Bios: Creative Staff

Account Executive, Sponsorship Sales & Consulting

Paul has accumulated a wealth of knowledge over his 25-year career in the retail packaging, decorative paper, and printing industries. His diverse background ranges from starting a specialty paper company to developing corporate sponsorships for special events and nonprofit organizations.

His clients include the Plus Mark Division of American Greetings, Armani Exchange, and Target. Paul developed a $200,000+ sales territory, leveraging the prices by creating co-op purchases to regional centers (leading to higher value at lower production costs). He has also worked with the producers of the 2005 NYC Underground Comedy Festival to develop sponsorship opportunities.

Insight
To paraphrase Teddy Roosevelt, “There is nothing brilliant or outstanding in my record except perhaps this: whatever I think it is right for me to do, I do. And when I make up my mind to do a thing, I act.”

We’re pleased to point out that Paul is no “rough rider” but does pride himself on retaining most of his youthful values and idealism.

He says that when he’s not working, his free time is devoted to raising his four children, while acting as a fifth for his wife Lynn.

Cynthia is an artist working as a graphic designer, video artist, performer/choreographer. She began typesetting to support her MA work in> dance. As a child, she had loved the tools on her grandfather’s drafting table, and eventually followed both paths of performance and graphic design. Working as a designer at DDB Worldwide, NYC her projects include an original> concept for a Hershey booth at Fashion Week and an icon for Lipton tea; other clients include Georgia Pacific, Merck and United Technologies. She has designed ads for Bloomingdale’s and her work has sold at the Walker Art Center; always, she seeks to expose content, energy and freshness.

Cynthia came to New York to dance with experimental choreographer Kei Takei, living and traveling with Kei’s family in this country and abroad. Interested to combine the elements of reality with the haze and twists of the inner world in her performance work, Cynthia’s theater and dance background evolved into making short digital films. ‘Delphie takes a breath’, a recent project, premiered as a film at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and has had many manifestations, including a commissioned wall installation and performance with film at Joyce Soho and Dixon Place. Currently she is working with a new character, IRIS, and learning the interactive application Isadora, which is used for installation, live performance and video effects.