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• Slash Coleman Storyteller

  Slash Coleman is a professional storyteller, speaker, and keynote who is best known for his award winning Off-Broadway production and PBS special, “The Neon Man and Me.” His book, “The Art of Business for Creatives,” is due out later this year and is based on his popular two-part marketing class for artists which was recently featured on the NPR series, "How Artists Make Money.”

• Silly Bus, Educational Media Creations Company

  Based in Richmond, Silly Bus is a two-time Mom's Choice Award winner and a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Science, famous for its Grammy Awards. The Silly Bus team members are experienced professionals who have worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, including MTV and Discovery Kids. Their educational partners bring 30+ years of teaching and education expertise with five nationally published music education books. Silly Bus sounds similar to artists like Dan Zanes and Laurie Berkner. Visit us at http://www.sillybus.net to sign up for our newsletter and learn more about Silly Bus!

• JGH Consulting/Epicuriousity

  With over 15 years of marketing, account management, and advertising experience, I have worked on both the agency and client side in a wide variety of capacities and industries. From healthcare systems and governmnent agencies to museums, non-profits and financial services, I have experience in branding companies and organizations large and small, telling their stories, and increasing their public awareness, sales, traffic, and constituent loyalty. These work experiences are enhanced by my diverse educational background. With an MBA, and a BA and MA in Art History, I am able to combine the worlds of the left and right brain. I am well versed in the strategies of marketing and social media, the hands-on mechanics of production, and the research metrics to measure its success. I am also very involved in the food world, writing a blog Epicuriousity and as a freelance writer for Style Weeky as well as the Vice-Chair for the newly established Slow Food RVA chapter. I have served as a Board Member for 1708 Gallery and was the Board President in 2008-2009.