Albert Aeed recently joined the legal recruiting team at David Carrie LLC. Previously he was a Junior Partner at MarketOne International, a boutique consulting firm that provides outsourced high-end sales lead development for IBM, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, Siebel, Cisco, Microsoft, and others. Aeed served on the development team at The Abraham Fund, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to peaceful coexistence between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East. Albert received a B.A. in Theatre Arts and a Certificate in Software Development from Clark University.

Timothy Foley is a Sr. Web Project Manager at RowenWarren.  He has worked on developing Web sites and online marketing initiatives for Financial Times, CIT Group, the Arriva card, Global Cash Access, Master Replica, Anchor Blue, 85 Broads and the Primedia Outdoor Enthusiast line of magazines. Timothy received his B.A. in English and American Literature and Language from the Harvard University.

David Gibson is a Director at UBS Investment Bank. Currently head of Settlements for Interest Rate Derivatives for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, he has held a number of international operational roles--from assisting in the start up of new businesses in emerging markets to managing complex teams across different regions. David is a graduate of Hunter College in New York.

Dawn Lesh is President of Dawn Lesh International focusing on the use of marketing, strategy and research leading to implementation. Previously she served as Senior Vice President at McCann WorldGroup, Vice President of Strategic Planning & Marketing Research at the New York Stock Exchange, and Vice President & Director of Marketing Research at Bank of America. She is an Adjunct Professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business. Dawn is a graduate of the University of California, Davis and received her Masters from California State University, Sacremento.

Kelly Markus is a co-founder of The Fall Collection and in 2004 served as the Executive Producer.  She has worked as an Assistant Producer to film producers Ed Saxon and Tim Perell.  She served as producer of the 6 year Phat Shorts Film Festival.  She produced the short film Pop Tarts which toured 35 festivals around the world including SXSW and the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival. Other film producing credits include The Wrong Egg, Wiggle: 100 Years of Jello, and Owning Sophia.  In addition, Kelly served as Creative Coordinator for 5 years with MJM Creative Services working on multi-media events for companies such as IBM, Pfizer, American Express and Canon.  Kelly graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a B.F.A in Theatre and B.S. in Communications and  freelances with The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.

Kevin Myers (Chairman & Vice President) is a native of Northwest Ohio and a cum laude graduate of Bowling Green State University, where he received his Bachelor of Art in Communications degree (double major, Theatre and Telecommunications).  He started working in New York at Richard Frankel Productions as an intern and assistant to the development director Jo Porter.  He served for two years as Creative Coordinator for Macy*s Thanksgiving Day Parade and Macy*s Fourth of July Fireworks, working with such performers as Nick Lachey, Christina Aguilera and *NSYNC.  Producing credits include the Theater component of The Fall Collection 2004 and Watch Dog Theatre Company’s world premiere presentation of Toby at the Sanford Meisner Theater.

Joshua W. Walker, Esq. is a corporate attorney with Davis & Gilbert LLP, a premiere marketing communications law firm.  Prior to working at Davis & Gilbert, Mr. Walker was a finance associate with Chadbourne & Parke LLP.  Mr. Walker obtained a B.A. in English and a second B.A. in journalism and political science from the University at Buffalo.  He received his juris doctorate from Cornell Law School.  

Russell S. Winer is the Deputy Dean and William Joyce Professor of Marketing at the Stern School of Business, New York University.  He received a B.A. in Economics from Union College (N.Y.) and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University.  He has been on the faculties of Columbia and Vanderbilt universities and, most recently, the University of California at Berkeley. He has been a visiting faculty member at M.I.T., Stanford University, New York University, Cranfield School of Management (U.K.), the Helsinki School of Economics, the University of Tokyo, and École Nationale des Ponts et Chausées.  He has written three books, Marketing Management, Analysis for Marketing Planning and Product Management, and has authored over 50 papers in marketing on a variety of topics including consumer choice, marketing research methodology, marketing planning, advertising, and pricing. He is a past editor of the Journal of Marketing Research, the current co-editor of the Journal of Interactive Marketing, and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Marketing, the Journal of Marketing Research, and Marketing Science. He has participated in executive education programs around the world, and is currently an advisor to a number of startup companies.

Lisa Wisely (Ex Officio) oversees the development of all consumer products and online products for Blue Man Group and is a partner in Chase Tyler Design. Chase Tyler Design is a Brooklyn based design studio offering clients a variety of design, development and production services with a focus on entertainment with clients and projects including STREB, [Title of Show] and Glass Eye Pix. The design group is currently working with several emerging brands including Travel Chic, Ghastly Greetings and Ohio Knitting Mills. Lisa is also the Producer on her second feature film called SATAN HATES YOU, currently in pre-production.

JUNIOR BOARD
Daniela Barbosa
Norell Hall
Patrick Healy
Ania Lisa
Carin Murphy
Carly Robins
Elizabeth Roy
Jesse Soursourian
Leah Weisberg