Board of Advisors

Jack Canfield, Publishing Advisor Jack Canfield, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul and author of the best-selling book The Success Principles, jump-started his career with his mentor W. Clement Stone where he was taught fundamental success principles that he still operates from today. Over the years his association with individuals such as Janet Switzer, John Gray, Bob Proctor… and others led Jack to form a Master Mind group where these and other leaders can share philosophies and brainstorm new ideas. Jack has also been a featured guest on more than 1,000 radio and television programs some of which include: Oprah, 20/20, Inside Edition, The Today Show, Larry King Live, Fox and Friends, The CBS Evening News, The NBC Nightly News, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live!, PBS, QVC and many others

Van Jones, Strategic Advisor Van Jones is working to combine solutions to America’s two biggest problems: social inequality and environmental destruction. HUMAN RIGHTS CHAMPION: In 1996, Van and Diana Frappier co-founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, which is now headquartered in Oakland, California. Named for an unsung civil rights heroine, the Center promotes positive alternatives to violence and incarceration. In 2003, the Center’s “Books Not Bars” campaign helped block the construction of a costly and controversial “Super-Jail For Youth” near Oakland. Since that victory, Books Not Bars has helped reduce California’s overall youth prison population by more than 30 percent. In the aftermath of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, Van helped to found ColorOfChange.org, an online advocacy organization. With more than 100,000 members, Color Of Change is now the nation’s biggest e-advocacy organization tackling Black issues. AWARDS & HONORS: As an advocate for the toughest urban constituencies and causes, Van has won many honors. These include the 1998 Reebok International Human Rights Award, the international Ashoka Fellowship, selection as a World Economic Forum “Young Global Leader," and the Rockefeller Foundation “Next Generation Leadership" Fellowship. EMERGING GREEN LEADER: Over the past five years, Van has also emerged as a national environmental leader. In recent years, he has served on the boards of the National Apollo Alliance, Social Venture Network, Rainforest Action Network, Bioneers and Julia Butterfly Hill’s “Circle of Life” organization. In 2005, Van produced the “Social Equity Track” for the United Nations’ World Environment Day celebration. UNWED 2005 drew dozens of mayors from around the world to San Francisco, where they developed policies promoting the concept of “Green Cities.” “GREEN JOBS, NOT JAILS”: Van’s dual roles have given him a unique perspective on the country’s problems and its potential solutions. Under the slogan “green jobs, not jails,” Van Jones today is calling for green economic development in urban America. Van’s visionary efforts are already meeting with practical success. PRACTICAL SUCCESSES: In June 2007, the City of Oakland adopted a proposal from the Ella Baker Center and the Oakland Apollo Alliance to create a “Green Jobs Corps.” The Corps will train youth for eco-friendly “green-collar jobs.” Now the Center is working with the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) to create the country’s first-ever Green Enterprise Zone, to attract environmentally sound industry to Oakland. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP: At the national level, Van and the Ella Baker Center worked in 2007 with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA), U.S. Rep. John Tierney (D-MASS) to pass the Green Jobs Act of 2007. That path-breaking, historic legislation will provide $120 million in funding to train 35,000 people a year in “green-collar jobs.” Van is also a founder of a new national coalition that is promoting the idea of a national “Clean Energy Jobs Corps.” This multi-billion-dollar federal initiative would put hundreds of thousands of people to work rewiring and retrofitting the energy infrastructure of the United States. Like the Peace Corps for John F. Kennedy or Americorps for Bill Clinton, the Clean Energy Jobs Corps is designed to be a signature initiative for the next U.S. president. “GREEN FOR ALL”: And in the summer of 2007, Van helped launch two new initiatives. He is a founding board member of One Sky, a national coalition working to avert catastrophic climate change. And he is also the founding president of Green For All, a national campaign for green-collar jobs and opportunities. A 1993 Yale Law graduate, Van is also a husband and father. Van is proud to champion some of the most hopeful solutions to America's toughest challenges.

Stacey Lawson, Marketing Advisor Ms. Lawson is a member of the faculty at UC Berkeley, a successful business executive, and a speaker in the field of “conscious business”, social enterprise and personal transformation. Ms. Lawson is co-founder of the Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at the University of California, Berkeley, where she is an Industry Fellow, Lecturer on entrepreneurship, and member of the Interdisciplinary Studies Committee on Entrepreneurship. Ms. Lawson also advises several high-tech companies and social ventures. She serves as executive chairman of Chelsey.Henry, Inc, is an active board member of Social Fusion, Dragonfly Media, and Feeding our Future. She sits on the board of advisors for CRG Research Group, Claremont Creek Ventures, and Caba Wellness. Previously, Ms. Lawson was Vice President and Division General Manager for Siebel Systems. As head of Siebel’s Employee Relationship Management (ERM) business unit, Ms. Lawson was responsible for executing all elements of the ERM business strategy, product development, marketing, sales and support activities, growing revenue from $5M to over $100M within 24 months. Prior to Siebel, Ms. Lawson held the role of Senior Vice President for Parametric Technology Corporation. Lawson was responsible for growing PTC’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) applications business from inception to over $280M in annual revenue and 1200 employees. During her tenure at PTC, Lawson was also head of marketing with responsibility for corporate strategy, corporate and product marketing, and e-commerce strategies. Prior to joining PTC, Ms. Lawson founded and was President of InPart, a venture-backed start-up delivering strategic sourcing solutions for the industrial marketplace. InPart was acquired by PTC in 1998. Before founding InPart, Ms. Lawson worked as a management consultant for Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group. Ms. Lawson has also held technical, marketing and program management positions with IBM Corporation. Ms. Lawson has been profiled in publications such as Forbes, BusinessWeek, InformationWeek, Harvard Business Review, The Financial Times and Selling Power Magazine, and was selected as one of Working Women Magazine's "Top 20 Women Under 30" in 1999. Ms. Lawson earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Washington and a master's degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School.

Lyn Bazzell, Truth and Authenticity Advisor Lyn Bazzell is passionate about people, possibilities, and bringing the two together. She is a well-respected and experienced leader, as well as a consultant who specializes in working with leaders to bring their visions into reality and creating organizations that support and inspire people. She is currently the host of the radio show Now We’re Talking – a program dedicated to bringing important conversations to life for the purpose of creating a better world for all. Currently Lyn is founder of Visionary Leadership Consulting and Host of Now We’re Talking, a Radio Talk Show in the San Francisco Bay Area From 1998-2006, Lyn was the Executive Director of The Gangaji Foundation, a Non-Profit Organization dedicated to world peace. She was a principal of Pfaelzer Communications, where directed the consulting firm in its mission of being dedicated to supporting organizational leaders in bringing their visions into reality. The company also specialized in implementing effective interpersonal communications systems and strategies within organizations that led to creating and sustaining innovative, results-oriented environments. Lyn was the Director of Sales and Marketing for The Michael Thomas Corporation in San Mateo, California. She was personally mentored by Michael Thomas, author of The E Myth. Currently Lyn holds a position on the Board of Directors, Ahuma Institute and is on the board of Advisors for This Sacred Space. Her past board of directors positions Include; The Gangaji Foundation; National Speakers Association, Northern California Chapter, National Society of Performance and Instruction, Wine Country Chapter. In 1992 Lyn received the Vendor of the Year Award from Fetzer Vineyards.

Neal Rogin, Creative Direction Advisor Neal Rogin is a multi-award winning writer and filmmaker whose work has reached millions of people around the world. Throughout his career he has demonstrated a unique ability to conceive and communicate ideas that move people to action and change the way they think. He scripted a film for Rock legend Sting and his Rainforest Foundation. The film, entitled “Burning Down Tomorrow,” was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Documentary Short Subject. He received a National Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Writing for “Spaceship Earth,” a half-hour television special that aired on the Disney Channel. He is also the co-author of several critically acclaimed books, including The Trimtab Factor, with Harold Willens (Wm. Morrow & Company, New York), The Owner's Manual for Your Life, and You Don't Have to Rehearse to Be Yourself, both with Stewart Emery (Doubleday, New York). Mr. Rogin also played a major role in the landmark “LIVE AID Concert for African Famine Relief,” as head writer and associate producer of the 16-hour global radio broadcast, and as creator of the program's key televised promotional theme, “Ending Hunger: Now that we can, we must.” LIVE AID, which reached more than 1.5 billion people in 160 countries around the world, was the largest broadcast event in history. He is Communications Director for The Pachamama Alliance, a nonprofit partnership between people from the modern world and indigenous people in the Amazon region of Ecuador, and is part of the development team that has created a day long Symposium presented by Pachamama, the purpose of which is to bring forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on this planet. Neal wrote, directed and produced a documentary film for the Alliance entitled “The Eagle and the Condor” which highlights the importance of merging ancient indigenous wisdom with our modern technological worldview. His latest film, “The Awakening Universe”, based upon the book, The Universe Story by Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry, explores how the New Cosmology is changing the very definition of what it means to be a person.

Bradley Rotter, Financial Advisor Bradley Rotter (51) was born in Iowa. He has been a speculator for his entire career and has extensive proprietary investment track record that spans most asset classes from commodities to satellites. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of AirPatrol Corporation, a swiftly growing wireless security company serving government and large enterprises. www.Airpatrolcorp.com. Bradley has been instrumental in engineering innovative financings for a broad range of public and private companies and has facilitated the placement of debt and equity, senior and subordinated financing facilities and securitizations. He was awarded the Private Deal of the Year Award by Investors Dealer's Digest for one such innovate structured finance transaction. Bradley has had 30 years experience in investing private and public equities for his own account. He has Chaired both public and private companies and served on numerous Boards of Directors. Bradley is the Mayor of Clarksville, Ca.

Gary Malkin, Creative Advisor Gary Malkin is an Emmy award-winning composer, producer performer, and public speaker dedicated to making a difference in the world by creating musical resources and events that inspire the heart and catalyze social and individual healing. He has enjoyed a successful twenty-five year career as a composer for film, television, and commercials under the umbrella of his music production company, Musaic (musaic.biz). An in-demand performer and public speaker, Gary is passionate about the universal role music can play as a messenger of an inclusive, secular spirituality. He is the co-creator of the acclaimed CD/giftbook, Graceful Passages, released by his life-enhancing media production company, Wisdom of the World, (wisdomoftheworld.com) which offers aesthetic ways to directly experience the world’s wisdom keepers to help us face our life transitions with more mindfulness and compassion. He is the founder, (along with music healing pioneer Michael Stillwater), of the non-profit organization, Companion Arts, (companionarts.org) dedicated to integrating greater humanism into our health care system through a care for the caregiver educational initiative, Care for the Journey. After serving as the Artistic Director for the Quest for Global Healing international conferences, (which featured Archbishop Desmond Tutu, among other Nobel Laureates), he was invited to co-produce a cross-cultural concert series along the Silk Road in China, in honor of the 2008 Olympiad. Through his performances, presentations and recordings, he is dedicated to using the power of music as potent tool for bridging differences between cultures - as well as for a healing integration of mind, body, spirit and heart.

Paul Barnett, Film & Distribution Advisor CEO Windline films A native of Donegal, Ireland, Paul has been acting, producing and directing since 1990. He produced and starred in the West Coast production of A NIGHT IN NOVEMBER by Marie Jones, which earned him a dramalogue award in 1996. He went on to write, produce and star in the feature film BLACK EYED DOG (1999) and co-produced and acted in TEKNOLUST (2001) starring Tilda Swinton. Other credits include: Director: The feature-length documentary Confessions of a Burning Man, his directorial debut (2004). Producer: Happily Ever After(2004) starring Jason Behr Executive Producer: Straight Outta Hunters Point (2004) www.windlinefilms.com