2016 Wedgwood Annual

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award winning alternative rock band,
Switchfoot, as well as solo singer/
songwriter and member of Fiction Family
DREW SHIRLEY / Guitarist of multiplatinum
and Grammy-award winning
alternative rock band, Switchfoot
JANET WEIR / Artist Manager at Red
Light Management
Music Vettors:
Bono / Lead vocalist of U2, humanitarian
Stephen Christian / Lead vocalist of band
Anberlin and side-project Anchor & Braille
Jay Harren / VP of A&R and Artist
Development at Sony Music Entertainment’s
Descendant Records, and founder of the
cause and artist platform Downtime.
Brent Kredel / Former music manager,
including work with Foster the People
Isaac Slade / Co-Founder, lead vocalist,
songwriter, and pianist of Denver-based piano
rock band, The Fray
Ryan Tedder / Producer, songwriter, singer,
known for his work with band One Republic;
songwriter and Grammy award-winning
producer for Adele, Beyonce, Gavin DeGraw,
Maroon 5 and more
Chris York / Director A&R IRS Nashville /
Capitol CMG
NEW MEDIA,
DOCUMENTARIES,
& SHORT FILMS
DAVID CARLSON / Founder of Bucktown
Pictures and Executive Director of Opera-
Matic, a non-profit street opera company
based in Chicago
KIEL MURRAY / Kiel Murray / writer,
Disney/Toon Studios, Disney/Pixar (Cars);
former Development Executive and
longtime alum, Pixar
CARTER PILCHER / Founder and Chief
Executive of Shorts International, a fullservice
short film entertainment company
representing over 3,000 films to over 120
international broadcasters
TIM WASHER / Comedy Writer and
Producer for IBM’s “Smarter Planet”
campaign and Actor in several TV clips
including T-Mobile’s commercial “Invisible”
with Catherine Zeta-Jones
TELEVISION
SEAN ATKINS / President of MTV; Former
GM & Executive Vice President, Digital
and Strategy of Discovery Studios; Former
Senior Vice President of Digital Media at
HBO
DEAN BATALI / TV writer/producer for
That 70s Show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
and The Adventures of Pete and Pete and
pilots for ABC, ABC Family, the Cartoon
Network and the Hub; founder of Poiema
writers program (poiemahollywood.com)
TERRY BOTWICK / Partner at 1019
Entertainment; Former President of
worldwide television distribution and
production company for the Hearst
Corporation and part of the senior
management team for the Family Channel;
President and Chief Operating Officer
of Big Idea during the expansion of the
VeggieTales brand in 2001
NORMAN STONE / CEO of 1A
Productions; Employed by BBC in 1984
as their youngest producer/director;
Producer/Director of Shadowlands, Miss
Marples, and The Black Velvet Gown
THEATRE
MAX MCLEAN / Actor, producer of the
theatrical production of The Screwtape
Letters, The Great Divorce and President
of Fellowship for the Performing Arts
COMMUNITY