Carolyn Scott, Executive Director/Partnership Development

Award Winning Producer/Director/Filmmaker and Educator with more than 25 years leading teams in education, technical and film endeavors.
Carolyn was chosen this year by the National Women’s History Project as one of 100 women worldwide for the 2009 ~ Women Taking the Lead To Save The Planet!

Carolyn spent many years as an educator authoring and implementing environmental curriculum in schools in Northern California. She won the prestigious 2003 Roy W. Dean Writer’s Grant which began her career in documentary filmmaking. Carolyn directed and produced TEXAS GOLD, which profiles the brave and ballsy actions that have earned Diane Wilson the title of “unreasonable woman”: a fourth generation fisherwoman who believes that “…putting your life at risk is where change happens." the film has screened at more than 40+ film festivals worldwide and won numerous awards including BEST DOCUMENTARY at the New York City Short Film Festival, an official selection for BEST OF FEST at the prestigious Palm Spring International Short Film Festival and has been an official selection for more than 40 film festivals worldwide. TEXAS GOLD was acquired by Sundance Channel for Robert Redford's THE GREEN AND PBS Emmy winning Series Natural Heroes and Link TV.

In 2001-2002 Carolyn’s organizational and design instincts lead her to spearhead a software compatibility program which she then sold to a large IT company. Currently she is co-founder of a web based climate change platform Cool Planet Labs whose mission is to galvanize millions of people to address climate change. Carolyn’s non-profit REEL COMMUNITY ACTION is producing short films for environmental campaigns and organizations. Her short film SPREAD THE RUMOR premiered at the Jackson Theatre in Santa Rosa, CA to support the 350 international climate change campaign.

Carolyn lives and works at her mountaintop retreat with her husband in a solar house he built. They are founding members of the biofuels research cooperative and run their cars on 100% carbon neutral organic vegetable oil. Carolyn serves on the advisory boards of Patchwork Farm, Todd Pratum Literary Services and the National Women's History Project.

Bill Sumerlin, Director of Operations

Bill is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Reel Community Action. He is also responsible for the development, planning and execution of all internal and external projects.

Bill has 30+ years of experience working in the IT world, and has written over a million lines of code for GE (distributed processing and high-speed networks), NASA (Pioneer Venus instrument data processing with world-wide distribution), Sun Microsystems (programming tools), Apple (programming tools), Adobe (font rendering), Microsoft (programming tools), Amblit Technologies (web navigation, semi-intelligent agent technology, avatars) and a number of other national and international companies. Bill has also developed a number of methodologies for Call Centers and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems while working with Aspect, Cisco, IBM, I3, Siemens, Shortel and others, and founded or co-founded 6 companies. Bill received his BS and MS degree in engineering from Stanford University.

Last year, Bill authored 3 patents on next generation distributed, multi-user game networking, rapid-development prototyping and multi-user information management while CTO and co-founder of Go Play Network. He was also the first to demonstrate that it was possible to play high-resolution videos on cell phones. He has held senior executive positions (COO, CTO, EVP) in a number of high technology, consulting and software development firms. In recent years, he has been working primarily with start-ups, helping them develop their business plans, create their initial, leading edge product prototypes, and to secure seed and series A financing.

Colleen Schell, Eco-Marketing

Colleen Schell is an entrepreneur with over a decade of marketing and advertising experience. In her most recent role of VP of Marketing for ecoAmerica, Ms. Schell utilized her consumer marketing experience to create campaigns aimed at changing the behaviors of the environmentally agnostic Americans. While at ecoAmerica, Ms. Schell partnered with large NGO’s and for-profit companies, including Stanford Research Institute, Sierra Club, Environmental Defense, Trust for Public Land, Monster.com, Aramark, and the Clinton Climate Initiative, in order to support success for the company and the programs. Prior to her role at ecoAmerica, she was the Director of Business Development for Carat Interactive and Carat Brand Experience, where she created and drove marketing and business strategies for Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, Gateway, Kodak, and Intel. She started her career with Ziff Davis and TechTV, where she was the International Business Manager for the 24-hour cable channel and managed all international marketing, events, and productions. Currently, she is starting a business that will revolutionize the way independent film reaches the masses.

Nicola Lockey PR Strategist/Marketing Director

Nicola Lockey is a master brand ambassador, guiding non-profit and commercial brands on the global stage. Currently, as founder of A Pomegranate, she leads market research and brand strategy projects for a wide range of clients in the US and Europe. Born to a radical British Civil Rights activist, Nicola grew up watching her mother fight for equal rights and developed a strong sense of social consciousness. Her Native American heritage gave her a deep connection with nature and sensitivity to the need for stewardship of the planet’s resources. Nicola's diverse career has incorporated cooking for The Rolling Stones, journalism and film production. She founded Foresight Communications in London, with a visionary focus on developing brands with a strategy for corporate social responsibility. Nicola has always been committed to giving back, and has volunteered and advised non-profits all over the world. She divides her time between A Pomegranate, sustainability projects, community service and parenting her two adopted children.