ROSTAM ZAFARI
Founder & CEO
Helena, MT
Rostam is fulfilling his lifelong dream of launching an impact investment and storytelling company, inspired by the example of his grandfather who instilled in him a love of both service and poetry. He first gained experience in venture capital, serving as Chief Investment Officer at Sage Hill Investors, where he led over 200 early-stage global investments. He previously studied social enterprise and poetry as an undergraduate at Emory University, and also received a Master’s in development practice at Emory.
Emma Ractliffe
Co-Founder, Chief Investment Officer
San Francisco, CA
For the past decade, Emma has been exploring what it takes to move capital in ways that build a more equitable, local, and resilient future. She is now building World Within Ventures to continue that work—prototyping new financing models that decentralize control and ownership, putting power back in the hands of communities. Her background is in impact investing, including work with family offices and foundations deploying capital into regenerative agriculture. She previously served as COO of Sara’s Organic Food in Egypt. Emma holds a BA in Economics from Dartmouth and an MBA from Stanford.
Dylan Mulick
Co-Founder, Chief Content Officer
Los Angeles, CA
Dylan served as an executive for Rob Weiss’ Big Meyer (Entourage, Ballers, Vandal) before he wrote and directed the award-winning Olympic documentary HELEN|BELIEVE (2025) with Religion of Sports and Chris Pratt’s Indivisible. He is the co-creator and showrunner of World Within Studios and Religion of Sports' series How To Change The World. He is in post production as writer, director and producer on the NBA documentary, FLY: The Spud Webb Story. At WWS, Dylan oversees the development, production and release slate. He recently served as executive producer on Netflix’s Makayla’s Voice (Academy Award shortlist) and the SXSW winning documentary, Shuffle. He claims to be a charter member of The Criterion Channel.
Jacob Mosler
Chief Operating Officer
Los Angeles, CA
Jacob is a veteran film and TV producer with 30+ years of experience across 18 feature films and 9 documentary series, managing over $90M in production budgets worldwide. His work has earned 9 Sports Emmy nominations—including In the Arena: Serena Williams, Goliath, and Shut Up and Dribble—and an Emmy win for Tom vs. Time with Tom Brady for Religion of Sports. His projects have premiered at Sundance, Cannes, SXSW, and Tribeca, with releases on Apple TV+, Disney+/ESPN, Netflix, Showtime, and Paramount+. He is a DGA member and holds an MFA from the American Film Institute.
Radhika Womack
VP, Operations
Los Angeles, CA
Radhika is a seasoned producer and production manager with experience across narrative, documentary, music video, and VR. She’s earned Sports Emmy nominations for In the Arena: Serena Williams and Goliath, with work featured on Netflix, Disney+/ESPN, Hulu, and Apple TV+. Radhika brings deep expertise in production and post, and is currently co-producing the 10-part doc series How To Change the World with Religion of Sports and World Within Studios.
Matt Bravmann
Head of Marketing
Los Angeles, CA
Matt is a marketing strategist specializing in social impact and entertainment. He launched an impact marketing agency and led campaigns with nonprofits such as World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy and Farm Forward. He previously spent over a decade as a film/TV marketing executive – most recently in senior leadership roles at Paramount and The Hollywood Reporter, where he launched the publication’s social impact vertical.
Alex Miller
Head of Podcasts
Los Angeles, CA
Alex is a producer, composer and storyteller. Before stepping into the world of music and audio production, he spent years as an organizer focused on democracy protection. He was a founding team member at LaunchCode, a nonprofit expanding economic opportunity through free tech education, and at Human Agency, a digital agency built to empower people and causes. Alex's musical career has spanned orchestras, basement-dwelling garage rock bands, and scoring for film, TV, and commercials.
Jason Bowers
Head of Production
Los Angeles, CA
Jason is an award-winning Executive Producer with 10+ years in Branded Entertainment, Social Impact, and Documentary. He built WHOSAY’s production department, helping lead to its acquisition by Paramount, where he later led creative and production for its branded content studio. He’s worked with top talent, major brands, and leading Hollywood studios, and is currently producing the 10-part series How To Change the World with Religion of Sports and World Within Studios.
Nicholas Mihm
Creative Producer
Los Angeles, CA
Nicholas is an Emmy-nominated director and producer. His feature doc In the Dark of the Valley aired on MSNBC and was nominated for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary at the 2022 News & Doc Emmy Awards. His short film Bubjan screened at DOC NYC, Big Sky, and DC/DOX, winning awards at several festivals. He is currently directing and co-executive producing the 10-part series How To Change the World with Religion of Sports and World Within Studios.
KAYURI BHIMANI
Director of Advisory
New York, NY
Kayuri is an impact investor by trade and a dreamer by design. She began her career in management consulting before entering the world of impact investing via Beyond Capital Ventures, an early-stage Global South venture fund, and later Blue Haven Initiative, one of the first single-family North American impact investment offices. Her work centers on models that shift power, making capital—and the structures behind it—more inclusive, imaginative, and just. She holds a BA from Dartmouth College.
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