Our Leadership Team

We’re a group of storytellers, climate experts, journalists, artists, researchers, and writers who have worked on hit shows and films and understand the human side of climate change.

A huge thanks to the village of collaborators that raised the Good Energy Playbook! See the full list of credits here.

Anna Jane Joyner

She/Her

CEO, Founder, VP of Story Consulting

Bill Lischak

He/Him

COO, VP of Industry Relations

Bruno Olmedo Quiroga

he/him, they/them

VP of Strategy

Carmiel Banasky

She/Her

VP of Editorial and Learning Initiatives

EJ Baker

they/them

VP of Design

Our Board

A collection of artists, writers, advocates, and climate experts, our team is dedicated to Good Energy’s mission: creating an abundance of stories in TV & films that inspire humanity to face the climate crisis with creativity and courage.

Melissa Benjamin

she/her/hers

Lindsay Firestone

she/her/hers

Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin

she/her/hers

Mary Anne Hitt

she/her/hers

Tamara Toles O'Laughlin

she/her/hers

Melissa Sun

she/her/hers
Portrait of Elizabeth Voorhees

Elizabeth Voorhees

she/her

Our Advisors

Good Energy’s Advisory Council is a network of climate and entertainment industry leaders who support our mission of bringing a new, creative, climate-informed lens to scripted television and film.

Ariela Barer

she/her

Actor, Writer, Producer

Willow Bay

she/her

Dean, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

Scott Z. Burns

he/him

Writer/Director/Producer

Zoanne Clack

she/her

Co-showrunner and Executive Producer

Kristy Drutman

she/her

Founder, Browngirl Green

Quinn Emmett

he/him

Founder/writer/host: Important, Not Important

Kate Folb

she/her

Director, USC Norman Lear Center, Hollywood, Health & Society

Wawa Gatheru

she/her

Founder of Black Girl Environmentalist

Katharine Hayhoe

she/her

Katharine Hayhoe, Distinguished Professor, Texas Tech University and Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy

Isaias Hernandez

he/him

Environmental Educator & Climate Media, QueerBrownVegan

René Jones

she/her

Chief of Social Impact, UTA

Peter Kalmus

he/him

Climate Scientist

Daniel Kwan

he/him

Filmmaker

Lyn Davis Lear

she/her

Producer/Activist

Kate Marvel

she/her

Climate Scientist

Pat Mitchell

she/her

CoFounder/Managing Partner of ConnectedWomenLeaders Forums and CoFounder/Editorial Director at TEDWomen

Katherine Oliver

she/her

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Jeff Orlowski-Yang

he/him

Co-founder and President, Exposure Labs

Andrew Reich

he/him

Writer/Showrunner

Favianna Rodriguez

she/her

President of the Center of Cultural Power, Artist

Scott Shigeoka

He/Him, They/Them

Good Energy Senior Advisor and Author of Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life And Change The World

Adam Umhoefer

he/him

CAA Foundation Executive

Britt Wray

she/her

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences of Stanford Medicine

Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr.

he/him

President & CEO, Hip Hop Caucus