Jessica Koslow Feeds the Folks Who Feed LA
Steve Bodow
Reboot Board ChairSteve Bodow is a 14-time Emmy-winning writer and producer, having served as EP and showrunner of Netflix’s Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, following 13 years at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as an EP, head writer and staff writer. Bodow also co-edited and co-wrote the Daily Show’s three best-selling books, America: The Book; Earth: The Book; and The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library. The Trump Twitter Library also became a live installation event, touring the US and winning a Cannes Lions Grand Prix.
In 2021, Bodow created and coordinated “Climate Night,” a one-night event where seven major American late-night shows devoted their airtime to climate issues, reaching more than 20 million viewers.
Bodow is a founding member and a past artistic director of Elevator Repair Service,[1] the New York theater group best known for Gatz, its full-text adaptation of The Great Gatsby, which played sold-out runs at NYC’s Public Theater, London’s Old Vic, and in more than 25 other cities globally.
In addition to Reboot, he sits on the boards of ERS and The Onion‘s parent company, Global Tetrahedron.
Jessica Koslow
Chef and Owner of Sqirl in Los AngelesJessica Koslow is the chef and owner of Sqirl in Los Angeles. Jessica started her career in pastry at the James Beard award winning restaurant, Bacchanalia, in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2011, she returned to Los Angeles and started Sqirl, a breakfast and lunch cafe in tune with the seasons not only through daily dishes but also through her line of preserves.
In 2014, she was named Eater LA’s Chef of the Year and her first cookbook, Everything I Want To Eat, was nominated for a James Beard Award.
Sqirl currently sits on Eater’s 2016’s list of the 38 Essential restaurants in America. Koslow is busy with her new restaurant, Tel, which will open in the fall of this year.