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August 23, 2008
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history
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management
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advisory board
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organization overview |
Music For A Purpose creates, promotes and supports music
related events and product that directly provide revenue
and resources to local, regional, national and international causes. |
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Management
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DeeDee - Co- Executive
Director |
deedee@musicforapurpose.org
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DeeDee is a jack of
all trades in radio doing everything from on-air
to promotions, her career includes 94.7 THE ZONE
Chicago, HOT 99.5 DC, 103.1 WRNR Annap/Baltimore
and XM RADIO to name a few. Her TV career
includes The Mo Show, American Music Awards and
Grammy’s. Her little voice also has DeeDee doing
freelance voice over work. DeeDee started doing
volunteer work as a child with her parents,
going to nursing homes and visiting the
residents, her parents wanted to make sure she
understood the true meaning of getting out of
yourself and helping others. Today DeeDee does
volunteer work with recovering addicts, she has
made a trip to Walter Reed to visit the soldiers
and brought them gifts from XM RADIO. The news of
the cyclone that hit Myanmar
wouldn’t leave DeeDee, she had this strong
feeling to help the victims of the cyclone, and
she got together with Zoltar, Ted Kelly and
Stephan Shin to put together a benefit concert
MUSIC FOR MYANMAR.
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Ted Kelly - Co- Executive
Director |
ted@musicforapurpose.org
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Ted Kelly is an internationally
recognized digital media and terrestrial radio
veteran of programming, on-air,
marketing/communication and sales promotion. As
Vice President Global Content Promotions and
Event Marketing for WorldSpace Satellite Radio
and Program Director/Presenter for UPop 29,
Kelly is responsible for developing all global
promotion events for WorldSpace and their U.S.
XM Channels including the annual "UPop Sessions
at Abbey Road," which made history in 2006 as
the first global satellite radio broadcast from
the legendary Abbey Road Studios.
Prior to joining WorldSpace, Ted Kelly was a
national executive with CBS and Westwood One. In
1996, as National Vice President of Marketing
and Communications, Kelly was responsible for
leading CBS Radio Networks and Westwood One into
digital media with the first streaming sports,
news and entertainment programming. Kelly went
on to become Managing Director of Intervox
Communications, a streaming media and global
broadcast consulting firm in Washington, DC.
Kelly has integrated all facets of digital media
into the 2007 "UPop Sessions at Abbey Road"
including forging the alliance with Napster
Europe which will make many of the artist
performances available for video and audio
download at napster.co.uk. "The UPop Sessions @
Abbey Road" will be digitally broadcast around
the globe via WorldSpace and XM Satellite Radio,
AOL/XM online and Direct TV in North America.
Ted Kelly is the former chairman of the radio
and television committee for the International
Radio Television Society (IRTS) in New
York/London, and has been an invited guest of
the British Radio Academy Music and Radio
Conference, speaking on the future of digital
broadcasting. Ted Kelly was recently named one
of the first American broadcasters invited by
the British Phonographic Institute (BPI) to take
part in the nomination selection process for the
2007 Brit Awards. He is also the recipient of an
Emmy Award honor for CBS TV voice-over, a major
market terrestrial radio air talent and is
currently a member of the advisory board of the
Minority Media Telecom Council.
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Stephan Shin - Co- Executive
Director |
stephan@musicforapurpose.org
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Stephan Shin has been a leader,
visionary and entrepreneur all his life. He
started his first business venture at the age of
16. Since then he has moved up in the business
world founding and funding many companies.
He also sits on the board of directors of many
companies. Most recently
Mr. Shin holds the chairman position at Shin,
McGhee & Mann and Associates. Some of his recent
ventures include Ethereal Web Design, Terra
Investments, Daisy’s Pet Services, and many
more. His
philanthropic
belief of giving back to the community
is shown by working with many non profits,
including Special Olympics, Kennedy Krieger
Institute, US Marine Corps Toys for Tots
Foundation as while as many more great
organizations.
Currently, Mr. Shin has
spent the last two years being an angel funder,
consulting and mentoring entrepreneur in their
start ups.
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Zoltar - Co- Executive Director |
zoltar@musicforapurpose.org
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