Steve Messere

The International Documentary Association is an organization that hosts a biennial gathering of filmmakers and industry professionals called "getting real". The non-profit company is based in Los Angeles, CA. The company also has a strand of in-depth profiles featuring production companies that make critically-acclaimed nonfiction film and media in innovative ways called "making a production". The IDA is dedicated to connecting audiences with the best of the documentary form, providing resources, creating community, and defending the rights and freedoms of documentary artists, activists, and journalists around the globe. The company believes that documentaries enrich and deepen our culture, fostering a more informed and connected world.

Corporate Rain International LLC provides sales outsourcing services. The firm specializes in arranging qualified business meetings with senior executives and financial decision makers at companies with whom the clients want to do business. The company was founded by Timothy W. Askew in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.