Sean Strub is a writer and publisher involved in community activism for more than 30 years. In recent years, Strub has been involved in a community redevelopment project in Pike County, Pennsylvania, involving raising community awareness of growth and development issues, passage of the Open Space and Rural Character Preservation bond issue, investment in public infrastructure and launching cultural festivals.

Strub also has been a leader in private sector historic preservation efforts, including renovation and reopening of the Hotel Fauchere, an historic boutique hotel and culinary destination which Strub owns with a partner. He also is the President of Pike Media Partners, which publishes Milford magazine and the Visitors Guide to the Delaware River Highlands.

Producer – Krista Gromalski

Gromalski is a writer and community activist who has worked in the public relations and journalism fields for more than a decade. In 2006 she co-founded the publishing, marketing and public relations firm Heron’s Eye Communications (www.HeronsEye.com) with poet and essayist Sandy Long to foster a desirable quality of life and viable local economy by creating or reinforcing strong client and community partnerships.

Gromalski most recently served as Editor & Publisher of Milford Magazine and Campaign Manager for Pike County’s successful Vote to Keep Pike Green campaign, which resulted in passage, with 68.2% support, of a $10-million Scenic Rural Character Preservation Bond. She has been a Board Member of the Pike County Chamber of Commerce, Black Bear Film Festival, North American Cultural Laboratory (NaCl Theatre), and Grey Towers Heritage Association. She currently serves on the Board of the Delaware Highlands Conservancy (www.DelawareHighlands.org).

Heron’s Eye Communications received a 2008 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence for its work on Nature’s Keepers, which included fundraising, coordinating interview subjects and locations, and publicity. The Governor’s Award recognizes innovative projects that demonstrate environmental stewardship while promoting economic development in Pennsylvania.

Producer - Carl Dietz

Dietz started his successful 20+-year tenure in the telecommunications field with Rueben H. Donnelly in operations management, systems coordination, corporate management and vendor and client relations. Also a highly experienced software producer, he developed publishing software currently used in Bell Atlantic Foreign Directories in Prague and Gibraltar, among other foreign territories; he also developed software for New York City’s Business-to-Business white pages.

Fifteen years ago, he founded Dietz & Associates, a highly successful consultancy, handling both corporate development (strategic, creative and management development) and film production (TV commercials and industrial films). His clients include Bell Atlantic, Integrated Technologies Corp and New York State. His film production work includes feature films, documentaries, and national commercials and recently, in conjunction with internationally recognized historian and preservationist Don Carpentier, he created the Great American Craftsmen series for television and home video. Also he successfully produced and distributed the PBS pledge special Truth About Beauty. Dietz is also an accomplished portrait painter represented in museums, colleges and private collections.

Writer/Producer - Andrew McCoy

Currently supervising production of a number of Foundry Media projects, McCoy’s background includes extensive experience in consumer and broadcast promotions, special events management and sponsorship sales and fulfillment.

In addition to producing and writing numerous corporate video presentations, McCoy serves as Senior Producer of the public television travel series Great Finds! and has produced nationally distributed public television specials.

After beginning his career in radio promotions and programming, McCoy went on to found Uncommon Concepts, a marketing and event management company. McCoy has arranged regional partnerships with such national companies as Audi of America, Amica Insurance, AT&T and many others. In addition to creating and managing events, Uncommon Concepts has also worked with USA Track and Field (the national governing body for the sport in the United States) to promote and manage national and regional level championship events.