Dara Falco has been a leader in the Arts and Academic community for over 20 years.  As the former Managing Director of Riverspace Arts in Nyack, she was responsible for 2 venues, over 200 events, and a budget of over $1M annually. She has worked with the artists such as Edward Albee, John Amos, Alec Baldwin, Lewis Black, Tom Chapin, Cherish the Ladies, Joe DiPietro, Olympia Dukakis, Ebony Fashion Fair, Eve Ensler, Lauren Flanagan, Ani Di Franco, Sonny Fortune, Israel Horovitz, Bill Irwin, Eileen Ivers, John Malkovich, Nelly Mckay, Joe Morton, Austin Pendleton, Pamela Reed, Peter Reigert, Rosie O’Donnell, Michael O’Keefe, Tony Shalhoub, Pete Seeger, Ron Silver, Jean Stapleton, Jerry Sterner, Meryl Streep, Kathleen Turner, David Yazbek, and Dan Zanes, plus political figures likeBill Bradley, Senator Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, John McCain, Ralph Nader, Shimon Peres and Reverend Al Sharpton. While working at the John Harms Center for the Arts, the company was named “Regional Center of Excellence” by the New Jersey Council on the Arts, and CSC Repertory received an Obie Award for Outstanding Achievement while she was Acting Managing Director. Currently, Falco is the Executive Director of the Newark School of the Arts.

fdfalco@hotmail.com

Elliott Forrest is a Peabody Award winning broadcaster and producer. He is currently heard on Classical 105.9FM WQXR and guest-hosts for Leonard Lopate and John Schaefer and on WNYC. He is the Artistic Director of ArtsRock. He’s produced at The Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Center and scores of concerts, events and shows. He is the host and producer of the national radio concerts of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; and hosts and produces regular podcasts for the New York Philharmonic; has been the ‘voice’ of CNN and LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER on PBS. For more than 12 years he was with the A&E Television Network as host of Breakfast with the Arts and Biography.
elliottforrest@me.com

Terri has created and executed public relations campaigns for a variety of clients that span consumer, life style, authors, media personalities, corporate and arts organizations.  With her extensive public relations experience and outstanding media relations, Terri has secured placements on top tier TV, print, radio and web including The Today Show; Fox and Friends; EXTRA; Sirius XM Radio; Rosie Radio; WABC News Radio; Washington Post; New York Times; Huffington Post; NY Post, along with product placement at the Grammys and ABC studios.  Terri has coordinated events that included high profile personalities such as Rosie O’Donnell, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Christopher Hitchens, Lisa Oz and Mayor Cory Booker.  Her writing has been published in a variety of local and national publications.   Client Experience: Allied Building Corps.; ArtsRock of Rockland Inc.; Blue Rock School; Canfo Natural Products; Crispy Green; Goddess on Earth; Historical Society of Rockland County; Mitsubishi Imaging; Patch.com; Rabbi Shmuley Boteach ‘America’s Rabbi’; Riverspace Arts; The Center for Social Sustainability Kim John Payne; The Green Bride Guide; Transit Media. Terri resides in Nyack, NY with her husband and two sons and enjoys time with her family, reading, creative writing, kayaking, yoga, traveling, being in nature and attending any and all cultural events she can in her vast spare time.

Kampfire PR is a full service Marketing and Public Relations agency founded by Katie Rosin, offering exceptional and custom campaigns for each client’s unique needs and projects. Instrumental in the launch of the Broadway musical Brooklyn and the National Tour of Mother Load. She worked on the publicity team for the comedian, Jerry Seinfeld, and his movie Comedian. Highlights include: IT Award recipient Children of Eden, GLAAD Award Winner, She Like Girls, IT Award recipient Elizabeth Rex, Center Stage; Drama Desk Nominee (mis)UNDERSTANDING MAMMY: The Hattie McDaniel Story, Theatre 5.   Kampfire Off-Broadway highlights include:…Another Man’s Poison, Jay Sharp Theater; Swimming With The Polar Bears, 45 Bleecker Street; Much Ado About Nothing & American Rapture, Beckett Theater; Glimpses of the Moon, Algonquin Hotel; Wasps in Bed, Beckett Theater; Anaïs Nin: One Of Her Lives, Beckett Theater. Kampfire clients include: 3Graces Theater Co., Astoria Performing Arts Center, the cell theater, Maieutic Theatre Awards, New York Innovative Theatre Awards, New York Neo-Futurists, Nicu's Spoon, Railroad Playhouse, Repertorio Español, Singers Forum, and TADA! Youth Theater. www.kampfirefilmspr.com For information, discounts and more text KAMPFIRE to 99222.