Gabriel Brakin is Chief Operating Officer of Participant and oversees company-wide business operations, deal making, corporate and legal affairs, and is responsible for the integration and operationalization of Participant’s content and impact strategy. Participant produces annually up to six narrative feature films, five documentary films, three episodic television series, and more than 30 hours of digital short form programming, through its digital subsidiary SoulPancake—all aimed at entertainment that inspires social awareness and engaging audiences to participate in positive social change.  Prior to Participant, Brakin was an entertainment and media transactions attorney in the Century City office of O’Melveny & Myers LLP. Brakin holds a J.D. from the UCLA School of Law, and B.A. in Political Science from UCLA.