Aaron Butler

Mr. Butler, a native of Ireland and graduate of Dublin’s Trinity College and London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, was awarded an acting scholarship at the renowned Dublin Theater “The Abbey” and wrote and directed radio plays in Gaelic and English for Raido Eireann (RTE) before migrating to New York, where he directed various plays ranging from Neil Simon’s “Barefoot in the Park” to Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?”  This led to his appointment as Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Company of America, where he produced and directed a string of critically acclaimed productions including “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, “Hamlet”, “MacBeth”, “The Tempest”, and John Webster’s “The White Devil”.  As a film maker, Mr. Butler wrote and produced several highly commercial independent films, both under his own umbrella company Quartermain Productions, and in association with other major companies.  His major films include the cult status movie “Chained Heat”, which he wrote under the pseudonym Vincent Mogal, “Hellhole” (Writer), “The Black Room” (Producer), “Friday & Clyde” (Writer/Producer), “The Madhatter” (Writer), “The Cave” (Writer), “Savage Heat”, and “Chained Heat Two” (Writer). His television credits include “Strange Universe (Writer/Producer), “Expedition Danger” (Writer-26 episodes), and “Hollywood Movie Classics”. 

Maurice Boland

Maurice Boland is an internationally known radio personality, entertainer, interviewer, entrepreneur and philanthropist who lives and works in Marbella, Spain and is heard throughout the English-speaking world on his high-profile independent radio station Talk Radio Europe – TRE.fm. Mr. Boland first burst into prominence in the mid-1980’s when in quick succession he launched the highly successful Cuba Club on Marbella’s Golden Mile, the celebrity magazine “H! Society”, one of the highest circulating magazines on the Costa del Sol, and the highly popular radio program “The Boland Talk Show”, which aired on one of Spain’s largest independent radio stations and was broadcast live from places such as Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Barbados, St Lucia, Canada, London and Dublin. In 2004 Mr. Boland founded TRE.fm, which quickly became Spain’s largest English speaking radio network, broadcasting to listeners along the Costa Del Sol, Costa Blanca, Costa Almeria, Costa Cálida, and Madrid, and along with it “The Maurice Boland Show”, where he dishes up his own unique blend of irreverent humor, celebrity interviews and stimulating human interest stories from around the globe. Mr. Boland is considered one of radio’s pre-eminent commentators and interviewers, and over the years he has personally interviewed notables from virtually all walks of life including British Prime Ministers Sir Edward Heath and Lord James Callaghan, Leader of the Liberal Party Lord David Steel, British Foreign Secretary Lord Douglas Hurd, Beatles producer Sir George Martin, Royal Photographer Lord Patrick Lichfield, song writing legends Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sir Tim Rice, and American talk show host Jay Leno, as well as a host of well known celebrities, entertainers and sports figures from the U.S, England and Ireland. He has also earned a reputation as a tireless charity worker, including chairing his own “Raise the Roof Foundation” which has raised millions of Euros for the Cancer Care Hospice ‘Cudeca’. He was the founder of Varity Club in Spain and is currently the Vice President of Marbella Jewish Community and also works with Age for Concern, The Rees Daniels Fund, and other non-profit charities and organizations.

Erick Hansen

Erick Hansen is the Founder and CEO of BlueRay Technologies, Inc. Mr. Hansen was one of the original pioneers who helped develop DVD and energized the enormous industry and consumer conversion that replaced VHS. Now he is poised for a repeat performance with the revolutionary Blu-Ray technology. Mr. Hansen’s has a vast knowledge of the technology and entertainment industries and is considered one of the industry’s leading experts and brightest stars. He began his film industry career more than 20 years ago at MGM's Metro Color, a film processing and special effects laboratory, and over the years he has worked on countless projects with numerous industry leaders and icons including Roy Disney and Steven Spielberg. Mr. Hansen was the founder and president of HEI, a film distributor, and later went on to become one of the top technologists in the DVD industry, helping to create the first multi-angled DVD. Mr. Hansen founded the first DVD Company in the United States in 1995 and the first independent DVD manufacturing facility in the world in 1997, and his involvement in the research and development of the Blu-Ray technology dates back to 1999 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is also considered an expert in various aspects of DVD technology including areas such as digital delivery systems, anti-piracy and anti-theft.

Mel McDonald

A. Melvin McDonald has been a partner in the law firm of Jones, Skelton & Hochuli since 1985, where he practices in the areas of criminal defense and major civil litigation. He is a former United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, a former Superior Court Judge for Maricopa County, and has taught Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. Mr. McDonald received both his undergraduate and law degree from the University of Utah and is admitted to practice in Arizona state and federal courts.

Doug McHenry

Doug McHenry is an industry renowned Producer, Executive Producer, Director and Music Director. His production company has produced many prominent films, including “New Jack City”, “Jason's Lyric”, “A Thin Line Between Love and Hate” and the series of “House Party” films, and he has personally produced and/or directed more than a dozen films as well as several hit TV programs. Mr. McHenry also helped develop the screenplay to Sony’s current hit “This Christmas”. Many of the industry’s most successful studios have invested in his production companies, including Warner Brothers, Sony and New Corp’s Twentieth Century Fox. Mr. McHenry is a graduate of Stanford University with a B.A. in Economics, and a graduate of the Harvard Law School and Business School, where he successfully completed the JD/MBA program. He has held executive positions with several studios including Polygram and Embassy Pictures, where he was a senior business and financial affairs executive. Mr. McHenry is currently the CEO and co-founder of Elephant Walk Entertainment, which has produced over a dozen feature films that have generated almost One Billion Dollars in worldwide revenue. Mr. McHenry is a past member of the California Bar and is currently on the advisory boards of NAFTC Studios and Gold Coast Productions, as well as eWorld Companies, Inc. He is also a member of the Directors Guild of America, Producer’s Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscar). Mr. McHenry has received numerous awards including an ACE for Cable programming excellence and a NAACP Image Award. He also lectures on film finance and is a founding partner of the Mid-Cap Film Fund.

Russ Regan

Russ Regan is one of the few people in music history who is credited with creating over one billion record sales. Mr. Regan’s prescience was sealed in history with his now-famous 1983 quote, “Someday you'll go to a concert and by the time you leave you'll be able to buy the recording of that night's show." Mr. Regan began his career as a recording artist in the 1950’s and 60’s, and in 1961, when a friend asked him to suggest a new name for a band called the Pendeltons that had just recorded a song called "Surfin," Regan came up with one: The Beach Boys. In the 1960’s, as Promotional Director at Motown Records, his first project was "Please Mr. Postman" by the Marvelettes. He then went on to promote songs by The Supremes, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles and Marvin Gaye, which laid the foundation for its signature “Motown Sound”, and also promoted many hit songs for Septor Records. He served as General Manager of Loma records in 1966, where he helped Frank Sinatra record "That's Life", and in 1967 became General Manger of Uni Records, a division of MCA, Inc., where for $2,500 he purchased the rights to and oversaw production and promotion of the mega-hit “Incense and Peppermint” by Strawberry Alarm Clock. Mr. Regan became President of 20th Century Records in 1972 and General Manager of Polygram Records in 1980, and the hits kept coming. He signed such notables as Neil Diamond, Elton John, Olivia Newton-John, Barry White, Hugh Masakela, Maureen McGovern, The Allen Parsons Project, and many others, and in 1974, The Bill Gavin Report and The National Association of Record Merchandisers named Russ Regan, “Record Executive of the Year”. Mr. Regan was also instrumental in the marriage of pop music with movies, spearheading such huge soundtrack successes as “Chariots of Fire” “Flashdance”, “A Chorus Line”, “The Karate Kid”, “This is Spinal Tap”, “The Poseidon Adventure”, “The Towering Inferno”, and many others. In 1986 he returned to Motown Records as President of the Creative Division, where worked on Smokey Robinson’s successful comeback effort, the platinum selling album “One Heartbeat” which included two top 10 singles, and where he remained until the company was sold in 1988. Since then Mr. Regan has been continuously active as an independent sound track consultant, and is in high demand for his talent for identifying hits and his unique ability to stay in sync with the popular music of the day.

Tom Trbovic