About : Board of Directors

Brandi Anderson graduated from Miami University with a B.A in Strategic Communication.  Big dreams led her to New York, where she began her career as Event coordinator at famed Japanese restaurant MEGU. Today she is at the new Soho hot spot called "DELICATESSEN," managing parties and handling the internal marketing as Event Director for this hip restaurant. She is also co-founder of a women's networking organization called Ladies of Manhattan that began in 2007.  This organization celebrates professional women and the continuing pursuit of beauty, strength, and power both inside and out. All together her life and passions constantly involve travel, food, wine and the arts. Once the Crown Point Festival was brought to her attention, it was love at first sight and she now happily sits on the Board.

Tony Castrigno brings a versatile background in theater, film and fine arts to his work to create unique, dramatic environments. His 25 years of business communications and corporate event experience, launching blockbuster drugs, new cars, and advanced technologies, give him special insight into the business of creating brand theatre. Tony’s particular focus is bringing new technologies to live events and interactive media environments. He’s created a diverse body of work that includes clients such as, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Merck, Boehringer Ingelheim, GSK, Pfizer, Microsoft, Mercedes-Benz, American Express, CBS, and Tiffany & Co.  Tony is an early graduate of the Design/Tech Program at SUNY Purchase, a member of United Scenic Artist Local 829, and has been an entrepreneur in the design business since 1984.  He is currently Senior Partner and CEO of DesignContact, Inc. a NYC based design studio.

Al Herman has an M.B.A. in real estate finance from the University of Texas and a B.S. in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management from Penn State University. Currently he is working as a real estate advisor, developer and broker. He is a former collegiate soccer player and is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Dawn Lesh is President of Dawn Lesh International focusing on the use of marketing, strategy and research leading to implementation. Previously she served as Senior Vice President at McCann WorldGroup, Vice President of Strategic Planning & Marketing Research at the New York Stock Exchange, and Vice President & Director of Marketing Research at Bank of America. She is an Adjunct Professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business. Dawn is a graduate of the University of California, Davis and received her Masters from California State University, Sacremento.
Katie Longmyer is founder of Good Peoples. Now a prominent figure in the NYC nightlife scene, Katie started first by conquering D.C. and Baltimore. Back in '97, she cut her teeth promoting the now legendary parties such as Buzz and Fever. Once in New York, she was recruited by the #1 label in the country, Warner Bros Records. She quickly rose the ranks, and to showcase her talents, Warner Bros created a new position for her as the Brand Partnerships Manager. Katie left Warner Bros to run Good Peoples full time.  When she's not scheming new brand platforms, activating regional marketing campaigns, or managing a roster of cutting-edge downtown artists, Katie is busy producing the best parties in the city. You can catch her in warehouses and nightclubs every weekend including her regular monthlies Flashing Lights, Play Hard Social Club and her new members only party NDA.

Kelly Markus is a co-founder of The Fall Collection and served as the Executive Producer of the Crown Point Festival from 2004-2008. She has worked as an Assistant Producer to film producers Ed Saxon and Tim Perell.  She served as producer of the 6 year Phat Shorts Film Festival.  She produced the short film Pop Tarts which toured 35 festivals around the world including SXSW and the LA Independent Film Festival. Other film producing credits include The Wrong Egg, Wiggle: 100 Years of Jello, and Owning Sophia.  In addition, Kelly served as Creative Coordinator for 5 years with MJM Creative Services working on multi-media events for companies such as IBM, Pfizer, American Express and Canon.  She has since gone on to produce the Wilhemina Modeling Agency's 40th Anniversary Party, Shecky's Girls Night Out events in 17 markets, sponsorship activations for the Future of Music Coalition and the Newport Film Festival.  She is currently a staff producer at MKG Productions producing events for Diet Coke, Hyatt Hotels, William Rast, Rayban and several other brands.  Kelly graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a B.F.A in Theatre and B.S. in Communications.

Diane Nicoletti secured a degree in Business and Cinema/Television at USC. While in Los Angeles, Diane started her professional career securing donations and sponsorships for events at STAPLES Center, including, "A Night with SHAQ," the "Women's Tennis Association Fashion Show," and private events for the LA Kings. As the Senior Director of Partnership Marketing News Corporation she worked on a variety of sports and film partnership deals including those with the NFL, BCS, NBA and Fox Films. Rounding out her experience in sponsorships and partnerships, she ran the marketing department at MKG Productions, a NYC event marketing and production company with events including the Sundance Film Festival, the NBA All-Star and the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Diane holds an MBA in marketing and finance from NYU's Stern School of Business.

Joshua W. Walker, Esq. is a corporate attorney with Davis & Gilbert, LLP in New York. Davis & Gilbert's practice focuses on advertising, marketing, media and entertainment law. Josh received his bachelors degrees from the University at Buffalo and his juris doctorate from Cornell Law School. He has been on the board of directors of the Fall Collection since 2006. Prior to joining Davis & Gilbert, Josh was an associate with Chadbourne & Parke LLP. Chadbourne serves as pro bono counsel to the Fall Collection.

Russell S. Winer is the William Joyce Professor and Chair of the Department of Marketing at the Stern School of Business, New York University.  He received a B.A. in Economics from Union College and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University.  He has been on the faculties of Columbia and Vanderbilt universities and the University of California at Berkeley.  Professor Winer has been a visiting faculty member at M.I.T., Stanford University, Cranfield School of Management (U.K.), the Helsinki School of Economics, the University of Tokyo, École Nationale des Ponts et Chausées, and Henley Management College (U.K.).  He has written three books, Marketing Management, Analysis for Marketing Planning and Product Management, and a research monograph, Pricing.  He has authored over 60 papers in marketing on a variety of topics including consumer choice, marketing research methodology, marketing planning, advertising, and pricing.  Professor Winer has served two terms as the editor of the Journal of Marketing Research, he is the past co-editor of Journal of Interactive Marketing, he is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Research in Marketing, he is the co-editor of the Review of Marketing Science, and he is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Marketing, the Journal of Marketing Research, and Marketing Science.  He is the most recent past Executive Director of the Marketing Science Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  He has participated in executive education programs around the world and is currently an advisor to a number of start-up companies and non-profit institutions.  Professor Winer is a founding Fellow of the INFORMS Society for Marketing Science.



JUNIOR BOARD:
Donnell Adler
Charlotte Brown
Norell Hall
Patrick Healy
Ania Lisa
Carin Murphy
Carly Robins
Jacob Robinson
Laura Siegle
Jesse Soursourian
Leah Weisberg