Halogen

Over the past year we have been building a team of advisors – the extended family – who have offered to help me when needed. A phone call or introduction, advice on marketing or product strategy or an introduction to a great job candidate. I am honored that they have agreed to help. Here is our Advisory Board so far:

Ken Austin has been Executive Vice President and CMO of Marquis Jet Partners since its inception. At Marquis Jet, Mr. Austin oversees business development, marketing, sales support and sales consultants and is a member of the company Board.

Pat Connolly is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer  of Williams-Sonoma Inc., and oversees all marketing aspects for the company. He currently serves on the management board of the Stanford Business School and CafePress.

Gordon Crovitz is former publisher of The Wall Street Journal and president of the Consumer Media Group of Dow Jones, where he oversaw the growth of The Wall Street Journal Online to the largest subscription news site on the Web, acquired MarketWatch.com and launched the news database service Factiva.

Scott Galloway is founder and principal of Firebrand Partners, an activist investment firm that acquires strategic positions in publicly traded consumer companies. Scott is also a Clinical Associate Professor at The Stern School of Business (NYU) where he teaches brand strategy to 2nd year MBA students. He is also on the board of the New York Times Company.

Michael Hudes is currently President, Innovation Strategy and Growth for Interpublic Media Brands where he is responsible for directing emerging media strategy and corporate development activities for all of Interpublic’s global media assets including the IPG Media Lab.

Michela O’Connor Abrams is the President and Publisher of Dwell, the award-winning design and lifestyle media company. She has over 20 years of experience in publishing, trade show management, online branding strategies and strategic business development.

Bill Youstra has served as a consultant and advisor to several Silicon Valley companies in the areas of consumer media, e-commerce, mobile and virtual world applications. Bill previously worked as a VP of Product & Content at AOL.