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

Spencer Barros
Director of Curriculum & Facilitation

Martine McDonald
Director of Programming

Sav Rodgers
Marketing Director

Gabriella Bottoni
Creator Success Sr. Manager

Mike Morin
Customer Support Sr. Manager

Reginald Patterson
Account Executive

Cameron French
Customer Success Specialist

Rocco Garrison
Creator Success Specialist

Jessica Harris
Business Operations 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