Board of Directors

Donick Cary 
President

Emmy-winning writer and producer Donick Cary got his start writing for “Late Night with David Letterman.” He continued working with the show through its move to CBS, serving as both head writer and the “guy in the bear suit.” After five years in late night, Cary moved to “The Simpsons,” where he served as a co-executive producer for four seasons. He later spent a season in the same capacity on NBC’s “Just Shoot Me” and HBO’s “Bored to Death.” Cary has produced pilots for and developed with: Brillstein Grey, Sony Television, Happy Madison, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, FX, HBO, the WB and Nickelodeon. In 2004 Donick created the animated series “Lil’ Bush” for Amp'd Mobile network. The show was then picked up by Comedy Central and became the first mobi/web-series ever to move from mobile phones to television. To handle the animation Donick co-founded Sugarshack Animation with offices in Los Angeles, Miami, and Sofia, Bulgaria. Cary has served as Co-Executive Producer on Fox’s “New Girl” and is currently Co-EP on NBC's "Parks and Recreation" and also directing a feature documentary entitled “Bad Trip” (a comic exploration of tripping) for Red Hour films. Cary grew up on Nantucket, graduating from Nantucket High School in 1986.

Meg Ruley 
Vice President

Meg grew up on Nantucket Island and was a classmate of founding MUSACK directors Donick Cary and Alex Stancioff. After graduating from Nantucket High School, Meg attended Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA and earned an MBA from Hood College in Frederick Maryland. Working in college admissions for over 10 years, Meg held several positions including the Director of Admissions of Emmanuel College in Boston, MA. After leaving higher education, Meg worked as a project manager for Investors Bank and Trust (now part of State Street Bank). In 2003 Meg returned to Nantucket fulltime and is a real estate broker at Atlantic East Nantucket Real Estate. Meg has served on the board of the Nantucket Education Trust, and was co-founder of the Parent Network at Small Friends on Nantucket. In addition to MUSACK, Meg volunteers for the Nantucket Lighthouse School. 

Alex Stancioff 
Treasurer

Alex is the co-founder and CEO of Shooger, a smartphone marketing automation platform. He is also co-founder of the digital animation studio SugarShack Animation, which he and Donick launched in 2006. SugarShack produced “Lil’ Bush”, the first mobile show to migrate backwards to primetime TV on Comedy Central. SugarShack employs some of the most talented and experienced artists stateside and abroad including Emmy Award winning writers and producers. They offer all phases of the animation process for projects of all size and scope, from animated videos for businesses and charities to full television series productions. Alex has an MBA with honors from Georgetown University, and an honors-free BA from Connecticut College. He lives in Miami with his wife Lissette and boys Julian and Daniel, and grew up on Nantucket with Meg and Donick.

Alison McKinnell King

Alison McKinnell King is Pro Bono Counsel at Kirkland & Ellis in their New York office. Prior to joining Kirkland, Alison was the Pro Bono Counsel at Arnold & Porter and at Kaye Scholer. She started her career as an associate in the Corporate/Finance Department at Kaye Scholer, was asked to be the Co-Chair of Kaye Scholer’s Pro Bono Committee as an associate, became Counsel at the firm, and then became the firm’s first Pro Bono Counsel. Alison was also the first Pro Bono Counsel at Arnold & Porter. Her experience as a cross-border securities lawyer and her pro bono work as counsel to nonprofits on governance issues allows her to have a unique perspective on transactional pro bono at a large international law firm. At each firm she has strong relationships with local and national legal services organizations and has developed experience in several areas of pro bono practice, such as representing charter schools, working with refugees and victims of human rights abuses, and tax-exempt organizations and micro-entrepreneurs. She has acted as the Co-Chair of the Pfizer Legal Alliance’s Pro Bono Committee, Treasurer and Board member for the Association of Pro Bono Counsel, and the Chair of the NY City Bar Association’s Pro Bono and Legal Services Committee.  She formed the City Bar’s Task Force on the Civil Right to Counsel, which she Co-Chairs with Professor Andrew Scherer. Alison is also on the Pro Bono Institute’s Defining Law Firm Pro Bono Working Group and the New York State Bar President’s Commission on Access to Justice.  She sits on the Board of Start Small, Think Big, and is the Secretary/Treasurer and Board member for Volunteers of Legal Service.