Creative Team
invented Autodesk 3ds Max, the world’s most popular 3D visual effects production system and is an award-winning filmmaker with unique expertise in the combined fields of computer imaging, filmmaking and immersive storytelling. He founded the WisdomVR Project in 2018 with Ram Dass as the inaugural subject.
is a filmmaker producing documentaries, VR films and multimedia stories that highlight pressing social and environmental issues. His award-winning projects have screened at film festivals around the world and have been featured on PBS, National Geographic, The Atlantic and the New York Times.
is a producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has spent the last five years creating critically acclaimed content across musical genres and artistic disciplines. A constant creative force James has composed music for a wide range of artists and artistic companies, from rappers and pop artists to dance and theatre companies, to scoring feature-length film scores.
Officers & Board of Directors
joins the inaugural WisdomVR Foundation board, bringing her time, talents, and a wealth of experience from a variety of leadership roles in the nonprofit sector. From fundraising to strategic planning to branding, Cheryl draws from her nonprofit experience (Mom-2-Mom, Montessori de Terra Linda Board of Trustees, Marin General Hospital Foundation), years in education as a Senior Administrator at Independent Schools throughout the Bay Area, years in the High Tech Software Industry (Autodesk, Baan Company) and the decade she ran her own catering/event management business.
For media inquires, contact Cheryl at cheryl@wisdomvr.org.
Foundation board member David Lawrence is a designer, producer, researcher and media artist with over 30 years of expertise in all aspects of digital media. His early work in the 1980s at Lucasfilm Ltd. includes pioneering research, design and production of innovative multimedia projects that launched the interactive digital world we take for granted today. He is an associate and co-founder of Public Matters, a multidisciplinary nonprofit with expertise in public art, education, new media, community building and youth leadership development, and is an advisory board member of Southern Exposure Gallery in San Francisco.
As Foundation Treasurer, Rebecca Tredway Ward brings a wealth of experience to the job of managing the 501(c)(3) nonprofit status of the WisdomVR Project Foundation. Her previous roles include Manager of Finance at the Walt Disney Company, Controller at Turner Broadcast System, Director of Finance at Autodesk Entertainment, Chief Operating Officer for Mental Images, Inc, and more recently co-founder of the Professional Independent Consultants of America.