” “The $100,000 Pyramid,” “Celebrity Family Feud,” as well as new series “Press Your Luck,” “Card Sharks,” “Holey Moley” and “Family Food Fight.” His role also includes oversight of network special events, including “American Music Awards,” “CMA Awards,” “CMA Fest,” “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,” “The Oscars®” and the upcoming live sitcom special, “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s ‘All in the Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons.’”

Prior to joining ABC’s Alternative department in 2003, Mills began his career as an assistant in the Alternative department at CAA. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stonehill College and a Master of Fine Arts in film from Loyola Marymount University. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.

As a member of Endeavor Content’s senior leadership team, Mrs. Kennerly works directly with creative, production, sales, and finance teams to provide business advice and strategic insight related to the development, production, and distribution of a variety of non-scripted productions (e.g. documentaries, reality programming, award shows, live events, talk shows, game shows, etc.). Mrs. Kennerly is a trusted leader who serves on Endeavor Content’s Inclusion Audit Committee.  She is a proven television executive, business strategist, dealmaker, relationship-builder, negotiator, diversity & inclusion specialist, philanthropist, and community advocate.

Prior to joining Endeavor, Mrs. Kennerly worked at Google (initially as Head of Strategic Partner Development on the New Business Development team within Google’s Global Partnerships division) as Global Head of Partnerships & Outreach on Google’s Employee Engagement team reporting directly to Google’s Chief Diversity Officer.

Mrs. Kennerly acquired extensive legal and business experience in the entertainment field at a variety of law firms and entertainment companies including Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP and Pryor Cashman, Sherman, and Flynn (as a litigator) and 360HipHop.com, BET.com, Arista Records, VH1/MTV Networks, and truTV/Turner Broadcasting System (transactionally). As an executive at these companies, her primary duties were to advise, counsel, and consult with her creative colleagues on a variety of development and business affairs matters; as well as cultivate and maintain extensive relationships with talent agencies, record labels, television studios, production companies, entertainment law firms, and talent.

Mrs. Kennerly is the author of the publication “Under Age, Under Contract, and Under-Protected: An Overview of the Administration & Regulation of Contracts With Minors in the Entertainment Industry in New York and California”. Columbia-VLA Journal of Law and the Arts, Vol. 20, No-3, Spring 1996.

Mrs. Kennerly was a Presidential Scholar at Hampton University, graduating with Highest Honors and earning her Bachelor of Arts in Mass Media /Communications. She received her Juris Doctorate from Columbia Law School and was named a Susan Price Carr Scholar.

Mrs. Kennerly was selected Turner Broadcasting System’s 2012 “Working Mother of the Year”, as awarded by Working Mother Magazine, and served as co-chair of Black Professionals at Turner. She is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the “Emmys”), Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and Planned Parenthood of Greater New York’s (PPGNY) Regional Leadership Council and the PPGNY Equity Committee. Mrs. Kennerly serves as a board member of The Dance Theatre of Harlem, Legal Outreach, Inc., and Kicked It In Heels. In recognition of her significant philanthropic contributions, the state of New York named September 16, 2017 as “Erika Munro Kennerly Day.”  

Groom has been an integral part of the NBCUniversal family for 15 years, during which time she has ushered in and molded countless projects including some of the network’s top-rated and most valuable properties. She helped develop NBC’s hit songwriting competition format, “Songland,” last summer’s biggest premiere, “Bring the Funny,” as well “The Titan Games,” with Dwayne Johnson, and “America’s Got Talent: The Champions.” Aside from spearheading and championing the development of new programming, Groom also oversees the robust portfolio of existing franchises, including “America’s Got Talent,” “American Ninja Warrior,” “Ellen’s Game of Games” and “The Voice.”

A Texas native and graduate of the University of Texas’ film and television program, Groom began her career at NBC through the page program.  She is married and has three children.

Caprio also executive produced the groundbreaking OWN documentaries Lindsay, and Michael Sam, and produced the documentary features Wolfman’s Got Nards and The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story, which premiered at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival. As a producer, he has earned two Ovation Awards, which honor excellence in theater in Southern California.

Prior to Pilgrim, Caprio was executive vice president of Gay Rosenthal Productions. He also previously served as vice president of production for Oxygen Media, and director of West Coast production for VH1.  Additional credits include Behind the Music for VH1, TLC’s Little People Big World, Style’s Ruby, and OWN’s The Judds and Why Not with Shania Twain.

He also represents traditional entertainment and digital media companies, technology companies, early stage investors, and all varieties of brand-driven enterprises, in financings, mergers and acquisitions, licensing, and other general business transactions.

In the area of emerging media, Scott represents investors, venture capital funds, and emerging growth companies in financing transactions. Scott also represents top digital media content creators, digital media studios, YouTube Networks, and other new technology companies in a wide variety of matters including acquisitions, production, clearance, and general business matters.

Scott was featured in Variety’s 2014 Legal Impact Report and is a 2017 Super Lawyer®. Scott is a professor of entertainment law at King Hall law school, U.C, Davis and he serves on the board of directors of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society (HRTS).