Singleton Foundation
The Venture Valley game is a project of The Singleton Foundation, a non-profit with the mission of making financial competence a reality for everyone. Venture Valley promotes entrepreneurship to inspire individual achievement as gamers to gain skills through play that will also benefit them in their own lives.
SINGLETON FOUNDATION & OTHER CONTRIBUTORS
Shelley Miles
CEO
Singleton Foundation
Shelley has spent over 30 years leading the growth and development of entertainment and technology businesses including at the Walt Disney Company, where she started the interactive game business and managed the Recorded Music and Music Publishing businesses. Shelley was one of the founders of the Pasadena Ronald McDonald House, and has served on the boards of non-profits including the National Children’s Chorus, Global Game Jam and the Ronald McDonald House Southern California. Shelley is a USC alumna and California CPA.
Geoff Howard
CFO/COO
Singleton Foundation
Geoff serves as the finance and operations executive for the Foundation. He’s held numerous finance, operations, and administrative leadership roles for start-up and early-stage companies in the advertising and technology space. Geoff holds an Accounting degree from Indiana University, an MBA from University of Southern California, and is a private pilot.
Michael Albright
Chief Creative Director
Singleton Foundation
Michael has won over 300 awards for copywriting and design, including Clios, One Shows and numerous appearances in Communication Arts. His work has been featured in Adweek, Advertising Age, Creativity, The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. Michael has been named to Adweek’s All-Star Creative Team and recognized by Adweek as Television Copywriter of the Year. His career includes stints at Apple, NeXT, and most recently, Michael served as Head of Digital for BBC Worldwide.
Erik Bass
Director of IT
Singleton Foundation
Erik, with a BS in Engineering and an MBA, has spent most of his career in business systems development and IT management. He has worked for big companies such as GE and Zynga, and has been on the ground floor at FinTech startups. Erik’s most valuable strength is being a generalist – knowing more than a little about quite a lot including programming, finance, data science, operations management, and personal development. His current fascination is with complex systems science, one of the most useful tools for understanding the relationship of components interacting with each other.
Lucy Ahn
Project Manager
Singleton Foundation
Lucy’s richly diverse career began in gaming as a project manager at youbet.com. She then joined NBCUniversal Television where she led the strategy, design and implementation of a global portal for both NBC Affiliate Marketing and Telemundo Affiliate Marketing. She was also brand manager for numerous top television series including “Heroes,” “Chuck” and “The Office.” Lucy studied English literature and design at CSU Los Angeles and is also a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu in Pastry.
Margaret Golonka
Administrative Assistant
Singleton Foundation
Margaret is an administrative and design professional. As the Administrative Assistant to the Singleton Foundation, she helps support the great team that brought you Venture Valley. With a Bachelor’s degree in Art from Arizona State University, Margaret brings creative problem solving and a fine attention to detail to any task she is met with.
Susan Lusty
S&L Public Relations
Susan is a seasoned public relations/marketing professional with more than 20 years of experience managing campaigns for corporations across industries including gaming/entertainment, consumer electronics, and Internet/e-commerce. She has launched, promoted, and re-positioned many consumer technology companies and their products in both national and international markets. Prior to consulting, she was Director II at Corporate Technology Communications, and Vice President for Technology Solutions, Inc.
Lori Mezoff
S&L Public Relations
Lori has over 25 years of experience in public relations/marketing, managing a wide range of campaigns for corporations across multiple industries including gaming/entertainment, consumer electronics, and Internet/e-commerce. She has worked on PR campaigns for the U.S. Army’s America’s Army game. Electronic Arts, Epic Games, and more. Prior to consulting, she was a Vice President with TSI Communications’ Digital Consumer Group.
Dag Flachet
Scholastic Advisor
Geneva Business School
Dag is an entrepreneur, investor and professor. At the age of 21 he created his first successful business called Compudoc in Belgium, a ‘Geek-Squad’ type business that was the market leader for over a decade. Through the Geneva Business School Dag teaches topics on entrepreneurship and leadership. He is a big fan of gamification in education and in the workplace. Dag has an executive MBA with a focus on entrepreneurship and is working on a doctorate degree in behavioral economics.
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