Advisory Board

Board Chair

Vicki Liao

Vicki has 10 years of business development, sales and strategy experience in the media and entertainment industry. She is passionate about sustainability and an advocate for environmental education. She currently serves on the Greener World Board at Sony Pictures studio, which is responsible for planning initiatives to educate employees on sustainability and environmental issues. Additionally, as the co-head of Sony’s employee garden, she launched a learning program in partnership with Sony’s Daycare and Employee Resource Groups to teach sustainable gardening.

In her free time, Vicki enjoys gardening, biking around downtown LA and reading sci-fi books. She holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a BS in Business Administration from UC Berkeley. 

Board Member

Edward Pakdaman

Edward is the founder of Process Green, a merchant services business that provides sustainable funds to non-profit organizations. He travelled the world and learned about global issues which left a lasting impact on him and continues to inspire his work today. 
 
After working at the U.S. Department of Commerce, supporting cleaner air mandates for the 2008 Olympics, Edward became deeply passionate about sustainability. In 2008 he worked at Sustainable Works in the Business Greening Program helping businesses adopt sustainable practices and has applied his passion to his work as the founder of Process Green. Edward continues to work towards supporting environmental causes and has developed a business that has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for deserving causes. 

Board Member

Zadra Rose Ibañez

Zadra Rose Ibañez began her career in the banking and pension industry before moving into non-profit administration. As Director of Operations for an educational non-profit, Ms. Ibañez has over a decade of experience in fundraising, operations, communication, and non-profit management and currently serves in an advisory capacity for several NPOs in California and New Mexico.
Zadra holds a B.A. in Anthropology from Colorado State University and a certification in Global Sustainability from UCLA. She remains a strong advocate for sustainable practices and is a member of USGBC.