Joe Zieja

Founder of the Voice Acting Academy, top-booking talent, entrepreneur, author, and musician

With nearly 200 IMDb credits and over 8,000 paid voice acting jobs under his belt, Joe took the industry by storm with no prior acting experience or training. His decade-long voice acting career has taken him through every genre of the industry, and landed him in national commercial campaigns as well as Pixar movies, leading roles in AAA video games, and more. 

As the inventor of the concept of the Talent-Entrepreneur, Joe teaches not just acting, but business acumen, encouraging his students to establish systems that free them up to focus on their craft while generating and maintaining actual career momentum. He smashes the gates of gatekeepers with no mercy, and empowers actors no matter their background to take control of their own careers, stop asking for permission, and get behind the mic where they belong. 

Beau Stephenson

Voiceover Coach, Veteran Voice Actor, Sound Engineer, Jack-Of-All-Trades

Beau Stephenson is a multi-talented artist with a lifelong passion for music and storytelling with over a decade of experience as a full-time voice actor, leaving his mark on the advertising and entertainment industry. Voicing movie trailer campaigns for Disney, Sony, and HBO, he's also the guy behind promotional campaigns for major networks like FOX, ABC, NBC, and AMC+. You've heard Beau's voice playing characters in blockbuster video games like Call of Duty and Red Dead Redemption, along with numerous indie gems. Notably, Beau has performed vocal doubling ADR for stars such as Ryan Reynolds, Timothée Chalamet, and Taron Egerton. Commercially, you can hear Beau on a diverse array of brands, from global giants like Nintendo, McDonald's, and Amazon, to household names like Toyota, Proactiv, and Dell.

Erika Harlacher

Voiceover Coach, Seasoned Voice Actor, Music-Maker, Content Creator

Erika Harlacher-Stone is a Los Angeles based voice actor best known for her work in anime and video games. Some of the projects she's been a part of include Persona 5, Genshin Impact, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Kingdom Hearts III, HunterxHunter, Demon Slayer, Violet Evergarden, Seven Deadly Sins, and many more.

Erika is an experienced and dedicated teacher, well-known for releasing the emotional blocks that keep people from tapping into their characters, and giving themselves permission to perform. Her students consistently walk away saying "I had no idea I could do that." Her instruction has landed Pandora's Vox students roles in video games, animation, anime, and more - and she's just insanely fun to work with. 

David Rosenthal

Voiceover Coach, Casting & Voice Director, CEO of the Global Voice Acting Academy

David Rosenthal, CEO and head coach at GVAA (Global Voice Acting Academy), is also a casting and voice director for games, game apps, radio dramas, and cartoons. In his 35 years in the industry, David has voiced thousands of commercials, video games and cartoons, corporate/medical/technical narrations, and documentaries. But his real passion is teaching others how to channel their own creative spirit in a way that's fulfilling and leads to actual voice work. He is grateful to have helped many people get their start or further their careers in the voice over business, and now happily brings his years of experience to Pandora's Vox where he regularly leads workshops and gives audition prep feedback.

Steven Reisberg

Voice-acting Coach, VO Director, Founding Member of GVAA

Steven is a Hollywood voice-over director and VO coach working with the top VO talent in the industry and countless award-winning actors for over two decades. He was the VO booth director for elite Hollywood talent agencies and casting directors, including the William Morris Agency, Tisherman Agency, TGMD Talent, and The Voicecaster. Currently, he is on the acting faculty of AMDA College of the Performing Arts in Los Angeles as an adjunct Professor of Acting/VO. A founding faculty member of The Global Voice Acting Academy (GVAA) and a featured speaker at That's Voiceover career expo, he has also taught classes at Voice One in San Francisco and The Don LaFontaine VO Lab at SAG-AFTRA. In addition to acting in many theater productions in NYC and LA, Steven is also a magician and long-time member of The Magic Castle in Hollywood. Steven believes that good VO is based in strong acting technique combined with embracing the sheer fun and joy of the work.         

John Montoya

Expert Audio Engineer/Editor, PV Demo Producer, Tech Support

John is an audio producer, creator, and engineer who specializes in voiceover production and audio post-production. John works with teams around the globe and provides solutions for voiceover and audio production pipelines, including coordinating and managing voiceover for projects. In John's spare time, he also works as a voice actor for indie projects and anime.

John's heart is often bigger than his schedule, but he goes above and beyond to make sure that Pandora's Vox students understand their audio environment and can walk confidently into any audition or session ready to deliver high quality audio to any client in any situation.