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Beatrice Davis Krishna Gupta Fiona Hood-Stewart Gregory Salsburg |
Past Advisory Members Beatrice Davis  Prior to establishing Sassy B Worldwide Productions, Inc., president Beatrice Davis served as tour manager, entertainment coordinator and consultant for some of the finest athletes and artists in the world including B.B. King, Ray Charles, Liza Minnelli, Elton John, Ivana Trump and former sports stars such as Dave Stewart, Emery Moorehead and Dennis Rodman. Her high degree of expertise and organizational skills has enabled her to mount successful tours and special sports events. Possessing degrees in business and fashion design enabled Beatrice
Davis to successfully venture into many facets of business, including
consulting, coordinating special events, promotional campaigns for
various sports figures and productions of music videos, low budget
movies and short films. Krishna Gupta President of Travel Marketing Systems  Krishna
has worked in various roles in the technology area for over 15 years.
Silicon Valley marked the beginning of his career where he worked in the
software development area in graphics and later financial trading
applications. This later led to work at member firms on CBOE, in trading
software. Later assignments in the consulting side led to increasing his
knowledge in customer marketing and campaign management. Armed with a
strong software background and entrepreneurial bug, he launched a
consulting firm well versed in development methodologies and toolsets of
the client/server and internet era. Today that knowledge is being
applied in several vertical markets to develop Customer Relationship
Management applications and loyalty programs with companies. In addition
his interest and knowledge in the financial industry has kept him on the
lending side at Gold Coast Funding.Krishna’s interest in wine, marketing, and events is what he hopes to assist at Toast to Humanity. His strong interest in wine and developing a wine tasting program through education and even perhaps the development of a wine institute of standardized education will lead to greater appreciation. Back to top Fiona Hood-Stewart British Author  Fiona
Hood-Stewart was born in Scotland and brought up internationally. She
was educated in Switzerland, Madrid and London. Europe was the
playground for Fiona and her aristocratic peers before she moved to
South America where she ran her own design business, before turning to
fashion, creating her own label and owning several boutiques in Brazil
and the US.Fiona credits her mother with putting her on the path to becoming a writer. “Mummy always read aloud to me as a child. Since she was brought up in a very different era and didn’t approve of television I spent many hours with my nose in a book. As a child I read everything I could get my hands on, Austen, Bront‘, Daphne du Maurier and others.” At present Fiona Hood-Stewart lives in Switzerland and on her ranch in Brazil with her two sons. But Scotland has a pull that is hard to resist. Back to top Gregory Salsburg President, STIR Communications, LLC Prior to founding STIR Communications, LLC, in February 2004, Greg Salsburg was hailed as a “PR Wunderkid” by The New York Daily News in 1996. His business insights and skills were also noticed by Crains New York, in 1998 who called him “A sagacious marketer with keen tactical instincts.” Mr. Salsburg is a highly successful, Marketing & Communications Specialist with over 15 years of focus within the entertainment, sports and business sectors. Mr. Salsburg currently serves as the firm’s Founder and President. Mr. Salsburg began his career as a radio news correspondent. From 1989 to 1991 he reported for New Jersey’s WJLK-am radio and assumed similar duties at the same time for New York City’s all news station WINS from 1991-1993, the largest news radio station in the country. In this capacity he secured interviews with several high-profile political figures including former Secretary of Defense and current Vice President Dick Chaney, former New Jersey Governors Jim Florio and Christine Todd Whitman. His reporting during this time period earned the station an Associated Press Award for excellence in journalism for an interview Salsburg conducted with the nation’s second lady, Marilyn Quayle. After three years in radio, Mr. Salsburg joined the newly formed Planet Hollywood where he held senior marketing, promotion and public relations positions, from 1991 -1995, rising to worldwide Director of Promotions/Marketing. Mr. Salsburg’s unique political, business, entertainment, and sports connections were put to maximum use at the newly formed Planet Hollywood working closely with film studios, agents, record companies and celebrities. While there, he oversaw promotions for Sylvester Stallone, Demi Moore, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Luke Perry, Charlie Sheen, Whopie Goldberg, Jim Belushi, Jean-Claude Van Dame, Danny Glover and many other talents. Capitalizing on his entrepreneurial nature, Salsburg left Planet Hollywood in 1995 to establish his own marketing and promotions company, Salt Mountain, Inc. His client list included The World Wrestling Federation, Elle McPherson, Claudia Schiffer, Lawrence Taylor, Muhammad Ali, The New York Yankees, Mezzaluna restaurant, and Fashion World Corp. Seven months later, Fashion World acquired the firm. In 1997, Mr. Salsburg joined Boston Ventures, parent company to the renowned Motown Cafe and Six Flags Theme Parks, serving as Vice President of Marketing Sales and Communications until 2000. Salsburg established the Cafe’s sales department and added Six Million Dollars to the company’s bottom line. In addition to controlling the flagship New York City location, he spearheaded the company’s expansion into Las Vegas and Orlando, Florida. Both openings received worldwide media attention. Mr. Salsburg positioned the Motown brand to include more than the music with a new focus on the “spirit” that the Motown sound represents. His marketing prowess revitalized the brand and helped attract a wide range of celebrities and royalty, including Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, who held her first book signing and cooking demonstration at the New York cafe. Mr. Salsburg spent a year and a half at KB Ventures, a venture capital group. While there he served as Vice President for Marketing and Branding to a variety of public and private companies both on and offline. Once again though the entrepreneurial spirit called out and with the backing of KB Ventures Salsburg, in 2001/2002 started an on and offline entertainment distribution company. The company was featured in such media outlets as Entertainment Tonight. E! Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, NY Post. US Weekly, Howard Stem, Maxim’s Blender, The London Sun, among others. After several months refining his golf game to a point where his handicap was under twenty, Salsburg decided to get back to work. Realizing the need for a full service Marketing and Communications company, that could handle client requirements in numerous verticals and still provide the desired personalization, Salsburg created STIR Communications, LLC. Specializing in Marketing, Public Relations, Promotions and Advertising for Business, Commercial Real Estate & Luxury Residential, Retail and Arts & Entertainment. Back to top © 2006 Toast To Humanity | All Rights Reserved | info@toasttohumanity.com | Website designed by Aegis |