Kingstone Media Group

About Kingstone

Kingstone Media is based in the entertainment hub of central Florida and provides quality products for the Christian market via its various Kingstone imprints.

You can also find additional quality products at trade imprints owned by Kingstone Media at www.BayForestBooks.com and www.GalaxyComics.co.

Several Kingstone properties have been optioned for motion pictures and are in active development.

Management

Art Ayris – Publisher | CEO This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Art has served in senior management for over eighteen years and has helped raise and manage over $100 million in private capital for both for-profit and non-profit corporations. Additionally, he has a successful background in film and television production and has achieved several industry creative awards including Best TV Movie in Hollywood’s Next Success contest. Art also serves as the Managing Partner of Epic Fund I, an investment fund targeting new media, film, and animation.

Steve Blount – President | COO This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Steve has a successful background in publishing and channel management and serves as a consultant and strategist with several large religious publishing houses. Steve served in management at CBA publisher LifeWay and was formerly the COO of In Service America, the largest faith based call center and order fulfillment company in the US.

Walter Himelsbaugh – CFO This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Walter has 30 years of accounting and management experience and has served as CFO to two publicly traded companies. He has an MBA in Business Administration from Florida State University and is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Maureen Dunkel - Executive Vice-President Sales This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Maureen Rorech Dunkel  is a multi-faceted business building professional with over  20 years of market management and  brand building experience. She is a co-founder and former executive with KForce (NASDAQ: KFRC) where she led in sales and marketing. She is also the creator of Diana, The People's Princess which has exhibited at Disney and currently in Branson, Missouri.

Board of Directors

Chairman – Art Ayris

Vice-Chairman – Don Russell

Don is Managing Director of CEA Media Group, LLC (“CEA”). He has been Chairman of the Investment Committee for CEA Capital Partners USA, L.P., a $150 million equity fund since its inception in February 1997. Don has also been a member of the Investment Committee of Seaport Capital Partners II, LP, a $262 million equity fund since February 2000. Both of these funds are focused on the entertainment, media, telecommunications and information technology industries and are operated by CEA through its subsidiary, CEA Capital Advisors, LLC. Don is a Director of one public company, Aerosonic Corporation and sits on the boards of three private companies.

Secretary – Reynolds Holiman

Mr. Holiman is a founding equity partner in Kingstone and one of the largest stockholders. He started Prime Construction Group Inc. in 1991 with $25,000 and with two other partners built PCG into a $30 million a year company. Taking early retirement in 2009, Mr. Holiman is now focusing on using his engineering and construction expertise in advancing infrastructure, housing, and agricultural practices in undeveloped countries.

Director – Dr. Gene Mims

From 1991 to 2004 Dr. Mims served as Vice-President of $350 million annual Nashville-based publisher LifeWay and as primary publisher for Broadman & Holman. In this capacity, he managed division sales of publications exceeding $160 million, and published Bible study units in excess of 45 million units annually. Dr. Mims brings a wealth of experience and perspective in managing and growing a successful publishing business to the Kingstone board.

Director – Steve Blount