David Morey
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David Morey, Vice Chairman of Core Strategy Group and founder and CEO of DMG, is one of America’s leading strategic consultants. He is the award-winning co-author of The Underdog Advantage (McGraw Hill), and has helped add hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and value to a wide range of Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Morey has worked with some of the world’s top business leaders—and with five Nobel Peace Prize winners and twelve winning global presidential campaigns, including that of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama.

In global politics, Mr. Morey has advised Philippine President Corazon Aquino, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Mexican President Vicente Fox, Korean President Kim Dae Jung and The Dalai Lama. In business, Mr. Morey has worked with a range of successful start-ups and small businesses, and his corporate clients include Bancomer, Verizon, Pepsi, Mars, KPMG, McDonald's, Microsoft, News Corp., Nike, P&G, Disney, Visa, Coca-Cola, TPG and many others.

Over the years, Mr. Morey has served as Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at Columbia University, and recently was Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations' Task Force on Public Diplomacy. He was a four-time All-American Decathlon competitor, IC4A Champion and a member of several U.S. national teams.

Robert F. Armao

Robert F. Armao serves as Chairman of Armao and Company, Inc., an international marketing communications firm with headquarters in New York City, and partner in DMG, Inc. He represents a broad range of clients including numerous foreign governments, major financial institutions, hospitals, labor organizations, maritime concerns, food services companies, real estate firms, and political candidates both in the US and abroad. A subsidiary company, Godek Communications, is a leader in economic development and tourism for foreign governments and cities. In addition, Mr. Armao has a controlling interest in Armao Energy, Inc.

Previously, Mr. Armao had an illustrious government career. For many years, he served the Hon. Nelson A. Rockefeller as Assistant to the Governor of New York State and as Labor Counsel to the Vice President of the United States. Mr. Armao also served as Executive Officer and Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of Labor in 1973. In 1978, the Hon. Edward I. Koch, Mayor of New York City appointed Mr. Armao Chief of Protocol and Commissioner of Public Events, an honorary position responsible for hosting visiting dignitaries to New York City.

During his governmental career Mr. Armao served as Chairman of the Board of the New York State Maritime Museum at South Street Seaport, as a member of the New York State Racing Commission Advisory Board and the New York State Public Health Council. Mr. Armao's charitable endeavors include membership on the Board of the Cabrini Medical Center, Patron of the Metropolitan Opera, the Girls Club of New York and the New York Medical College at Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital.

A native New Yorker, Mr. Armao attended the Loyola School in New York and received his B.A. from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He was awarded his Juris Doctorate by New York Law School.

William Glad

William Glad has worked with DMG for more than ten years. He is founder and Director of Sport Development Resources, Ltd., (SDR) a London-based consultancy, which advises a range of international corporate, media and governing body clients in the areas of sports marketing and development.

Mr. Glad’s clients include: En-Tout-Cas Sports, Ltd.; the City of Gothenburg; the International Amatuer Athletic Federation (IAAF); the International Tennis Federation, the International Orienteering Federation, London International Sport; Meyer and Meyer Sport (publishers); Oxford University; Reebok; Swedish TV2; TransWorld International; and the United Kingdom Sports Council.

Mr. Glad was educated at the University of Washington and the London School of Economics. Prior to joining SDR in 1994, he worked for the IAAF and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Libby Handros

Libby Handros is an award-winning producer and journalist who began her career in television journalism at both WNEW-TV in New York City and WCVB-TV in Boston.

Her most recent documentary projects include, among others: The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping: The Crime That Won’t Go Away for The History Channel; The Baseball Hall of Fame Scrapbook: The Seat of Power for ESPN; Hardball: Baseball From the Inside Out for ESPN; David Durk: Portrait of a Whistle Blower for Fox, Front Page; and The Money Go-Round for The Nightly Business Report on PBS.

In addition, Ms. Handros has produced numerous commercials for corporations such as Pfizer, MCI and Volvo—winning a Gold Medal at the Houston International Film Festival and a Bronze Lion at the Cannes Film Festival.

Edgar House

Edgar House has worked with DMG for over ten years, specializing in advertising, marketing and promotions. Mr. House is President of House & Company, which he founded in 1982 to develop and implement comprehensive advertising/promotional campaigns for corporations. Mr. House is an expert in advertising, communications, brand positioning and strategic marketing

Over the years, Mr. House's clients have included: The Arbitron Company; AT&T; Bell Atlantic; Home Box Office (Direct Broadcast Satellite Division); Hughes Communications; Hughes Aircraft, Space and Communications Group; KPMG Peat Marwick; and WWOR-TV (Channel 9) in the New York City area.

Mr. House is also president and co-founder of Darwin, Inc., a private money management firm that oversees portfolios for a limited number of investors.

Previously, Mr. House served at Arthur Hecht & Partners, an advertising agency, as President and Vice President/Account Supervisor for Home Box Office. Mr. House also worked for David, Oksner and Mitchneck as an Account Executive for Dutch Masters Cigars and Avis Rent-A-Car.

Mr. House is a former fencer and member of five world championship teams and two Pan-Am teams. Mr. House was crowned U.S. Olympic Festival Champion in 1987, National Team Champion in 1978, 1982 and 1989 and Individual Sabre Bronze Medalist in 1978, 1982 and 1987.

Mr. House graduated cum laude from Yale University in 1975.

Mark Mawrence

Mark L. Mawrence, a DMG, Inc. partner, is a consultant, writer, producer and fund-raiser who has lectured and worked extensively throughout Europe, Asia and the United States.

Mr. Mawrence’s work has focused on predicting future trends in business, politics and communications, sales and marketing strategies and on issues relating to "Socially Responsible Corporate Practices."

Mr. Mawrence advises corporations and governments on the development of socially responsible portfolios. His clients have included: The China State Science and Technology Commission; The Department of Energy in the Philippines, Pedagogic & Production (Stockholm); ClearNet; the Coalition for Clean Air; Digital Information Systems Corporation; HWH Consultants (Zurich); Natural Woman Institute; The Piedmont Environmental Council, United Nations Environment Program; and UNICEF.

Mr. Mawrence is the founder of Change, Inc., a company that has performed corporate work with Chinese Television, Harper & Row, Bell Atlantic, The Nobel Foundation, Scandinavian Airlines, SONY and Volvo. He has served for five years on the Board of Directors of The Bayside District Corporation, which manages the newly re-vitalized and award-winning downtown district "Third Street Promenade" in Santa Monica, California where he created and implemented the critically acclaimed "Dolphin Change" project for the homeless.

Mr. Mawrence has organized and directed numerous international conferences, established successful sales and marketing organizations in a wide range of businesses, innovated new models for corporate practices and created and raised funds for various non-profit organizations. He serves on several boards, including The Fund For Peace, in Washington D.C., and "For The Arts", an endowment fund for supporting arts education in the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District. In addition, Mr. Mawrence has won awards for filmmaking, most notably the CINE Golden Eagle in 1986 for his work producing "The Art of Patrick Nagel," for Harper & Row Publishing.

Mr. Mawrence graduated cum laude from the University of Massachusetts with a BA in political science. He continued his studies at the University of Massachusetts’ Political Science Ph.D. program, including a year of research at the University of Stockholm.

Scott Miller

Scott Miller is Chairman of Core Strategy Group. Prior to that, he was President and Founder of Sawyer/Miller Group in New York and Washington, D.C. ­ the pioneering political strategy firm of the worldwide electronic democracy.

As one of the top strategic marketing and communications consultants in the world, Mr. Miller has worked with The Coca-Cola Company, News Corporation, Cox Newspapers Microsoft, Apple Computer, The Home Depot, Highfields Capital, McDonald's, Disney, Dell Computers, CitiGroup, Janus Capital Group, Visa, Gap, Reebok, Exxon, Miller Brewing Company, 7-Eleven, The Tribune Company, Samuel Adams Beer and Stew Leonard's.

Mr. Miller began his career in advertising and subsequently become Executive Vice-President and Creative Director of McCann-Erickson USA. Among his account responsibilities were The Coca-Cola Company, Miller Brewing Company and Exxon. He won every major award for creative excellence, including several Clio awards and a Silver Lion at the Cannes Film Festival.