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CCVF Executive Board

Officers and Directors
Joseph E. Nida, Chairman & Executive Director
David A. Uhler, CFO


Executive Board Members
Jim Andelman
Art Baer
Michael D. Bekins
Chuck Bischof
Dennis J. Cagan
Jeff Carmody
Erin Chrislock
Randy Churchill
J. Douglas Crawford
Karen Crawford
David Cremin
John Dilts
John Glanville
Peter Godinez
Bill Grant
James R. Haslem
Terry Horsmon
Peter Iannone
George Issac
L. Robert Johnson
Marlene King
Jerry E. Knotts
Ronald R. Macleod
Tariq Mufti
Matthew Pigeon
Jonathan Richter
Christy Ross
Edward Savage
Peter G. Sutherland
Taycor Tatman
Mark Turk
John Wilczak
George R. Wolverton





Art Baer


Art is the Chief Financial Officer of Brite Media Group. Brite Media Group is backed by Trimaran Capital Partners and is building a group of alternative media businesses. Concurrently with its launch, Brite Media Group acquired BriteVision Media, the dominant producer and distributor of coffee sleeve advertising in the United States. BriteVision provides coffee sleeve advertising through an exclusive café network comprised of upscale independent coffeehouses and chain café locations.

Art Baer was previously founder of Impress Gum and was President and CEO of the Company. Impress Gum was the first company to market chewing gum in Singapore. Prior to founding Impress Gum, Mr. Baer was an investment banker with Lehman Brothers in the Private Placement Group in New York. At Lehman Brothers, Art was responsible for valuing, structuring, negotiating and placing private equity and debt securities for media, consumer, healthcare, and technology companies. While at Lehman Brothers, Art helped public and private companies raise more than $500 million. Art received a B.S. in Finance, cum laude, from Georgetown University.

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