Meet Our Founder

Founder, CEO & Lead Consultant, Ama anane

Ama partners with organizations looking to set or refine strategy, expand a team or coalition’s potential, and communicate more strategically and creatively. She has led stakeholder engagement, strategic planning, or project management for nonprofits and foundations, including UCLA Bunche Center for African American Studies and the Office of Mayor Karen Bass, CA Working Families Party, CA Grassroots Democracy Coalition, James Irvine Leadership Awards Program, United Way of Greater LA, Community Partners, CA Reparations Taskforce, and the CA Black Census and Redistricting Hub (now CA Black Power Network).

Prior to starting Good Influence Consulting, Ama spent eight years at the helm of Educators for Excellence LA, an education advocacy organization, where she led local policy and advocacy programming, external relations, communications, fundraising, and operations. During her tenure, Ama built the organization’s membership to 6,000 educators and also tripled her staff, budget, and fundraising. 

Before leading a nonprofit, Ama worked as an educator and organizer serving youth and adults in our prison and public school systems. A graduate of Emerson College and Columbia University, Ama has written blogs, published poetry, and been a featured commentator on various radio and television segments. She was named one of Education Week’s Next-Generation Education Leaders and was the recipient of the 2019 United Way EmpowerHer award. That same year, Ama was honored by LAUSD’s board of education for her leadership and commitment to education equity in Los Angeles. She currently serves on the governing board of Communities in Schools Los Angeles, where she chairs the board’s governance committee. Ama also writes poetry, scripts, and occasionally performs standup.

 

meet our Collaborators

Good Influence Consulting regularly partners with artists, editors, and researchers on key projects.

 
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Isobel McPhee, Project Manager & Researcher

Isobel is a researcher, writer, and project manager currently located in Brooklyn, NY.

Salim Green, Photographer and VideographerBased in Los Angeles and New York, Salim floats between art, creative consultation, and commercial creative work. Salim recently co-founded 18, a hybrid creative consultancy working exclusively with 18-23 year olds.

Salim Green, Photographer & Videographer

Based in Los Angeles and New York, Salim floats between art, creative consultation, and commercial creative work. Salim recently co-founded 18, a hybrid creative consultancy working exclusively with 18-23 year olds.

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Campbell Silverstein, Graphic Designer

Campbell is a New York-based designer with a M.A. in Psychology from Wesleyan University.

Shauna Dixon, IllustratorShauna is a painter and illustrator based in Las Vegas. Outside of school, she is interested in creating work that gives voice to those who are not always able to use their own.

Shauna Dixon, Illustrator

Shauna is a painter and illustrator based in Las Vegas. Outside of school, she is interested in creating work that gives voice to those who are not always able to use their own.

Tommaso McPhee, Data AnalystTommaso has experience working in a photonics lab at the City College of New York, and co-authored a paper on quantum optics published in Physical Review A. He also worked for the 2020 census in New York City.

Tommaso McPhee, Data Analyst

Tommaso has experience working in a photonics lab at the City College of New York, and co-authored a paper on quantum optics published in Physical Review A. He also worked for the 2020 census in New York City.

Kazumi Fish, Copy EditorKazumi is a New York-based copy editor working at the intersection of film and publishing.

Kazumi Fish, Copy Editor

Kazumi is a New York-based copy editor working at the intersection of film and publishing.