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Mr. Monteleone brings over 40 years of business experience to this position beginning with a 22 year career with the DuPont Company. During this period he held 14 professional and managerial positions of increasing responsibility in a wide array of disciplines including; Accounting & Finance, Quality Control, Management Information Systems, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Materials Management, Distribution and Marketing. He was also a leader in the company’s Business Re-engineering efforts in the mid-80s.

After DuPont, Mr. Monteleone consulted with, helped fund and/or founded companies in a wide range of business areas including noise rejection technology, on-line music and video products, business brokerage and others. He also served as Chief Marketing Officer for a leading provider of expedited mail and light-weight parcel shipping services, Chief Marketing Officer for a major on-line retailer, VP of Business Development for an international trade promotion company, Founder & Chief Operating Officer for a business to business e-commerce business and VP of Finance for a NY publishing company,

Group Members International LLC is a privately funded marketing company based in Connecticut and was founded by John Monteleone. Monteleone became an early pioneer in social networking having worked as Chief Marketing Officer for eUniverse after it purchased CD Universe of Wallingford, CT. eUniverse became Intermix, which provided the start-up funding and facilities for MySpace and as a result owned 53% of the stock of MySpace. Last year, Intermix and MySpace were acquired by Fox Interactive Media (a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp) for $580 million, adding more than $70 million to Intermix's market capitalization .

Mr. Monteleone has a BS in Industrial Management from the University of Rochester Business School (now the Simon School of Business).

John Britt Donovan has worked for over 40 years as a senior-level communications professional with expertise in speech writing, corporate communications, and public relations management and is leader of a regular forum that brought business people together with diplomats from 35 nations. John is a published author and highly experienced public speaker with specialized experience in the areas of international investment and trade. His speeches throughout the United States have often been reprinted in periodicals and anthologies

Since 2004 John has been the National Manager of Alpha for Schools for ALPHA USA based in New York, As the Alpha national youth director, John has spearheaded the NYC Coalition of Urban Youth Workers in public schools to encourage spiritual exploration by youth by making presentations throughout the US. He also has introduced cost-effective, technology-based public relations strategies to increase the organization’s outreach. Initiated videoconferencing to build visibility in new geographic regions and created a video emailing program that reaches 8000 individuals with motivational messages and program implementation support.

As Managing Director of New York based DONOVAN-FITZGERALD SPEAKER SERVICES, LLC, John pioneered the development of an innovative international trade forum that provided diplomats and business leaders with a means of fostering mutual understanding and promoting investment. John also collaborated with members of the National Foreign Trade Council and the U.S. Council for International Business to develop topics and recruited speakers for conferences as well as coordinated logistics for monthly forums attended by 40 to 50 political and business leaders. John also founded and directed the World Communications Briefing, an annual event in which over 50 countries were represented and over 100 participants attended including consuls, UN ambassadors, and corporate leaders.

As a Corporate Communications Consultant for DONOVAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS of New York, John advised executives from leading corporations throughout the U.S. and abroad on communications strategies. John researched and wrote the speeches for business leaders from Allied-Signal, American Can, Banco Portugues, Citibank, Columbia Pictures, Deloitte, Equitable, General Electric, Ingersoll-Rand, ITT, KPMG, Prudential, Sumitomo, Union Carbide, World Gold Council, and consuls representing nations in Europe, Asia, and Africa. John then co-founded a company offering the first Internet-based system for exchanging trade leads internationally and then worked out a global affiliation with IBM.
Publications
John has had articles published in the Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, and has speeches reprinted in Vital Speeches of the Day and Representative Speeches (an anthology), As an author John has written Pat Robertson: The Authorized Biography, Macmillan, 1988 and The Family Book of Bible Stories, Morehouse, 1986 and served in the Vietnam war as a Vietnam Combat Correspondent.

Professional Affiliations & Recognition

John is a member of the Board of Directors, Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), New York Chapter, is a Recipient of the PRSA Distinguished Service Award while board member of the Westchester-Fairfield chapter and has a APR designation and is Accredited in Public Relations.

Community Involvement

John is the Vice Chairman, New York Metropolitan Committee for UNICEF for whom he created a communications manual and speaker program to support nationwide efforts to increase public awareness about the plight of children worldwide and is the Senior Communications Advisor of the American Defense Institute.

Education

American University, School of International Service, Washington, DC Master of Arts in International Communication
Boston University, Boston, MA Bachelor of Arts in English Literature

Mr. Russo is a Senior Financial Executive, MBA/CPA, with an extensive background in acquisitions, start-ups and turnarounds in diverse industries. He has a strong record of achievements in problem solving, organization building and developing solid business foundations that generate growth and profits. He has created business value in both domestic and international environments.

Mr. Russo has provided financial, accounting, tax, and consulting services to companies in various stages of start up/development and turnaround. Clients include more than 30 manufacturing, sales and municipal organizations. Mr. Russo has been provided Chief Financial Officer services for a number of companies including RD Weis Companies, Inc., Innovative Information Solutions, Inc., Peritas, LLC, Plastic Design, Inc., Smarterwork.com, Hogil Pharmaceutical Corp., Color Prelude, Inc., City of Bridgeport, WPCA, Westport Laboratories, Inc., Success, LLC, and served as financial advisor to Nexusgroup, Inc., eUniverse, Inc., and the Town of Stratford - Stratford, CT

Mr. Russo's corporate financial management experience includes:

• Chief Financial Officer - North American Philips, Dental Division - Stamford, CT
• Finance Director - Clairol, Inc - Stamford, CT
• Manager, Finance - Xerox Corp, Latin American Group - Greenwich, CT
• Manager, Accounting - Avis, Inc - Garden City,
• Staff Accountant/Auditor - KPMG Peat, Marwick - New York, NY

He received his BBA in Accounting and MBA from Baruch College, City of New York University and is a recognized
Certified Public Accountant in both New York and Connecticut