Diane McArter

Diane McArter is Founder and President of Furlined, a production company based in Los Angeles and London. Since its inception in 2005, the acclaimed work of Furlined’s directors has earned the company recognition as one of the top creative companies globally. She has judged some of the most prestigious international advertising award shows, such as The Film Craft jury at The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. Diane is the Co-Founder of ManifestWorks, a non-profit organization that provides job placement and life skills training in film production for former foster-care and justice-system impacted youth. 

Bruce Renick

Bruce Renick is a man whose bottom-line thirst for pushing the envelope has catapulted profit margins and earned billions for some of the world’s most storied brands. Visionary leader for recent concepts like the Mason Jar Company, Renick applied the same exceptional skill set which sold millions for Chaps Ralph Lauren, Gant, Calvin Klein and Twinlab supplements. He was the first to bring Dr. Weil into the mainstream and brought diet pill monolith, Metabolife, out of a dark period. His secret sauce? Renick is a promotional thinker in a salesman’s body. “I believe in building from the ground up, which may start with a single SKU in one door. I focus on building a SKU to a revenue amount, then worry about the next product and its trajectory.” Renick’s approach is simple: focus on basic business functions as the gateway to success. In his spare time, Renick mentors’ bright young minds to support their meteoric career rise.  

John Volturro

John Volturro is a business strategist whose transformational omni-channel consumer initiatives have driven over $1.5B in top line growth for brands such as HAVAS, Viacom, Bertelsmann, Guthy-Renker, BeachMint, Spark Networks and Basic Research. John is the one who built out Tony Robins legendary Personal Power and Get the Edge products that changed the lives of 40 million customers. He was also responsible for re-igniting the Pilates craze in America through introduction of Windsor Pilates. Through John's leadership at Beachmint, he connected six celebrity/influencer-driven businesses generating millions of members for Jessica Simpson, Justin Timberlake, Kate Bosworth, Rachel Bilson, and Brooke Burke.

Jim Evans

Jim Evans is an anarchist, color theory rule-breaking creative force in the music, surf, comic and feature film world. From the creative director chair of his Division 13 Design Group, Evan’s wildly expressive illustrations, ideas and photo collaborations have hung in galleries around the world and been seen on the album covers of Neil Young, The Beach Boys, The Allman Brothers, Chicago, Aerosmith, Beck, and others. Fueled by the sounds of bands like The Smashing Pumpkins and Jane's Addiction, Evans has turned out hundreds of rock posters for U2, Green Day, Pearl Jam, The Ramones, Rage Against the Machine, Metallica and Nine Inch Nails. It was his subversively gloating blue buddha on the sound stacks next to the bands ripping at the Lollapalooza festivals. Most recently, Evans online design studio turns out promotions for Sony Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, Lionsgate, Orion Pictures, Paramount, and Warner Bros.