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Brad Weisman co-founded the winter apparel brand Shwalla. The company received investment from the founder of The North Face and additional investment from the former owner of the soccer brand Umbro. He helped retired Olympians in the launch of MLX hockey skates, later sold to Easton Hockey. He has had significant brand marketing roles in and outside of marketing leadership for several major fortune 500 companies. A graduate of The Ohio State University, Brad received The Ohio State University “New Leader” alumni award in 2005. He holds an MBA from Lake Forest.
Brad is also the founder several of other operating companies outside of “Sport” and a proud mentor at the Arizona State University WP Carey Business School.
Matty Smokes is a former stand up comedian (open mic night only) and improv comedy troupe member (Name Change Pending). Besides selling tadpoles for a living, Matty’s claim to fame however is spending a semester living on BDubb’s floor in college next to his space heater.
A proud Buckeye and MENSA member.
Hap Klopp spent 20 years as CEO and President of The North Face. In that time, he turned two small retail stores into one of the most recognized and well-respected outdoor gear companies in the world. Hap launched a global management consultancy company, HK Consulting, after selling The North Face. He continues to speak around the world on adventuring, leadership, entrepreneurship, and the human side of management. He’s also the co-author of two books, one on success called Conquering the North Face: An Adventure in Leadership, and one on failure called Almost: 12 Electric Months Chasing a Silicon Valley Dream. Back in 2003, Hap was an early stage investor in Shwalla winter clothing.
Louis Foreman is founder and Chief Executive of Enventys Partners, an integrated product development and crowdfunding firm. He is also the founder of Edison Nation.
Louis graduated from The University of Illinois with a Bachelors of Science in Economics. His interest in starting businesses and developing innovative products began during his sophomore year after founding his first company in his fraternity room.
Over the past 30 years, Louis has created twelve successful start-ups and has been directly responsible for the creation of over 20 others. A prolific inventor, Louis is the inventor on 12 registered US patents, while his firm is responsible for the development and filing of well over 700 more.
The recipient of numerous awards for his entrepreneurial achievements, Louis’ passion for small business extends beyond his own companies.
Louis is an adjunct professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Queens University. He received the Instructor Achievement Award for his teaching at Central Piedmont Community College, and was recognized by the National Museum of Education for his Distinguished Contributions to Education. Louis is also an adjunct professor and the Entrepreneur in Residence at the McColl School of Business, and was the 2013 Distinguished Visiting Professor at Johnson and Wales University.
A frequent lecturer and radio/TV guest on the topics of small business creation and innovation, Louis is often invited to be a featured speaker on the topic of innovation by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and national trade associations.
In addition to being an inventor, Louis is also committed to inspiring others to be innovative. Louis is the creator of the Emmy® Award Winning PBS TV Show Everyday Edisons and serves as the Executive Producer and lead judge. The show won two Emmys® in four seasons and appeared nationally on PBS.
In 2007, Louis became the publisher of Inventors Digest, a 35-year-old publication devoted to the topic of American innovation. In 2009, his first book, The Independent Inventor’s Handbook, was published by Workman Publishing. In 2015, Louis was awarded the IP Champion Award by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Louis currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the James Dyson Foundation, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), Ventureprise, New Dominion Bank, and the Intellectual Property Owners Educational Foundation (IPOEF). In 2013, Louis was appointed by the SBA Administrator, Karen Mills, to serve on the National SBDC Advisory Board, and is currently board chairman.
In 2008, Louis was appointed by United States Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez to serve a three-year-term on the nine person Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In 2011, he was appointed by Secretary Gary Locke to serve an additional three-year-term. The committee was created by Congress in 1999 to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office on matters relating to the policies, goals, performance, budget and user fees of the patent operation. In 2013, he was asked to serve as Chairman of PPAC until the end of his term in December 2014.
In 2011, Louis was called upon multiple times to brief the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on legislation related to the US Patent system and its impact on independent inventors. On September 16, 2011, Louis joined the President of the United States of America onstage for the signing of the America Invents Act into law. This bipartisan effort represented the most comprehensive overhaul to the US Patent System in over 60 years.
Matt Fradin is a former Larry Bird protégé who gave up his NBA ambitions and turned to coaching girls basketball due to his lack of height, skill and getting old. Today, he is a senior corporate lawyer who leads complex transactions in a variety of industries. His work includes mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other commercial transactions, both domestic and international. He is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School where he teaches a course on mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. He also enjoys mentoring young people, participating in programs with Big Brothers Big Sisters, Philadelphia’s Constitution High School, and other diverse programs. Matt enjoys many extreme sports including shuffleboard and pickleball, but is not a big curling fan. He is a proud Girl Dad of two and lives with his wife and daughters in Cherry Hill, New Jersey (insert favorite Jersey Shore or Sopranos joke here).
Anthony Romanelli is Co-CEO of Rich Pageant Media, and is a dynamic and accomplished professional. His career spans marketing, media and education and he has a keen understanding of consumer behavior, a creative edge, and quite strategic mindset. He has worked with McDonald’s, NFL, NBC, and Frito Lay. His love for sports has encompassed many parts of his life. From creating a marketing game for the NFL to working at Wrigley Field and meeting his baseball childhood hero, Bill Buckner, Anthony’s passion for sports has been lifelong and nothing makes him happier than being surrounded by sports. In addition, he has taken to co-hosting a baseball podcast called “The Line Up Card,” which can be found on all major streaming platforms. He is excited to be a part of MediaPub Live and looks forward to bringing his passion and excitement to such a great organization.
Marc Victor is a four-time Emmy Award-winning producer and television executive. Victor is the co-founder of 25 Steps Ahead, a full service production company that specializes in integrating ground breaking technology across all projects.
He has served as an Executive Producer for Hulu, ABC, NBC, FOX, MTV, A&E Networks and Bravo.
Previously, Victor was Senior Vice President of NBC News and the founder of NBC’s Tomorrow Productions. Victor launched the NBC-based production company as an extension of Today, the top- rated morning show, to develop new programming for streaming, broadcast, and cable.
Prior to founding Tomorrow Productions, Victor served as an executive for 7 years on NBC’s Today, where he oversaw all aspects of the morning show’s third hour
Steve was born in 1914 in a small mining town in Peru. He made his first millions in 1934 when he invented the spatula. A few years later, he invented the letter w, making the English language much more better since then because more ws. An avid book collector, he wrote a song about all the books he still wants, called, “When I think of you, I touch my shelf.”
Someone once asked him, if he could get rid of two things in this world, what would they be, and he replied, “1. Evil, 2. Speed bumps.” Steve is a successful entrepreneur, accountant, writer, and music producer. He once helped Scott Baio start a GoFonzme project. He helped a new Paraguayan singer rebrand himself as Eddy Dinero and release “Two Tickets to Paraguay.”
Growing up, his heroes were Bruce Lee and Sarah Lee, and after a lifetime of training he now cooks like Bruce Lee and fights like Sarah Lee.
His hobbies include reading, writing and arithmaticking.
Coolest chick in the land (or so her boyfriend says), producer/editor extraordinaire, startup team rockstar.
Escapee from the corporate technical publications world; independent editing consultant and micro publisher of best selling books on Amazon. Famous celebrity producer who has booked (and chatted with) Sir Richard Branson, co founders of Netflix, Pandora Music, MSNBC, Comedy Channel, and 1200 other household name business CEOs, celebrities, and athletes. She was the devoted right-hand operations consultant in helping build a Scottsdale AZ based entrepreneur community to over 1200 members and multiple programs globally (even despite the pandemic).
Once an amateur lyricist and singer of the band Morocco Mole, she continues to fill her calendar with concerts and ravenous music listening. Her claim to fame is being checked out and sent a drink on separate occasions by Tom Selleck and Robert Goulet.
Almost to be expected as the host of a podcast titled “All Over the Place,” host Eric Porvaznik’s journey to the Arizona desert, and eventually meeting up with MPL’s Brad Weisman, contained a few twists and turns. A native Pennsylvanian and Nittany Lion, along the many years and miles, Eric produced the 1970s baseball documentary “Looking for Oscar”; hosted numerous online TV and radio shows; managed and played in some LA bands (sadly years before acquiring his father’s vintage accordion); dabbled in stand-up; and while working at Disney, even got close to voicing Stitch and becoming Rick Moranis’ moose for “Brother Bear” before settling for backup sound-alike status. A man of a few credible foreign dialects, Eric’s eternally grateful for Brad’s faith to bring “All Over the Place” into the MPL family, and looks forward to promoting whichever project comes the show’s direction.
A baseball umpire of some repute (and a few state high school championships under his black patent leather belt), Eric would also like to remind coaches and fans, he doesn’t eject them when the situations arise. They eject themselves.
Andrew is a family man first, a Buckeye second and very astute business man on top of it all.
From Columbus Crew to the The Ohio State University Athletic Dept to IMG and most recently Learfield, Andy has been around sports marketing for a few decades. In short, Andrew activates brands with in the sports world and entertainment vertical globally.
He is a proud Ohio State graduate. His family is paramount in his life and always will be.
A truth speaker and truth seeker, ML is a reoccurring offender of social media. ML has been in and out of Facebook jail for years now while also proudly removed permanently from Twitter while spreading what we call “ML” truth.
Featured in Entrepreneur Magazine as an up and coming millionaire, Michele has launched an oversized luxury magazine, a PR firm marketing for profits through non profits and has raised over 10 million for charities.
Once was a highly trained classical dancer and continues to have a great love for the arts. She is mostly proud of getting roasted for 20 minutes by Robin Williams at Michael J. Fox’s Parkinson event at the Waldorf Astoria while trying to hide under the table, yet being featured on two huge mega screens. Learn more about this brilliant mind by clicking here
Jonathan launched his career writing and directing ‘The Hebrew Hammer’ in 2003 to international acclaim with its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. It later played a number of international festivals before being picked up for theatrical distribution (Hanukkah 2003) by Strand Releasing in conjunction with Comedy Central and Paramount Home Video. Voted among the top holiday movies by the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Boston Globe and Time Magazine, the ‘Hebrew Hammer’ was aired on Comedy Central for five years after the television rights were sold to the major cable network. Moment Magazine included ‘Hebrew Hammer’ among its’ Top 100 Most Influential Films in the History of Jewish Cinema. Among others in the list were ‘The Graduate’, ‘Schindler’s List’ and ‘Annie Hall’.
Jonathan’s second feature film ‘Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero’ starring Maz Jobrani and John Heard, had its world premiere at the 2014 Austin Film Festival, where it won the Comedy Vanguard award as well as the Audience Award. Jimmy was released theatrically in the US on May 13, 2016, and ran for five months across the country. Jimmy has been picked up for distribution around the world and can currently be seen on Showtime.
Jonathan wrote and directed second Unit for Oscar-winning director Ang Lee on the film, ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,’ which opened nationwide on November 11, 2016, and was the show runner on ‘Gander,’ a fact-based comedy starring: Russell Peters, Lewis Black, Jay Mohr, Rachel Dratch, Oscar Nunez, Maz Jobrani, Adam Goldberg, Colton Dunn, John Fugelsang, and Bonnie McFarlane. Most recently, Jonathan co-wrote, directed, produced and edited the TV pilot, ‘Compound Fractures,’ starring George Wendt (‘Cheers’), Adam Busch (‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’), and Iris Bahr (‘Curb Your Enthusiasm, Svetlana).
Jonathan has been a screenwriter for: Fox, Paramount, Nickelodeon, Disney, Disney XD, Sony, Blue Sky Animation, MTV, Comedy Central studios, the Irish Film Board, and WWE (yes, it’s fake). Jonathan also works as a commercial director with such clients as Google, Nintendo, Renault, Red Mango, Canon, Irish Rail, DDB RX, American Media Inc., and the Mr. Olympia contest. Ironically, Jonathan taught ‘Writing Comedy for Film and Television’ at Yale University while concurrently acting as the humor columnist for the alternative goth-porn site Suicide Girls. Jonathan has also lectured at: The School of Visual Arts in NYC, The Los Angeles Film School, California State University Northridge, Pulse College (Dublin), and Griffith College (Dublin).
His short film work includes ‘Arts & Crafts’, starring Josh Cooke and Rob Benedict which was an “exclusive” on Will Ferrell’s Funny Or Die website. Funny Or Die then commissioned three other “exclusives”, which Jon wrote and directed, entitled ‘Roasted: America Under the Influence’ ‘Sexy Daddy’, starring Dave Foley and written by Dave and Kevin McDonald of The Kids In The Hall, and ‘Realistic Black Mirror,’ written by Rob Kutner and starring Henry Zebrowski and Adam Pally.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Kesselman received his Bachelors degree from the University of Colorado, graduating Magna Cum Laude in Psychology with an emphasis in Neuroscience. He received his Masters Degree in Film Production from the University of Southern California School of Cinema/Television in 2001.
Bill Dawes is a comic, actor, writer, and producer. Most recently, Bill has made appearances on “Mo” on Netflix, “Alaska Daily” on ABC, “The Other Two” on HBO, “NCIS” on CBS, “Wedding Season” on Hulu, and “City on a Hill” on Showtime. Other TV credits include all 3 “Law and Order” series, “Sex and the City,” “Criminal Minds,” “Kevin Can Wait,” “SWAT,” “The Good Fight,” and “Damages.” He will also be featured as a recurring role in “1883: Bass Reeves,” this fall on Paramount plus, and will reprise his role as Bob Robinson in season 2 of “Mo.”
He’s also appeared in several independent feature films, including the Amazon studio feature “Encounter” with Riz Ahmed. He starred co-wrote and co-produced the award-winning feature “Before the Sun Explodes,” also airing on Paramount plus. He starred in, co-wrote, and co-produced the short film “Beautiful Violence,” which has garnered over 150 awards, including 14 best acting trophies for Bill. He also is a co-producer on the upcoming feature “The Performance,” starring Jeremy Piven and Robert Carlyle.
As a comic, Bill is a Hollywood Laugh Factory regular and is also a national and international headliner, having performed as a part of several comedy festivals, including the New York Comedy Festival, Netflix is a Joke, New Zealand Comedy Festival, and South by Southwest. He’s appeared on AXS TV twice, including its “Best of Gotham Comedy Live” and has toured in over 20 countries, including tours with the USO in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bill has written several pieces for Punchline Magazine and The Good Men Project about standup comedy and Brazilian jiu jitsu, where he currently ranks as a first-degree black belt.
Bill currently lives in a trailer in Austin, Texas.
Pryor is an entertainer, director, writer, playwright, Osun priestess, wife and mother. Her writing and performance in her award-winning solo show Fried Chicken & Latkes, led to a television development deal with MGM and Norman Lear, the creator of The Jeffersons and All In The Family. Pryor was nominated for the African American Literary Award in 2007 for her biography Jokes My Father Never Taught Me: Life Love and Loss with Richard Pryor, and has won numerous Black Short film awards for That Daughter’s Crazy.
Rob Kutner is an Emmy-winning writer of TV (The Daily Show, CONAN, Teen Titans Go!), books (Apocalypse How, The Future According to Me), topical material (the Emmys, the Oscars, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner) and the upcoming graphic novel Snot Goblins & Other Tasteless Tales (First Second, 2023).
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Height: 5’ 9”
Weight: 35 lbs. overweight
Normal Weight: 10 lbs. overweight
Zodiac Sign: Feces
Michaels attended school at Cook County Municipal Detention Enrichment Class, Effingham Community Baking School, LeAndrew Ular Foster’s School of Television Repair, a second stint at the Cook County Municipal Detention Enrichment Class, and Arizona State University (as an Observer, not a Student).
Michaels began his career as an amateur OBGYN in Waupaca, Wisconsin, but was served with a cease and desist notice upon opening his own practice in the Steven’s Point Mall, next to House of Potpourri and Fish ‘R Us.
He later explored a career in mental therapy, as well as a becoming a behavioral analyst. He started his practice as a Professional Unlicensed Mentalist in Yuma, Arizona, but was asked to take his folding chairs and card table and vacate the corner of the YMCA basketball court.
It was at this point Michaels felt that reporting the news… the hard-hitting, tough-breaking, important news… the news that most were afraid to report… was his calling. He’s still working on it.
Amy Lee Kite is an author, poet, content writer, social media strategist and mom of three humans and three dogs. Amy attended the University of Illinois in lovely Champaign/Urbana before driving off to Aspen, Colorado for a year of work, soul searching and hiking. The cornfields apparently won out as she returned home after several months to the Midwest to get her Masters from The Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
Upon graduation, she worked as the Managing Editor of a New York Times’ supplemental travel magazine. Her job took her around the world, and all throughout her journeys, she wrote poetry, journaled and had numerous magazine articles published.
Amy currently writes poetry, lyrics, blogs, short stories and children’s books. She also manages several social media accounts, writes press releases and creates web copy. To keep her creative writing juices flowing, she writes on Medium and also has a newsletter on Substack called Ocean in a Drop (after her adored poet Rumi), where she shares her musings about life, meaning and moments. “You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the ocean in a drop.”
After 99 rejections, Amy finally got her poetry published in literary journals and also had a compilation of her poetry published called “Love, Lust and Lunacy: A Poet’s Inner Dialogue.” On the other side of the spectrum, she has published three children’s books on tough topics. Her book “Cancer, Cancer Go Away” received a Mom’s Choice Award; her book “Divorce: What About Me” has helped many children go through a difficult process; and her book “Goodby Gus” tackles the subject of death and grief as a child processes the loss of her dog.
This multiple-faceted aspect of Amy is a common thread: from the cornfields to the mountains … from sensual poetry to healing children’s books … from the frequent playing of Beethoven to her obsession with Kendrick Lamar. (She also loves Thom Yorke, Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent, knows they are age-appropriate and hasn’t given up on those future partner possibilities. Her boyfriend knows and accepts this reality.)
Generational trauma from colonial oppression, indifferent rejection of ancestral familial duties and peculiar unconventional travel destinations have influenced and inspired Robert Oh’s life and career as a Sunday afternoon ghost writer and Monday morning doodler. Bob Oh as referred to him by those closest to him brings decades of sardonic comedic observation and an unhealthy addiction to optimism to the MPB life advising team.
Blake Wexler started doing stand-up at the age of 15 as a high school student in Philadelphia, continued performing in Boston while attending Emerson College, and ultimately moved to Los Angeles in 2011.
In addition to writing for and appearing on Comedy Central & ABC, Blake also has been a featured performer in The Boston Comedy Festival, Seattle Comedy Competition, Laughing Skull Fest, 10000 Laughs and The Aspen Comedy Festival, and can be regularly heard on The Cracked, Daily Zeitgeist & The Todd Glass Show podcasts.
Blake’s critically acclaimed stand-up comedy recordings The Blake Album (2016), Stuffed Boy (2018), Live From The Pandemic (2020) and A Lifetime of Laughter (2021) debuted #1 on the iTunes & Amazon comedy charts, and his album 12 Years of Voicemails from Todd Glass to Blake Wexler charted on Billboard.
Blake’s debut comedy special with 800 Pound Gorilla Media airs summer 2023.
Born and raised in the Atlantic City area, Tim Mooney has been active in local philanthropic activities for almost four decades. As the President of Atlantic County Charities, Tim has been a major benefactor of Atlantic County Special Services School District, a learning institution for mentally and/or physically challenged children in Mays Landing. He currently serves on the board of the ACSSSD Education Foundation as Executive Vice President.
Through the generosity and dedication of the organizers, participants, and sponsors, his non-profit organization has raised over $800,000 for the school and other worthy local causes, including: The Community Food Bank of New Jersey-Southern Branch, FACES for Autism, A Meaningful Purpose Farm in Egg Harbor Township, and the Hansen Foundation.
After a long and very successful career in the hospitality business including starting one of the first ever national hotel reservation companies and eventually selling it to Hotels.com, Tim is currently President of Third Place Entertainment. He manages the career of former Philadelphia Eagle, world-class magician, and keynote speaker Jon Dorenbos. Tim lives in Naples, FL with his wife Nan and they have a summer residence in Ventnor, NJ.
Corey Colf is a Voice Over Artist born and raised by a single mother in Phoenix, Arizona. It was noted to him on several occasions that he had an excellent voice, and realizing that was where his innate strength was, he dedicated himself to learning the profession. He has further honed his voice by training with experienced, professional instructors involved in the voiceover industry. He is involved in a multitude of projects ranging from voiceovers in animation projects, audio books, to audio dramas. Corey has an adaptability and flexibility to match his easy to direct nature, and is more than ready to help you with your endeavors!
You can check out some voice samples, roles, completed courses and recommendations received throughout his rising career here. https://www.castingcall.club/crimsonvalor
His home studio is composed of; a sound treated space, AT2035 Microphone, M-Audio M-Track Solo Interface, Reaper (DAW), and is able to be contacted through Zoom, Discord, and Email.
If you’re interested in working with Corey, you can contact him via email @ coreycva@gmail.com, or coreyva on Discord! Optionally, you can also give him a follow on twitter @VACoreyC!
Noah Simon has been a professional actor for a really long time. From 2007 to 2010 he was the director and producer of The Game Show Show and Stuff, a live interactive game/variety show, which was named best late night show in 2007 and 2008 by Chicago Magazine. He is a voiceover artist as well. He is a graduate of The Second City Conservatory, has a BA in Theatre from Butler University and a Master’s degree in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. He is a very proud member of both Actors Equity Association and SAG/AFTRA. Noah would like you also to know that he doesn’t believe that language should flow, but should rather be either choppy or consist of run on sentences.
andre raes, Belgian born in Aalst
12-10-1955
Engaged with Viv Steyaert
Living in the South of France
Five children
Five grandchildren
Profession retired
Hobbies Writing and painting
Other hobbies enjoying life
During my younger years:
Professional soccer player for 15 years
Tennis coach (mental) .. traveled and enjoyed every Grand Slam
Creator Purity Herbs cosmetics (Iceland) lived there for 17 years
Personal physical coach (20 years)
Writer and painter
Love it to create our beautiful garden
Helping people in trouble
Austin co-wrote the feature screenplay “Jerome”, a horror based on the small, Arizona town of the same name, which sold to Chaos a Film Co. Additionally he co-wrote the feature screenplay “Adrestia” a science fiction thriller which sold to Nuon films, and the pilot “Grayson” which was developed in partnership with The Matthau Company. Currently, he has multiple film projects in various stages of development. He was also an assistant to the writers on the inaugural season of The Walking Dead. Outside of his work in film and TV, Austin has published a self-improvement book aimed at helping young people find their happiness and maintains a social media presence dedicated to daily positive messages. A graduate of Arizona State University, with a BA in Screenwriting, he is also passionate about sports and fitness, and believes aliens have to exist. The universe is just too vast for only one planet with intelligent life.
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