Team

Board of Directors

Producing for the Planet is a not-for-profit society headquartered in B.C.
Marsha Newbery
Vancouver
Executive Director & Founder,
VP, Sustainability & Business Affairs, Thunderbird Entertainment
Andrew Williamson
Vancouver
Co-President, Cedar Island Films
Lori Massini
Vancouver
SVP, Business & Legal Affairs
Thunderbird Entertainment
Dina Appleton
Toronto
EVP Global Business & Legal Affairs
Cineflix Media
Karen Malone
Toronto
President and Founder, Littpark
Jennifer Sandoval
Vancouver
Impact Manager, Invictus Games

Staff

Marsha Newbery
Executive Director
Along with her role as founder and Executive Director, Marsha works as the VP of Sustainability & Business Affairs at Thunderbird Entertainment and holds a master's degree in communications from Simon Fraser University and a certificate in Business Sustainability Management from Cambridge University.
Angelica Siegel
Program Manager
Along with her work for Producing for the Planet, Angelica is also the Sustainable Communications Manager at Cream Productions. Angelica teaches a sustainable production training course with the DGC and has an MSc in Management, Economics, and Food Sustainability.
Sophie Camp
Coordinator
Sophie is a graduate of the University of Guelph with a degree in Environmental Sciences. She has worked with various Canadian independent producers in Ontario and BC to track carbon emissions using the albert, PEAR, and Watershed carbon calculators.

Advisors

Producing for the Planet actively engages with interest-holders and sustainability and media experts from the motion picture industry and beyond.
Tracey Friesen
Managing Vice President, CMPA-BC
Kristy O’Leary
President, Decade Impact
Clara George
Sustainable Production Advisor
Zena Harris
President, Green Spark Group
Carol Liao
Chair, Canada Climate Law Initiative
Shane Harker
Founder & President, Rethink Resource
Marcia Douglas
Executive Director, Bell Fund

Producer Steering committee

Our steering committee of Canadian independent production companies provides direction, feedback and guidance to ensure that we are serving the needs of independent producers.
Lori Massini
Thunderbird Entertainment
Donna Luke
Blue Ant Media
Max Wolfond
New Metric Media
Alex Jordan
Muse Entertainment
Jennifer Bol
9 Story Media
Andrew Williamson
Cedar Island Films
Jessica Shadlock
Boat Rocker Studios
Angelica Siegel
Cream Productions
Hana Mustapha
Cineflix Media
Louise Pollard
Shaftesbury
Kyle Irving
Eagle Vision
Chad Oakes
Nomadic Pictures
Josette D. Normandeau
Ideacom International
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