Wadooah Wali is a visionary Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at New Canvas, an award-winning XR studio that combines innovation with dynamic storytelling and social impact. At New Canvas, she drives the strategic vision to help create immersive experiences that captivate global audiences. New Canvas was one of 13 companies selected for Acme Innovation and Warner Bros. Discovery’s Collider On The Lot inaugural program last fall and she recently pioneered the partnership with Elliot Page and PAGEBOY Productions to co-produce its newest VR series, When Brooklyn Was Queer, based on the acclaimed book of the same name. With more than two decades in both traditional and disruptive media, Wadooah’s extensive background includes pivotal roles at WarnerMedia, Fullscreen and Demand Media.

As a change agent, Wadooah is passionate about connecting people through information, empathy and technology and social good. She currently serves as an advisory board member for GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ+ Entertainment Critics and as a co-founder and advisor for Revry.TV, the trailblazing queer streaming network. She also previously served as Co-Founder and Co-Chair of TurnOUT, the LA-based chapter of WarnerMedia's LGBTQIA+ group. Her insights are sought after in judging and speaking roles at prestigious festivals and events, including VidCon Australia, the Alliance of Women Directors and STARZ’s #TakeTheLead initiative and The Atlantic’s Progress Summit.