Avant Garde Internationale

The last several years have seen some en-couraging shifts in the advancement and recognition of women and their critical impor-tance in our world and culture.

Currently, 15 women are heads of state and government worldwide…the most ever Hill-ary Clinton became the first woman of a major political party to run for the Presidential nomination in the US and now serves as our Secretary of State.

Female leaders in the arts, sciences, and cor-porate world are on the rise and, for the first time ever, female executives actually earn more per year than men of the same age, educational background and job experience. Also, for the first time ever, a woman re-ceived the Academy Award for best director.

We are far from shattering the glass ceiling for good, but we are seeing progress and now is the time to celebrate, recognize, honor and explore ways to help empower women.

It will be a multi-faceted, worldwide event tour built around acknowledging the struggles and celebrating the contributions of accom-plished women.

Events within the tour will showcase the works of women writers, musicians, and filmmakers and feature the creations of women chefs, wine makers, fashion design-ers, artists and photographers, as well as the contributions of women in government, health, education, philanthropy, science and business.

It will also encourage progress by sharing the remarkable stories of everyday women, who against all odds have changed their lives and the lives of others.

While recognizing the extraordinary efforts of women everywhere, it will also bring about awareness, educating supporters on the dev-astation caused by war, rape, spousal and child abuse, poverty, homelessness, hunger, and racism.

A Worldwide Touring

Celebration, Showcasing the Accomplishments,

Contributions, and Concerns of Empowered Women.

A Convergence of Music, Art & Design, Fashion,

Innovation, Imagination and Commerce, Grounded

in the Commitment to Bettering the Quality of Life

for Women, Families and Children.

That is what Avant Garde Internationale is all about.

Each Tour Stop will begin with a celebrity-filled, multi-media event full of fun and challenging things to do, see, buy, enjoy and learn about, first hand, from luminar-ies like Chef Alice Waters, Social Activist Maria Shriver, Designers Vera Wang and Kate Spade, Actor Halle Berry, Ebay Presi-dent Meg Whitman, Opera Singer Renee Fleming, Philanthropist Melinda Gates, Photographer Annie Liebovitz, Singer Me-lissa Etheridge, Make Up Designer Bobbi Brown.

In addition to live attendance and participa-tion at the event, audiences will be able to view live streams and highlights of the seminars, product introductions, entertain-ment presentations and special events via the Avant Garde Internationale Interactive website and social media which will also afford investors, corporate partners and participating brands sponsorship and direct online sales opportunities.

Extended media outreach and post pro-duction partnerships will facilitate further marketing in the form of documentaries, books, DVD’s, and reality TV shows.

During the course of the Tour’s run in each destination, a myriad of women inspired products, services, activities and diver-sions... all things new and fresh, fun and diverse, green and sustainable will be intro-

duced, presented, explored and sampled. Everything will be avant garde; food pre-sented by “rock ‘n roll”women chefs, wine tastings delivered by fabulous women on unicycles, a fashion show set to live music with top name and new talent excitement, beauty product unveilings, art, sculpture and film exhibitions, new electronic and automotive product offerings, health and wellness advisories, the newest of fashion presentations, new architecture and home furnishings shows, educational sympo-siums, career counseling sessions, family issues workshops to name a few.

A portion of the proceeds of Avant Garde Internationale will be directly contributed to non-profit efforts Iike Maria Shriver’s Mi-nerva awards, an organization that honors and rewards “remarkable California wom-en” who have changed their communities, their state, their country and the world with their courage, wisdom and strength or Oprah’s girl’s school in Africa or Michele Obama’s obesity-in-children effort. The list can go on.

Avant Garde Internationale is a literal, one of a kind, Exposition made up of the things women want to do, buy, know more about and become a part of...presented from and through their unique perspective.

Avant Garde Internationale

is also, most certainly a celebration of what is

working in our culture, thanks to the contributions

and influence of dedicated, talented women.

Avant Garde Internationale will tour mul-tiple cities over the course of the year and provide an incredible variety of brand build-ing opportunities and income streams for companies, organizations and media part-ners that understand the importance of reaching women everywhere and enjoining their brands, services and products with the values and issues women hold high. It will be a prime example of “The Power and Good Business of Doing the Right Thing,”

Let’s imagine some examples: in film, let’s say Katherine Bigelow, could make a provocative short film staring a female ce-lebrity, then, a famous female sculptress could take a Samsung-sponsor flat screen and create pools of video upon which to exhibit the film whereby the entire inte-grated art piece expresses the innovation and imagination of the Samsung brand…this to be part of an art pavilion featuring di-verse creations by a multitude of directors and sculptors on flat screens.

he Diversity and Breadth of Profit Centers that

Avant Garde Internationale Will Provide Investor /

Partners Are Extraordinary.

We could create an American Express Charity Art card designed by female artists and pho-tographers, with a portion of all charge pro-ceeds donated to women’s charities.

General Motors electric cars painted and de-signed by noted female artists could be auc-tioned with profits donated to programs that support women in the Arts.

These conceptual entertainment promotions can be tailored for each sponsor around all the major lifestyle brands that touch women’s lives to build sales, trial and loyalty…major names like W Hotels, L’Oreal, Kraft Foods, LG Kitch-ens, Virgin America, Ralph Lauren, Kodak, Sony Music, Korbel, David Yurman, Apple Computers, Met Life / the list goes on and on.

This kind of unique, powerful event creates multiple, profitable opportunities for corpo-rations and their brands to connect with the lives, value and desires of American consum-ers a every level.

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Equity Ownership Participation

Title Name Sponsorship of entire event i.e. The Ford Celebration of Women Exposition, Internationale

Individual, Co-Sponsorships of Theme Areas i.e. Apple Technology Pavilion Lancome Beauty Pavilion Blue Cross Health Pavilion

Category / Brand Exclusive Participation

Media Exclusive Sponsor Participation

Exclusive Merchandising Participation

Entertainment Exclusive Provider Participation

Marketing Services Exclusive Participation Right now, letters of intent are being circulated to potential investors, corporate sponsors, media partners and notable women from all over the world to become a part of this remarkable enterprise.

e plan to offer equity ownership,

partnership investments and sponsorship

opportunities in a number of high yield areas.

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Avant Garde: Cash Revenue Streams

Ticket Sales from...

Opening Night Celebrity Gala

Closing Night “Celebration of Accomplishment” Awards Presentation and Dinner

General admission individual sales and ticket packages

Special entertainment and lifestyle based events… concerts, beauty product expos,

talent showcases, fashion runway shows, food events, etc.

Notable “Leaders in Empowerment” speeches, forums and presentations

“Paths to Success” lecture and workshop series

Corporate Sponsorships

Multi-tiered corporate participation packages priced from $200,000 to $5.0 Million

A percentage of sales from our Galleries of Talent / Women in the Arts Pavilion

A percentage of sales & commissions from Sponsorship Promotions

Income and usage fees from TV Shows - Documentary

& “Streaming” Reality presentations of Tour as it happens.

New Talent / Management Fees

Musicians; Models; Actresses; Writers; Chefs; Film Makers; Fashion,

Interior, Furniture, Product, Stage Designers; Architects, etc., etc.

Merchandising and licensing fees for products

introduced, promoted and sold at events

Cross Promotions with like-minded

organizations and corporations

Income form Avant Garde Branded Items

and Promotional Materials

CD / DVD Box Set, Fine Art Event Posters, Collector Event Book, Artist

& Chef Recipe Book, Programs, Tees, Hats, Private Label Food Items, etc., etc.

Corporate Brand & Product PartnershipsIn return for a part of their media and production budgets and advertising, marketing and promotional efforts, participation in our events as the exclusive, Avant Garde Corporate Partner in their category

Production PartnershipsIn return for production services, promotional mention in all event promotional materials, and interface with our corporate and non-profit partners and sponsors and identification as the exclusive, Avant Garde Production Partner.

Media Partnerships Media Placement, air time and earned media/PR coverage in return for content and interface with our corporate and non-profit partners and sponsors and identification as the exclusive, Avant Garde Media Partner in their category

Avant Garde: In Kind Revenue Streams

Avant Garde InternationaleManagement Team

Avant Garde Internationale: Management Team

Andrew Janson brings the sensibility of the fine artist to the craft of advertising and mar-keting. Raised in the artistic traditions of the avant-garde in America and Europe, Andrew brings an artist’s eye and vision to this busi-ness.

He has served as both creative director and art director for some of America’s leading ad-vertising agencies before forming his own or-ganizations, Benenson Janson and Andrew Janson and Associates.

The son of a prominent fashion photographer and painter mother, Andrew assisted some the century’s finest photographers, including Richard Avedon and Francesco Scavullo be-fore accepting a scholarship in classical mu-sic at the University of Michigan. Interested in fine art, Andrew left Michigan for St. Mar-tin’s College of Art in London to complete his education.

His campaigns enjoin proven marketing dis-ciplines with a creative philosophy that is an eclectic blend of traditional branding and un-expected edginess.

He brings an artist’s perspective and a mar-keting practicality to the business of advertis-

ing that synthesizes his artistic vision with a solid and experienced knowledge of market-ing that sells.

“The best creative solutions are the ones that steal the show by connecting the audi-ence’s artistic sensibilities with the brand’s unique place in the popular culture. They ar-rest your senses and make you want to be a member of the brand.”

Andrew’s work in Print, Broadcast and Event Marketing has received countless creative and marketing performance awards as well as accolades in Communication Arts, Ar-chive, Print, Ad Age, Brand Week and 6 fea-ture stories in Stuart Elliot’s, New York Times marketing columns.

His experience spans blue chip accounts at major agencies on both coasts for clients in the entertainment, hospitality fashion and luxury/lifestyle categories. His efforts in non-profit, advocacy and cause related campaigns and events have garnered inter-national recognition and acclaim for its ability to focus on key issues in a way that is both captivating and memorable.

Andrew JansonChairman & Chief Creative Officer

When Howard opened Benenson Adver-tising 20 years ago, he did so because he wanted to make sure that creative always remained a part of the advertising process.

That philosophy has not changed.

“In many agencies, the concepts are handed to Account Executives who don’t understand them, or can’t make the most of them. I want to make sure that the link between the client and the creative process is direct.”

Howard believes in a very hands-on approach to working with clients.

He calls this “living with the business” an approach that only works if it is directed by someone who really takes the time to under-stand the subtle nuances of the client’s day-to-day business operations.

Howard has been able to bring together and lead a team of marketing profession-als whose experience in strategic planning has created some extraordinary results for consumer clients like Sallie Mae, The Style Network, E! Entertainment, Swatch Stores, Trixi Sportswear, Avery Office and Paper Sup-

plies, J. Robert Scott, Luxury Home Furnish-ings, The Platinum Guild, Alphy.com, and The Beverly Clark Collection, Wedding and Cel-ebration products as well as wide-reaching, cause marketing campaigns for The ACLU, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, The Salvation Army, Southern California. Girl Scouts, USA, The National Endowment for Financial Education Americans for Fairness in Lending and numerous others.

Originally from Detroit, Howard joined Camp-bell- Ewald Advertising as an Art Director upon his graduation from Detroit University’s Art School in 1972.

He moved to Los Angeles in 1977, joining Saxon Associates as the agency’s Creative Director, eventually forming Benenson Ad-vertising in the 80’s and later partnering with Andrew Janson to create Benenson Janson in 1993.

After a success-filled, 15 year engagement with Benenson Janson, Howard continues to share his insights and passion with spe-cial assignment projects for Andrew Jan-son and Partners.

Howard BenensonChief Operations Officer, Director Client Relations

Jay was tired with the way traditional agen-cies did business. Too layered. Too slow. Too eager to take the easy way out, rather than fight for great Creative.

So he decided to do it the right way he changed the rules and served as Creative Director at major agencies like Lintas/Camp-bell Ewald and Tracy-Locke. Then became a managing partner at his own agency. And then Vice president of Global marketing for Youthwear pioneer, Vans, Inc.

Over the years, he has helped launch, invigo-rate and multiply profits for brands like Vans, Vaurnet, DirectTV, Rhino Records, Taco Bell, Osiris Shoes, and Disney.

For Vans, he led the turnaround of company’s image from a faded brand to “The Worldwide Leader in Action Sports.” His efforts resulted in 22 consecutive quarters of double-digit growth with sales surging ahead to $384M. And he understands the power and profit potential of event driven marketing, he cre-ated the Vans Triple Crown Series -- 18 of the most prestigious events in Skateboarding, Surfing, Snowboarding, Wakeboarding, BMX

and Freestyle Motocross and raised $10M in annual sponsorships from Mountain Dew, Ford, Gillette and XBOX. Secured VTCS air-ings on NBC and FOX Sports Net.

He was responsible for Van’s funding and supporting the build up of Vans Warped Tour into the most successful teen tour in the U.S. Warped Tour’s ticket sales reached over 500,000 and helped launch the careers of such artists as Blink 182, No Doubt, Kid Rock, 311 and Sugar Ray. Profitability ex-ceeded $1M.

He also founded Vans Entertainment, which included “Off the Wall Productions” and over 100 hours of original action sports program-ming on FOX Sports Net and raised financ-ing and served as Executive Producer on the films Dogtown and Z-Boys and The Pipemas-ters as well as the TV series The Loonatic.

Jay is an impact player with proven skills in turnarounds. A major force in strengthening and evolving brands. A business builder. A fighter for great, smart work. And a fun guy to work with.

Jay E. WilsonChief Marketing Officer

Avant Garde Internationale: Management Team

Fashion, Cosmetics and Talent and how they work together to build sales, profits and impact for corporations and brands is Jona-than’s lifework.

And he has been doing it with great verve and success for the best in the business… including Marc Jacobs, Lacoste, American Eagle, Abercrombie & Fitch, Old Navy, Gap, Rick Owens, Aldo, Guess, D&G, Dolce and Gabanna, Ralph Lauren, Adidas, Nike, Mi-chael Kors, Tommy Hilfiger, Avon, L’Oreal, Givenchy, Andrew Buckler, Michael Bastian, Sean John, Ecko Unlimited, Prada, Levi’s, South pole, Pepsi, Macy’s, Kohl’s, Target, Wal-mart, JCPenny’s, Nordstrom’s, Vh1, MTV, Project Runway, Vibe, GQ, Cosmopoli-tan, Allure, OUT and Details,

He also has a great eye for talent and counts

Creative Artists Agency, ABC Network All My Children, Creative Artists Agency, David Geffen - DreamWorks Pictures, Nole Marin, New York Models, Request Models, DNA Models, Ford Models, Wilhelmina Models, Major Models, VNY Models, Q-Models, Boss Models, Next Models, RED Models, America’s Next Top Models and America’s Best Dance Crew contestants Vogue Evolu-tion among his clients.

Jonathan has worked for some of the lead-ing players in the beauty marketing cat-egory, owned and managed his own talent management company and, we are happy to say, serves as Style Director for Avant Garde Internationale as well as Executive Vice President Fashion, Cosmetics and Talent Management for Andrew Janson and Associates.

Jonathan KellerPresident, Fashion, Beauty & Talent Management

With more than 10 years at the helm of com-munications, Lowena West is an indepen-dent, Public Relations and Communications Consultant that focuses on the world’s most innovative and emerging markets.

She is strategically based in Nassau, Baha-mas, at the crossroads between the US, Caribbean, Canada, and countries at the hub of the markets that are currently setting the pace of the world’s political and economic agendas. As a pioneer she has opened com-munications channels on behalf of clients in many markets. Traversing boundaries and inspired by challenge, Lowena is committed to promising ideas based on bespoke strate-gies that take into consideration the cultural, social, political, and economic realities of the countries in which she operates.

A unique and independent Public Relations and Communications Consultant who is of-ten invited to partner with leading multime-dia networks to compliment their campaigns and reach. Ms. West obtained a dual Masters Degree in Business Administration and Com-munity Economic Development from South-ern New Hampshire University.

She is an active member of the Bahamas Re-cycling and Energy Efficiency Task Force, The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Baha-mas MBA Association and Board Member pf The Civil Society Bahamas and Bahamas Association for Social Health.

Her clients and consultancies include Wynd-ham Nassau Resort and Crystal Palace Casino, Res Socius Company (Business Brokerage Firm). Krys Rahming & Associ-ates (Forensic Accounting, Insolvency, and Fraud). Bahamas Institute of Financial Ser-vices, Miss Universe Fashion Show, Islands of The World Fashion Week (in association with Montaque Securities), The Balmoral De-velopment Limited. Bahamas Telecommu-nications Company (BTC), PR and Network Impacts. Montaque Securities, Business Development and Investor Communications, Bahamas Hotel Association (BHA), Marina and Hotel Reform through STEMM Sustain-able Tourism Project, Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), Inter-American Develop-ment Bank (IDB), and The Mapping Civil So-ciety in The Bahamas

Lowena WestDirector Communications, Public Affairs & Media Relations Bahamas

Lisa is one of the founders and owners of WKT Los Angeles and New York, one of the largest and most powerful, full service, ce-lebrity and entertainment based Public Rela-tions agencies in the world in business now for over 20 years.

Her specialty is not only representing celeb-rity clients and promoting the entertainment industry’s efforts in film, television and mu-sic, but also enjoining those in the industry with the non-entertainment, corporate world in the marketing and branding of events, products, services, destinations and non-profit causes.

Lisa’s agency represents an extraordinary list of clients from all facets of the entertain-ment industry including Kim Bassinger, Cate Blanchett, Nicolas Cage, Bradley Cooper, Cin-dy Crawford, John Cusack, Ralph Fiennes, Brendan Fraser. Jennifer Hudson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Debra Messing, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Matthew Perry, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Quaid and Mia Wa-sikowska to name a few.

Lisa KastelerDirector of Public & Celebrity Relations

Avant Garde Internationale: Management Team

“The best creative solutions start with a clear understanding of the brand’s unique place in the customer’s mind.”

A strategic, creative, “what if” person might be the best way to describe Gregg Cebulski.

He began his career as a Copywriter, then Creative Director, t then Strategy Director with some of the leading agencies in the Midwest and West, including Foot Cone and Belding, Cramer Krasselt, Bayer Bess Vanderwarker and Philips Ramsey, helping to build brands like Hallmark, Folgers, Suave, Cap’n Crunch, Ameritech, First Chicago, Honeywell, Tide, Doubletree and Gatorade.

He believes strongly in the philosophy that while consumers need a product (a car for example), they want a brand (i.e. Honda or Mercedes). Finding a way to tap onto their particular “want zone” is what creates brand loyalty.

“In an era of fancy labels like ‘mindset man-agement’ and ‘image engineering,’ it stills comes down to arresting your audience with messages that say this brand is talking to me…about something that’s important to me. And I think doing that in a provocative, unexpected way that leaves the customer with a smile is what sets us apart.”

Gregg Cebulski,EVP, Director Strategic Development

A long time player on the team at Janson Group, Marla brings a wealth of knowledge from the perspective of both client and agency.

Her advertising agency experience includes Young & Rubicam, McCann Erickson Della Femina, Travisano & Partners and Doyle Dane Bernbach.

In 1984, Marla joined NBC Entertainment as Director, Media Planning. As a key member of the team leading the network from last po-sition to number one, she was instrumental in the branding of NBC as Must See TV. She

soon added NBC News, NBC Sports and the Olympics to her responsibilities and was part of the successful launch of MSNBC.

In 2002, Marla returned to the agency side at MediaVest, where she managed the media planning and buying for Paramount Studios.

Marla believes that a good media plan will showcase the creative message. Advertising should be seamless to do its job effectively; all the public should see is the end result of a behind-the-scenes collaboration among all the elements involved—creative, branding, marketing, media.

Marla K. GoldsteinDirector, Media Services

Mark Livingston has over 15 years of experi-ence in the marketing, advertising, sponsor-ship and media packaging fields.

While serving as VP Brand Alliances at West-field, Livingston launched the partnership marketing group in the U.S. for this leading mall developer / operator.

His new group created the concept of “the mall as media.” During his two-year tenure, Livingston and team created signature rela-tionships with Paramount Pictures and Coca-Cola, and generated over $19.0 million in new media and advertising revenue.

At Vans, Inc., the leading skate shoe compa-ny, Livingston was Director, Strategic Allianc-es and Sponsorship where he helped create the Vans Triple Crown Series that became the world’s leading Action Sports series airing on NBC Sports, FOX Sports Net and ESPN. Livingston brokered sponsorship deals with Pepsi/ Mountain Dew, XBOX, Ford Truck, Gillette / Right Guard Xtrem Sport, G-Shock / Casio, SeaDoo / Bombardier, Davidoff, Mo-torola, Rip Curl, Rolling Stone magazine and Tylenol.

Livingston also lead the charge for the de-

velopment and management of sponsorship deals for the Vans Warped Tour, North Ameri-ca’s longest running concert tour.

His deals included relationships with Kraft Easy Mac, Monster Energy / Hansen’s So-das, YooHoo / Snapple, Playstation, truth / American Legacy Foundation, the U.S. Ma-rine Corps among others.

In 2000, he helped bring Stacy Peralta’s award winning documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys to fruition, and was a key player in a distribution deal for the film with Sony Pictures Classics at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. Livingston was also involved with the financing of The PipeMasters surf-ing documentary and a licensing deal for the WB’s Boarding House – North Shore reality show. Earlier in his career at Western International Media Corp / Initiative Media, Livingston helped launch Tall Wall Media which placed giant creative advertisement on the sides of buildings and which went on to change the landscape and rule for out-of- home advertising forever. Livingston also launched the first Sponsorship group at Initia-tive Media where he brokered the first ever, main stage title sponsorship by Acura at the world famous New Orleans Jazz Festival.

Mark L. LivingstonEVP, Sponsorship Development

Avant Garde InternationaleProduction Partner Management Team

e have chosen R&R Partners to be our Tour

Production Team for this exciting project R&R Partners

specializes in moving minds through strategic thinking

and creative audacity that captures imaginations,

ignites conversations and incites action.

Their strategic blend of advertising, event production, public relations, issues advocacy, government affairs, research, media and digital marketing earned them Brandweek’s “Grand Marketer of the Year” Award for the Las Vegas juggernaut, “What happens here, stays here™” – making them the first agen-cy ever to win this coveted award.

They were also named among the top 30 “Best Places to Work in Marketing & Media”

by Advertising Age. R&R’s work in the trav-el, destination, entertainment, energy and transportation sectors has been covered by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, MSNBC, ABC Nightline, Adweek and Advertising Age.

They work out of six offices located in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Reno and Washington, D.C.

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Avant Garde Internationale: Production Partner Management Team

With a phenomenal track record in the tour-ism industry spanning 25 years and numer-ous national awards, Rob long ago earned distinction as a leading expert on domestic and international destination and event mar-keting..

For 20 years, he has spearheaded the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority ac-count, producing year-over-year record-break-ing tourism numbers, and is credited with positioning Las Vegas as the events capital of the world.

Over the course of his career at R&R Part-ners, Rob single-handedly built the firm’s events and sports marketing division into a major player in the college and professional sports, entertainment and music arenas. He also oversees national television contract ne-gotiations, athlete endorsement representa-tion, logo and merchandising development, marketing strategies, advertising, public relations and sponsorship development for a range of clients. One example of the re-sults he commands was a deal he brokered for the Professional Bull Riders’ Champion-ship Tour, which propelled bull riding into the mainstream of professional sports, attracted a loyal fan base and increased sponsorship revenues by 700 percent with such major national brands as Ford, Wrangler, Bud Light and Coca-Cola.

Additionally, Rob oversees the convention, meetings and travel trade business for the LVCVA and has brought together names such as American Express and America West Airlines to create dynamic marketing partnerships. He’s also credited with turning the LVCVA’s Laughlin, Nevada, territory into the outdoor event capital of the West with

the Laughlin River Run, the SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge and the P.R.O.P. Formula One Tour/Laughlin River Days – all of which boost occupancy rates and year-round gam-ing revenue for the city.

With Rob at the helm, R&R’s sports market-ing team has built the Las Vegas Bowl into a sports powerhouse and a major force in the college football arena, garnering live televi-sion coverage and gallons of ink in top na-tional publications.

He has orchestrated numerous world-class events with impressive results, including the National Finals Rodeo; PGA Tour’s Las Vegas Invitational; Senior PGA Tour’s Las Vegas Senior Classic; Las Vegas Big League Week-end; NASCAR Winston Cup’s Las Vegas 400; Miss Universe pageants; Western Athletic Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball tournaments; and the AAA World Series. The R&R team also handles endorsements for the top cowboys in the world including Ty Murray, Trevor Brazile and Ross Coleman.

He has also been instrumental in the re-sounding success of one of the world’s larg-est star-studded fund-raising events, the An-dre Agassi Grand Slam for Children concert, which has raised more than $70 million over the last decade for at-risk youth in Las Vegas.

Earlier in his career, Rob represented the Ne-vada Development Authority, several Las Ve-gas resort and retail accounts, and held a key marketing post for Las Vegas-based Scenic Airlines. The father of three remains an ac-tive member of the community through his work with the Andre Agassi Foundation, the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame and Opportunity Village.

Rob DonderoEVP, Production Lead Officer

The creator and guiding force behind The JGS Group at R&R, Julie has spent over thirty years creating strategic marketing pro-grams and producing live events and multi-media services for national sales meetings, trade show events, product launches and every other type of corporate/ entertainment theatre for Fortune 1000 companies around the world.

Her expertise and extensive experience in delivering strategic, creative solutions that bring a brand to life, new business develop-ment, media management and training has allowed Julie to produce events for suchcli-ents as htc, Aspect Software, Singapore Air-lines, British Airways, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, IBM, Las Vegas Cham-ber of Commerce, Mitsubishi Electronics of America, Las Vegas Monorail, World Market Center, Breitling Watches, Escada, Nike, MAC Cosmetics, NBA, The Related Group, Three Square and Warner Bros. to name only a very few.

A highly distinguished member of the busi-ness community, Julie was recognized in

2008 by Nevada Arts Advocates with their Advocacy Award, selected as one of the Top 40 Under 40 by the Las Vegas Business Press, named “Mother of the Year” by the Las Vegas Review Journal and selected as one of the “In Business” Most Influential Women in Southern Nevada. She is past President of the Las Vegas Chamber of Com-merce Business Council and served on the Las Vegas Centennial Organizing Commit-tee. She currently serves on the board for Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Foundation, The Miracle League of Las Vegas, The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Prospectors, the Parent Advisory Council for Bishop Gorman High School, R&R Partners Foundation and is a member of the International Women’s Forum.

Julie’s expertise in strategic brand building through marketing communications events is the perfect choice to guide the arsenal of The JGS Group resources. No one better than she recognizes that experience builds the brand.

Julie Gilday ShafferExecutive Producer

Don Burgess has conceived and produced over 4,000 live production and special events over a twenty-five year career that includes work on many continents in every imaginable venue. His reputation for building and strengthen-ing production teams while at the same time understanding, prioritizing and implementing fiscal responsibility and the art of meaningful negotiating has made him one of the most respected and sought after entertainment pro-ducers working today.

Don continues to lead the industry in the areas of Creative Direction and Management, Proj-ect Conceptualization and Entertainment Pro-duction, bringing expertise to projects such as Promotional Events, Publicity Events, Exhibits, Holiday Installations, Halloween Events, Live Shows and Special Events.

Whether it´s an intimate gathering for a se-lect few or a large arena event for thousands, Don’s integrity and award-winning services have enabled organizations around the globe to rely exclusively on a single source for cre-ative, integrated and highly successful enter-tainment production.

Responsible for mammoth live productions for such companies as Universal Studios, MGM Studios, MTV, Six Flags and Walt Disney En-tertainment, Don has put to use his extensive experience with state-of-the-art stunt and spe-cial effects to craft world-class productions and event spectaculars.

Don´s keen understanding of the needs and goals of corporate clients has enabled him to conceptualize and create industrial and corpo-rate trade show productions that exceed client expectations.

Each of these successful projects is a direct result of Don´s guidance and his ability to mold the most effective team for each production.

Don BurgessProduction Creative Services Director