The Luminary Realist Advisory Board

Depending upon the need, one or more of the following board members often contribute to our engagements. Also, we have other advisors from the VC, entrepreneurial and media ranks.

Channing Dawson


Channing L. Dawson is senior adviser to Scripps Networks Interactive, the dominant media and marketing company in the home, food and living categories. Properties include HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living, Great American Country, Shopzilla and U Switch. Each uses multiple media platforms to deliver content. As a member of the founding executive team of HGTV, Dawson has led company efforts in Web development, broadband production, video on demand, mobile, IP video distribution and interactive television.

Scott Danielson

Scott Danielson is a proven innovator with more than 25 years experience designing, developing and implementing effective customer engagement platforms. He is currently focusing on the intersection of technology and healthcare and leads a stealth start-up codenamed VIVA. Danielson has led a multitude of customer experience design initiatives for clients worldwide, including: AOL, IBM, ESPN, NBC, HBO, PBS, QVC, AARP, Travelocity, Vail Resorts and UnitedHealth.

Steve Hanson is the founder and principal of the digital agency Hanson in Toledo OH. He also is CEO of Backstage Gallery.

Bill Crosby has a 30-year history in emerging media and breakthrough digital media and advertising innovation.

Jeff Giarraputo is a founder of the digital agency Factory Labs in Denver and the leading digital electronica music site Beatport.

Steve Rosenbaum is the CEO of Magnify and the inventor of user-generated video content as the creator of the series MTV Unfiltered.

Susan Sandler is an emerging media consultant in New York.

Kelly Rodriques is the founder of Blowtorch, one of Fortune magazine's Six Companies to Watch in 2008. He previously was CEO of Totality and Publicis' global network of digital agencies.