Founder + Lead Maker
Ryan Hope Travis is an actor, director, writer, theatre-maker, and filmmaker.
RHT’s work premiered in numerous productions, commercials, and streaming platforms including HBO and AppleTV+. His films have world premiered at festivals throughout the US and the United Kingdom, recently winning Debut Film Award and Best Narrative Feature for Cocoa in the Dark.
As a theatre-maker, RHT has written, directed, produced, and/or devised over 45 productions. New Berry, a play he devised and directed, is inspired by a mass lynching that occurred in Newberry, FL in 1916, the play became a site for reconciliation for descendants and community members.
RHT holds degrees in Theatre (MFA, University of Florida), Pan African Studies (M.A., Syracuse University), African World Studies (B.A., Fort Valley State University), and is currently a doctoral student in Theatre and Performance Research at Florida State University. He serves as Assistant Professor of Theatre + Performance at the University of Florida. For more information, visit ryanhopetravis.com.
Executive Producer + Partner
S. Sally Travis has a deep knowledge of cybersecurity, healthcare, strategy, analysis, supply chain, and asset management. She has extensive global experience, having completed projects in Africa, Europe, India, and South America.
From 2019-2022, Sally served as President and CEO of Digital Envee and Pharm Envee. She ran these two businesses by developing and maintaining professional relationships with over 200 executives globally. She established a network of 60 healthcare professionals, military personnel, government officials, and numerous high-profile stakeholders to bring into fruition contracts in excess of $31M. Her commitment to teamwork was rewarded when she won the bid to produce the inaugural Microsoft Tech Law Summit at Howard University College of Law.
Her proudest professional moment happened during the global pandemic when she strategically aided in the diplomatic repatriation of 100 Namibian university students stranded in Shanghai, China.
Sally holds a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Science with a minor in Biomedical Physics from the University of South Florida and a master’s degree in Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigation from the University of Maryland. She is a native of Zimbabwe.