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Jackson, Wyoming, United States

Costello Ventures provides advice and counsel to companies navigating high change across consumer products and services, retail, technology and business services. Costello Ventures also invests in high growth early stage companies.

Costello Ventures

Canva is a fast-growing design/visual Communicatio platform that allows users to create a wide range of graphics, presentations, posters and other visual content. It is a SaaS business that integrates millions of images, fonts, templates and illustrations. Since launch in August 2013 Canva has grown exponentially, amassing over 50 million active users across 190 different countries who have created more than 2 billion designs.

Users can choose from many professional designed templates, and edit the designs and upload their own photos through a drag and drop interface. The platform is free to use, and paid subscriptions like Canva Pro and Canva for Enterprise offer additional functionality.

Canva

Advisor and Investor

FabFitFun was founded in 2010. The Company originally launched as a digital magazine, with FabFitFun subscription box added in 2013. In addition to the box, FabFitFun members receive access to FabFitFun TV, a streaming video service offering on-demand wellness videos, daily lifestyle content, the FabFitFun online community and year-round exclusive sales and shopping experiences. FabFitFun scaled from 2,000 subscribers to over one million subscribers in five years.

FabFitFun

Board Advisor and Investor

Founded in 2016 by Matt Wan and Rob Dyrdek, Momentous is a nutritional supplement company driven by science, consumed by transparency, and grounded in experience.

With products designed by NFL, NBA, and NHL human performance experts, Momentous has leveraged the best knowledge in sports in order to deliver innovative products that only use high quality ingredients, absolutely no fillers, are certified safe, and taste phenomenal.

Please visit us online at <a href="http://www.livemomentous.com">www.livemomentous.com</a> to find out more about living Momentous.

Momentous

UNTUCKit

Board Advisor

Silicon Couloir is a non-profit group in Jackson Hole, WY that facilitates the creation of scalable businesses and sustainable jobs in Teton County. Our programs help entrepreneurs share resources and best practices, connect with intellectual, financial, and human capital, and learn strategies to launch a new business effectively or optimize an existing business.  Website: <a href="http://siliconcouloir.com">http://siliconcouloir.com</a>.

Silicon Couloir

Trustee

Chairman of the MMA from 2014 to August 2017, and now Chairman Emeritus. Also serve on Executive Committee and Compensation Committee. The MMA is the world’s leading global non-profit modern marketing trade association comprised of more than 800 member companies in sixty countries around the world. Members hail from every faction of the mobile marketing ecosystem including brand marketers, agencies, mobile technology platforms, media companies, operators and others. The MMA’s mission is to accelerate the transformation and innovation of marketing through mobile, driving business growth with closer and stronger consumer engagement. Anchoring the MMA’s mission are four core pillars: to cultivate inspiration by driving the innovation for the Chief Marketing Officer; to build the mobile marketing capabilities for the marketing organizations through fostering know-how and confidence; to champion the effectiveness and impact of mobile through research providing tangible ROI measurement; and advocacy.

MMA  Modern Marketing Association

Chairman Emeritus - Global Board of Directors

Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Chair, Governance Committee, Corporate Partners Committee. Yellowstone Forever/The Yellowstone Park Foundation is the official fundraising and education partner of Yellowstone National Park. We work in cooperation with the National Park Service to fund projects and programs that protect, preserve, and enhance the natural and cultural resources and the visitor experience of Yellowstone. Website: <a href="http://www.yellowstone.org">http://www.yellowstone.org</a>

Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Chair of Governance Committee

Yellowstone Forever

Board of Directors

The Ad Council is a private, non-profit organization with a rich history of marshaling volunteer talent from the advertising and media industries to deliver critical messages to the American public. Having produced literally thousands of public service advertising campaigns addressing the most pressing social issues of the day, the Ad Council has effected, and continues to effect, tremendous positive change by raising awareness, inspiring action and saving lives. To learn more about the Ad Council and its campaigns, visit <a href="http://www.adcouncil.org">www.adcouncil.org</a>, like us on Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/adcouncil">https://www.facebook.com/adcouncil</a>), follow us on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/adcouncil">https://twitter.com/adcouncil</a>) or view our PSAs on YouTube (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/adcouncil">http://www.youtube.com/user/adcouncil</a>).

Ad Council

Chair Emeritus

WinView, Inc. (dba WinView Games) is a Silicon Valley-based company focused on free mobile two-screen synchronized televised sports games for prizes in the U.S. As featured in The New York Times and on CNBC, WinView is the pioneer of synchronized two-screen TV and creators of live television sports play-along experience WinView Games. 

WinView is leveraging its extensive experience in pioneering real-time interactive television games played on the mobile second screen, its foundational patents and unique business model. The WinView app is an end-to-end two-screen TV synchronization platform for both television programming and commercials. 

The free WinView Games app uniquely enhances TV viewing enjoyment and rewards sports fans with prizes as they answer in-game questions while competing with friends in real-time during live televised sports. These free games of skill are legal in every state.

WinView Games (Merged with Engine Media Holdings)

GroundTruth (formerly xAd) has been a leader in the location technology space for over 10 years, building it to be the category alongside Search and Social.  GroundTruth believes that location is the strongest indication of what real people are doing in the real world, and can influence what they will do next, from a real data foundation that is 10xs larger than the nearest competitor.  By unlocking GT's data and insights with the only 3rd party validated platform, GroundTruth can help businesses grow more strategically and make smarter decisions.

GroundTruth

Board of Directors and Compensation Committee - Was an early Investor and Advisor, and elected to the Board of Directors in 2016. Ring was acquired by Amazon in April 2018.

Ring's mission is to reduce crime in communities and empower consumers by creating a “ring” of security around homes and neighborhoods. Named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 10 Gadgets of 2014, the Ring Video Doorbell blends convenience, monitoring and security into one sleek, simple and powerful wireless doorbell. The Ring Video Doorbell lets you answer the door from anywhere using your smartphone. It features an HD camera with night vision, providing a clear view from your front door, day or night. Ring subsequently introduced the Video Doorbell Pro, Video Doorbell Elite, Spotlight Cam, Floodlight Cam, and numerous accessories.

Ring

Board of Directors and Investor

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) empowers the media and marketing industries to thrive in the digital economy. It is comprised of more than 650 leading media and technology companies that are responsible for selling, delivering, and optimizing digital advertising or marketing campaigns. Together, they account for 86 percent of online advertising in the United States. Working with its member companies, the IAB develops technical standards and best practices and fields critical research on interactive advertising, while also educating brands, agencies, and the wider business community on the importance of digital marketing. Founded in 1996, the IAB is headquartered in New York City and has a West Coast office in San Francisco.

Judge - IAB MIXX Awards

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) empowers the media and marketing industries to thrive in the digital economy. It is comprised of more than 650 leading media and technology companies that are responsible for selling, delivering, and optimizing digital advertising or marketing campaigns. Together, they account for 86 percent of online advertising in the United States. Working with its member companies, the IAB develops technical standards and best practices and fields critical research on interactive advertising, while also educating brands, agencies, and the wider business community on the importance of digital marketing. The organization is committed to professional development and elevating the knowledge, skills, expertise, and diversity of the workforce across the industry. Through the work of its public policy office in Washington, D.C., the IAB advocates for its members and promotes the value of the interactive advertising industry to legislators and policymakers.  Founded in 1996, the IAB is headquartered in New York City and has a West Coast office in San Francisco.

Fantex, Inc.  created a new asset category tied to the earnings of professional athletes by acquiring the cash flows of professional athletes.  Fantex, Inc. also works with athletes to build their audience and extend the duration of their brand and earnings potential.

Fantex

Criteo is a global performance marketing technology company that enables e-commerce companies to leverage large volumes of data to efficiently and effectively engage and convert their customers.   

With their predictive software algorithms, coupled with deep insights into consumer intent and purchasing habits, Criteo is able to price and deliver highly relevant and personalized advertisements in real-time.
 
Criteo helps improve online shopping by allowing them to reach more customers and to increase their volume of online sales.  
 
Criteo operates globally in 130 countries with more than 1600 employees and have 27 offices worldwide.  Furthermore, we partner with over 8,500 clients and are in direct relationship with over 11,000 publishers.

Criteo, Inc.

Board of Advisors

With more than 20,000 points of distribution in more than 60 countries worldwide, Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN) is one of the world's leading franchisors of quick service restaurants (QSR) serving hot and cold coffee and baked goods, as well as hard-serve ice cream in its Dunkin and Baskin-Robbins operations, and is headquartered in Canton, Mass. Dunkin Brands was acquired by Inspire Brands in December 2020.

Joined Dunkin Brands Group as Chief Global Marketing and Innovation Officer and was promoted to President - Global Marketing and Innovation/Product Development. Part of the senior management that took Dunkin public in 2011. Responsibilities included marketing, advertising, consumer insights, R&D, product development, culinary, eCommerce, digital, social and mobile, and the retail consumer products (CPG) business for both Dunkin and Baskin-Robbins in the U.S and globally. Also served on Dunkin's internal Compensation Committee.

Dunkin' Brands

President - Global Marketing and Innovation/Product Development

Board of Directors, Compensation Committee, Retail Committee. For more than 90 years, Ace Hardware has been known as the place with the helpful hardware folks in thousands of neighborhoods across America, providing customers with a more personal kind of helpful. Ace ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Home Improvement Retail Stores, Nine Years in a Row," according to J.D. Power. With more than 4,800 hardware stores locally owned and operated across the globe, Ace is the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world.

Headquartered in Oak Brook, Ill., Ace and its subsidiaries currently operate 17 distribution centers in the U.S. and also have distribution capabilities in Shanghai, China; Panama City, Panama; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Its retailers' stores are located in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and approximately 60 countries.

Ace Hardware

Co-Chair-Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Prior Secretary and Chair, Governance Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, Artistic Planning and Audience Development Committee.

The Grand Teton Music Festival is a year-round classical music presenting organization in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, founded in 1962.

The primary season is a seven-week summer classical music festival. Over 200 classical musicians from more than 90 different orchestras and 40 institutions of higher learning participate in the summer festival. The Festival presents family events, chamber music, classical crossover artists, and orchestral concerts. In recent years, the Festival has also included year-round experiences with Winter Festivals, community concerts, and lectures.

Grand Teton Music Festival

Co-Chair - Board Of Directors

Zounds Hearing designs, manufactures and retails high-performance hearing aids through a network of franchise locations throughout the US. Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, the company's technology enables breakthroughs in product, performance, selection and value. Zounds utilizes internally developed research and 57 exclusive patents. For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.ZoundsHearing.com">http://www.ZoundsHearing.com</a>

Zounds, Inc.

President & CEO

The American Film Institute's mission is to preserve the heritage of the motion picture, to honor the artists and their work and to educate the next generation of storytellers. As a nonprofit educational arts organization, AFI provides leadership in film and television and is dedicated to initiatives that engage the past, the present and the future of the moving image arts.

The American Film Institute

With sales exceeding $100 billion, The Home Depot is the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer, and values and rewards dedicated, knowledgeable and experienced professionals. Home Depot operates over 2,000 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Canada and Mexico. All of HD associates have one thing in mind — helping their customers build and improve upon their homes. 

During my time at The Home Depot, my responsibilities included all merchandising, advertising, marketing, in-store and visual merchandising, e-Commerce, direct marketing, digital, social and mobile, global sourcing, purchasing and global supply chain.

The Home Depot

EVP - Merchandising, Marketing and Supply Chain

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Board of Directors, Compensation Committee, Nominating Committee, Audit Committee. The Bombay Company is a leading retailer of furniture and home décor products. The company was listed on NASDAC before being acquired by The Otto Group.

The Bombay Company

The ANA (Association of National Advertisers) provides leadership that advances marketing excellence and shapes the future of the industry. Founded in 1910, the ANA's membership includes 670 companies with 10,000 brands that collectively spend over $250 billion in marketing and advertising. The ANA also includes two divisions, the Business Marketing Association (BMA) the Brand Activation Association (BAA), as well as the Advertising Educational Foundation (AEF), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the ANA. The ANA advances the interests of marketers and promotes and protects the well-being of the marketing community.

Association of National Advertisers

Board of Directors, Nominating Committee, Audit Committee. Quaker Oats in a leading manufacturer and marketer of consumer products such as Quaker Oats,  Life Cereal and Gatorade. The company was listed on the NYSE before being acquired by PepsiCo.

The Quaker Oats Company

Sears, Roebuck and Co.

Senior Executive Vice President

Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) is a global performance management company that provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers Watch and Buy. Nielsen’s Watch segment provides media and advertising clients with Total Audience measurement services across all devices where content — video, audio and text — is consumed. The Buy segment offers consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers the industry’s only global view of retail performance measurement. 

By integrating information from its Watch and Buy segments and other data sources, Nielsen provides its clients with both world-class measurement as well as analytics that help improve performance.  Nielsen, an S&P 500 company, has operations in over 100 countries that cover more than 90 percent of the world’s population. 

For more information, visit <a href="http://www.nielsen.com">www.nielsen.com</a>.

Nielsen

President & COO, NMR U.S.

Started as a Marketing Brand Assistant, promoted to Brand Manager on Head & Shoulders Shampoo and then Crest Toothpaste, and rose to lead all marketing and advertising for P&G's Beauty Care Division.

With revenue exceeding $60 billion, P&G serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks®, and Whisper®. The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. Please visit <a href="http://www.pg.com">http://www.pg.com</a> for the latest news and information about P&G and its brands.

John Costello

John Costello