Decision Makers
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| International Radio & Television Society Foundation, Inc |
President & CEO, Crown Media, Hallmark Channel |
Current |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
President and CEO |
Current |
| Insidehallmarkchannel.Com |
President and CEO |
Current |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
Owner |
Current |
| UNICEF USA |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| International Radio & Television Society Foundation, Inc |
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Current |
| Law Review |
Editor |
Former |
| Crown Media Limited |
|
Former |
| International Radio & Television Society Foundation, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Hallmark Channel |
Executive Vice President of Progarmming |
Current |
| Insidehallmarkchannel.Com |
Executive Vice President, Programming |
Current |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
Executive Vice President, Programming |
Current |
| Sci-Fi Channel |
Architect |
Current |
| World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| WWE Canada, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| USA Networks |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Metromedia Company |
|
Former |
| CBS Corporation |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Insidehallmarkchannel.Com |
Executive Vice President, Network Distribution & Service, Hallmark Channel |
Current |
| Hallmark Channel |
Executive Vice President |
Current |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
Executive Vice President |
Current |
| Hallmark Channel |
Owner |
Current |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
Owner |
Current |
| California Wildlife Center |
Volunteer |
Current |
| Hallmark Channel |
Operator |
Current |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
Operator |
Current |
| Showtime Networks Inc. |
|
Former |
| John Carroll University |
Bachelor of Arts Degree In Communications |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Hallmark Channel |
Senior Vice President of Marketing |
Current |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
Senior Vice President of Marketing |
Current |
| Insidehallmarkchannel.Com |
|
Current |
| Hallmark Channel |
Vice President, Marketing |
Former |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
Vice President, Marketing |
Former |
| Initiative |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
Senior Vice President, Original Programming |
Current |
| Hallmark Channel |
Senior Vice President, Original Programming |
Current |
| Insidehallmarkchannel.Com |
|
Current |
| Lifetime LLC |
|
Former |
| Oberlin College |
Bachelor's Degree In English |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
Senior Vice President of Midwest Advertising Sales |
Current |
| Hallmark Channel |
Senior Vice President of Midwest Advertising Sales |
Current |
| Insidehallmarkchannel.Com |
|
Current |
| Franklin & Marshall College |
Bachelor's Degree In Government |
Former |
Edward Georger is the Senior Vice President of Advertising Sales for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel. He is based in the networks' New York headquarters and reports to Bill Abbott, Executive Vice President, Advertising Sales. In this role, Georger oversees sales teams in New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta, including Direct Response and Paid Programming Sales. He works closely with senior management to develop the channel's annual and five year business plans as they relate to advertising goals and revenues. He was instrumental in forming the network's Sponsorship Solutions Unit, which creates customized and multi-platform opportunities for advertisers, and is credited with opening the network's ad sales offices in Atlanta and Detroit and retaining top sales executives to work in each office. Prior to joining Hallmark Channel, Georger held several positions at Family Channel and Fox Family Channel, most recently as the Vice President of Eastern Sales. There he hired, trained and managed a sales team responsible for national advertiser accounts and the development of sales presentations, and worked closely with the planning team to price and monitor inventory based on ratings delivery. Georger also worked as a Network Buyer at Backer Spielvogel Bates, Inc. on major accounts, including Miller Brewing Company, Hyundai and M&M Mars, Inc. Georger received a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from the University of South Carolina. He resides in Westchester, New York with his wife and two children.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Hallmark Channel |
Senior Vice President of Advertising Sales |
Current |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
Senior Vice President of Advertising Sales |
Current |
| Insidehallmarkchannel.Com |
|
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications |
Current |
| Hallmark Channel |
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications |
Current |
| Insidehallmarkchannel.Com |
|
Current |
| The Nephcure Foundation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Women and Company |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| State University of New York at Albany |
Bachelor's Degree In Communications |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
Senior Vice President of Research |
Current |
| Hallmark Channel |
Senior Vice President of Research |
Current |
| Spanish Language |
Consultant |
Current |
| Insidehallmarkchannel.Com |
|
Current |
| Warner Bros Inc. |
Director |
Former |
| California State Polytechnic University |
Master's Degree In Business Administration |
Former |
| Loyola Marymount University |
Bachelor's Degree In Business Administration |
Former |
Pam Slay, Senior Vice President, Network Program Publicity for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, spearheads the communications and press strategies aimed at driving tune-in and ratings success for the networks. Slay crafts consumer-related messages which reflect the goals of Hallmark Channel as a public company. In addition to managing internal and external communications for Hallmark Channels, Slay creates and maintains key media relationships that support program scheduling and administration. She also oversees talent relations for Hallmark Channels. Slay is based in the Los Angeles office and reports to David Kenin, Executive Vice President, Programming, Hallmark Channels. Slay was previously Vice President, Network Program Publicity for four years and also held other positions throughout her tenure at Hallmark Channels. She served as Executive Director, Network Program Publicity and began her career at Hallmark Channel as Director, Network Program Publicity. Prior to joining Hallmark Channel, Slay was with Warner Bros. International Marketing where she served as Executive Director, Publicity.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
Senior Vice President, Network Program Publicity |
Current |
| Hallmark Channel |
Senior Vice President, Network Program Publicity |
Current |
| Insidehallmarkchannel.Com |
Senior Vice President |
Current |
| Hallmark Channel |
Vice President |
Former |
| Warner Bros Inc. |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Crown Media Holdings Inc. |
Senior Vice President of Human Resources |
Current |
| Hallmark Channel |
Owner |
Current |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
Owner |
Current |
| Hallmark Channel |
Operator |
Current |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
Operator |
Current |
| Crown Media Limited |
Human Resources Professional |
Current |
| Insidehallmarkchannel.Com |
|
Current |
| MediaOne |
Director of International Human Resources |
Former |
| University of Dubuque |
Bachelor of Arts Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Hallmark Channel |
|
Current |
| Stinson Morrison Hecker Llp |
Managing Partner |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Insidehallmarkchannel.Com |
Executive Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs and General Counsel |
Current |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
Executive Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs and General Counsel |
Current |
| Crown Media Holdings Inc. |
General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal & Business Affairs |
Current |
| Crown Media Holdings Inc. |
General Counsel |
Current |
| Hallmark Channel |
|
Current |
| Crown Media Holdings Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Business Affairs |
Former |
| Crown Media International |
Senior Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs |
Former |
| Cable Com Inc. |
Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs |
Former |
| New Media |
Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs |
Former |
David Evans was appointed as a Director of the Company on 21 September 2001. In July 2006, Mr Evans joined the executive team of RHI Entertainment (''RHI''). Mr Evans was previously President and CEO of Crown Media Holdings, Inc. (''Crown'') and its predecessor company, Hallmark Entertainment Networks, from 1 March 1999. Prior to that, Mr Evans was President and CEO of Tele-Communications International, Inc. (''TINTA'') from January 1998. Mr Evans joined TINTA in September 1997 as its President and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the company. Prior to joining TINTA, from July 1996, Mr Evans was Executive Vice President of News Corporation and President and CEO of Sky Entertainment Services Latin America, LLC.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Rafferty Co |
Independent Non-Executive Director |
Current |
| Hallmark Channel |
|
Current |
| Financial Share Report |
|
Current |
| Sky Broadcasting Limited |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Rafferty Co |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Svp Alliance Members and Associates |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| British Sky Broadcasting Group plc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| News Corporation |
Chief Executive Officer of Sky Latin America |
Former |
| Crown Media International |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Crown Media Holdings Inc. |
CEO |
Former |
| Fox Television |
President |
Former |
| Crown Media Holdings Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Tinta Ltd. |
President |
Former |
| Tinta Ltd. |
Chief Operating Officer |
Former |
| Fox Television |
Chief Operating Officer |
Former |
| News Corporation |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Crown Media Holdings Inc. |
Director |
Former |
| Crown Media International |
Director |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Hallmark Channel |
|
Current |
| Crown Media Limited |
Director |
Current |
| Hallmark Movie Channel |
Director |
Current |
| Starz Entertainment Group LLC |
Cfo |
Former |
| Starz Entertainment Group LLC |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Liberty Media Corporation |
Vice President |
Former |
John P. (Jake) Mascotte is the retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City in which capacity he served between 1997 and 2001. Before joining Blue Cross Blue Shield, Mr. Mascotte served as Chairman of Johnson & Higgins of Missouri commencing in January 1996, and from 1983 to 1995 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Continental Corporation, which merged in 1995 with CNA. In addition to being a Director of Wyeth, he serves as a Director of Hallmark Cards, Inc. and Crown Media Holdings, Inc. He is the Chairman of the Hallmark Cards and the Crown Media Holdings, Inc. Audit Committees. He is the Chairman of Common Cents, Inc., a national non-profit focused on the social development of children in our nation's primary schools. He is a Trustee of the Hall Foundation and a Trustee Emeritus of The Aspen Institute. He is the Vice Chairman of the Aspen Community Foundation and a member of the Board of the National Catholic Reporter. He is a former Trustee of The New York Public Library and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Wyeth |
|
Current |
| Hallmark Channel |
|
Current |
| NYSE Group, Inc. |
|
Current |
| RD Legal Funding LLC |
|
Current |
| Close Concerns, Inc. |
|
Current |
| The Hall Foundation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Aspen Institute |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Thiakis Limited |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Blue Cross & Blue Shield Association |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas City, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Blue Cross & Blue Shield Association |
President |
Former |
| Blue Cross and Blue Shield |
|
Former |
| Johnson & Higgins |
Chairman |
Former |
| Hallmark Cards, Inc. |
Chairman |
Former |
| Crown Media Holdings Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| New York Public Library |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Hallmark Cards, Inc. |
Director |
Former |
| Hallmark Cards, Inc. |
member |
Former |
Pat Woodard got into television the old fashioned way...no, not by secretly taking photographs of station managers in compromising positions. Pat got into television by first working in small town radio, broadcasting pre-dawn polka music for dairy farmers in Northwestern Minnesota. Highlights of those days include using potential hit records as Frisbees aimed at the transmitter tower behind the station. Fourteen subsequent years of radio included morning drive news anchoring stints in cities such as Portland and San Francisco, and 5 years as a network news anchor at CBS News in New York. True to Pat's nature, that's when he decided it was time to start a new career in television. Since 1987 Pat has made his professional home primarily in television, as a reporter, writer, producer, narrator, and on-camera host. Much of that time was spent in television newsrooms in Seattle and Denver, reporting on everything that journalists love and hate to cover. Over the 13 years of his active newsroom career, he managed to win well in excess of 100 awards for television excellence, including a dozen EMMYs and 7 Edward R. Murrow Awards. In 2000, Woodard formed his own company, Pat Woodard Productions, through which he works as a producer, writer, correspondent and narrator for such outlets at the National Geographic Channel, the Hallmark Channel, Fox Sports, the Discovery Channel, PBS, HDNet, and other national and international television networks. Over a three year period he completed more than 150 assignments for the National Geographic Channel. Beginning in the summer of 2003, he began producing, writing, and narrating documentaries for HDNet, America's first, full time, high definition television network, completing more than 100 assignments to date. Pat's career has taken him all over the world. He's gotten paid to bunjee jump in New Zealand, go nose to nose with polar bears in the Canadian arctic, sail China's Yangtze River, ride the Orient Express from Paris to Istanbul, to name just a few "once in a lifetime" experiences he's turned into feature reports and documentaries. Pat enjoys sharing his passion for television story telling. He has served on the faculty of a number of national workshops, and consulted individual television stations and their staffs in creative story telling techniques. Most recently, Pat has returned to his radio roots, working part time as a newscaster at KOA radio, while continuing to pursue television opportunities.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| National Geographic Channel |
Narrator |
Current |
| Hdnet, LLC |
Narrator |
Current |
| Discovery Channel |
Producer |
Current |
| Hallmark Channel |
Producer |
Current |
| Ct School of Broadcasting |
|
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Hallmark Channel |
|
Current |
| Crown Media International |
Chairman |
Current |
| Lonesome Dove |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Hallmark Channel |
|
Current |
| Rhi Entertainment, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Crown Media International |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Crown Media International |
President |
Former |
| Crown Media International |
Chief Operating Officer |
Former |
| MediaOne |
Vice President, European Cable |
Former |
| Crown Media Limited |
|
Former |
| Occidental College |
Masters Degree In Urban Administration |
Former |
| Morehouse College |
BA In Mathematics |
Former |
William Aliber has served as Chief Financial Officer of RHI Entertainment since he joined our company in 2006. Prior to his tenure at RHI Entertainment, Mr. Aliber served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Crown Media since May 2000. Before his employment at Crown Media, Mr. Aliber was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Crown Media International and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hallmark Entertainment. Mr. Aliber also served as Director of Corporate Finance for Hallmark Cards from 1995-1996. Mr. Aliber holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Rhi Entertainment, Inc. |
Cfo |
Current |
| Crown Media Holdings Inc. |
CFO & Executive Vice President |
Current |
| Hallmark Channel |
|
Current |
| Hallmark Entertainment Inc. |
Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| Crown Media Limited |
Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| Crown Media International |
Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| Hallmark Entertainment Inc. |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Crown Media International |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Crown Media Limited |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Hallmark Cards, Inc. |
Director of Corporate Finance |
Former |
| Crown Media Holdings Inc. |
Accounting Officer |
Former |
| Crown Media International |
Director |
Former |
| University of Chicago |
Masters of Business Administration Degree |
Former |
| Brown University |
Bachelor of Arts Degree |
Former |