Dr. Patricia Danaher
The FOUNDER
Dr. Patricia Danaher is an award-winning Irish author, journalist, and mythologist whose work has taken her across four continents — from the newsrooms of Ireland, Japan, and Argentina to the cultural landscape of Los Angeles.
She holds a Journalism Degree, a Masters in Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology, a DA in Ecopsychology and the Humanities from Viridis Graduate Institute, and an iMBA from NYU Stern School of Business. She is the recipient of a Joseph Campbell Scholarship and a Nieman Fellow.
As West Coast Correspondent for The Sunday Tribune, Danaher spent nearly two decades immersed in the literary and cultural life of Los Angeles. She was elected to the Board of Harvardwood in 2013 to establish and run Harvardwood Publishing, and co-founded the Harvardwood Fiction Writers Group. She has edited two anthologies of poetry and short stories for Harvardwood Press, Seven Deadly Sins and Once Upon A Fairytale. Dr. Danaher had also been a juror on the Golden Globes for two decades and is a lifetime member of the Golden Globe Foundation.
Her debut memoir, At Home in the World, is forthcoming. She is also the founder of The Jizo Foundation, which works ritual and art to help those suffering the often unseen pain of early infant loss.
Board Member
John Bucher
John Bucher is a mythologist, storyteller, and writer based out of Los Angeles, California. He serves as Creative Director for the Joseph Campbell Foundation and is also an author, podcaster, and speaker. He has worked with government and cultural leaders around the world as well as culturally significant companies including HBO, DC Comics, The History Channel, A24 Films, Atlas Obscura, and The John Maxwell Leadership Foundation. He has served as a producer, consultant, and writer for numerous film, television, and Virtual Reality projects. He is the author of six books including the best-selling Storytelling for Virtual Reality, named by BookAuthority as one of the best storytelling books of all time. Disruptor named him one of the top 25 influencers in Virtual Reality. He holds a PhD in Mythology and Depth Psychology and has spoken on 6 continents about using the power of story and myth to reframe how individuals, organizations, cultures, and nations believe and behave.
Board Member
Patric M. Verrone
Patric M. Verrone is a television writer, attorney, figurine-maker and former president of the Writers Guild of America, West. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College where he was an officer of The Harvard Lampoon and earned his J.D. from Boston College Law School after serving as editor of the Boston College Law Review. He has contributed to various legal and profession publications and blogs including a 10-year stint as issue editor of the Annual Entertainment Law issue of Los Angeles Lawyer magazine.
His many television writing credits include The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Larry Sanders Show, The Critic, The Simpsons, Pinky and the Brain, Rugrats, Muppets Tonight!, Class of 3000, Disenchantment, Spitting Image, and all four incarnations of Matt Groening’s animated sci-fi comedy Futurama. He has been nominated for 11 Emmys in four categories and won three. He has also received an Environmental Media Award, two ASIFA Annie Awards, a People’s Choice Award nomination, the Writers Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Animation Writing, and the Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel’s Labor Counsel of the Year Award. He has served on numerous boards of directors, spoken all over the globe on media, entertainment, and law, including testimony before the Federal Communications Commission, the United States Senate Commerce Committee, and both houses of the California state legislature.