Jeff Hirsch

Jeff Hirsch is an accomplished marketing innovator.

His business building strategies and new product ideas have touched the vast majority of the U.S. population and generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues for prestigious consumer oriented companies such as Pepsi, General Mills, Johnson & Johnson, Brown Forman, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Anheuser-Busch, Disney and many others.

His contagious enthusiasm isn’t limited to work. Jeff is an avid reader, cyclist, gym rat, filmgoer and music lover. You’ll find over 6,000 songs on his iPod ranging from Verdi to the Kinks to Count Basie to the Dandy Warhols and beyond. Jeff is strongly committed to social responsibility, and currently serves as the Chairman of the Board Enrichment Works (pro bono), a non-profit organization working in Los Angeles schools to inspire learning through theater. In the past, he has also served as Chairman of the Media/Marketing Division of the Los Angeles UJF, worked with the Studio City Residents Association on local initiatives, and served as Director of Communications & Marketing at the Buckley School, in Sherman Oaks, CA, where his three children are students.

Jeff started his career at DKG Advertising in New York City. He was subsequently recruited by one of his clients, Brown-Forman, to work in Brand Management. He then returned to the advertising business, joining Campbell-Mithun Advertising on the General Mills business, and later moved to Chiat/Day Los Angeles to work on Apple Computer.

Jeff earned both an M.S. in Advertising and B.S. in Communications from Northwestern University.

Michael Laskin

Michael has been immersed in the cultures of film, television, theatre, consulting and teaching in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, London, and Minneapolis for many years. His far-reaching contacts in the creative community populate our Right Brain Panel, and he has led major creative efforts at The Right Brain Studio for Fortune 500 clients.

In 23 feature films, 13 made-for-television movies and mini-series, countless guest-star and recurring roles on leading television series he has worked directly with Robert Duvall, Jerry Seinfeld John Sayles, Alec Baldwin, Luke Wilson, James Caan, Paul Mazursky, Jeffrey Tambor, Michael Douglas, Ben Affleck, Stephen Frears, John Cusack, Barry Levinson, Tom Stoppard, Bob Rafelson, Tracey Ullman, Kevin Spacey, Norman Jewison, among many others.

On stage he has starred off-Broadway, in London, and at The Edinburgh Festival, (winning The Fringe First Award). He’s also appeared at most of America’s major regional theatres including The Guthrie Theatre, The Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Seattle Rep., and The Geffen Playhouse.

This, along with thousands of voice-overs for leading advertisers, gives him a comprehensive insider's portal to the entertainment business – and the creative people who populate it. He's also a film producer and has taught Master Classes in acting at several universities.

He holds a B.S. degree from Northwestern University, and an M.A. from The University of Minnesota where he received a Bush Fellowship and membership to the prestigious Guthrie Theatre.