ReFrame, a Hollywood inclusion program that boasts 50 industry leaders among its ranks, has set its sights on updating show business’ current hiring practices — i.e. its habit of employing mostly white men. According to Deadline, the initiative has put together a handbook “with numerous key proposals its organizers believe will help promulgate meaningful reform and diverse hiring practices in the film and TV businesses.”

One of the handbook’s recommendations is a sponsorship program that will see industry professionals mentor protégés at companies across Hollywood.

Speaking to Deadline, ReFrame organizer and “Bridesmaids” director Paul Feig touted the sponsorship program. “What I like about this is that it is very well researched and thought out, with real tangible steps that over time will help,” he said. Feig himself sponsored “SMILF” creator Frankie Shaw.

“What I like about [the sponsorship program] is that it is very well researched and thought out, with real tangible steps that over time will help,” “Bridesmaids” director and ReFrame organizer Paul Feig told Deadline. “The sponsorship of people to provide extra validation to create more diversity hiring, well, I have seen it work,” he said. “I mentored Frankie Shaw, and then it was time to tell someone this person was awesome, I told David Nevins at Showtime that she was the real deal. After ‘SMILF,’ the rest is history. This will take that sponsorship to a much bigger scale as people who are trusted in the industry vouch for those new voices who haven’t gotten a shot. It is a very practical thing we can do to help feed the pipeline.”

Companies including Netflix, Lionsgate, Showtime, TNT/TBS, Annapurna, PGA, and SAG-AFTRA “have stepped up to help lead the initiative,” Deadline writes. Others have expressed interest and are in the process of meeting with ReFrame.

ReFrame launched last year in partnership with Women In Film (WIF) and Sundance Institute with the goal of addressing Hollywood’s woman problem. It previously introduced the Culture Change Toolkit, a resource that advises companies on diverse hiring, and a stamp for movies and TV that signifies the project was made with a demonstrable effort at inclusive hiring.

“The industry’s deep-rooted business practices need to flex and bend to cultivate a marketplace for content that serves diverse audiences,” said WIF, LA prez and ReFrame Ambassador Cathy Schulman. “We are so encouraged that a first group of courageous leaders have come together as social activists to better serve the inclusive community, which will ultimately increase bottom lines across the industry.”

Find the full list of ReFrame Ambassadors below, courtesy of Deadline.

Adriana Alberghetti
Partner, WME

Stephanie Allain
Producer, Homegrown Pictures founder

Victoria Alonso
EVP Physical Production, Marvel Studios

Len Amato
President, HBO Films

Darla Anderson
Senior Producer, Pixar Animation Studios

Chris Andrews
Motion Picture Agent, CAA

Rowena Arguelles
Motion Picture Agent, CAA

Bonnie Arnold
Producer, Co-President of Feature Animation, DreamWorks Animation

Lorrie Bartlett
Partner, ICM Partners

Glen Basner
CEO, FilmNation Entertainment

Maria Bello
Actor, Producer and Author

Andrea Berloff
Film and TV Writer

Kristin Burr
President, Burr Productions

Gabrielle Carteris
President, SAG-AFTRA

Cindy Chupack
Writer and TV Producer

Harley Copen
Partner, Co-head of Motion Picture Literary, ICM Partners

Maha Dakhil
Agent, Motion Picture Literary Department, CAA

Mike De Luca
Producer, President of Michael De Luca Productions

Zanne Devine
Producer

Cassian Elwes
Producer, Founder of Elevated Entertainment

Erik Feig
Co-President, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group

Paul Feig
Director/Producer, Feigco Entertainment

Jane Fleming
Founding Partner/Producer of Court Five

Sid Ganis
Producer, Founder of Out of the Blue Entertainment, Former President of AMPAS

Liz Gateley
EVP, Head of Programming, Lifetime

Micah Green
Principal, 30West

Catherine Hardwicke
Director

Nina Jacobson
Producer, Color Force

Charles King
Founder and CEO of MACRO

Jenji Kohan
Writer/Producer, Tilted Productions

Sue Kroll
Producer, Warner Bros. Pictures

Franklin Leonard
Founder, Black List

Linda Lichter
Founding Partner, LGNAF

Debbie Liebling
Producer, President of Red Hour Films

Alix Madigan
Producer

Zola Mashariki
Producer

Glen Mazzara
Executive Producer, 44 Strong Productions

Hannah Minghella
President, TriStar Pictures

Ryan Murphy
Executive Producer/Director, Ryan Murphy Productions

Bruna Papandrea
Producer, Made Up Stories

Kimberly Peirce
Director

Lydia Dean Pilcher
Producer, Founder and CEO of Cine Mosaic/PGA

Gigi Pritzker
Founder, Madison Wells Media

Keri Putnam
Executive Director, Sundance Institute

Amy Retzinger
Partner, Verve

Howard Rodman
Writer/Producer

Rena Ronson
Partner/Head, Independent Film Group, UTA

Jennifer Salke
Head of Amazon

Michelle Satter
Director, Feature Film Program, Sundance Institute

Cathy Schulman
Producer, President of Welle Entertainment, Board President of Women In Film, LA

Stacy L. Smith, PhD
Director, Media, Diversity & Social Change Initiative at USC

Jill Soloway
Executive Producer/Director, Topple Productions

Mimi Steinbauer
President and CEO, Radiant Films International

Robin Swicord
Screenwriter

Betty Thomas
Actress/Director

Paula Wagner
Founder/Owner, Chestnut Ridge Productions