JANIS M. DALESSANDRO
In 2004 Ms. Dalessandro made a commitment to helping those with ALS and other neurodegenerative and autoimmune diseases.  Since then, she has raised thousands of dollars either through direct donations or through fundraising efforts.  In 2006, teaming up with Mike Gormley and Kevin McCormick, she started working on “Keep the Light Alive” as one of the Executive Producers.

Janis began her career as a marketer in 1990, as a director of specialty programs for one of the largest privately held hair care companies.  Having been raised by an entreprenuer, instinctively, she sought to fulfill her personal dream of starting her own business.  Leaving the corporate world behind in 2003, she left with extensive experience in marketing, marketing communications, promotion, media buying, event planning and web site development. Her vast experience, combined with her passion for healthy eating, strong will to succeed, and a pinch of willingness to fail, she launched her ventures, d'Oni Enterprises and janis m. consulting.

By successfully harnessing her commitment to healthy living and a passion for creative food, d’Oni’s unique, healthy and eclectic sauces became available across the U.S. She became an industry leader in the specialty food trade and d'Oni became known as the little company who could. d’Oni Enterprises was successfully sold in July 2009.

janis m. consulting began in 2004 with a commitment to cultivating and supporting the entrepreneurial spirit in others.  Her focus has been to support artists and start-up companies with “big company” marketing and marketing communications, concepts and disciplines.

MIKE GORMLEY
Mike Gormley, one of the Executive Producers of "Keep the Light Alive", is Co-Founder of Los Angeles-based Yes, Dear Entertainment an artist management and marketing firm. He started out as a musician and journalist in his native Ottawa, Canada and then as a feature writer and columnist with the Detroit Free Press. He subsequently was a Director of PR at Mercury Records, then joined A&M Records where he was Vice President of Publicity and Assistant to the Chairman.

Mike left A&M to start his own management firm, L.A. Personal Development with Miles Copeland, who was already the manager of The Police. Over the years, Mike has overseen the careers of several excellent artists including The Bangles, Oingo Boingo, film composer Danny Elfman, Angelique Kidjo and Concrete Blonde. For about twelve years Mike managed Lowen & Navarro, helped take them from a band to a touring duo (for the most part) and saw them expand their following in D.C. and Chicago to almost all of the U.S.

Yes Dear’s management clients include actor/musician Ronny Cox, TV star, best selling author and musician Les Stroud (Survivorman) and singer-songwriters Quincy Coleman and Simon Lynge.

Mike is a past President of The Conference of Personal Managers and a past board member of L.A. WoMen In Music. He is presently is on the board of Music Manager's Forum U.S. and is on the Board and is Secretary of the Folk Alliance International and its Executive Committee. Mike is also on the Management/Legal Advisory Committee for AFTRA and a Director of Ombience, a center to help musicians.

Kevin McCormick
In over 30 years as a professional musician Kevin McCormick has recorded and toured with Jackson Browne, Crosby Stills and Nash, Melissa Etheridge, and Keb’ Mo’ just to name a few.

As a producer and songwriter he has made records wirh Jackson Browne, Brett Dennen, Nils Lofgren, as well as producing the Grammy winning “Never Enough” for Melissa Etheridge, and the Grammy nominated “Big Wide Grin” with Keb’ Mo’.

In 2005 Kevin brought an idea to XM Satellite Radio and a few months later Musicians Radio premiered on XMPR.  A one-hour show featuring popular musicians, songwriters, and producers, Musicians Radio has entered its fourth year on the air and has just been added to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame archive.

In 2008 fans of Musicians Radio downloaded over 300,000 podcasts of the show and as the show moves on to XM/Sirius in 2009 Musicians Radio looks forward to expanding in both content and visibility.

Mark Waldrep
Mark Waldrep is founder, president and CEO of AIX Records and iTrax.com, which are wholly owned subsidiaries of AIX Media Group. AIX Records and iTrax.com produce and distribute High Definition audio/video music recordings on discs and through the Internet.

Dr. Waldrep has been a pioneer in the integration of digital multimedia technologies and the entertainment industry for over 30 years. He was instrumental in the development of the enhanced format (The Rolling Stones, Britney Spears, 311), produced and released the very first DVD-Video titles in March of 1997, is the producer/engineer of the largest catalog of HD Audio recordings, and developed the first and only exclusively HD 5.1 surround music download site on the web. He has worked with Neil Young, Bad Company, The Rolling Stones, The Allman Brothers and the San Francisco Symphony on multimedia and HD Audio projects.

Dr. Waldrep holds a Ph.D. in music from UCLA, an M.S. in computer science from CSUN, an M.F.A. in composition from Cal Arts, a M.A. in music from CSUN, a B.A. in 3-dimensional art and a B.M. in music from CSUN. Dr. Waldrep lives in Pacific Palisades, California with his wife, Mona. They have three children.