Total Compensation: $ 215,417.00
Jamie Kellner is one of our founders and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since 1997. Mr. Kellner was also a founder and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The WB Network from 1993 to 2004. Additionally, from March 2001 through March 2003, Mr. Kellner served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AOL Time Warner"s Television Networks division. Mr. Kellner was President of Fox Broadcasting Company from its inception in 1986 to 1993.
Total Compensation: $ 404,034.00
Douglas Gealy is one of our founders and has served as our President and Chief Operating Officer and as a member of our Board since 1997. Before founding ACME, Mr. Gealy served for one year as Executive Vice President of Benedek Broadcasting Corporation. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Gealy was a Vice President and General Manager of WCMH and, under a local marketing agreement, WWHO, both of which are television stations in Columbus, Ohio, and following the acquisition of these stations by NBC, served as President and General Manager of these stations.
Total Compensation: $ 403,798.00
Thomas Allen is one of our founders and has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and as a member of our Board since 1997 and from June 1996 until 1997 was involved in development activities for ACME. From August 1993 to May 1996, Mr. Allen was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Virgin Interactive Entertainment. Before that, Mr. Allen served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Fox Broadcasting Company from its inception in 1986 to 1993. Mr. Allen also serves on the Board of Directors of Rentrak, Inc., a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ Global Market which provides various home entertainment and media measurement services.
Total Compensation: $ —
Frederick Wasserman has served as a member of our Board since December 2006. Mr. Wasserman currently provides financial and management consultant services to small and micro-cap companies. From 2005 through 2006, Mr. Wasserman served as Chief Operating and Chief Financial officer of Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia Company, a manufacturer and distributor of licensed sportswear. From 2002 through 2005, he served as the President of Goebel of North America, the U.S. subsidiary of W. Goebel Porzellanfabrik GmbH & Co., an international manufacturer of collectibles, gifts and home decor, which he joined in 2001 as the Chief Financial Officer. From 1995 to 2001, Mr. Wasserman served in various management positions for Papel Giftware, a privately owned giftware company. Mr. Wasserman currently serves on the board of directors of Allied Defense Group, Inc. and Breeze-Eastern Corporation both publicly traded companies on the American Stock Exchange, Crown Crafts, Inc., and TeamStaff, Inc., both publicly traded companies on the NASDAQ Global Market and AfterSoft Group Inc, a company traded on the OTC Bulletin Board.
Total Compensation: $ —
Thomas Embrescia has served as a member of our Board since we acquired WTVK, a television station, from Second Generation Television, Inc. in June 1998. Mr. Embrescia is the Chairman and principal investor of Second Generation Television, a company he formed in 1993. In addition, he also serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and is a principal investor in several other media and marketing related businesses, including Employ Media LLC, the official operator of the top level domain called .jobs. Mr. Embrescia has over 32 years of experience in the broadcasting and media industry.
Total Compensation: $ —
Michael Corrigan was appointed to the Board in April 2004. Mr. Corrigan is a media and entertainment executive and consultant. He is currently Vice Chairman of Afterburner Films, an independent motion picture producer. He also serves on the board of directors and audit committee of the board of directors of Atari, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATAR), a publisher and distributor of videogames. He was formerly a principal of Shelbourne Capital Partners, LLC, ("Shelbourne"), a financial advisory and merchant banking firm that focuses on media, entertainment and early stage software companies which he co-founded in 1999. Prior to forming Shelbourne, he was a private investor. From 1997 to 1998, Mr. Corrigan served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Before that, from 1978 to 1997, Mr. Corrigan held various positions in a 19-year career with the international accounting firm, Price Waterhouse LLP, including as senior partner in the firm"s Entertainment, Media and Communications practice.
Total Compensation: $ —
John Conlin has served as a member of our Board since February 2005. Mr. Conlin is the President and Chief Operating Officer of NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC ("NWQ"), a position he"s held since May 2006. NWQ is an asset management subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc. Prior to joining NWQ, Mr. Conlin was a managing director of Tano Capital, an international investment management firm, from January 2004 to May 2006. From 2001 through 2003, Mr. Conlin served as the Chief Executive Officer of Robertson Stephens, Inc., an investment banking firm, and as its Chief Operating Officer from 1999 through 2001. Prior to that, he enjoyed a 16-year career at Credit Suisse First Boston, serving in a variety of executive roles in areas such as U.S. Institutional Sales, European Equities, and European Emerging Markets. Mr. Conlin also serves on the Board of Directors of Pope Resources, a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ Global Market and also serves on the Corporate Advisory Board of the University of Michigan.
Total Compensation: $ 200,826.00
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