Equestrian Entertainment Partners brings together a rich pool of talent and experience in strategic events and communications, marketing, video and multimedia production, and design and implementation of dynamic web-based technology.

EEP Executive Management

DANA VOORHEES, PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
BRUCE S. WILSON, LEGAL COUNSEL
TOM GORMAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR, GROUP INCORPORATED

EEP Production Resources

KEN WOO, CINEMATOGRAPHER
SUSAN KOCH, FILM MAKER
DAVID GOLDSTROM, MANAGING DIR & EXEC PRODUCER
JOSIE HINNEGAN, SENIOR PRODUCER
JOSEPH FINNERAN, CREATIVE/TECHNICAL CONSULTANT
JUSTIN VAN PROOYEN, SENIOR EDITOR
PATRICK WILSON, ART DIRECTOR
SAMEER ZAVERY, ART DIRECTOR

EEP Executive Management

DANA VOORHEES
PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

As President of EEP and Executive Producer of Group Pictures, Dana oversees all aspects of production for national and regional television projects and advertising campaigns, public service campaigns and corporate communications pieces.  She has taken on the role of visual strategist, ensuring a client’s message is clearly communicated through the final product.  Dana builds and manages each project’s creative team and oversees project budgets and schedules for clients such as PBS, ABC/Nightline, Allegheny Power, Time Warner’s Road Runner Broadband, MedStar Health, the Federal Highway Administration, the Children's Defense Fund, ETS and the Department of Commerce, among others.  She has also produced commercial campaigns and long-format pieces for national political clients at the gubernatorial, senatorial and presidential level.

Over her 15 years in the production business, Dana has also spearheaded the development of co-production ventures and the creation of strategic alliances between producers and broadcast networks.  She has brought numerous programs to the market for Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, National Geographic and PBS and has directed package design and distribution for related home video efforts.    

Dana is an avid amateur eventing competitor, with a passion for finding exciting new ways to develop and promote equestrian sports.

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BRUCE S. WILSON
LEGAL COUNSEL

Bruce S. Wilson is a partner in Covington and Burling, Washington, DC.  His practice includes corporate finance, mergers, acquisitions, workouts and restructurings, with an emphasis on sports, new media and technology transactions.  Bruce provides advice to sports leagues and other non-taxable entities, investor groups and corporations on entity structures and governance matters, M&A, finance and securities matters.  He also has extensive experience in the structuring of telecommunications and media financings and acquisitions, as well as in technology and content licensing.

Recent transactions include the negotiation of a multi-year broadcast rights and sponsorship agreement with Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. on behalf of the National Football League; the bankruptcy sale of the Buffalo Sabres hockey franchise for the National Hockey League; the negotiation, on behalf of the NFL, of a five-year interactive media rights agreement with America Online, CBS, and Sportsline, Inc.; and the sale of the Montreal Canadiens to US investor George Gillette.  Other recent transactions include the negotiation of the 2005 relocation and stadium development agreement with the Montreal Expos on behalf of the Washington, DC, Sports and Entertainment Commission, an $800 million bond financing and a $300 million third-round preferred investment in a telecommunications network company.

Formerly the General Counsel of Bacardi Limited, Bruce received a J.D. from the University of Virginia in 1986, Order of the Coif, and a B.A. in 1981, Phi Beta Kappa.

From 1986 to 1987, Bruce served as a law clerk to Judge Pasco M. Bowman, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.  From 1981 to 1983, he was a legislative assistant on international finance, domestic housing, education and budget matters to U.S. Rep. Steven L. Neal (D-NC).

Bruce is admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia and Virginia, and is a Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Law Society of England and Wales.

Bruce’s interest in equestrian sport is a personal one as well.  His wife and daughter are avid amateur horsemen who have competed in a variety of equestrian disciplines. 

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TOM GORMAN
MANAGING DIRECTOR, GROUP INCORPORATED

As Group Incorporated’s managing director, Tom Gorman, is regularly called upon by corporate, government and association clients to handle projects that combine high-stakes politics, complex logistics and sophisticated message management and distribution. The company specializes in designing and producing high-profile events and taking complex multimedia communications projects from concept to completion — both in the United States and internationally.  Gorman has managed the creation of broadcast and webcast architecture, supervised video coverage and directed the production of digital content for use in Internet, cable and broadcast applications. He has designed and implemented strategies that integrate Internet, cable and satellite communications to expand the communicative power of events.

An entrepreneur for more than 20 years, Gorman has a background in communications consulting, marketing, media relations and the management of campaign communication strategy and events.  He has established and built several successful businesses.

Gorman set up Group Inc. in 1998 — broadening and refocusing The Gorman Group, the public relations/public affairs firm he formed in 1989, into a strategic communications and production company. He added the Dynamics and Pictures divisions of Group Inc. in 2003, giving the company both high-end original content production capabilities and a suite of high-tech Internet and satellite-based products that help its clients compete in the marketplace of ideas.

Gorman previously co-founded and directed Spectrum Partners, Inc., a multimillion-dollar restaurant financing and promotions company serving more than 500 restaurants and 50,000 charge card holders in the mid-Atlantic region. The company, a franchise of Transmedia Network, Inc (now Rewards Network, Inc.), was ranked by Inc. magazine in 1998 as one of the 500 fastest growing companies in America.

Gorman is also the owner and co-founder of Equestrian Entertainment Partners, LLC,  managing event-based assets across a range of sport horse disciplines and providing high-quality media exposure and sponsorship opportunities to riders, event owners and corporations.

Over the years, Gorman has directed designers, producers, technology experts, technical crews and political consultants. Events he has overseen include a Democratic National Convention, NATO’s 50^th Anniversary Summit, a Stability Pact Summit in Sarajevo on rebuilding the Balkans and a convention of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. In all these projects, Gorman supervised every aspect of event design and production — from themes, concepts and logistics to protocol, security, media arrangements and live-camera coverage.

During the Clinton Administration, Gorman orchestrated dozens of live, televised White House and campaign events, managing visits by the President, Vice President and First Lady to more than 30 states and 12 countries.  Today, Group Incorporated is a trusted, full-service strategic communications and production firm staffed by a team of motivated and disciplined entrepreneurs deploying a collection of high-tech products that provide a critical edge in the digital marketplace of ideas.

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EEP Production Resources

KEN WOO
CINEMATOGRAPHER

Ken Woo has traveled the globe for over 28 years as a cinematographer for CBS, ABC, NBC, HBO, ESPN and other clients, shooting a wide variety of subjects for television. The 12-time Emmy Award-winning cameraman and director of photography has worked in every corner of the world, filming features and scenic shots for every winter and summer Olympics since 1988, such sports specials as the Tour de France, and human interest stories and documentaries on a wide variety of subjects. Along the way he has captured an impressive catalogue of still photography from around the world. Whether it's the wildlife of Africa, architecture of Europe or landscapes from China and Japan, Ken’s collection of photographs runs the gamut of subjects and locations.

Ken regularly contracts with all the major broadcast and cable networks and other clients to provide camera services and expertise. He brings his considerable talent and experience to EEP to help build competitor profiles and tell the athletes’ stories.  

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SUSAN KOCH
FILM MAKER

Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Susan Koch has directed, produced and written documentaries and non-fiction programming for worldwide distribution and televised broadcast.  Her work has appeared on ABC, NBC, HBO, PBS, The Discovery Channel, National Geographic Explorer, Turner Broadcasting, American Movie Classics, The Learning Channel, MTV and the Travel Channel.  Most recently, Koch directed the AMC television special, “Barbra Streisand Presents:  Reel Models - First Women of Film," which received a 2000 Emmy and the Gracie Allen Award from American Women in Radio and Television.  Koch has also produced videos and television programs for the National Center to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, the Barker Foundation, Childhelp USA, the Grady Memorial Hospital Teen Pregnancy Project, Planned Parenthood, the Minority Business Development Agency, the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, the NATO 50th Anniversary Summit, the Department of Commerce and the National Institute of Justice.  Koch directed the critically acclaimed film "City at Peace," which premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and Lincoln Center in New York City and was broadcast on HBO.  Susan and Christopher Koch produced and directed the Peabody Award-winning documentary "Normandy: The Great Crusade," broadcast on The Discovery Channel and distributed throughout the world.  It was one of the highest shows on cable television the year it aired.  In association with the Smithsonian
Institution, Koch TV Productions also created and produced, for six years, the "Invention" series, broadcast on The Discovery Channel.  Their documentary "Blacklist: Hollywood On Trial" received the President's Emmy, which recognized high-quality and socially responsible programming.

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DAVID GOLDSTROM
MANAGING DIR. & EXEC. PRODUCER, TELEVISION EUROPE, LTD

David Goldstrom is the founder of Television in Europe, Limited, an independent sports production company specializing in the ‘live’ host broadcast coverage of major events and post produced ‘highlights’ packages for both domestic and international broadcasters including the members of the European Broadcasting Union.

Mr. Goldstrom’s list of international network affiliations includes: Trans World Sport, Reuters, SNTV, CNN (worldwide); NBC, ABC, ESPN, FOX, OLN (USA); BBC, C4, S4C (UK); ESPN/Star Sports (Pan Asia); Channel 9, SBS, FOX (Australia); ORF (Austria); CBC (Canada); Czech TV (Czech Rep); Eurosport (Pan European); YLE (Finland); TF1, FR2/3 (France); ARD, ZDF, RTL (Germany); RAI (Italy); TVNZ, SKY, TV3 (New Zealand); NRK (Norway); TVE (Spain); SVT (Sweden). 

His television credits include: the 2005 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, 2005 ICF Marathon Canoe World Championships, 2005 FEI Blenheim Petplan European Eventing Championships, 2005 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, 2005 FISA Rowing World Cup, 1996-2005 EWF European Weightlifting Championships, 1996, 2000 and 2004 FISA Olympic Rowing Videos, 1990-2004 Burghley Horse Trials, 2003-2004 Longines Royal International Show, 2004 Chatsworth SsangYong Horse Trials, 1991-2003 FISA Rowing World Championships Videos, 2003 FEI Open European Dressage Championships, 2000-2002 18 x FIS Nordic Combined & Cross Country World Cups, 1995-2002 IWF World Weightlifting Championships, 2002 Ryder Cup Golf: Opening & Closing Ceremonies, 1989-2002 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, 2000-2002 FIS Grand Prix Summer Ski Jumping, 2002 Commonwealth Games Weightlifting Championships, 2000 Women’s Olympic Hockey Qualifying Tournament, 1996 and 1998 AMF Ten Pin Bowling World Cup, 1998 Marathon Canoe World Championships, 1997 ICF Sprint Canoe World Championships, 1989-1996 ICF Wild Water World Championships, 1990-1996 Blenheim International Horse Trials, and 1990-1994 European White Water Rafting Championships. 

Director of Television for the European Weightlifting Federation and Post Production Producer for FISA (the International Rowing Federation), since 1989 David has also been a Senior Commentator for Eurosport, the pan european sports satellite channel, at the past four winter and summer Olympics.

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JOSIE HINNEGAN
SENIOR PRODUCER

Josie Hinnegan has a diverse background in documentary and commercial filmmaking and more than 15 years of production experience.  She is expert in the assembly of all elements relating to the production of long-form documentary programming, including in-depth research, story development, script writing, logistics coordination and finding and qualifying personalities for interviews. She is also skilled in researching stock footage and still images and in casting and managing talent.

Josie’s film projects have covered subjects as diverse as "Hidden Worlds: Pyramids” (for the Travel Channel), for which she won a 2002 CINE Gold Eagle Award as producer/writer; "Inside the Pentagon" (for the National Geographic Channel); "Wine 101" (for PBS); and "Inside the Inferno" (a 2-hour special on firefighters for The Learning Channel). These and other projects have taken her to countries throughout the world to conduct meticulous research and coordinate elaborate staging and interviews. She has also worked on commercial productions ranging from political spots and public service announcements to corporate advertising campaigns.

With Group Incorporated, Josie has expanded into the event world, serving as producer and  coordinating producer of the federal Minority Enterprise Development Week Conference in 2002, 2003 and 2004; the Mortgage Bankers Association's Commercial Real Estate Finance (CREF) Convention and Expo in 2003 and 2004; the Global Tech Summit 2003 for the Business Software Alliance’ the “911 Honors” for the E911 Institute; all events surrounding the inauguration of Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell; and the announcement of the return of baseball to Washington, DC.

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JOSEPH FINNERAN
CREATIVE/TECHNICAL CONSULTANT

Joseph Finneran is a producer, system designer and executive project manager whose project history includes work in a broad range of digital production environments, as well as multi-format distribution, display and systems integration.  Joseph combines years of production experience with a detailed understanding of emerging technologies for digital content creation, management, network distribution and display. 

In cooperation with 2000 Democratic National Convention Committee, Joseph conceived and implemented a highly secured, content creation, management and distribution system that supported “the most connected political convention in American history.”  The integrated systems he developed and supervised included mutli-camera HiDef and NTSC coverage of the event and a host of real-time media services that were brokered to provide enhanced coverage to the pool and unilateral video and print media. 

Joseph recently re-located to Washington, DC, where he has been instrumental in the creation of Group Dynamics, a technical services and integrated communication systems subsidiary of Group Incorporated.  Among a variety of projects at Group Dynamics, Joseph supervised media services for the multi-city campaign launch event for John Kerry for President, including location crew, uplink and transmission management, digital stills capture and management, encoding, streaming and web hosting of content from the event.  Satellite distribution included retransmission of an enhanced program feed to over 9 million homes on the Dish Network system as well as direct post-event interactivity with veterans at a remote site in Michigan through the “Kerry Leadership Network.”  All web services were tailored to seamlessly integrate with the Kerry Campaign website, including edited and captioned digital stills and live streaming in multiple formats and bit-rates.  Joseph also recently co-produced the 2004 DNC Unity Event at the National Building Museum for Group, Inc.

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JUSTIN VAN PROOYEN
EDITOR AND CAMERAMAN

Independent camera operator and film editor, Justin Van Prooyen brings a wealth of experience and creativity to everything he does.  He is an invaluable resource for Group Pictures, its parent company, Group Incorporated and its divisions, Group Dynamics and Equestrian Entertainment Partners.  His technical experienced includes knowledge of  online and offline editing on Avid and Final Cut Pro NLE systems, set-up, operation and take down of videotape records, BetaSP, DVCam, DVCPro and Sony HD cameras, lighting systems, mixers and audio equipment.  His clients include National Geographic, National Science Foundation, The United Nations, Discovery Networks and Catholic Charities.  Justin’s earlier experience includes serving as a program coordinator for AmeriCorps in Washington, DC and as an employment advocate for Lutheran Social Services/IndoChinese Community in Falls Church, Virginia.

 

Since joining Group Pictures, Justin has played an integral role in successful projects for the Project on Transitional Democracies, The Democratic National Committee, the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, the Business Software Alliance, the Department of Commerce and the launch of Equestrian Entertainment Partners.

 

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PATRICK WILSON
ART DIRECTOR

Patrick Wilson is a gifted creative director with a remarkable set of highly sought after technical design skills. The artist of choice for many of Group Inc.’s top clients, Patrick conceives, designs and directs the production of sophisticated multimedia content for corporate branding campaigns and high-profile events, including work for major corporations, trade associations and presidential political campaigns.  He was previously Art Director for Totally Incorporated, handling national advertising, illustration, medical illustration, logo design and annual reports. The company received the Telly Award in 1995. Wilson also served as Senior Art Director for Image Factory, overseeing the creation of concept art, motion graphics, computer animation and architectural renderings.  At Pixar Animal Studios, he worked as Technical Director on the animated films “A Bug’s Life,” “Toy Story 2,” “Monsters” and “Finding Nemo.”  

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SAMEER ZAVERY
ART DIRECTOR

Sameer Zavery is a multi-talented designer whose skills are in great demand by clients who need a comprehensive image makeover. His work ranges from print and web design to motion graphics, animation and branding. Discovery, BBC America, Boeing and National Geographic are some of the clients who have benefited from his creative flair. Having grown up in England and Tanzania and graduated as Salutatorian from the prestigious Savannah College of Art & Design, Sameer’s design solutions have a global perspective that is both unique and relevant. In addition, he is fluent in English, Swahili, Gujarati and Hindi. 

Sameer’s clients include BBC America, TLC, Animal Planet, National Geographic, TimeLife Video, NATAS, PBS, Boeing, Cronkite Ward TV, Discovery, Travel Channel, USIA, History Channel, Discovery Health, TVOne and BMW.

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