Meet The Team

Production company founded by health professionals, fueled by creatives and storytellers.

Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH
Co-Founder / Principal
Chief Executive

Aletha is a Brooklyn-rooted, proud daughter of Antigua. Trained in pediatrics and preventive medicine/public health, she is an executive physician, cultural strategist, and creative entrepreneur who operates from a core truth: every policy is health policy. Her expertise spans social entrepreneurship, narrative change, neighborhood health strategies, coalition building, and organizational change — always viewed through an art and culture lens that expansively reimagines how society understands health.

Cody Vandenberg, MFA
Co-Founder / Principal
Production

Cody is a film and media industry professional specializing in post- production for some of the top companies in the industry. He resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, serving as the Director of Post Production at Lucasfilm Ltd, where he has proudly contributed to large tentpole projects such as Rogue One, Solo, The Mandalorian, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and Andor. He has also played a key role in the delivery of non-fiction and documentary projects, such as Light & Magic.

Mia Keeys, DrPH
Co-Founder / Principal
Creative Writing

Mia is a writer, poet, and national health and policy leader on topics involving women’s health, reproductive justice, and health equity.

Shalini Pammal, MSPH
Principal
Company Management

Shalini is a narrative architect, creative operator and movement strategist who bridges art and execution. Her work is focused on aligning narrative structure and audience insight to position bold ideas for meaningful systems change. With more than a decade of grassroots organizing and movement-building experience, she has shaped national campaigns advancing affordable, accessible, high-quality healthcare through her work with Doctors for America and the Center for American Progress and allied organizations.

Brian Vandenberg, JD
Co-Founder
Posthumous Recognition 1961-2025

Brian Vandenberg was a business leader, lawyer, advocate, storyteller, and philanthropist working at the intersection of law, technology and health equity. He was instrumental in the founding of Truthlight Studio serving as legal counsel, fundraiser, and a beloved  father and friend. We miss him.