Zevy (Isaac) Wolman has been an entrepreneur for close to ten years. The business that he built together with his wife has been responsible for the launch of significant brands into the US and Canadian toy and gift marketplaces. His current position is CEO at Make It Real- a multi-national toy company.

Zevy is also a founding member of Mesila of Baltimore (a non-profit financial assistance organization), Jewish Entrepreneurial Trust, Relief of Baltimore, Bobbie’s Place of Baltimore and Baltimore Business Loan fund.

Robert functions as the TJE Program Director.

He is an electrical engineer with over 30 years of experience in engineering and operations management.
Robert has run small business operations within large organizations.

Robert has been a mentor both in his business roles, as well as over the last year for TJE.

Robert holds a BSEE from Polytechnic Institute of NY and an MBA from the University of Connecticut.

Chaim (Craig) Mitnick is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and leads the Financial Reporting Department at Time Equities, Inc., an international real estate firm with more than $5 Billion in assets under management, including approximately 31.1 million square feet of residential, industrial, office and retail property.
Prior to Time Equities, Chaim worked in the Audit department at Deloitte & Touche, leading financial statement audits of large ($1B+ Revenue), multinational companies in various industries, including retail, media and engineering/construction.
Chaim holds a Bachelors of Science in Accounting from Touro College, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountant (AICPA). Chaim serves as the Treasurer of the Riverdale Jewish Center, a 400+ member synagogue, and also volunteers for other community and civic organizations in Riverdale, NY.

Ted King is the Managing Director of Saddlerock Advisors, an advisory firm working with entrepreneurs who are looking to grow their companies. He assists his clients by preparing them for fund raising and helping them attract the right talent to grow their business.

Ted is also the Chairman of Hawkes Peers & Company, a boutique executive recruitment firm he founded over 30 years ago. Hawkes Peers & Company works with clients who are looking to identify talent from the premiere strategy consulting firms ( McKinsey, BCG, Bain & others).

David Schreff is currently the President, Bedare Sports & Entertainment which specializes in Digital Media Rights Management, M&A deals, Sponsorship and Licensing.
Previously, he served as President, Worldwide Marketing and Media Group for the National Basketball Association (NBA) where he grew and managed over $1 billion of the company’s commercial content businesses, ranging from broadcast and cable network sales to global sponsorships and international content syndication.

He served as President, Chief Operating Officer (and a member of the Board of Directors) of Marvel Entertainment, the superhero based comic content publisher and licensor. At Marvel he was P&L leader for a $1+ billion , 3500+ character library and its worldwide licensed consumer products businesses.

David also served for five years as a Vice-President of Walt Disney Company and served for 3 years as National Director of Affiliate Marketing (and National Market Strategy) for Showtime Networks (owned by Viacom).

For the last 6 years Zisha has served as executive director of EPI Networking, an non-for-profit recruitment & career services organization and matching fund incubator for startups. In this capacity, Zisha has overseen the distribution of many millions of dollars in interest free loans as well as placed over 2,500 people in the tri-state area. Previously Zisha served as Vice President at IDT, a public telecommunications company as well as Vice President at LipoCyte, a biotech company.

Mr. Shmidman is CEO and Director of Sequential Brands Group (NASDAQ:SQBG). Since joining in 2012, Sequential has grown to become one of the largest pure-play brand licensing companies in the world with a portfolio of brands generating approximately $3 billion in annual global retail sales.
Mr. Shmidman also serves on the board of the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the fashion industry by encouraging gifted and enterprising young people to pursue careers in design, merchandising, retailing and related businesses.
In addition, Mr. Shmidman is a member of the Board of JSSI, the world’s largest independent provider of hourly cost maintenance programs for aircraft engines and air-frames. Prior to his role as CEO of Sequential Brands Group, Mr. Shmidman was the COO of Iconix Brand Group (NASDAQ:ICON). During Mr. Shmidman’s tenure at Iconix, its brand portfolio grew from five fashion brands to more than twenty-five consumer brands generating approximately $12 billion in annual retail sales in the fashion, home, consumer electronics, and entertainment industries. Also, while at Iconix, Mr. Shmidman was named in the “40 Under 40″ list by Crain’s New York.

Before joining Iconix, Mr. Shmidman worked at a startup licensing agency in New York that launched several direct-to-retail licensing partnerships, including Isaac Mizrahi at Target and Fieldcrest at Target.
Mr. Shmidman received a Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude in Political Science from Yeshiva University.

CEO of The Therapy Spot, a pediatric therapy center and agency, located in Baltimore, MD. Sam volunteers and consults with small businesses dealing with operational issues. In addition to his experience with service based businesses, he has held executive positions within the wholesale and e-commerce industries.Sam received his MBA from Loyola University. He is an active board member of KAYTT, sits on the Advisory Board of TJE, and participates in many community initiatives.