VG CEO Drew Shula Speaks at Coachella x Global Inheritance
Drew Shula, Verdical Group’s Founder & CEO, was invited to speak at Coachella as part of the Global Inheritance Speaker Series on April 20, 2025.
The event took place on the Desert Sky Stage and was hosted in coordination with the POSTed Studio Speaker Series, which has hosted globally-recognized artists, politicians, scientists and activists at Coachella to discuss the most pressing environmental and social challenges since 2019. The Coachella audience is deeply involved in the experience, asking questions and sometimes creating art in coordination with the panels.
The 2025 session, “In This Current Climate, Can I Find a Sustainable Job?”, focused on the green job market and featured Megan Tierney (AEG, Sustainability), Kristy Drutman (Founder, Brown Girl Green), and Sunny Sohrabian (Director of Sustainability, Olympics – LA28) in addition to Shula.
Past speakers include Jaden Smith (Artist), Maggie Baird (Support and Feed, other of Billie Eilish), Leah Thomas (Intersectional Environmentalist), Phoebe Gates (Co-founder of Phia, daughter of Bill Gates), Sophia Kianni (Climate Cardinals Founder, Co-founder of Phia), James Wilks (Winner of The Ultimate Fighter UFC), Joseph Solomon (Musician), Ilan Hall (Top Chef winner), BLOND:ISH (Artist), Sam Feldt (DJ), UMI (Artist), Xiuhtezcatl (Activist, Rapper), Earthgang (Artist), Rep. Maxwell Frost (Congressman), and more.
Past speakers include Anjali Tripath (NASA), Chhaya Kapilashrami (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change), Danni Washington (Creator & TV personality), Leah Thomas (Intersectional Environmentalist), Rep. Maxwell Frost (Congressman), David Smith (Joshua Tree State Park Superintendent), Jaden Smith (Artist), Orla Doherty (Producer BBC Studios), Maggie Baird (Support and Feed), Earthgang (Artist), James Wilks (Winner of The Ultimate Fighter UFC), Joseph Solomon (Musician), Ilan Hall (Chef), Nic Adler (Monty’s), BLOND:ISH (Artist), Phoebe Gates (Activist), Sam Feldt (DJ), Sophia Kianni (Climate Cardinals Founder), Sutu (Artist), UMI (Artist), Xiuhtezcatl (Activist), and more.
Global Inheritance is a nonprofit organization working to reinvent activism and empower individuals to seek a global balance. Their campaigns focus on diversity and inclusion, catering their messaging to unreached demographic groups and subcultures.
