Jeffery's best productions to date are his five children and staying happily married to his first wife (15 years). He is also an active member of the following organizations:

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (a frequent judge for the Emmy Awards)

Adventurers Club (3rd generation member)

American Film Institute

Large Format Cinema Association

Themed Entertainment Association

NATPE (National Association of Television Program Executives)

Judge for the 2003 American Business Awards

Young Entrepreneurs Organization  (lecturer)

On Set With Mariette Hartley

Andrea has combined her background in business, marketing and management with her innate organizational skills, dedication and drive to become one of  "BUSINESS WORLD NEWS" most well respected producers.  She has produced highly successful Spotlights, videos and CD-Roms for such distinguished clients as Technicolor, Amdahl Corporation, Diamond Resorts International, Lasik Vision Corporation, American Red Cross and many more.  Andrea's focus on exceeding customers' expectations has resulted in one of the highest ratios in the industry for repeat business.  Andrea has a degree in accounting and spent more than eight years in marketing and management with the respected retail giant, Nordstrom, before joining TVA Productions and "BUSINESS WORLD NEWS."

Darryl is a producer, writer and director of prestigious documentaries which have appeared on History Channel, HGTV, TNN, Travel Channel and elsewhere. His Emmy-award-winning TV News career includes work for Entertainment Tonight, Fox News Channel, CNBC and many others. For complete credit list:

http://home.earthlink.net/~dcrehr/
darrylweb/darrylrehr.html

Darryl Rehr
Producer / Writer / Director

Originally from Chicago, Mark graduated from the University of Arizona on a full Regent's scholarship in 1992.   During his past eight years in Los Angeles, Mark has directed and edited the majority of BWN's spotlights; four feature length films, numerous TV spots and videos for companies such as Nissan, CitiCorp, Four Seasons, Discovery World, Dannon and Satx; and several music videos for such label bands as "Buck O'Nine" and "The Business;"

Olin Hyde brings his experience as a Fortune 500 marketing executive (with Andersen Consulting and Ernst & Young) into each production. Olin wrote and directed the feature film “Looking for Buddha” and worked on more than 100 documentaries, advertisements, corporate, industrial and promotional videos before joining TVA.

Olin Hyde
Producer / Director / Writer

Mark Hirsch is TVA’s “MEDIAHITMAN”

A Media Relations professional and Gold ADDY Award-winning copywriter, Mark Hirsch has over twelve years of experience in achieving national media coverage and top tier placements for his clients.

Mark’s unique brand of media pitching was developed during his five years as a registered representative in the investment banking industry, selling IPO shares to high net worth clients.

Moving on to a high profile Beverly Hills PR agency, Mark launched his career as a successful publicist, where he represented such clients as British Airways, Weyerhaeuser, See’s Candies and Libby’s.

In 1997, Mark joined a broadcast publicity firm as a senior executive, where he planned and executed over 450 Video News Release campaigns for many of the World’s leading brands.

A partial list of Mark’s broadcast PR clients includes:

Mark provides superior broadcast placement services to producers of quality news content.

His outstanding track record, senior-level media relations staff and 100% Usage Guarantee have made Mark our #1 choice for aggressive agencies and fast-growing companies.

Todd Erickson

Todd Erickson is an accomplished writer/producer and media strategist with more than twelve years agency and client side experience creating, supervising, and executing successful Fortune 500 branded PR programs, campaigns, and special events.

Prior to joining TVA, Todd served as director of public relations for Myturn.com-GlobalPC in Alameda, California, and director of corporate communications for L-Squared Entertainment in Santa Monica.

Todd's agency experience includes eight years at the top two PR firms in the Los Angeles market, Hill & Knowlton, and Shandwick’s Rogers & Cowan. His clients at H&K included PolyGram Records, PolyGram Films, Philips Electronics, Pasadena Tournament of Roses, Schering-Plough, StarKist, Kibbles ‘n Bits, Pepsi Wines & Spirits, World Telecom Group/AmeriVox, Wilson Sporting Goods, Chase Manhattan Bank, Florida Citrus Growers, got milk? (California Milk Processors) California Avocado Commission, Puerto Rico Tourism, Alaska Tourism, Illinois Film Commission, Maui Film Commission, Puerto Rico Film Commission, The Star’s Desert Inn, The Mirage Resort, Treasure Island, Unocal, and Boy’s & Girl’s Clubs of America.

Todd’s private practice clients include Children’s Miracle Network, Lawry’s Restaurants, Inc., U.S. Air Force, Glen Larson Productions, Whole Foods Market, J. Walter Thompson, L-Squared Productions, UMI-Japan, Plutus Enterprises, and ApplianceWare.

Todd began his PR career as executive assistant to the president/CEO at Rogers & Cowan, Inc. He learned the business from the agency’s founders—two of the PR industry’s most renowned professionals—Henry Rogers and Warren Cowan. While at R&C, Erickson worked for AT&T, Ford Motors, Bahamas Tourism, The Beverly Hilton, Schiefflin & Somerset, Orion Pictures, and UNICEF.

Todd graduated from Brigham Young University with a Master’s degree in cinematic arts, and a minor in marketing. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism, with a minor in educational media.

Transplant from New York. Has been a bondable feature / commercial line producer, director & editor in in LA for the last ten years.

Andrew graduated in 1994 from the University of Southern California in Marketing. He has spent the last six years in film production producing at Ridley Scott and Associates and working on major Hollywood motion pictures including "Man on the Moon," "All the Pretty Horses," "We Were Soldiers" and many others. He has produced, written and directed several TV pilots, short films and commercials and brings a creative, synergistic enthusiasm to TVA productions.

Andrew Osborne
Writer / Producer / Director

This multi-award winning talent has written and produced Spotlights, network on-air promos, EPKs, trailers, TV spots, interactive TV applications and sales videos for Qwest, Wink, Nascar, Power Rangers, Digimon, FOX, ABC, Disney and Warner Brothers Intl. Rachel graduated Magna Cum Laude from Bates College, Maine, B.A., and she is an active member of Women in Cable and Television.

Ted recently moved to Los Angeles from San Francisco, where he wrote, directed and produced interactive, non-linear marketing and corporate CDs. Previously, he founded GiraffeCam, a company that designed, produced and marketed innovative video equipment. He has a strong background in marketing and business development and is a national award winning artist and author.

Ted VanCleave
Writer / Producer / Director

John is a writer-producer with 14 years experience. Starting as a video tape editor cutting promos for motion pictures, he later worked as a post-production supervisor on international television programs and direct response programs like St. Jude Children's Hospital and Comic Relief. In 1992, he moved to Orange County and provided turnkey marketing communication solutions to a variety of Fortune 500 companies.

In 1995, he was hired by the Long Beach Fire Department to develop a 24 hour information cable channel. This work led to being asked by the City of Long Beach to research, write and direct a series of documentaries for young people on local history. He is accustomed to handling 20 to 40 person cast/crew and the most advanced technical equipment.

As a creative and strategic writer-producer, John has produced documentaries for many non-profit agencies, broadcast commercials and corporate marketing communication and training programs.

John is a graduate of USC's Cinema/Television school and their Advanced Studies Program : Writing Music for Films and Television. His passions include photography, art, aikido and foreign languages.

Makoto is our resident Samurai with a spirit and work ethic that rivals most.  Fully bilingual in Japanese and English, Makoto has produced all of the Spotlights for our Pacific Rim sponsors and translated many important documents.

Makoto Nomura 
Producer

Jill holds a B.A. in Mass Comm. (TV/Radio/Film) with a concentration in TV broadcasting and a minor in Spanish from Emerson College in Boston - one of the top five communications schools in the country.

She moved to L.A. in 1990 and began freelancing in various areas of the entertainment business. Her experience ranges from being an assistant to agents & producers, working on the production of music videos, commercials and movies as well Production Managing a multimedia theme park experience for Walt Disney World and three feature films. In front of the camera, Jill has been an anchor/reporter for KREX, the CBS affiliate in Colorado. Before that she hosted & produced "El Segundo Magazine" and has also been a featured fitness expert and model on several exercise videos and tv shows. Jill is currently working with Olin on the pilot for TVA's new TV series "Class Action Court Report."

David Armstrong is an International Television Acquisition and Sales Executive with 17 years of wide-ranging experience in the industry. He has expertise in worldwide programming, scheduling and library acquisition. His award winning skills have been used successfully to market film packages, channel launches and international television sales. David was the Senior Vice-President International Television Sales at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM Studios). He was responsible for management oversight of all MGM product for Europe, Asia and Latin America, including free and basic cable television with an annual sales in excess of $150 million. Prior to this, he acted as V.P. Programming & Acquisition for USA Networks International and V.P. of Sales at Vestron Television. He was responsible for the creation of the division, hiring of all sales and operations staff, acquisition of product, quarterly budget & business planning, overall responsibility for packaging and sales of motion picture and television product in U.S. and Canada. Awards include BPME - Gold Medallion Award - Program/Movie Package Marketing Campaign 1988.

Bobbie Stone has marketed over 1,000 filmed entertainment programs for worldwide distribution as well as produced and/or directed over two hundredtelevision and video programs. She attended New York School of Visual Arts majoring in filmmaking and directing.

Bud Connell is the CEO of Laguna Niguel, CA-based BCTV. His affiliation brings TVA over 40 years of film, video, entertainment, news, and broadcast experience. Bud will review and recommend candidates nationwide for news Spotlights, and offer additional commercial and PR licensing to the most newsworthy companies and organizations. He is the recipient of The Vision Award (National Winner) and seven Telly Awards.

Yurtsen Adiyaman started in Istanbul, in the advertising department for "Turkish Newspaper," one of the largest newspapers in Turkey in 1992. He managed the advertising for their TV stations until 1996 and then postponed his career to study English in London and NY.