John Priddy

CEO & Co-founder, Windrider Institute

Entrepreneur and Peabody award-winning film producer, John Priddy has produced numerous web-series, short film content, and along with his brother Ed, is an executive producer of multiple award-winning feature documentaries. He is a co-founder of the Windrider Institute, a non-profit established in 2004 as a vehicle to promote the presentation and exploration of the human narrative through film and interactive media. Founded on the belief that stories are truly the “storehouses” of culture and that visual media, our culture’s principal form of storytelling, is the most critical, value-defining medium of our age, Windrider is known for its partnership with the Sundance Institute and renowned for its ability to utilize the medium of film to create conversations around the most important topics of our time. John lives in Boise, Idaho, with Terri, his wife of over 40 years, and the couple has four grown children. John has a Masters of Arts in Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary where he was awarded the Brehm Center Distinguished Alumni Award in 2012 and has a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Colorado.