Our Coalition

What is the World Building Council?

World Builders Institute (WBI) is centered around a large, multi-sector, volunteer coalition: the World Building Council.

 

Coalition members don’t have any legal responsibility for the organization, and there are no meetings. We only ask that members endorse this work by allowing us to publicly include their name as part of the World Building Council.

Optionally, members can:

Receive funding to contribute to the Wheel of Possibilities

Nominate writers and industry professionals to participate on Teams

Receive funding to participate in Retreats

Provide feedback or expertise during occasional conversations or emails

Make connections to their networks

Participate on commissioned Teams

Having a robust Coalition will enable WBI to:

Create programs based on expert input

Ensure the stories created are representative, engaging, and widely seen

Build a base of partners who can receive funding to participate in programs as Thought Leaders, Artists, or Industry Decision Makers 

Demonstrate the strong community support and far-reaching expertise needed for funding and distribution

Join the World Building Council

Thank you for your interest in WBI’s volunteer coalition, the World Building Council— one of six easy actions you can take to launch this world building movement!

 

Please use this form to endorse this change-making work with your name, and check any other participation options that interest you. Thank you!

Add Your Name to Make a World of Difference!

If you checked any of the bottom 3 options, we'll be in touch to set up a time to talk. Thank you!!

THANK YOU TO WBI’s FOUNDING COALITION MEMBERS

A huge shoutout of thanks to WBI’s founding World Building Council members! We have received the incredible gift of over 100-hours of one-on-one input from founding members of the coalition. To each and every one of you: your expertise has been invaluable to WBI’s program design during our start-up phase. Thank you! 

 

As we enter our Beta phase, we look forward to working with new or existing coalition members who would like to provide input for: the Wheel of Possibilities, our finalized branding, nominating & choosing the inaugural project Teams, and our press launch this fall!

Together we’re building a world of possibilities!

World Building Council Members

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Liz Duffy Adams

(she/they) 

Playwright

Laura Atkins

(she/they) 

Author, editor & founder of Manzanita Children’s Book Community

Skylar Adams

(she/they) 

Actor & Teaching Artist

Mary Baird

(she/her) 

Theatre Artist

Alice Bevan

(she/her) 

Tax Advisor

Jessica Bird Beza

(she/her)

Executive Artistic Director, Playwrights Foundation

James Carpenter

Theatre Artist

Paul Cello

(he/him)

Organizational Development Consultant & Theatre Artist

David Chen

(he/him)

Co-Founder, Critical Wit video games

Jodi Cobalt

Chief of Operations, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Kelsey Cole

(she/her)

Administrative Professional

Patricia Cotter

(she/her)

Writer

Christy Dena

(she/they)

Narrative Design Activist, Director at Universe Creation 101

Ann-Marie Dittmann

Dramaturg

Patrick Dooley

(he/him)

Artistic Director, Shotgun Players

Carolyn Doyle

(she/her)

Actor, Writer, & Advocate

E-L

Philip Farmer

Videographer

Michael Feldman

(he/him)

Dramaturg & Creator of Theatre & Policy Salon

Rosana Francescato

(she/her)

Communications Consultant

Patty Gallagher

(she/her)

Professor of Theatre Arts, UC Santa Cruz

Jerome Gentes

(he/him)

Executive Director, TigerBear Productions

Garret Jon Groenveld

Poet & Playwright

Scott Horstein

(he/him)

Dramaturg & Professor of Theatre Arts, Sonoma State University

Josh Kornbluth

(he/him)

Writer & Performer

Brady Lea

(she/her)

Teaching Artist

Michele Apriña Leavy

(she/her/ella)

Theatre Artist & Arts Educator at UC Davis

Liz Lisle

(she/her)

Theatre Managing Director 

Aaron Loeb

(he/him)

Game Executive, Designer, Playwright

Jane Loeb

(she/her)

Educational Psychologist and Professor

Peter Loeb

(he/him)

Mathematician

Karen Lovaas

(she/they)

College Professor

Catherine Luedtke

(she/they)

Theatre Artist

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Stacie Ma'a

President, Gerbode Foundation

Janine Macbeth

Publisher, Blood Orange Press

Jeff Mattas

(he/him) 

Co-Founder, Critical Wit video games

Kelly McCullough

Author & Elected Official

Laura McCullough

(she/her)

Professor of Physics & Elected Official

Susan McCully

(she/they)

Professor

Julia McNeal

(she/her)

Actor, Author, & Teacher

Christopher Morrison

(he/him)

Founder of Reality+, Writer, Narrative Designer

Amy Mueller

(she/her)

Independent Producer

Christen Muir

(she/her)

Performing artist, Office Admin, Mother, & Poet

Andrew Jordan Nance

(he/they)

Author & Founder of Mindful Arts San Francisco

Sumi Narendran

(she/her)

Actor

Julia Norton

Voiceover Actress

Michael Norton-Lindsay

(he/him)

Senior Software Engineer, HelloSign

Rebecca Novick

(she/her)

Theater director and arts consultant

O-R

Megan O'Lanen

Visual Artist

Doyle Ott

Dramaturg, Director, & Theatre Professor

Sierra Ott

(she/they)

Student and Literary Editor

Evelyn Jean Pine

(she/her)

Playwright/Librettist

Ben Pothecary

(he/him)

Joiner

Tiiu Rebane

(she/her)

Arts Administrator & Artist

Geetha Reddy

(she/her)

Writer

Ginny Reed

Theatre Director & Educator

Cathleen Riddley

(she/her)

Theatre Artist & ASL Interpreter

Kathy Roberts

(she/her)

Human Rights Attorney & Co-founder of Partners in Justice International

Stacy Ross

(she/they)

Actor

S-Z

Julie Saltzman Kellner

(she/her)

Nonprofit Finance Director

Diane Sampson

(she/her)

Playwright & Lyricist

M. Graham Smith

(he/him)

Director, Producer, Educator, & Dramaturg

Lauren Spencer

Community Thought Leader & Actor

Taage Storey

(he/they)

Writer & Narrative Designer

Tom Swift

Writer & Financial Advisor

Dave Toole

Social Capitalist

Panagiotis Tzannetakis

(he/they)

Consultant to Nonprofit Organizations

Tor Valenza

Author & Podcaster

Liam Vincent

(he/him)

Associate Lead Director, The Magic Theatre

Douglas Weissman

(he/him)

Storyteller

Maggie Whitaker

(they/them)

Costume Designer, Member USA829

Thank you!

With the power of stories, we're building the peaceful, equitable, sustainable world that's within our reach