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Director\Producer\Author
http://www.defyingthenazis.org Online Curriculum with Facing History www.facinghistory.org/two-who-dared Producer, Carbon Nation www.carbonnationmovie.com |
ARTEMIS A.W. JOUKOWSKY, III, M.A.
OBJECTIVE
To lead Learning to Learn into its next era of innovation and impact, bringing student self directed learning to a global audience and transforming the way that people learn.
OVERVIEW
Artemis is an award winning film maker, investor, entrepreneur, author and educator.
CURRENT WORK
Co-founder and CEO, Learning to Learn 2021-Present
EDUCATION
M.A. in Psychology, Goddard College 1986
B.A. in Social Ecology, Hampshire College 1985
OTHER EDUCATION
Leader, Avalon 1996-Present
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Co-Developer, Facing History and Ourselves: Defying the Nazis 2016
FILMMAKING & MEDIA
Executive Producer, Producer, Co-Director Light and Shadows - Trailer 2022
Executive Producer, Producer, Co-Director The Genetics of Hope - Trailer 2020
Executive Producer, Re-Evolution: The Cuban Dream - IMDb 2017
Executive Producer, Portrait of Harry - IMDb 2017
Executive Producer, Cries from Syria - Trailer 2017
Executive Producer, Producer, Co-Director Defying the Nazis – (PBS/Ken Burns) 2016
Executive Producer, Carbon Nation - Trailer/Website 2010
Executive Producer, Alex's POV - Trailer 2008
Executive Producer, The Raven 2008
PUBLISHED WORKS
Co-Producer, Inclusion at Work 2023
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS CAREER
Senior Advisor, Entelligent 2020–Present
INVESTMENTS | AWJ PARTNERS
Founder & Managing Partner, AWJ Venture Partners• 2002–2023
NONPROFIT ADVOCACY & BOARD SERVICE
Chair Emeritus & Co-Founder, No Limits Media, to empower people who are 2001-Present
“differently abled.”
Co-Founder, Investor Circle, Social Venture Network, Vermont Community Loan Fund, Food Works, Riverbend Montessori School
OBJECTIVE
To lead Learning to Learn into its next era of innovation and impact, bringing student self directed learning to a global audience and transforming the way that people learn.
OVERVIEW
Artemis is an award winning film maker, investor, entrepreneur, author and educator.
CURRENT WORK
Co-founder and CEO, Learning to Learn 2021-Present
- Online learning platform for independent study, with an initial partnership with the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
- Link: LTLU.ORG
- Based on the documentary co-directed with Ken Burns
- Link to PBS documentary
- Link to the film
- Link to Facing History and Ourselves (related curriculum)
- Advise this leading ESG data provider and publisher of the Smart Climate 500 and 1000 indexes.
- Mission: to empower people who are “differently abled”
- Created a national PBS-distributed media platform for disability advocacy
- Worked as part of the leadership for the passing of the “UN
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” in 2007, now implemented by 180 countries
- Led three programs of photography of disabled athletes at the UN convention in conjunction with the Paralympics
EDUCATION
M.A. in Psychology, Goddard College 1986
B.A. in Social Ecology, Hampshire College 1985
OTHER EDUCATION
Leader, Avalon 1996-Present
- The Action workshop (3-month corporate immersion) and group sessions/ with companies such as Econergy, Market Intelligence, Highland Energy Group, and more
- Mentoring and coaching individuals and their organizations
- Link to NewField
- Mastery in Coaching, 6-month intensive course on the art of mentoring and coaching for high school students and adults
- Money, Wealth and Wisdom, a 12-month study course on the phenomenon of money and the “speech acts” that come from language and money, designed in an “ontological” framework by Dr. Fernando Flores and Russell Redenbaugh
- a three-year study course on becoming a “reflective practitioner,” taught by Dr. Fernando Flores, PhD, and Dr. Hurbert Dreyfous, Professor in Philosophy at UC Berkeley, including training on “hermeneutics,” the study of interpretation and where we learn that each human being as a unique interpretation for what creates personal and professional satisfaction
- Link to Fernando Flores
- Link to Conversations for Action
- Link to Ontaglogical Design class
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Co-Developer, Facing History and Ourselves: Defying the Nazis 2016
- Curriculum for high school and college students linked to the film
- Link to Online Curriculum with Facing History
- Co-partnered with Laura Tavarez over three years to develop curriculum, now delivered to 50,000 schools and over 1 million students per year
- TA in the Literature of Social Reflection with Robert Coles, MD course at Harvard University.
- For “excellence in teaching,” in the assessment of all the students, the TAs and Robert Coles, I made the greatest impact in the course, and was honored to receive the Annenberg Prize for outstanding instruction.
- Co-founded “Wilderness Passage,” a personal growth company that focused on the personal transformation that occurs when seeking a vision, alone in nature
Over three years led led over 300 for people to make heartfelt lifetime choices for their vision to live a happy, abundant life
- Full semester course, “Sense of Self in the Wilderness,” taught to Hampshire students (30) who learned to declare their relationship with nature
- The course was created and we co-taught with fellow Division III student, Annie Morehouse
- It was a course of self-discovery and invited them to explore our intimate relationship with “wilderness.”
- Drew on readings by Aldo Leopold, Annie Dillard, Rachel Carson, John Muir and many others
- 30 students during fall semester 1984
- Similar courses were taught by Karen Warren until she retired in 2019
FILMMAKING & MEDIA
Executive Producer, Producer, Co-Director Light and Shadows - Trailer 2022
Executive Producer, Producer, Co-Director The Genetics of Hope - Trailer 2020
Executive Producer, Re-Evolution: The Cuban Dream - IMDb 2017
Executive Producer, Portrait of Harry - IMDb 2017
Executive Producer, Cries from Syria - Trailer 2017
Executive Producer, Producer, Co-Director Defying the Nazis – (PBS/Ken Burns) 2016
- National PBS broadcast; 3.5M viewers and over 1.1B media impressions.
- Expanded into dramatic mini-series development.
Executive Producer, Carbon Nation - Trailer/Website 2010
Executive Producer, Alex's POV - Trailer 2008
Executive Producer, The Raven 2008
PUBLISHED WORKS
Co-Producer, Inclusion at Work 2023
- Interviews with with differently-abled individuals to learn about their lives, their passions, and how their disability has enabled them to carve their own unique path in this world.
- Link to website
- Explores the role of resilience, disability, and meaning in the face of adversity.
- Link to book
- Authored The Sharps’ narration of rescue
- Collaborator: Facing History and Ourselves curriculum, developed for high schools and colleges in 50,000 schools annually
- Developed Partnerships of the Sharps’ archives at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), Yad Vashem in Israel, Brown University, John Hay Library, and Harvard Divinity School. Helped to digitize over 250,000 papers of the American rescue during WWII.
- Collaborated with the United Nations on essays about disability and dignity
- Exhibition at the United Nations to promote the rights of people with disabilities
- The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is a legally binding international treaty that aims to protect the human rights of people with disabilities. The exhibition played a key role in the UN passing this treaty.
- Link to exhibition
- Link to publication
- Curriculum
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS CAREER
Senior Advisor, Entelligent 2020–Present
- Advise a leading ESG data provider and publisher of the Smart Climate 500 and 1000 indexes.
- $85M early-stage venture fund; ROI 30%.
- Helped lead this clean energy company from founding to public listing on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
- Econergy was acquired by GDF-Suez.
- Senior Advisor of early-stage funds focused on early-stage and socially responsible ventures; 50% compounded ROI over ten years, biggest IPO, Cloudflare, current market cap, $60 billion.
- Sold to Eastern Utilities Association, a NYSE-listed company, in 1998.
INVESTMENTS | AWJ PARTNERS
Founder & Managing Partner, AWJ Venture Partners• 2002–2023
- 45% compounded ROI over twenty years.
- Invested in over 20 companies aligned with environmental and social impact missions.
- Played key roles in four IPOs across clean energy and sustainable consumer brands, including 7th Generation.
NONPROFIT ADVOCACY & BOARD SERVICE
Chair Emeritus & Co-Founder, No Limits Media, to empower people who are 2001-Present
“differently abled.”
- Created a national PBS-distributed media platform for disability advocacy.
- Worked as part of the leadership for the passing of the “UN
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” in 2007, now implemented by 180 countries
- U.S. Paralympic Table Tennis Team (2002–2004)
- National Champion (2002), Silver Medalist – Mexico City Games (2003)
- Co-Led two Capital campaigns garnering $50M in funds
- Co-founded the Lemelson Assistive Technology Development Center.
- Board Member, Greystone Foundation (1992–2000), partnership with Ben and Jerries
- Co-Founder, Investor Circle, Social Venture Network, Vermont Community Loan Fund, Food Works, Riverbend Montessori School
Co-Founder, Investor Circle, Social Venture Network, Vermont Community Loan Fund, Food Works, Riverbend Montessori School
About Artemis
Artemis Joukowsky III M.A. A venture capitalist, asset advisor, entrepreneur, non-profit activist and film producer. He has formed ten for-profit and eight non-for profit institutions and has been a founding partner in two venture capital funds. He has been a part of four companies that have gone public.
Business Activities:
Mr. Joukowsky is Senior Advisor to Entelligent, a cutting edge ESG data provider and publisher of the Smart Climate 500 and 1,000 indexes. Previously, Mr. Joukowsy was a founding Board member and principle in Econergy International,a publicly trading company on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. Before the IPO, he served as Vice-Chairman of Econergy. Econergy was a diversified international independent power producer, focused on the clean energy markets. Econergy was sold to GDF-Suez in 2008. He and Tom Stoner, his Econergy Partner, also co-founded Highland Energy Group. The company was sold to a subsidiary of Eastern Utilities Association, a $2 billion NYSE company. Artemis is a partner of Enterprise Design of Petaluma, CA, a firm that works closely with executives to design competitive enterprises. He and his partner, Robert Dunham, focus on leveraging the capabilities of executives and managers, the coordination of action and an organization’s capacity for design. In 1997, Mr. Joukowsky co-founded Solstice Capital, an $85 million early stage venture fund. He has served as an advisor for Solstice since 1995. He currently serves as an advisor to Utah Ventures II, an $80 million fund based in Salt Lake City, Utah and Commons Capital, a socially responsible early stage venture fund in Boston.
Community and Disabilities Activism:
Mr. Joukowsky has been active in disability and other community services for a number of years. His experience and roles include:
Mr. Joukowsky is the Co-founder of a number of non-profit organizations and socially responsible investment networks, including the Investor Circle (with Susan Davis). He was a founding member of the Social Venture Network and he helped to co-found the Vermont Community Loan Fund, The Natick Montessori School and Food Works. He served on the Board of Directors of Hampshire College from 1992-2000 and as the Chair and Co-Chair of two Capital Campaigns from 1994 to the present.
Mr. Joukowsky served on the Board of the American Community School of Beirut from 1996-2000 and the Greystone Foundation from 1992-2000.
He holds a B.A. in Social Ecology from Hampshire College, and an M.A. in Psychology from Goddard College. Artemis resides in Sherborn, MA.
Business Activities:
Mr. Joukowsky is Senior Advisor to Entelligent, a cutting edge ESG data provider and publisher of the Smart Climate 500 and 1,000 indexes. Previously, Mr. Joukowsy was a founding Board member and principle in Econergy International,a publicly trading company on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. Before the IPO, he served as Vice-Chairman of Econergy. Econergy was a diversified international independent power producer, focused on the clean energy markets. Econergy was sold to GDF-Suez in 2008. He and Tom Stoner, his Econergy Partner, also co-founded Highland Energy Group. The company was sold to a subsidiary of Eastern Utilities Association, a $2 billion NYSE company. Artemis is a partner of Enterprise Design of Petaluma, CA, a firm that works closely with executives to design competitive enterprises. He and his partner, Robert Dunham, focus on leveraging the capabilities of executives and managers, the coordination of action and an organization’s capacity for design. In 1997, Mr. Joukowsky co-founded Solstice Capital, an $85 million early stage venture fund. He has served as an advisor for Solstice since 1995. He currently serves as an advisor to Utah Ventures II, an $80 million fund based in Salt Lake City, Utah and Commons Capital, a socially responsible early stage venture fund in Boston.
Community and Disabilities Activism:
Mr. Joukowsky has been active in disability and other community services for a number of years. His experience and roles include:
- Chairman and co-founder of No-Limits Media, a non-profit corporation whose goal is the development of innovative media projects for people with disabilities. No Limits has created a half-hour TV “Magazine” program broadcast in the spring of 2005.
- Chairman and founding Board member of the Lemelson Assistive Technology Development Center at Hampshire College, an academic program that supports student invention and design of adaptive equipment. http://lemelson.hampshire.edu
- Member of the United States Paralympic Team 2002-2004, competing in the US and abroad. He won National Championships in table tennis (2002) for class 6 and won the Silver medal in the Mexico City Games (2003).
- Executive Producer and co-author of Raising the Bar, a book recently published by Umbrage Press. He co-wrote the essay with Larry Rothstein. He is currently in the process of writing a new book, tentatively called The Gift.
- Founder and organizer of Raising the Bar Associates, LLC, created to work with major international corporations to support the UN Convention on Human Rights. http://www.raisingthebarassoc.com
- Member of the Finance Committee and a Program Officer for the Joukowsky Family Foundation. http://www.joukowsky.org
- Artemis Joukowsky, the grandson of Waitstill and Martha Sharp, has spent decades researching his grandparents' story and connecting that story to the current refugee crisis. The PBS broadcast attracted over 1.1 billion impressions on social media and an audience of over 3.5 million viewers!
Mr. Joukowsky is the Co-founder of a number of non-profit organizations and socially responsible investment networks, including the Investor Circle (with Susan Davis). He was a founding member of the Social Venture Network and he helped to co-found the Vermont Community Loan Fund, The Natick Montessori School and Food Works. He served on the Board of Directors of Hampshire College from 1992-2000 and as the Chair and Co-Chair of two Capital Campaigns from 1994 to the present.
Mr. Joukowsky served on the Board of the American Community School of Beirut from 1996-2000 and the Greystone Foundation from 1992-2000.
He holds a B.A. in Social Ecology from Hampshire College, and an M.A. in Psychology from Goddard College. Artemis resides in Sherborn, MA.
