Michael N. Smith, as owner of his own advertising production company, has written and produced hundreds of humorous (and not-so-humorous) TV commercials, radio spots and corporate videos over the past 30 years, for a gaggle of clients across our great land.
His work has garnered numerous honors, including CLIO, ADDY, EFFIE, New York Art Directors and TELLY awards. He also created the popular cult comic book character “Pete the P.O.’d Postal Worker,” as well as a children’s book parody by the same name. He’s penned features for National Lampoon, Men’s Exercise, National Geographic Kids, Orange County Register, Los Angeles Times, Buffalo News, St. Petersburg Times and San Antonio Express News. Mike kids history, but always with love. He lives with his wife, Debora, and son, Andrew, in California.
Eric Kasum has written speeches for former President George H.W. Bush, as well as President Ronald Reagan’s chief of staff and former Attorney General Edwin Meese. As a journalist, he has reported for Los Angeles Times, New York Times magazine and CBS News. Eric has also written for a respected think tank in Washington, D.C. He is founder and CEO of the Imagine Institute, a working group committed to promoting peace, and host of the Imagine Peace Conference at UC Berkeley. His work has appeared in The Huffington Post as well as more than 100 newspapers and magazines around the world. He lives in Hawaii.
