Suzanne Maxx

The vision of a world team inspired Suzanne to use media to actually "tell-a-vision". She pioneered the positive non-scripted genre "Actuality Television" with the development of the World Team™ television series, as the creator, writer and producer, which began after her first multi-media international co-production sponsored by Coca-Cola in Japan, as part of the World Expo. She is the Founder and President/Chair of the non-profit organization, WTN, and she is the leader of the World Team project. Through the journey to develop World Team, Suzanne worked on many global productions: Ashes and Snow, the International Yoga Expo, and the Earth Train For Peace. She is a professional writer, producer, and actress, athlete and international public speaker. In true entrepreneurial spirit Suzanne started "Sports to the Maxx," where as a sponsored pro, she coached others to go beyond what they believed to be possible in extreme sports: in-line and roller skating, skiing, and horseback riding. As named in "Best of LA" and featured on "Eye on LA," she has mobilized masses of people in clinics and classes around the world. Locally in Malibu she started the skate program and camp, plus helped to build the skate park, a continuation of her native NYC roller skate roots. She has worked with children, pro athletes, the disabled, and celebrities. Suzanne's in front of the camera work includes a soap opera, episodic night time television, commercials and film. As a journalist, she wrote about film, sports and travel for a local Malibu paper, and as a public speaker she has addressed many international audiences.

The business plan for the World Team Project, and WTN's Challenge developed through rare opportunities at Universities to work with students and faculty. With office space gifted to incubate World Team at Columbia University's Computational Learning Systems, CCLS; Pepperdine University's Graduate School of Public Policy, and the International University of Monaco's Business School, she bridged the gap between academia and professional worlds. Her Bachelor of Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College gave her the architecture to acquire knowledge and inspired her global travels that wove an adventure for an ongoing creative education. Suzanne's vision is contagious, as evidenced by all the people who have dedicated their time and resources to the World Team project. Life to the Maxx, maybe her creed, but it is also the working title of the book she has been asked to write on leadership.

Malina Dravis-Tucker

has a diverse professional background in service related and business careers. With an M.A. in Developmental Psychology and an Educational Specialist Degree (Ed.S) in School Psychology, Deafness Specialization, she has served deaf and hearing-impaired communities in numerous states for 30 years, as a certified Sign Language interpreter, school psychologist, family therapist, program developer, manager in non-profit agencies, and grant writer. In the business sector she has worked as a consultant, developing all aspects of business operations, from hiring and training personnel to daily protocols, account management and systems design. She currently uses her expertise as a Sign Language interpreter and manages a steel distribution business. Malina has devoted the past twenty-five years of her life to her spiritual journey which has included yoga and meditation as well as becoming a Reiki Master and Spiritual healer/guide for others. She also volunteers as the Secretary for Main Street Pahoa Association, in Pahoa Hawaii, where she lives and raises her two special needs children with her husband. Malina enjoys dancing, swimming, painting and hiking in her spare time. Malina is the Secretary of World Team Now.

David Levine

is a young professional and entrepreneur in the fields of finance and entertainment with a diverse background and experiences in a variety of environments. He is currently pursuing a joint JD/MBA degree at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School. Just prior to school, David worked for Colony Capital, a real estate private equity firm in Los Angeles that has invested over US$16 billion in over 6,000 assets through various corporate, portfolio, and complex property transactions. He began his career working with Lehman Brothers in their Global Mergers & Acquisitions Group in New York City, and subsequently moved to the Los Angeles area where worked on the development of the World Team Project including the development of World Team Now, where he holds the position of Treasurer. Originally from Houston, Texas, David graduated from Washington University in St. Louis summa cum laude with an A.B. in Philosophy and magna cum laude with a B.S.B.A. in Finance. David enjoys continental philosophy and strives to spend much of his free time skiing, reading, hiking, traveling, and mentoring underprivileged youth.

Albert Boulanger

is with the Center for Computational Learning Systems (CCLS) at Columbia University. For the past 16 years at Columbia, he has been involved in forward looking research and development in Energy – both Oil and Gas (while at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University) and Electricity, now at CCLS. For two years beginning in 2000, Albert was on leave of absence from Columbia and worked as the CTO of vPatch, a start up company commercializing a computational approach to efficient production of oil from reservoirs based on time lapse seismic. Prior to coming to Lamont, he spent twelve years doing contract R&D at BBN inc. He has extensive complex system integration experience. His forte is in integrating numerical, intelligent reasoning, human interface, and visualization components into seamless human-oriented systems. Albert started his career working for a cloud seeding group at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) during high school and college. He remembers fondly the starry nights of the Everglades while repairing equipment at his job at NOAA. Presently he is involved in a large research project for Consolidated Edison (Con Ed) using machine learning to better manage New York City's electrical grid. Albert strives to use body in equal proportions to his mind. He is a gifted roller skater, and lover of all forms of dance, especially swing. A trumpet player, he enjoys big band jazz, and kinds of music. His photography and other artistic endeavors can be seen at www.aboulanger.com

Walter Andrews

Environmental Protection Agency Years
Walter retired from The US Environmental Protection EPA) Region 2 in January 2010 after serving forty(40) plus years. He is a charter member of EPA having joined the Agency in 1969. Mr. Andrews held many management positions over the years; however, his last position was that of Chief of the Drinking Water and Municipal Infrastructure Branch (DWMIB) in the Division of Environmental Planning and Protection (DEPP), Region 2. Region 2 is comprised of the States of New York and New Jersey; Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Territory of the US Virgins Islands.
During his tenure at EPA, Walter was involved in several noteworthy cases that help define EPA’s authority such as; 1) The Belmar Sludge Case where he led the team that inspected and sampled the off shore discharges form sewerage treatment plant along the Long Island and New Jersey shores. The resulting body of data was used by a Judge to determine that sewerage sludge was a solid and not a liquid. As this practice was a violation of the Rivers and Harbors Act, the determination led to the eventual cancellation of Ocean Dumping in the New York Bight.
2) The General Electric Fort Edwards PCB Case: Walter led the team that did the first comprehensive investigation and sampling of the General Electric Plant in Fort Edwards, New York. The report found extensive discharges of PCBs and other toxic agents into the Hudson River which was a violation of its discharge permit. Thirty years after that report, EPA began removal of PCBs from the Hudson River as part of the Superfund Program.
3) The Ken Buc Landfill Case: This was a case where chemical waste haulers illegally dumped tankers full of waste chemicals in a solid waste landfill in Edison New Jersey until there was a steady stream of waste liquid into the Raritan River. Walter’s team led this investigation and sampling that proved that these were toxic waste chemicals being dumped. This eventually became a Superfund site and was closed and cleaned up.
4) While Walter was Chief of the Rochester, NY Field Office, one of his staff engineers investigated the company plants in Niagara Falls, NY that had discharged hazardous waste into a pond that was later covered over. Homes were eventually built over the filled waste pond area. This area and case became to be known as Love Canal. Community Service
For a five year period Walter served as the EPA Liaison to the North River Community Environmental Review Board (NRCERB) in West Harlem, NYC. He was chairman of the DEPP Environmental Justice Workgroup (DEJWG) in Region 2. Further, he is the chairman of the nonprofit, House of Hope Community Development Corporation (HOHCDC) in Metuchen, NJ. Walter is also chairman of the nonprofit, Sphinx Scholarship Fund, Inc. in Somerset, NJ.
Walter became a Board member of World Team Now in October 2009 where he currently serves as Director of Energy and the Environment. Education He earned his B.S. degree in Biology from Wilberforce University in Ohio and his Masters of Public Health Degree (MPH) in Water Quality from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Tonya Ozone

is a Marketing Consultant with 20 + years of experience. Having graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Marketing and Business Administration and then attending Law school, receiving her JD, Tonya found her voice in helping people create and implement their business ideas. Working with seniors and volunteering in the community is a passion for Tonya, who currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Kau Rural Health Association. Tonya lives in Pahoa, HI with her husband and their seven cats.