Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry are writers and producers who have been breaking ground with their stories and ideas for decades. They have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, and numerous other outlets.

Arielle is an author and entrepreneur who creates new ideas and businesses that are more inclusive, creative, and inspiring. She started her career as an agent at Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency where she launched the careers of dozens of writers. She then teamed up with her client, bestselling author Kwame Alexander, to help found the publishing imprint Versify (HarperCollins), which features fresh and varied voices that represent all children. In its first year, Versify books won the two biggest awards in children’s literature, The Newbery and The Caldecott. She also co-founded LittleMissMatched, a revolutionary company that sold socks that don’t match in packs of threes, opening stores everywhere from Disney World to Grand Central Station. Arielle is also the author of eleven books. In 2021, she moved into the world of film and television as an executive producer on two shows: The World of Vamos, created by Raul the Third and in development with Silvergate/Sony, as well as Jelly Bean Dream Machine, created by Kwame Alexander and starring Common, in development with The Jim Henson Company.

David is an author and performer who has been shaking up stages and pages since he first stepped up to the mic as the Master of Ceremonies at Chippendales Male Strip Club as the only fully-clothed member of the troop. He turned that experience into his second memoir, Master of Ceremonies, which Sony is currently developing into a TV show written by Gordon L. Smith of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul fame, with David as an executive producer. David is also executive producer on a TV show inspired by his first memoir, Chicken, with Scott Buck, (Dexter and Iron Fist) as showrunner. As a writer and editor, David has published sixteen books, the last of which was on the front cover of The New York Times Book Review. He was a professional stand-up comic and actor for twenty years, appearing in television shows and films such as The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, CTW/HBO’s Encyclopedia, and the cult classic Cabin Boy. He performed his one-man show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it was named the number one show week after week by The Independent. He sold screenplays to Fox and Disney, among others. None of those were made, which is why he co-founded Can Do Entertainment.