Speaker
Gary Tomchuk
Balancing Business & Beliefs from the stage.

Full Bio
Gary is a leader in building social impact businesses bringing together years of experience in business strategy & development, marketing, operations, and management. He is a proven leader who produces successful outcomes, resulting in several awards (including an Inc 500), raising over $13 million, and the acquisition of several companies. His unique combination of technical background, relational skills and business experience working with startups has given Gary a full range of skills in starting, developing and running a cutting edge, sustainable, and profitable company that is true to its mission.
Gary has built successful companies in Natural Products, Renewable Energy, Integrated Health and Health Technology, Media Distribution and production, Technology, and Life Sciences in C-level positions.
Gary is a leader in the intersection of media and business for social impact working with award-winning filmmakers for movie, TV, and streaming projects, focusing on the business foundation to enable and empower creatives. He has organized, produced, and promoted major events, and worked with many notable leaders. He served as Executive Director of several nonprofits and a Director on the Board of several organizations and companies including Board Chair of Nourish America.
Topics
What Gary speaks about
Investment / Funding
- Intentional Business Plans
- Pitching to Angel Investors
- Crowdfunding / Equity Crowdfunding
Building a Sustainable Company
- Your Product may be sustainable, but is your company?
- ESG (Environmental, Societal, and Governance)
- Strategic Partnerships
Media Financing, Distribution & Marketing
- Filmmakers as Entrepreneurs
- DIY Distribution
- New/Alternative Models
- Pitching your Film
Marketing
- Reaching Your Target Market
- Long Tail Marketing
Media for Social Change
Speaking Engagements
Selected appearances
- Storytelling for Raising Capital / Investors Circle
- Raising Capital from Angel Investors / Food Funded
- Film Funding / Multicultural Media Festival
- Navigating Film Distribution / Creative Visions Foundation
- Distribution Alternatives / Global Film Ventures
- Film Marketing / Creative Activist Summit
- Marketing Socially Conscious Films / Awareness Film Festival
- Film Financing / The Documentary Summit
- Documentary Films Seminar / Global Film Ventures (Moderator)
- Curation – Reaching a Target Market / Global Film Ventures
- Transmedia for Social Change / Transmedia Bay Fest
- Media for Social Change / Intl Institute for Film Financing
- Media to build Ethical Markets / Alliance for a New Humanity Conference
- From Activist to Catalyst / Green Festival
- Corporate Social Responsibility / LOHAS Conference (Moderator)
- Reaching the LOHAS and Cultural Creative Market / Vermont Business for Social Responsibility
- Creative Problem-Solving Institute
- Presenter / Sustainable Business Awards / Natural Products Expo (twice)
In the media
Interviews, workshops & more
Interviews
- Storytelling for Sustainability – Impact Entrepreneur
- Regenerative Food Systems / Green Planet
- Film Distribution Alternatives / Small Business Forum Radio
- Transformational Documentaries Rising / New Doc Editing
- Intentional Business Plans / Mantrapreneur Radio
- Ethics in Business / Barron’s
- CSRwire Spreads the Word on Corporate Social Responsibility / Socialfunds.com
- Ethical Markets TV Series
- Ethical Corporation Magazine
- Christian Science Monitor
- Common Ground Magazine
- Broadcast & Cable Magazine
- and others
Articles
- Transformational Media Update (Blog)
- The Rise of Green Films / Common Ground Magazine
- Top Transformation Films / Edge Magazine
- The Feature / Interviewed for Shape Up or Ship Out
Workshops and More
- Ready to Raise – Investors Circle
- How to Pitch / Several
- Establishing a Holistic Learning Center / Omega Institute
- Judge for Food Funded
- CleanTech Judge at Venture Summit West
- Judge / Presenter / Multicultural Media Festival
- Judge / Hollywood, Health & Society Health Sentinel Awards
- Screening Committee SF Green Film Festival
