Los Angeles

Michael Terpin
CEO, Social Radius
@michaelterpin
Michael Terpin began SocialRadius in 2007, the latest chapter in a 25-year career in public relations, Internet marketing and digital innovation. A serial entrepreneur, he has been frequently written about as a pioneer in online PR and marketing, newswire distribution and social media/Web 2.0 marketing. His most recent venture is SocialRadius, a full-service social media marketing firm.

Mike Navarre
Business Development & Alliances Director
@mikenavarre
With 20 years experience in sales & marketing, Mike has been leading sales and market development in the digital, mobile, and social media industries. He’s helped launch dozens of mobile and digital entertainment industry events. Among career highlights are: General Manager at Mobile Entertainment Forum, Americas; Director of Sales at ContentNext Media; Technology Category Manager at The Hollywood Reporter, VP Sales & Marketing at iHollywoodForum, and Territory Manager with Los Angeles Times. Mike attended Cal State Fullerton and UC Berkeley.

Emily Simarski
Assistant Account Executive
@emilysimarski
Emily is the coordinator of logistics and advisor relationships for Social Media Week Los Angeles. Emily joined the team at SocialRadius in 2010 after relocating to Los Angeles from Phoenix. Earlier this year, Emily worked as the primary PR contact for SMASH: Social Media Advanced Skills Huddle at USC. She brings to the table multi-dimensional public relations, strategic event planning, and marketing consulting skills. While in Phoenix, Emily was PR Account Coordinator at Knoodle Advertising and intern at Brosseau PR. She graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in 2009 and holds a BA in Public Relations and Strategic Media with a business minor.

Stacy Jones
Assistant Account Executive
@stacyjones
Stacy is helping with logistics of Social Media Week Los Angeles, primarily with community partners and venues. Stacy joined SocialRadius in 2011 after co-founding The Hollywood Fringe, an international arts festival supporting cutting-edge artists and producers. The Fringe quickly grew to become the largest arts festival in the western U.S. due to Jones’ publicity efforts and she continues to serve as PR Director. Jones has a passion for small start-up companies and non-profits, and also takes great interest in arts and culture, green initiatives, and emerging technologies. She holds a dual Bachelor of Arts from the University of Iowa in English and Theater Arts.

Rachel Stoll
Account Coordinator
@rachelstoll
Rachel is an Account Coordinator at Social Radius and is responsible for the social media outreach for SMWLA. Prior to coming onboard at Social Radius, Rachel was a freelance theatre producer in Los Angeles and was the Marketing Director at needtheater. She received her Bachelors Degree in Political Science in 2007, and is currently pursuing her Masters Degree in International Politics.

Kaitlyn Roberts
Assistant Account Coordinator 
@KaitMRoberts
Kaitlyn is responsible for all community logistics for Social Media Week Los Angeles. With a background in strategic communication, event promotions and IT, Kaitlyn brings a variety of perspectives to each client she works on. On the SocialRadius team, Kaitlyn gets the media, blogosphere and the community engaged with her contagious passion for social media networks and the tech industry. Kaitlyn will graduate from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in December with an emphasis in Strategic Communication and a minor in Psychology.

Katherine Chang              
Account Coordinator
@_katchang
Katherine is an Account Coordinator at Social Radius and is responsible for coordinating the volunteers for all the events going on during Social Media Week Los Angeles. At Social Radius, Katherine works on the traditional PR team and has contributed to a variety of accounts. Katherine graduated from The University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology.

 

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Advisory Board for September 2011

 

Trina Albus
VP of Social Strategy at BeachMint
@trinaalbus
Trina is a seasoned and experienced technology executive. Throughout her career, she has held prestigious positions at Price Waterhouse and Discovery Channel and ran her own successful consulting agency for four years. Prior to joining Beachmint, she was Head of Social Media at Time Inc within the IT division as well as Acting Executive Producer for the LifeStyle digital division. She is a contributor to Financial Times Press book, “33 Million People in the Room: How to Create, Influence, and Run a Successful Business with Social Networking”, taught a “Social Media for Business” course at Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, and produced two successful Social Media Week conference events for Time Inc in 2010 and 2011.

Drew Baldwin
Tubefilter, co-founder
@drewpbaldwin
@tubefilter
A passionate and outspoken advocate of original video programing online, Drew is the founder of Tubefilter, the leading publication in online video entertainment news. He is also the executive producer of the Streamy Awards, the first awards show celebrating excellence in online entertainment.
Drew currently serves as the Chair of the New Media Council of the Caucus for Directors, Writers, and Producers, and on the Interactive Media Peer Group for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, for which he serves as a Blue Ribbon Judge for the  Primetime Emmy Awards. He graduated from Yale University with a BA in Humanities.

Dr. Mark Allen Bernstein
MWW Group, Senior Vice President, Energy, Clean Tech and Sustainability Solutions
Dr. Bernstein is Senior Vice President at MWW Group and the leading member of the firm’s Clean Tech and Sustainability practice.  Mark works with private and public sector clients to develop strategic initiatives for managing their environmental and energy issues. Prior to joining MWW, Mark was managing director of the University of Southern California’s Energy Institute and a Professor of the Practice of Political Science. Prior to USC, Mark was as a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation.  Previously, Mark served as the senior energy policy analyst for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President where he worked on the Administration’s climate change technology strategy and helped to create a public-private partnership with the housing industry. He is a Board Member of Global Clean Energy Holdings, an advisor to OnGreen.com, and Pegasus Capital Advisors. Mark holds a Ph.D. in Energy Management and Policy from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters and Bachelors in Mathematics.

Erick Brownstein
The New Agency
@ErickB
Erick Brownstein is a social strategist and new media entrepreneur. With over 15 years experience in various strategy and marketing roles, Erick has managed, worked with and run different size agencies and worked across multiple industries. He now helps navigate the evolving landscape of the social web. Erick was the Director of Social Media Week Los Angeles 2010 and is immersed in the startup/marketing community of Los Angeles. He is a senior adviser to ThursdayNights.org, raising money for local, at-risk youth by convening the decision-makers and investors at startup and emerging growth companies from Internet, Digital Media, Software, Gaming and Mobile.

John Diep
Schmoozd.com, founder
John Diep is the founder and producer of Schmoozd.com and StartupToStartup.com, social media focused mixer/events companies attended by over 300 people.  The mixers are designed to increase the interaction of tech-centric people and companies.  He is also the founder of Geekbase.com, a new job posting website focused on connecting startups with the resources they need – anywhere from technical to PR to sales.  On top of all that, John is a Manager at Hitachi Consulting, building upon his 10+ years of experience in IT to develop solutions that help clients leverage technology to enable and support their business objectives.

Lee Fox
KooDooz
@KooDooZ
As a youth culture expert, Lee Fox is focused on helping organizations understand and motivate Generation Z. Oft invited to share her expertise on the topics of social media, cause branding and generational trends, Lee is credited with heightening awareness of the untapped potential youth have to drive community engagement. Leveraging her professional marketing background at the intersections of entertainment, mobile technology and new media, Lee spent the last three years collaborating with students, parents and educators to create a learning environment which rewards kids for tackling humanitarian challenges. Her latest entrepreneurial venture, KooDooZ.com is certified by the White House to track the hours youth dedicate to serving a non-profit or cause.  Participant impact is measured by the money they raise, the points they earn and the badges they collect.  Lee volunteers her time and expertise to ThursdayNights.org, sits on council for the Santa Monica Boys & Girls Club and has served as an advisory board member for REGARD Venture Solutions, Social Media Week and Tech America – the nation’s largest non-profit technology trade association, where Lee served as the Chair for the Los Angeles council.

John David Heinsen
Bunnygraph Entertainment Inc., CEO & Executive Producer
@bunnygraph
At Bunnygraph, a digital content and strategy company, John works with writers, talent and technologists, to create serialized multi-platform formats for television, interactive and mobile platforms in what he calls “Storytelling through Advanced Content”.  John serves in leadership roles for the Producers Guild of America, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and Social Media Week, which has allowed him in the past year to evangelize the digital storytelling space from Seoul, Korea to Abu Dhabi, UAE. He is a veteran of the FOX Broadcasting Company, International Creative Management (ICM), and Castle Rock Entertainment and is a graduate of The American Film Institute.  John’s passion projects include his amazing family as well as several charitable events including his upcoming comedy festival @AltadenaComedy.

Raquel Krouse
Prophesee Social Media Media Solutions, Senior Vice President
Raquel Krouse is Senior Vice President, Director of Prophesee Social Media Solutions – Initiative’s social media unit. Prophesee was launched with the mission of offering marketers a full-service social media solution from insights to strategy and ultimately execution.  Prophesee currently provides innovative social strategies to several of Initiative’s flagship clients including Hyundai, Kia and Best Western. Before joining Prophesee, Raquel served as Vice President, Practice Lead Social Media at Interpublic Group’s (IPG) Media Lab.  IPG’s Lab is widely considered one of the most cutting edge and dynamic marketing and consumer research environments in the U.S.  At the Lab, Raquel was the social expert driving much of the preliminary research and thought leadership as the space emerged and became viable for marketers. She was called upon to provide consultancy to a variety of global brands including Novartis, Microsoft, HP, and American Airlines.

Eric Kuhn
UTA, Social Media Agent
Eric Kuhn is a social media agent in the Digital Media department at leading talent and literary agency UTA, where he represents emerging technology companies at the forefront of the social media movement and provides advisory services to UTA clients. Prior to joining UTA, Kuhn was the first-ever Audience Interaction Producer at CNN, where he over saw the network social media strategy and operations and focused on television-web integration. Kuhn also reported extensively on the nexus of politics and technology for CNN, Prior to CNN, Kuhn created and oversaw the social media operations for the National Basketball Association (NBA) as well as The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.

Amber J. Lawson
@AmberJLawson
Amber is a New Media Expert, Innovative online video content development & programming leader, multi-platform evangelist most recently AOL’s Head of Video Programming & Originals. Previously, Amber J led the Babelgum.com international comedy business.  Prior to that she served as the VP of Programming & SVP of Branded Entertainment at Mania TV and as SVP of Development at National Lampoon. In April 2010 Amber J partnered with Streamy Award-winning Kevin Pollak for his directorial debut of VAMPED OUT, her digital leadership and forward thinking resulted in being nominated for 2010 PGA Top 25 in Digital and accepted the 2011 NATPE Luminary Award. She is the chairman of the membership committee of The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences – Interactive Media Peer Group, Chairman of IAWTV Awards Committee,  PGA member, Advisory Board member of ASM and Open Slate Studios.  And founder of Transforming the World Through Comedy a global multiplatform catalytic philanthropy.  Ms. Lawson is the Foursquare Mayor of (and tends to rock down to) Electric Avenue.

Heather Mason
A Caspian Production, President
Heather Mason is the president of A Caspian Production, Inc, a strategic conference creation and execution firm located. Founded in 2005, Caspian specializes in producing conferences in the social entrepreneurship and innovative business space.  Clients include the Skoll World Forum, Omidyar Network, Playworks, Not for Sale, San Diego Zoo, Smith School for Enterprise and the Environment, and Endeavor.org.  Previous work experience included development at Fox studios and film festivals (Sundance & Cannes), official film crew at the Olympics, and a career in marketing in both high tech and internet consumer services. She graduated with a degree in Journalism from Utah State University.

Lisa Osborne
CBS Radio, newscaster
@Lisa_FM
Lisa Osborne is a newscaster for CBS Radio in Los Angeles (KFWB AM 980), and a music host at a national music network.  Lisa creates empowerment-themed talk-radio programming for English and Spanish radio stations, and online at Lisa.fm (http://www.lisa.fm). She also has a voice over business (broadcastedge.net) specializing in marketing on-hold messages, podcasts and narration services for corporate clients and transit agencies.  Lisa is the founder of Traffic411.com, an early site offering real-time traffic information online.  In 2009, Lisa was honored as a “Los Angeles County Volunteer of the Year” for her work as host of the Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade.

April Pesa
April Pesa has worked in original content for several years, creating and developing both live-action and animated half-hour comedy.  She is most interested in how social media will empower original content creators to produce and distribute their own projects.  She finds the democratic potential of new media very exciting.

Cindy Ronzoni
Social Spread Media
Social Spread Media Founder and CEO, PR professional Cindy Ronzoni, launched her own consulting firm in 2001 after serving 15 years at Fox Broadcasting Company. She subsequently returned to television media in 2003 as Vice President of Publicity and Corporate Communications at GSN. After six years, Cindy left GSN to direct online media relations for Lifetime. In 2010, Cindy re-launched her own shingle as Social Spread Media; a full-service communications marketing agency. In addition to managing her own firm, she is an Industry blogger, social media speaker and teaches at the collegiate level.

Maria Sass
Wpromote

@MariaSass

Maria handles all PR initiatives at Wpromote. She also manages the company’s social media presence, community outreach, and other marketing projects. Maria comes with BS in Marketing and Communication Minor from Saint Joseph’s University, where served as the Vice President of the American Marketing Association. Maria is a board member of SEMPO, a group of Los Angeles search and online advertising industry executives. Prior to joining Wpromote in 2009, Maria worked on the largest brand campaign to date for Lexus at Team One advertising.  Maria is also an adjunct professor of Small Business Management at Loyola Marymount University. In her spare timeMaria hosts philanthropic fashion shows and shopping events through her company, Pura Vida So Cal, and enjoys getting manicures at Nail Center in Manhattan Beach, where she is the current Foursquare Mayor.

 

Andy Sternberg
LAist, KCET, USC
@andysternberg
Andy is a digital strategist and online journalist with more than a decade’s experience directing multimedia content programs, online marketing and social media campaigns. He currently works as a digital media consultant both independently and with the support of top boutique agencies. Andy is associate editor for the top Los Angeles cityblog, LAist and also blogs for KCET, the largest independent public television station in the U.S. He’s an adjunct professor of Online Journalism at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

Justin M. Williams 
Owner, sketchbookLA
Founder, Social Media Breakfast Los Angeles
@thisjustin_ 
With a passion for yoga, food, music, parties, and all things digital– Justin Williams created sketchbookLA, an event-centric marketing agency that combines all of his passions into a melange of social media magic. Through sketchbookLA, he has worked with a wide range of clients, including Absolut Vodka, Exhale Center for Sacred Movement, Jeffrey Sanker, ThisNext.com, and White Party Palm Springs, which is one of the largest gay dance festivals in the world. Justin is also the Founder of Social Media Breakfast Los Angeles, where he hosts monthly meet ups in Beverly Hills for a wide range of online enthusiasts. With all of his work, Justin’s goal is to transform social media from an online execution into an effort that directly affects the real-world, offline experience of users.

Brady Hahn
Non Profit Effect
@bradyhahn
Brady is the founder of Non Profit Effect, a consultancy focused on collaborating for change in the non-profit sector through positioning for-profits, non-profits and social entrepreneurs for partnerships & strategic initiatives. Brady has developed 80+ events, moderated live interviews and developed panels with female executives in partnership with UCLA Anderson School of Management for Step Up Women’s Network. Brady is currently launching go.make.noise. with the Dolan Group, a lifestyle brand focused on sharing stories of artisanship and craft of creative noisemakers from across the USA.

Karen Jashinsky
O2 Max
@karenjashinsky
Karen Jashinsky is the founder of O2 MAX-a fitness & media company based in Santa Monica, CA that creates fitness programs for today’s over-scheduled students by combining social media, technology and real fitness to help them get through their lives while fitting fitness in as they go from tweens-teens-prom-college.  She has been using social media tools to communicate with students and parents since they started becoming popular and is a frequent speaker on the topic. She is a certified personal trainer and has a BSBA from Washington University and an MBA with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship from USC. She is the recipient of the First “Emerging Female Leader” Award by IHRSA. In 2007 she was also named one of the 25 most influential young leaders in the fitness industry by IHRSA. In 2006 Karen was hit by a car while training for her first century ride. She has since fully recovered and is stronger than ever! She is passionate about sharing the message of being fit and strong while having fun and using social media to make a bigger impact!

Karen North
USC’s Annenberg Program on Online Communities, Director

Karen North, Ph.D. is the Director of USC’s Annenberg Program on Online Communities (APOC). APOC is the world’s first master’s degree program and research center focused exclusively on the leadership and management of social media and online communities. Trained as a clinical and social psychologist and with considerable work experience in telecommunications policy and practice, Dr. North’s interests come together in the digital world where entrepreneurs and large companies seem most focused on using social and digital media to bring people together and form groups online. Dr. North teaches these skills and works with small and large companies in this sector. Prior to building USC’s online communities program, Dr. North was the Assistant Dean of the UCLA School of Public Policy. She previously worked in the Clinton Administration in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and before that she worked for Rep. Edward Markey, Chairman of the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance.

 

 

Previous Advisory Board from September 2010

Omid Ashtari

Giang Biscan, PhD 

Mike Bonifer, co-founder, GameChangers LLC

Ray Chan Board of Directors of Tech Coast Angels

Chris Denson, Founder, Genius Effect Media Group 

Greg Ferenstein, author, Fast Company, Mashable and others

Gretchen Fox, Vice President Social Media at Live Nation Entertainment.

Catherine Geanuracos

Evonne Heyning

Alexis Jones, IAmThatGirl.com

Alana Joy (http://alanajoy.com/ @AlanaJoy) 

Tyler Koblasa, Founder Ming.ly

Mark Korshak, Attainment Media

Micki Krimmel, founder of NeighborGoods.net

Dr. Virginia Kuhn, USC Institute for Multimedia Literacy

Shira Lazar, On The Scene– on CBSNews.com and hostsBackstage Live, the live-stream during the CBS Early Show on Saturday.

Mike Macaadan

Sheila Marikar

Amy Martin, The Digital Royalty 

Rebecca Orlov, Founder SweetLine Agency, Co-founder BlogOutLoud and design writer/blogger

Rob Reed, founder of Moment Feed,  

Jen Rubio,  community manager for Postling.

Clinton Schaff, Director of Social Media for Roll International 

Mark Simmons

David Tochterman, Innovative Artsists

Efren Toscano, Founder/CEO TechZulu

Viktor Venson

Vivek Wadhwa, Tech Entrepreneur, Academic, Researcher & Writer

Valerie Wang, Manager of Community Events, KCET Community Television 

Jaspar Weir, Founder – Smarter Social Media 

Kevin Winston, Founder, Digital LA   (@kevinwinston)

Lotay Yang, Founder, The Black Card Circle Foundation

Lead Organizing Team from September 2010

Erick Brownstein, Founder, The New Agency

 

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David Bruce, WestsideDB and SamoLive.com

Christine Buckley, Founder Aubade Creative

Kristen Parinello

Dawn Sinko

Wendy Walz 

Cristian Yancey