IMPACT
ENTREPRENEUR
+ STRATEGIST
Driving deeper synergy between humanity, technology, & our planet.
Toward this aim, Amelia has —
+ Led the uncovering of the Indigenous roots of US Democracy in a multimedia campaign, movement building towards nature states, and declaring interdependence for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
+ Curated, designed, and facilitated 125 fellows from 32 countries and a global alliance across six working groups in a 12-day collaboration accelerator at sea tracing the transatlantic slave trade route during the 2024 election to address the world’s most pressing challenges.
+ Developed learning journeys for innovation teams to design as nature and to embed inclusive principles across leadership teams at a top tech R&D company
+ Curated cross-sector listening sessions to end hunger and reduce chronic diseases by 2030 for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
+ Coalesced, mapped, and activated an ecosystem of 50+ partner organizations in 4 working groups over 3 years to envisage and implement a global sacred economics system
+ Innovated financial and legal systems to preserve the remaining 80% of biodiversity held in Indigenous territories alongside the Mother Earth Delegation of United Original Peoples
+ Programmed Esalen’s most subscribed retreat, and first hybrid digital/ /in-person offering on psychedelics
+ Funded climate emergency activists such as Extinction Rebellion and the Student Strikes with The Climate Emergency Fund
+ Helped to envisage USC’s Annenberg Innovation Lab fellowship program as a senior fellow
+ Curated an immersive installation exploring invasive species at Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art
+ Created a social impact agency to influence male, conservative-leaning millennials post 2016 election within Uproxx
+ Facilitated the first Lakota Black Hills reclamation proposal to the Federal Govt by unifying disparate factions in a four-year gathering
+ Influenced technology’s impact on politics, government & society through curation/production of the Personal Democracy Forum
+ Produced an impact initiative for Google on the importance of protecting the free & open web
+ Supported the Council on Foreign Relations communications in the wake of 9/11
+ Helped get Obama elected in 2008 in NYC & nearby swing states
+ Built an international environmental social justice venture with such partners as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, the first carbon sequestration company, & the Pine Ridge Treaty Council
Offerings
Impact Strategy
Creation/execution of comprehensive strategies for measurable impact on complex challenges
Project & Team Leadership
Proactive leadership, organization & execution. Comfort in high-visibility roles & ambassadorship
Development & Systems
Comprehensive assessment for bottom-line driven impact, & frameworks for long-term success
Coalition & Network Building
Landscape Mapping & mobilization of disparate stakeholders across sectors, factions, & cultures
Events & Experiences
Design, production, hosting, facilitation of conversation, & global leader/VIP management
Active Work
CO-STEWARD: Project Interdependence
What if the principles of ecological stewardship, equity, and justice we seek were in the roots of US Democracy all along?
Project Interdependence is a collective inquiry into the practice of interdependence. How can we practice interdependence in our political, economic and social systems as an antidote to the separation and hyper-individualism at the root of our current crises?
In The Past
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT: Climate Emergency Fund
Working along side founders Rory Kennedy, Aileen Getty and Trevor Neilson to fund individual activists and organizations dedicated to wake up the public to the threat of climate change and demand action from our leaders.
EXHIBITION CURATOR: Museum of Old and New Art
Curation of immersive installation in MONA for the experiential feast series and book launch of “Eat the Problem”; an art cookbook of invasive species aiming to turn flaws into features, shit into gold.
SENIOR FELLOW: USC Annenberg Innovation Lab
A multi-disciplinary, impact-oriented Think & Do Tank helping media and technology work for humans - not against us.
EXPERIENCE DESIGN: Psychedelic Integration at Esalen
A week-long, in-depth study of psychedelic research to transform human consciousness - personally and culturally - amidst a global eco-crisis with Michael Pollan, Rick Doblin, Stanislav Grof, and other pioneers.
IMPACT STRATEGIST: Uproxx
Founded social-impact creative agency to influence conservative-leaning millennial audience post-2016 election.
CO-FOUNDER: Black Hills Unity Concert
Creation of the first Federal Black Hills Reclamation Proposal by Unifying Seven Lakota councils and Disparate factions with four-year music festival & tribal leader gathering.
CO-FOUNDER: We The Data
Galvanized & mapped first multidisciplinary network & dialogue on the democratization of Big Data with Intel Innovation Labs & TED Fellows.