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Gary
Rasmussen
- CEO of Global Entertainment Holdings
Mr. Rasmussen has an extensive background spanning over 25
years as an entrepreneur with vast experience in all phases
of business development, having been a founder, chief executive
officer or director of several publicly-held corporations
in the areas of cable television, investment banking, mortgage
banking and motion pictures. He has extensive experience in
raising debt and equity capital for both public and private
enterprises, implementing short and long term business planning
and strategic concepts, acquisitions and divestitures, and
has played a leading role in spearheading several publicly
held corporations from their inception through the capital
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Jackelyn
Giroux - Founder of Global Universal Pictures
Ms. Giroux is the former President and C.E.O. of the publicly
traded telecom company, FoneFriend Inc. Previous to FoneFriend,
Ms. Giroux produced over ten films in the United States and
Canada, where she assisted in Co Production film financing
and production under the Co Production Treaty between Canada
and Europe. Most recently she acquired twenty-one million
dollars worth of Pre Certification Tax Certificates from the
State of Louisiana, which she is presently using to negotiate
a line of credit with a Baton Rouge bank via a Certificate
of Deposit that is not pledged as collateral. Ms. Giroux currently
has a partnership with Image in Media in Canada and Tel France
to produce high quality, but low budget films, focusing on
Tax Credits and Government Tax Incentive funding to minimize
investor risk. |
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Daniel
Sherkow
- COO of Global Universal Entertainment
Daniel
Sherkow, Chief Operating Officer of Global Universal Entertainment,
straddles the worlds of media/entertainment and finance
as a successful motion picture and television producer and
former Series 7 licensed Registered Representative. He has
advised numerous leading media entities such as the Korean
animation company, Seoul Movie, and the China Film Group
Corp., the official governmental agency of the People’s
Republic of China, in their negotiations with a major U.S.
motion picture studio concerning an overall financing, production,
and distribution arrangement for live action motion pictures.
After
graduating from the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee with
a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts (BFA)/Honors, Mr.
Sherkow entered the Graduate School of Business Administration
at Harvard University in Boston, Mass. where he earned an
MBA.
Following
stints at NBC Television and Time-Life Films, and then Vice
President, Production at Paramount Pictures and Tri-Star
Pictures, Mr. Sherkow produced the feature motion picture
"SUSPECT," written by Eric Roth ("FORREST
GUMP") and starring Cher, Dennis Quaid, and Liam Neeson.
Mr. Sherkow then raised funding for and produced "AMERICAN
BUILT"/"RACE FOR GLORY"; and "IMPROMPTU",
which opened to universal acclaim and won the prestigious
Houston WorldFest Award as “Audience Favorite”.
"IMPROMPTU", starring Judy Davis, Hugh Grant,
Emma Thompson, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters and Julian
Sands, marked the film directorial debut of noted Broadway
stage director, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner, James
Lapine ("SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE"). Following
its theatrical release and extraordinarily successful video/DVD
distribution, “IMPROMPTU” was telecast on the
prestigious Public Broadcasting System (PBS) show “Masterpiece
Theatre”.
Mr.
Sherkow recently financed and produced the feature motion
picture “BEING MICHAEL MADSEN”, shot on location
in Los Angeles, Connecticut and New York City, and starring
Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Harry Dean Stanton, Virginia
Madsen, and David Carradine. “BEING MICHAEL MADSEN”
was a featured official submission at the largest independent
film festival in Europe, the Raindance Film Festival in
London, and at the Starz Denver International Film Festival
and San Francisco International Film Festival. “BEING
MICHAEL MADSEN” was also selected to screen in the
prestigious “Outside the Box (Office)” series
at the USC School of Cinema in Los Angeles.
In
television, Mr. Sherkow has produced the Made-For-TV-Movies
"DONOR", starring Melissa Gilbert and Jack Scalia,
as Executive Producer for CBS Entertainment; "ELVIS
AND THE COLONEL: THE UNTOLD STORY", starring Beau Bridges
for dick clark productions and NBC; and also served as Executive
Producer for “ALL LIES END IN MURDER”, starring
Kim Delaney and Jamey Sheridan (“LAW AND ORDER: CRIMINAL
INTENT”), for ABC-TV.
Broadway
stage projects have included "AGNES OF GOD", starring
Elizabeth Ashley and Amanda Plummer, “MY ONE AND ONLY",
starring Twiggy and Tommy Tune, as well as “THE SLAB
BOYS” with Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon, Val Kilmer, and
Jackie Earle Haley, Jr., which Mr. Sherkow produced on behalf
on Paramount Pictures.
In
addition, Mr. Sherkow has advised several concerns such as
the Hite Brewing Co., Ltd. of Korea for which he secured the
services of well known actor George Clooney as spokesman. |
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Eric
A. Leffler
- V.P. Business Affairs of Global Universal Entertainment,
Inc. Born
in Texas, Eric spent the majority of his formative years
traveling the word as the son of an Army Officer, General
Samuel A. Leffler. A graduate of George Mason University's
business school, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in
Marketing. Prior to shifting his interest to the entertainment
industry, Eric was the CEO and founder of Directional Sign
Services; a sign company in which he formed when he was
17 years old. Eric grew Directional Sign Services to become
the 3rd largest sign company on the East Coast, at one point
operating in Eight States. He has subsequently founded a
number of construction companies operating in New Jersey,
Colorado and Iowa. In addition, he recently oversaw the
development, construction and management one of North America's
largest swine raising facilities for Cargill and is also
currently seated as President of The Daniel D. Tompkins
Foundation, Inc. a 501(c)(3) benefitting the arts and education.
Eric has a wealth of divergent experiences that he brings
with him to Global Universal along with his talents as both
a producer and actor.
A
few of Eric's notable producing credits include 250 Episodes
for "Fairfax Magazine", a Virginia Based Television
Cable show. He has also produced numerous marketing videos
ad industrials. Eric has produced "The Glenn Miller
Gala", a live musical event in NYC along with other
gala charity events. He has also produced a number of off
Broadway productions including "SOHO BOXES", "CHAIRMAN
OF THE BOARD" and "LINE". He has unaccredited
production work on several feature films such as, "THE
VICIOUS CIRCLE", "RED PASSPORT", and "UNSAVORY
CHARACTERS". He recently served as Executive Producer
for "AMERICAN SUNSET", starring Frank Molina and
Corey Haim in his last leading role.
His
film credits as an actor include over 25 feature films,
a few notables are "AMERICAN SUNSET", "DEATH
WITHOUT CONSENT", "ALL THE WRONG PLACES",
"THE VICIOUS CIRCLE", "LBS", "STONE
COLD KILLERS", "UNSAVORTY CHARACTERS", "RUM
AND COKE", "CLOSE UP", "THUMB",
"PERFECT LIES" and "THE INVISIBLE".
Fluent in German, Eric has done voice-overs for German companies
along with national product spots and endorsements. Trained
at Lee Strasberg and The Actor's Studio along with Uta Hagen,
he has subsequently performed on stage in many off Broadway
productions, The Lincoln Center and at The Kennedy Center.
Eric
is delighted to be a part of the Global team and will bring
a strong off camera as well as one camera presence to Global's
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Stanley
Weiner - CFO & Director of Global Entertainment Holdings
Mr. Weiner has more than 35 years experience creating and
running a multitude of different businesses. Mr. Weiner was
the founding officer of Gemini Financial Corporation, a NASD
Broker / Dealer from 1970 through 1975, was President of APA,
Real Estate Syndication Company from 1975 through 1978, was
Managing Partner of Agri-World Partnership from 1978 through
1983 - an agricultural project syndication company with offices
throughout Europe and the Middle East. Mr. Weiner was a Founding
Officer / President of Regent Properties from 1985 through
1990, and Chief Executive Officer of Wise Industries from
1990 through 1993 - a company specializing in pollution control
devices. He has served as Vice President of Finance for Global
Entertainment Holdings since December 2000 and been a Director
of the Company since October 2003. Mr. Weiner received his
Bachelor of Arts degrees in both Psychology and Economics
from California State University at Long Beach in 1966. Mr.
Weiner has in the past held a National Association of Securities
Dealers Principals license and is a licensed Real Estate Broker.
Mr. Weiner is not an officer or director of any other reporting
company. |
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Terry
Gabby
- Controller of Global Entertainment Holdings
Mr. Gabby has served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
of the Company since July 1, 2005 (prior to the change in
control and name change to Global Entertainment Holdings).
Mr. Gabby has over 30 years’ experience in executive
management, auditing and finance. As the senior auditor for
a regional audit firm, Seidman & Seidman CPA's, he was
the senior in charge of audits for several publicly held companies
in the casino and manufacturing industries. The past seven
years, Mr. Gabby has held the executive positions of Chief
Financial Officer and Controller for several large tribal
gaming enterprises located in several state jurisdictions.
Mr. Gabby earned his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting
from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of Business
Administration in 1973. |
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Virginia
Perfili
- Director of Global Entertainment Holdings
As a writer, director, and producer of several feature-length
films, many music videos, and a TV show pilot, Ms. Perfili
has been in the entertainment industry for the past 25 years.
In 1984, she co-founded and served as President of Orphan,
Inc., a publicly held, entertainment company that started
as a small Detroit-based, independent record label. In 1990
her Company joined forces with Gary Rasmussen (currently CEO
of Global Entertainment Holdings) and together they produced,
“Mirror Mirror” and “Mirror Mirror 2: Raven
Dance. Both films enjoyed theatrical, cable, Pay-Per-View,
TV broadcast, VHS, DVD, and Laser Disc releases. In 1995,
Ms. Perfili directed Mirror, Mirror III: The Voyeur and from
2000 through to the present she has been actively involved
as a producer and consultant in the entertainment industry.
In 2006 she organized Freelance Filmworks, LLC., and served
as Executive Producer of its current feature film, tentatively
entitled "ROUNDS”, which is presently in post production.
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