Our Advisors.

Thomas C. Grane

Thomas C. Grane is a graduate of the USC School for Cinematic Arts with over 25 years of experience in motion picture and entertainment marketing. Grane previously spent 16 years as a Sr. Vice President of Creative Content and Creative Advertising at 20th Century Fox, where he originated the creative content department and worked on over 200 film campaigns for a wide variety of films, including; MOULIN ROUGE, CAST AWAY, ICE AGE, and HOME ALONE. In 2006, Grane co-founded Mob Scene Creative + Productions. In ten years, the innovative company has grown to become a “go to” agency for all of Hollywood’s top studios and networks and has been an integral part of the marketing campaigns for projects, like; AVATAR, ARGO, THE DEPARTED, THE HURT LOCKER, 12 YEARS A SLAVE, BIRDMAN, THE GREEN BOOK, THE X-MEN Franchise, The PLANET OF THE APES Franchise, The FAST AND FURIOUS Franchise, and FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Franchise. The company also produces original programing; such as, The FX MOVIE DOWNLOAD and the talk show for SONS OF ANARCHY called ANARCHY AFTERWORD. Grane recently produced and directed the original National Geographic Channel program, TITANIC: 20 Years Later with James Cameron. Grane is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the Producers Guild of America. In addition to having won numerous Clio awards for his marketing work, Grane was also nominated for a primetime Emmy in 2010.

Mark Wilbur

CEO-Fisher Phillips Proven track record as a committed collaborator and team player in finding the best competitive and organizational solutions. Successful track record as a senior executive leadership in multiple organizations, across multiple industries, both globally and nationally. Youngest Partner at Andersen (at that time), multiple awards from client service and practice management with unique background in successfully helping clients and delivering projects never previously delivered, built reputation in emergency business turnarounds and supporting strategic planning needs through implementation. Youngest CEO in EG's 127 year history, saving the company from bankruptcy, restructuring more than 90 vendor and partner agreements, building new channels and launching a leading edge newco. (EverythingHR), while also rebuilding the core advocacy business, earning more than 20 advocacy awards from businesses, industry groups and LA's BizFed for work done both nationally and California. Business development leader across multiple industries, countries, including channel development, org development and design, people development strategies, compensation strategies and performance measurement design and management. Award winning public speaker, instructor and requested radio guest for more than 20 years, TV and media experienced. Have successfully worked with gold standard businesses in developing and driving strategic change, process design, business growth and much more. Examples include more than 90 consulting engagements for Disney (Imagineering, Theme Parks and Resorts, Studios, Music and Cruises), MGM (MGM/Mirage), Warner Brothers Studios, Universal Theme Parks and Studios, Adidas, Sony, Hilton Hotels, Marriott, City of Los Angles, Suntory, Mitsubishi, Mori Development, Sumitomo, Bank of Thailand, China's State Power Co (largest company in China), Paramount Studios, Turner Construction, Jacobs Engineering, Microsoft, Mattel, Bechtel Construction, and USC Marshall (all non-curriculum business elements including building global partnerships and delivery of executive leadership programs and much more. Foundation skills as a professional - CPA (inactive license), all areas of financial reporting, public and private reporting, budgeting process engineering and design, CRM design and deployment, social media platforms and execution, AI analytics, etc. Life-long learner - embrace the unknown and prefer green field efforts where experience and discovery lead to the best solutions. Award winning Instructor and people development, including mentorship. Sequoia awards and only person in Andersen history to win it twice.

Jay Berger

Jay Berger co-founded Morris & Berger nearly 35 years ago, with the goal of helping highly qualified candidates become transformative leaders by placing them in a variety of nonprofit organizations.

Serena Overhoff

Serena has over twenty-five years of experience advising innovative early-stage, mid-size companies and non-profits in the areas of strategic business development and ESG (Social Impact) market positioning; particularly, in the industries of commercial real estate; sustainable architectural design; media + digital commerce; academia and the arts. Serena’s mission is to establish ‘impact’ investment partnerships that specifically aim to strengthen communities across the globe. Serena’s motto is ‘doing good for humanity and the earth.’

Eytan Wallace

Eytan Wallace is an Emmy Award winning journalist who brings a unique passion and enthusiasm to the world of news and politics. A multimedia journalist with Nexstar Media in Sacramento, CA, he covers all-things state government and politics for Nexstar's nine CA news stations including KTLA5 Los Angeles, KRON4 Bay Area, FOX40 KTXL Sacramento, CBS47 Eyewitness News Fresno, KSEE24 NBC Fresno, KGET 17 Bakersfield, Telemundo Bakersfield, FOX5 KSWB San Diego, and KUSI-TV San Diego. In 2018, Wallace joined the KGET-TV 17 News team in Bakersfield, CA after he graduated with honors from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and journalism with a degree broadcast and digital journalism, and political science from the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. At the end of his academic career, Eytan was awarded the prestigious Hearst Award for excellence in journalism. Before joining KGET, Eytan's broadcast journalism experience included reporting and producing for the acclaimed Annenberg TV News, where he worked both in front of and behind the camera. Eytan also served as a digital producer for the Daily Trojan, USC's official student newspaper. He thoroughly enjoyed and benefited greatly from his internships with NBCLA’s (KNBC-TV’s) esteemed political reporter, Conan Nolan, and with NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. Before joining KGET, Eytan worked part time at NBCLA (KNBC-TV) at the assignment desk, gathering breaking news and conducting research for stories that will appear on air. He has also worked on various political campaigns, and considers himself a news and political junkie.