1. 5011 Texhoma Street
Encino, CA 91316
c 415-609-0757
TESS CACCIATORE
tess@worldtrust.org
Passionate for a cause, leader, entrepreneurial spirit, ability to see larger vision with an extreme
eye for detail, great communication skills, team player, driven to accomplishments, ability to
multi-task in heavy workload environments, ability to work locally as well as globally in areas of
the nonprofit sector: branding, marketing, management, and all aspects of mixed and social me-
dia and technology/interactive production.
World Trust Foundation - Founder/Executive Director 1994 - Present
•Created online community for annual Holiday Fundraiser, raising $250.000 in 33 days
•Created and managed a 2 hour LIVE broadcast that took place on 3 continents: United Nations
in Geneva Switzerland, Ottawa Canada Indigenous People Summit and United States virtual
classroom - 145,000 users online in 2001
•Built 3 social networking portals to increase fan base and community members for youth world-
wide - members increased by 300% during the global contest for youth
•Strategized and created an INTERNATIONAL collaboration model for nonprofit organizations, to
create community outreach projects to raise funds, create brand awareness and work collabora-
tively in charitable arenas
•Created online donation center for collaboration project to build 38 homes within one year of Sri
Lanka tsunami - interfacing with governments, organizations, builders, volunteers and US based
celebrities
•Organized a collaboration model for bringing solar tents to Haiti for earthquake relief: Airline Am-
bassadors, Abolish Slavery, Global Green, FTL Solar, Green Galaxy Enterprises
•16 years of building international relations with world leaders, community leaders, donors and
sponsors, indigenous leaders and online community members
•International award-winning producer in the edu-tainment arena for interactive multi-media cur-
riculum and events for youth
•25 years experience as a Producer, responsible for all aspects of production in the INTERNA-
TIONAL arena: Writer, Videographer, Photographer, Director, Editor - to market and brand non-
profit projects, events, and organizations
•Developed and produced all aspects of fundraising events - managing all elements of production,
speakers, sponsors and more; with up to 40,000 people in attendance
•Maintained all aspects of production: hiring crews, technology experts, world leader speakers
and more - for United Nations based events (World Summit on Sustainable Development, World
Conference Against Racism, World Affairs Challenge, Young Leaders Summit)

2. •Producer/Director, Editor of videos to market, brand and build awareness for nonprofit projects
•Coordination of fundraising events with international and national based organization, for holiday
fundraising awareness campaign: Feed the Children, Houston Food Bank and Children’s Hunger
Fund
•Produced events in New York and Los Angeles to raise awareness and funds. Increased Feed
the Children’s holiday donations and family community participation by 200% and an additional
16,000 additional families were fed each year by the Live Feed Holiday events
•Produced annual Earth Day events coordinating schools and educational outreach curriculum,
vendors, sponsors, budgets, logistics to serve 1,000 students from LAUSD schools - managing
125 volunteer staff and serving 45,000 in attendance for public awareness day - 50,000 middle
school kids impacted with environmental education sponsored by DWP
•Produced Annual EARTH DAY AWARDS LUNCHEON for VIP sponsors, donors and honorees in
the environmental arena - handling all aspects of sponsorship, budgets, entertainment, speakers,
awards and more (2000 - 2004)
•Produced 4 CD box set of music - with 47 global music artists using interactive technologies -
first box set of its kind on the market 1994
Interactive Media Producer and Internet Producer 1994 - 2000
•Producer/Creative Director/Content Developer for first time launch of websites for Fortune 500
companies to smaller boutique sites: LOTUS UK, Sun MicroSystems, American Society of Clinical
Oncology, Marie Calendar’s and many more, starting in 1994
•Managed teams internationally - technical programmers in Russia and India, creative teams in
Southern California, Clients based internationally - to build websites in the 90’s that set the stage
for all websites to begin
•Created production flow and milestone procedures that was implemented into Project Manage-
ment Procedures
•Responsible for all Client Services to interface and serve all client needs - serving up to 40
clients at a time
•Created site architecture, content flow and management, creative direction (including online
games, stores and shopping carts) to assist in creating an online presence for many international
companies - interfacing between creative and technical teams
EDUCATION
Stephens College, Columbia , MO - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Theatre, Music, Dance, English
Deans List (1978 - 1981) Activities and Societies: Theatre, Music and Dance Department Minor
in Child Psychology and English

3. Yale Summer Conservatory - New Haven, CT, United States - Honorary Participant in Summer
Program
Traveled internationally as a media-accredited producer/photographer/videographer for over a
decade. COUNTRIES WORKED for Humanitarian Aid and Service Oriented Projects: United
States, Canada, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Honduras, Cambodia, Thailand, El Salvador, South
Africa, West Africa, Vietnam, Guatemala, France and Haiti
Current Websites: Producer, Content Management, Project Manager, Video Production (all as-
pects of production and content creation)
•World Trust Foundation www.worldtrust.org, www.youngleadersnetwork.org, www.earth-
heroes.org, www.worldtrustwire.com CarLou Interactive Media & Publishing www.carloumedia.-
com - www.bellawishes.com TKC Photography (own photo gallery from around the world - cap-
turing the spirit of humanity) www.tkcphotography.com
Media Accreditation
•2001 - World Conference Against Racism - Durban, South Africa
•2000 - 2003 – Sub-Commission and Commission for Human Rights - Indigenous Peoples Sum-
mit - Geneva Switzerland
•2002 – World Summit of Sustainable Development (WSSD) – Johannesburg, South Africa –
•2006 - present - Airline Ambassadors Media and Youth Coordinator - (Cambodia, Thailand, El
Salvador, Sri Lanka) as well as head of the entertainment committee for the United Nations (NY)
Compassion Ball 2006 - organizing all elements of VIP cocktail reception and African entertain-
ment - drummers/drum circle/African Broadway Singers and more, in conjunction with Ann Curry
from NBC Today Show.
•2009 Renewable Energy Conference in conjunction with Honduras embassy United Nations NY -
Green Galaxy Enterprises
EXHIBITS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
NATURAL WORLD MUSEUM – San Francisco – Anima Mundo – “Soul of the World” exhibit.
Tess has been a world-traveling photographer for over a decade. Her photographs from an
African Safari was highlighted in this exhibit. October 2004
Young Women of America—Achievement in Community Service; Music City Song Festival—
Song-writing Award, Country division; Michael Masser Song Writing Scholarship; and Bill-
board Magazine Song-writing Award for Achievement—Pop division.

4. Medalle d’ Excellance - AWARD in the area of Edu-Tainment in the year 2003, Palais d’ Nation
- Geneva Switzerland.
TECHNICAL
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Photoshop) Mac (Keynote, Pages, I-movie,
Numbers, Garageband) Inspiration (flow chart maker) Dreamweaver