FOUNDER / CEO
· Dr. Rich Melheim (Minneapolis)
Described as this generation’s “Da Vinci” by Dr. Jinhoon Ahn of MSCBrain (Seoul), Dr. Rich has spoken in 1000 cities on five continents, authored 39 books, produced 24 music albums, created 7 musical comedy stage plays, and written thousands of songs, skits, curriculum pieces, comedy sketches and cartoons.
He is the founder and creative energy behind:
· RICH Learning Global
· RICH Learning International Foundation
· The Preschool of the Performing Arts
· The NFT Revolution Documentary
· The US/Chinese Arts Exchange
· FAITH5.org
· FAITHINK.com
· Former Faith Inkubators Foundation
Enjoy these short clips:
Meet Dr. Rich
A Great Teacher (Dubai)
Neurology of the Positive (Seoul)
Shortest Graduation Speech (Addis Ababa)
What is the Mind?
CHIEF GAMING STRATEGIST
· Arron Goolsbey (Seattle)
Seasoned executive with 25+ years of experience in the digital gaming, consumer products, and big tech industries.
· President & CO · Mythical Games, leading the strategy, vision, and execution of games-first studio and marketplace platforms that leverage Web3 technologies to create immersive and engaging AAA game experiences across all devices.
· Global Head of Developer Partnerships & Operations (Reality Labs)· Meta, building the metaverse for billions of players. Leading a multi-disciplinary global team to grow the impact of interactive games inside the world's largest social networking platform.
· Vice President - Head of Platform - Battle.net & Online Products · Blizzard Entertainment, leading a world-class engineering, operations, and product management organization that supports one of the biggest online game platforms with 10+ published AAA titles serving hundreds of millions of players globally.
COO · David Mark Peters (Mumbai/Dubai/Toronto/Calgary)
Uniquely experienced international C-Level leader with 35+ years of experience in Asia, Middle East and North America. David’s experience includes:
· Manager, Rashideen International
17 years in Dubai leading projects for:
· Phillip Morris
· Borden
· EverReady
· Pfizer
· Kodak
· CEO · Cephas International
· CEO · Cephas Media Group
· CEO/President · Galilean International Films & Television Services
* MovieGuide International Board (89M monthly social network engagements)
With fluency in multiple Indian and Middle Eastern languages and mastery in marketing and distribution, David is an accomplished, high-achieving professional with management, analytical and technical expertise. He has proven leadership and orientation in launching products, producing corporate growth, and cultivating profitable partnerships.
CHIEF FINANCE STRATEGIST
· Ken Greatbatch (London)
Seasoned international corporate and private equity executive with merger, structure, acquisition expertise in multiple fields from education to chemicals to tech and philanthropy including most recently:
· Chair · Pestalozzi World, enabling education for 10,000 disadvantaged children in Asia and Africa. Teaching practical skills, technical knowledge and ethics
· CEO · GEMS Education, bringing out the Genius in 100,000 Children in 40 schools in the Middle East
· Founding Director/CFO · AZ Electronic Materials selling specialty chemical materials used in the manufacture of integrated circuits and flat panel displays. Ken took $450m private equity acquisition to $2bn FTSE 250 IPO.
Previously at Board level, Ken managed and restructured international chemical and industrial companies in the Asia Pacific region.
BUSINESS STRATEGY & CONNECTIONS
· Kathy Tunheim (Minneapolis)
Public relations. Public Affairs. Digital + Content. Management Consulting. GSA Professional Services. No one between Chicago and Seattle does it better than Kathy Tunheim and her team at Tunheim Partners, Inc. Along with building the mid-west’s premier PR and Public Affairs agency, Kathy’s work includes:
· Former President · IPREX Global Communications
· Co-Founder · Manova Global Health Summit
· Board of Directors · McKnight Foundation
· Board of Directors · Hennepin County Medical Center
· Board of Directors · Landscape Structures
Kathy is Dr. Rich’s most-trusted advisor since 1993. She served as 1st Chair of the RLG predecessor (Preschool Incubators Project) and spokesperson for RLI, leading the US/ Ethiopian delegation.
CHIEF ART OFFICER
· Dr. James He Qi (Nanjing/LA, CA)
Described as “Chagall meets Matisse meets Picasso meets the East”, Dr. He Qi (Heee Cheee), is arguably China’s #1 internationally renowned artist.
· Doctor of Religious Art · Nanjing Art Institute
· Honorary Doctor of Arts · Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, presented by General Sir Peter Cosgrove, Governor General of Australia, for He Qi’s work in crossing borders and boundaries in bringing ancient stories to life with images of minority peoples.
· Studied Medieval Art at Hamburg Art Institute.
· 20th Century Award for Achievement, Cambridge, UK
· Artist in Residencies at Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard, Princeton, Berkeley, Hong Kong, Toronto University, Yale, etc.
· Featured in Washington Post, New York Times and publications world-wide.
Dr. He Qi will help shape the art theory and practice of the City of Six Towers disguised as a cartoon alien professor.
CHIEF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS ADVISOR
· Sara Eid Amin Sabry (Cairo)
Sara is senior economist with 25 years of experience in various capacities & governmental ministries. She is an expert in strategic planning, financial literacy, and social accountability with a passion to shape minds to unleash the unutilized potentials of all economic resources on the top of which human assets which considers the biggest edge in Egypt.
· Official Spokesperson · Ministry of Egyptian Finance
· Advisor to Egyptian Minister of Finance
· Director of the Fiscal Transparency & Citizen Engagement Unit of the Ministry of Finance
Sara is actively working on bridging the knowledge and skills gaps between government & citizens through education, raising awareness, and public participation among a wide range of Stakeholders, while enhancing public management of funds and resources and combatting corruption to reach 2030 Egypt goals.
GAMING STORY STRATEGIST
· Kurt McClung (Fréjus, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
Writer and development of 100+ IPs for 50+ studios including Ubisoft, Microsoft, Focus Entertainment, Hachette, Humanoids, Bandai Namco and Nacon on properties such as Might & Magic, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Skull & Bones, Greedfall, Ravenswatch, Tiger Blade, and Curse of the Dead Gods.
· Founder/CCO · Taliespin Writing Studio, providing interactive writing services for video game studios since 2012.
· Founder/CCO· Goldilocks Transmedia, Strategy and Creative Design Studio for video games, cinema and television.
· Founder/CCO · Hawkswell Studios funded by Tencent and developer of the CRPG, Legends of Awen.
Kurt has developed a 360 Narrative Design and Creative Alignment methodology for Singapore; universities in Paris, France: Georges Méliès; ISART and Pixel Academia. In 2001, Kurt launched and sold Yeti Entertainment, a children's IP design studio, to Humanoids Group.
CHIEF AI VIRTUAL TUTOR STRATEGIST
· Arun Makhija (Toronto)
Successful C-Level leader with extensive experience in operational technology and business expansion across APAC:
· CO-Founder· Underlings (A stealth AI startup creating human-friendly AI workers)
· CEO, CFO, COO · FoodPanda (Powered by tech and operational excellence, Arun helped foodpanda grow its quick-commerce footprint in more than 400 cities across 11 markets in Asia))
· Associate · Ernst & Young (Worked with distressed companies to provide corporate advisory for sustainability and strategic growth)
· Regional Manager · Opportunity International (Initiated and administered the start-up of the Hong Kong office)
· MBA · IESE Business School
Arun will translate knowledge gained at Underlings to the task of creating human-friendly Virtual Alien Tutors in the City of Six Towers.
The father of young children, Arun is committed to creating careful child-safe environments and interaction between children and RICH AI Virtual Tutors.
CTO · Janakan Arulkumarasan
(Hong Kong/Singapore)
Successful serial entrepreneur in social media, cloud efficiency and edtech:
· CO-Founder· Underlings (A stealth AI startup creating human-friendly 'AI workers')
· Founder/CEO · C-Suite Circle (38K C-level members, 800+ cities, 41 countries, 38 networks)
· Founder/CEO · Leaders.org (New start-up with 13 networks in 11 cities)
· Founder/CEO · Efficient Cloud (Helping dev teams reduce cloud waste)
· Founder/CEO · Onoko Apps (100M+ users), SocialInterview (40M users), FanCheck (18M users), Yes/No Game (11M users), Friend Pairs (1M users)
· Former Investment Analyst · Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Africa
In October 2022, Janakan’s Efficient Cloud was listed as Seagate LiveLabs “Top 8 Innovators of the Year”. As the father of two young daughters, Janakan is motivated to lead RLG into the creation of careful and thoughtful approaches to fun, metaversal, child-safe edtech.
CHIEF VIRTUE OFFICER · Wintley Phipps (Vero Beach, FL)
Renowned international singer, philanthropist, inspiration to Presidents, non-profit leader, advocate for prison rights and reforms, literacy luminary minister. Wintley’s global impact includes:
· Founder · US Dream Academy (Investing in the lives of children of incarcerated parents and communities harmed by systemic inequities)
· Inspiration to Millions · Including Inaugurals for Presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, National Prayer Breakfast for Bill Clinton, and invitational performances for Mother Theresa’s Congressional Medal, and Nelson Mandela’s Release.
· Mentor to Oprah Windfrey
· Encourager in Media · Leading With Integrity
· Literacy Advocate
Wintley is working on technologies to restore deep literacy for millions. His project with RICH Learning Global includes teaching Virtue (love, kindness, peace, integrity, etc) disguised as a cartoon alien professor in the City of Six Towers in future the RICH Metaverse.
CHIEF SOCIAL NETWORKING STRATEGIST
· Anmol Gogia (Dehradun, India, Dubai)
Founder & CEO of Crobstacle, a globally recognized digital transformation firm helping purpose-driven brands scale impact from New Zealand to Canada, covering multiple points in between
Recognized among Uttarakhand’s most innovative startups, Crobstacle serves over 200+ clients across sectors of education, real estate, healthcare, and sustainability
Host, #TheYoungTurksDialogues, a fast-growing podcast (25K+ subscribers) featuring conversations with founders, policymakers, and thought leaders
Started his journey by helping his father’s small business in high school, now drives campaigns reaching 1+ billion people across continents
Assisted Harley-Davidson India to set up a community for their x440 bikes in India
At Rich Learning International, Anmol leads growth and digital strategy through:
Fundraising via Google Ad Grants
Designing conversion-driven digital ecosystems for early childhood education impact
Spearheading messaging, storytelling, and communication systems across social and digital touchpoints
Known for his belief: “Strategy should feel human. Impact should feel inevitable.”