The Team



Producer- Founder 
Richard’s activism spans 57 years of volunteering and working for Peace, Conservation, Health, Music, and the Environment. With a BS in marketing and an MBA in Finance, he brings astute business acumen to his work. 
His experience spans over 45 years co-producing and managing large benefit concerts, including performances by artists such as Jackson Browne, Crosby Stills & Nash, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits, Annie De Franco, Pearl Jam, and Neil Young, which raised millions for the anti-nuclear power movement, the peace movement, breast cancer, and social and environmental justice. With his experience and passion in the for-profit world, he served as CFO for the PR agency PS Enterprises in the 1980s, which created the first curbside recycling program in Los Angeles. Other work included the Santa Monica Bay cleanup, California’s Zero Emission Vehicle mandate, EV1 marketing for GM, and encouraging utilities to use natural gas instead of coal. 
Served as COO of the non profits, TreePeople, Global Green USA, a national nonprofit & part of the international organization Green Cross, founded by President Gorbachev,  Kiss the Ground and Heal the Bay
Additionally, Richard has taught yoga for 19 years and practiced it for close to 30 years.
More than 15 years on the Boards of Amazon Watch (Chair); Heart of Yoga; (peace in the Middle East through yoga); Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs; (an umbrella organization with 300 projects and a $100,000,000 budget).
Currently CFO of a 400M startup to create biochar power plants to supply sustainable energy and sequester carbon.


Advisors
  • Shannon Berkely - Designer, Artist
  • Jerry Chang - Democracy Activist
  • Sebastian Copeland - Photographer, Artist, Climate Activist
  • Val Dillman - Actor, Dream workshop facilitator
  • Max Gail - Actor, Musician, Poet, Elder, and LAP organizer
  • Max Goldberg - Organic Promoter
  • Roger Kintz - Environmental Program Manager, California Environmental Protection Agency
  • ​​Jim Lew - Community Organizer, Elder
  • Wayne Marshall- Website developer
  • Katherine McClelland - Minister
  • Heather Mott - Advisor
  • Vinay Orekondy - bettertogetheramerica.org​​​​​​​
  • Jodie Skalla - Meditation Teacher, Spiritual Psychology Coach
  • Scott Vineberg - Community Organizer

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