Amy Baker
CEO AND CO-FOUNDER
As CEO of WINSTON | BAKER, Amy Baker oversees the company’s global strategic planning, business development and vendor relationships. Amy Co-Founded the FILM FINANCE FORUM® in 2008, which provides the leading series of events dedicated to bringing seasoned finance and entertainment executives together from around the globe. Winston Baker is a renowned leader in the entertainment industry, known for curating content and organizing Forums worldwide. Amy has successfully organized sold out conferences, film festival programming and private events across the United States, Europe, Saudi Arabia, China, Pacific Asia and Latin America, along with a lineup of exciting virtual programs.
Prior to establishing Winston/Baker, she was at SRI which was acquired by ALM. At ALM, as Vice President of Business Development, Amy provided finance executives and marketers with targeted channels for reaching decision-makers within the legal, entertainment, healthcare, sports and tech sectors. In her previous position, Director of Business Development at RPMC, she worked with entertainment, music, and sports companies, creating event marketing programs, travel incentive services, sweepstakes, and media promotions.
Amy lived for many years in Europe, while working as a professional Model before receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with Honors from New York University. Amy proudly sits on the National Board of Advisors for the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida since 2018. She has recently started producing and developing projects for Film and Television.
Katie Witkowski
Director of Operations
Katie joined Winston Baker as a volunteer for their TIFF event in 2018, and assisted at their UK Summit in 2019. After discovering an interest in curating educational entertainment finance events, she joined the team as an Assistant Producer in 2020. Now, in her current role as Director of Operations, she assists in creating a cohesive and topical program, finding prospective speakers and sponsors, acting as the liaison between Winston Baker and tech teams on site, email and social media management and more.
Katie graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature, and obtained a Masters of Fine Arts in Acting from the East 15 Drama School (London, UK).