Michael Bellavia is an Emmy winning producer with more than 30 production credits and a

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executive. He is also an owner of HelpGood, an advertising agency and certified B Corp in New York City and Los Angeles that works with nonprofits and organizations focused on making a social impact including

California Coalition Against Sexual Assault ValorUS, formerly the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA), is a nonprofit membership association of rape crisis centers and sexual assault prevention programs in the State of California, in the United States. CALCASA is the onl ...

Housing Works Housing Works is a New York City-based non-profit fighting AIDS and homelessness. The charity is well known for its entrepreneurial businesses including a chain of thrift shops, which supports efforts to end AIDS and homelessness where they are ...

, and the

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on the

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campaign for which the company was the recipient of the Gold Smokey Bear Award. In October 2012, he co-founded the Million Puppet March that marched on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. He was the CEO of Animax Entertainment, an animation, game, and interactive content production company. While at Animax, in 2006, Bellavia won one of the first broadband

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for a series of animated shorts that were produced for

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. Animax was nominated for another Emmy in 2007. At Animax he also led the company to the Inc. 500 list in 2009. Bellavia earned his BS in Engineering from the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

and his

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from

Columbia Business School Columbia Business School (CBS) is the business school of Columbia University, a Private university, private research university in New York City. Established in 1916, Columbia Business School is one of six Ivy League business schools and one of ...

. He is a former Chair of the

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, a member of the

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, and a former mentor at the American Film Institute's Digital Content Lab. Bellavia was an improviser at IO West (the Los Angeles outpost of

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),iO West – players

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre The Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) is an improvisational and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicago's ImprovOlympic in 1990. The original incarnation of the group consisted of Amy Poehler, Matthew Walsh, Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, Ad ...

, and

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in Los Angeles. He has been a contestant on several game shows, including

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, Wheel of Fortune, Smush,

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, Emogenius, Boom!, Lingo, The Great Escape, and On the Cover.

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