Meet the team
Seed&Spark is a crowdfunding platform for the storytellers who create cultural change. We curate and deliver those stories to enterprises to build more equitable and innovative workplace cultures through our sister platform, Film Forward. Our values shape everything we do.
We’ve got a small but passionate team of smart, creative and purpose-driven experts working hard to connect people through stories that matter. And we're distributed all over the country!
Emily Best
Founder • CEO
Clay Pruitt
Director of Programming, Film Forward
Meghan Ross
Head of Creator Success
April Abeyta
Chief Operating Officer
Eric Erhardt
Head of Product
Spencer Barros
Director of Facilitation, Equity & Inclusion
Cameron French
Customer Success Specialist
Alyssa Nambiar
Operations Manager
Gabriella Bottoni
Creator Success Specialist
Mike Morin
Customer Support Manager
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creative action board
Mark Duplass
Writer, Director, Actor, Producer
Erika Alexander
Writer, Director, Actor, Producer
Janina Gavankar
Writer, Director, Actor, Producer
Emily Gordon
Writer, Producer
Jeff Yang
Journalist, Author, Producer, Podcaster
Lisa Cunningham
Director, Producer
equity & inclusion advisory board
Alexis Gonzales-Black
Org Design Practice Lead, August Public Inc.
Aubrey Blanche
Director of Equitable Design, Product & People, Culture Amp
Lisa Magill
Co-Founder & COO, Aleria
Michael Baptiste
Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Metro Atlanta Chamber
Valerie Williams
Founder, Converge Firm
Kristy Tilman
Head of Global Experience Design, Slack
Wendy Garcia
Head of Global Experience Design, NYC Comptroller’s Office
Virginia Bauman
Owner, Scale.us, Cuties
Nicole Sanchez
Founder and CEO, Vaya Consulting
Andy Riemer
Principal, Sideporch
Lara McLeod
Head of Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion for Axon