Key Players
EMA prides itself on the entire list of
members. Key players on the board
and some other active advisors and
ambassadors include:
Disco
Donnie
and Liquid Todd
of SiriusXM have
been super sup-
porter founding
members.
On the board, EMA
is fortunate to have a
balance of representa-
tion within the industry
with Evan Bailey who is
the VP of Disco Donnie
Presents (an SFX com-
pany) as well as Alyx-
zander Bear from In-
somniac (a Live Nation
company).
Janine Jordan is
an EMA co-found-
er who spearheads
programs for EMA,
acts as the board
chair and EMA’s Ex-
ecutive Director, and
works closely with
Jen Adams, another
board member and
officer. Jen has her
own nonprofit LA-
HAF which offered
services during the
Haiti crisis. Jen Ad-
ams is currently de-
veloping with an-
other EMA partner,
an event model that
will bridge our com-
munity of electronic
music to the larger
surrounding
com-
munities and help
aid in the homeless-
ness crisis.
The board also includes, Kim Knight the CEO of BUDDY safety app
for festivals, Deepti Datt who represents EMA India and involved
EMA in a beautifully produced event in Goa called Vashundari in
2015, Julian Reyes the Executive Producer of Keyframe-Entertain-
ment who has involved EMA in many interesting projects that have
given us reach into different sub-demographics of festival cul-
ture including the documentary Electronic Awakening, Catherine
Geanuracos the COO of CityGrows who back in 2012 ran a “Spin
the Vote” campaign, Parag Bhandari CEO of UG Strategies who
is currently working on Electronic Music Awards, DJ IdeaL (pre-
vious manager of Spin Nightclub in San Diego) who appeared on
the San Diego local news speaking about the Ghostship tragedy,
Phu Styles a Celebrity Stylist and Branding Consultant who attends
events for EMA research, Syd Gris who is a known DJ in San Fran-
cisco, his company Opulent Productions, and his Burning Man
Camp Opulent Temple, Raymond Stone CEO of RaveReady.com
who implemented a strategy with suppliers to reduce packaging
and has always been good about sharing health and safety infor-
mation to RaveReady consumers via the RaveReady lifestyle blog,
Graham Penniman, a freelance marketing and production manag-
er who ran a company called Green Waves that brought silent dis-
cos and environmental activations to college campuses in Florida
and ran an activation for EMA at Sunset Music Festival in Tampa in
2014, Joseph Carringer also known as Table Syndicate an artivist
musician and didgeridoo sound healer, who previously founded
New England Holistic Association, Kimberly Roussel of Kitchen 24
a restaurant and catering company and previous club owner in L.A.
who has organized several fundraisers for EMA. Helpful advisors
have been Allan Gelbard (previous band member of Mutator) and
1st amendment rights attorney, David Loomstein (aka DJ Loomer)
of Cruz Coalition, Dr. Dina Perrone Criminal Justice professor at
CSULB, Missi Wooldridge previously of DanceSafe, Stefanie Jones
from DPA, and Joseph Petit now of Los Angeles Regional Reen-
try Partnership were of incredible help during the recent battle
we had with Los Angeles to keep electronic music events in the
county. The Crystal Method have been pivotal for us in modeling
the Play it FWD program as they have played many charity gigs
over the years for organizations such as The Sea Shepherds, Global
Green, Human Rights Campaign, to name a few. Ambassadors
hard at work have been Justin Olsen from L.A. who is organizing
the North Hollywood Art Walk, DJ Shar4 from New Hampshire
who has organized several community service action days under
our EMA Massive Action program as well as DJ Kimberly St. John
from San Diego and now Denver who has been organizing quar-
terly collection drives. For safety specifically, we are fortunate to
have good relations with DanceSafe founder Emanuel Sferios, Jo-
seph Pred of Mutual Aid Response Services (MARS 911), Terry Go-
tham who helped co-author an event safety quick tip guide EMA
published 3 years ago, and Amy Morrill who represents EMA at
many underground events and festivals with her Safer Raving by
Amy Raves harm reduction services.
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