Launches seed round of funding in U.S.
HAMILTON, Ont. and HOUSTON, TX — Canadian phone maker OHANA Inc. (formerly known as AIRO.LIFE) announced today its Houston-based OHANA OATH Inc. business has appointed media industry veteran Mary Sculley (above) to its board of advisors.
Sculley is a former vice-president of client strategy at WarnerMedia, where she was put in charge of creating WarnerMedia Impact, “a practice dedicated to the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals, working with clients to drive change, revenue, and stakeholder value,” explains an OHANA press release announcing her appointment to its advisory board.
Her previous media experience also includes a tenure at NBC News and NBCUniversal, where she was director of strategic partnerships, NBC News and Sports Group, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Sculley is the co-founder of the Coalition for Sustainable Business, “a consortium of companies collaborating to shape the future of sustainable business and maximize their impact,” reads the press release.
Currently, she serves as an impact executive and strategic advisor for various media and marketing companies, including Fintech.TV.
“Not only does Ms. Sculley bring her wealth of experience in key areas such as sustainability, media development, and marketing strategy, but she truly is quite an incredible individual,” said OHANA company founder Doug Mochrie, in the release. “I can’t wait to see how she will add value to OHANA.”
Sculley joins OHANA’s current advisory board members, including Ken MacDonald, former national vice-president of Global Television and Discovery Networks Canada, Chris Bell, former director of global supply chain for BlackBerry/RIM, Bode Akinboye, country director, Nigeria, at Wire Pick, and Bill Leslie, CEO of Soli.
OHANA OATH describes itself as “a multi-faceted company that’s purpose is to stimulate economic transformation for the benefit of people and planet, with its free smartphone and data plan hitting the market this year.”
The company also announced it is launching its seed round of funding in the U.S. with VedasLabs.io starting today.
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