The role of our Advisory Board
As a project of Community Partners, our Advisory Board takes on all of the responsibilities of a Governance Board. Operating under the umbrella of Community Partners’ 501c3 designation, their Board of Directors is the legal board of record for all of the 180+ projects that are part of that organization along with Wildwoods. Community Partners’ board does not directly engage with projects, provides no governance oversight, nor provides any financial support. All of those duties are performed by the individuals listed here. Wildwoods would not exist without their dedication and service.
Andra Brosh
Sara Mascall
Greg Mooradian​
Greg Mooradian is a thirty year veteran of the film industry and an Academy Member of the Executive branch, best known for producing the multi billion dollar Twilight franchise, the Percy Jackson franchise, and the Dungeons and Dragons film in 2023. He has held senior posts at Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox. His most recent position was President of Allspark Pictures, the film and tv arm of Hasbro. He currently works as an independent producer in television and film.
Greg is a lifelong Angeleno, born and raised in Hollywood, where he resides with his wife of twenty five years, his twenty one year old son, a junior at American University studying International Relations, and his Australian cattle dog, with whom he hikes in Griffith Park nearly every day.
Laura Newman
Laura Newman is the owner and operator of Honeybear Orchard, an organic & sustainable vineyard and stone fruit farm in Los Olivos, CA, and Lefty’s Coffee, a Certified B Corp coffee shop.
Laura also helms Newman Properties, a real estate holding and development company with a diverse portfolio.
She is also a licensed general contractor with over two decades of experience in addition to being a licensed psychotherapist focusing on couples and family therapy.
Her non-profit work includes being a founding board member of Brave Trails and Santa Ynez Valley Pride, and board member of the Relational Center.
Previously, Laura owned Artwares, a retail gallery showroom and was Head of Music Video Production at Limelight Productions after going to USC Film School.
Throughout her life, Laura has been passionate about social justice advocacy. In her spare time she enjoys caring for her garden of native plants, chickens, goats, donkeys, and 3 dogs.
Shehan De Silva​
Yvonne Leow
Yvonne Leow is the CEO and Founder of Bewilder, an outdoor education company based in Los Angeles. She was a graduate of REI’s Path Ahead Ventures accelerator and currently serves as vice chair on the board of California Outdoor Recreation Partnership. As a former journalist, she has worked for organizations like The Associated Press, Vox.com, and was a former John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University. She also served as a national president for the Asian American Journalists Association. She’s a proud UCLA Bruin and parent to her pup June.
Dwain Wilson​
Dwain’s passion for the outdoors began in the rolling hills of North Carolina where he grew up. That deep appreciation for nature evolved into decades of advocacy and work in outdoor and environmental education and led him to found Wildwoods in 2000.
Dwain holds a Master’s Degree in Education from Antioch University and has studied Field Biology, Environmental Education and Systems Theory, Environmental Ethics, and Child Development. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the California Environmental Education Foundation and is a past member of the Environmental Literacy Committee for the California Association of Science Educators.
Deep Roots Council
Our Deep Roots Council is made up of exemplary Advisory Board alumni who remain connected to Wildwoods and support the organization with their wisdom, insight, and guidance.
Paul Conney
Shehan De Silva
Michelle Dornfeld
Joseph Lightfoot
Jelani Odlum
