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	JESSICA CARAGLIANO Co-founder / Business Affairs jess@terrorbird.com, (347) 227 8505, Location: Brooklyn, NY Jessica Caragliano got her first taste of college radio back in 2000 as a DJ at WSPN, Skidmore College Radio, 91.1FM, and soon after took the reins as Music Director. Upon graduation, Jessica began her years at Fanatic Promotion, climbing the ranks to Co-Director of Radio Promotion, with the amazing George Corona. With a passion to build a roster of her favorite artists, Jessica caught the entrepreneurial bug and partnered up with George to launch Terrorbird in mid 2006. While rooted in radio, Jessica's goal was always to organically expand Terrorbird's services to better meet the needs of artists in this ever-evolving industry, and thus developed the company's successful online marketing & PR services, as well as sync licensing department. She is proud to have helped the careers of some of her favorite artists such as Regina Spektor, Why?, Animal Collective, Rainbow Arabia, Deerhoof, and many more. On a personal note, she is obsessed with her pup Harpo and is an avid fan of the WNBA. Go Liberty!
	GEORGE CORONA Co-founder / National & Regional Publicity geo@terrorbird.com, (510) 922 9705, Location: Oakland, CA George Corona got his start in college radio as a DJ at KXLU, Los Angeles 88.9 FM, where he ultimately became Program Director as well. Upon graduating from Loyola Marymount University, he soon became Manager of Radio Promotion at SPECTRE Entertainment Group for 3 years, and then Fanatic Promotion in 2005, helping to open their Los Angeles office as Co-Director of Radio Promotion along with Jessica Caragliano. With a desire to build a handpicked roster of his own, George helped conceive and launch Terrorbird Media along with Jessica in mid 2006. While initially rooted in radio, Terrorbird natrually expanded into areas of marketing, pr, and licensing, and George now works in conjunction with the PR department via heading the Tour & Regional promotion areas. George is honored for Terrorbird to have represented favorites such as WHY?, Themselves, LCD Soundsystem, Gui Boratto, Matthew Dear, Animal Collective, Daedelus, and more. In his spare time he can be seen as one half of the Book Rate DJs, is an avid food connoisseur and self-proclaimed foodie/gourmet, and resides in the burgeoning Jack London Square district of Oakland. Oh, and he loves Genesis too.
	LEEOR BROWN Freelance Publicity leeor@terrorbird.com, (661) 472 0754, Location: Los Angeles, CA Leeor Brown is a lead publicist and marketing guru at Terrorbird working with such acclaimed acts as Daedelus, Nosaj Thing, DJ /Rupture, Gaslamp Killer, Sebastien Tellier, Mexicans with Guns and many more....Leeor also doubles as founder of FoF Music (Friends of Friends), a new label aimed at exploring new forms of releasing music. He can be found DJing, throwing Los Angeles events under the name Lazy Brow. VINYL ONLY set currently includes: Matias Aguayo, Mount Kimbie, Larytta, Modeselektor, anything DFA and of course way to much more to list here...
	TIM JONES National & Regional Publicity timjones@terrorbird.com, (989) 615 2275, Location: Los Angeles, CA A lot of things could be said about Tim Jones, but since bios are about clarification not speculation, we'll stick to the facts. This is what's known about him: Growing up in Dow Chemical City, he first fell in love with music when BET hit the air. For better or worse, Luke Campbell was a very big influence in those years. He got his start in college radio at WIDR 89.1 in Kalamazoo as a DJ, TimTimXtreme, where he hosted Xtreme Tim Time. He then became the business manager at WIDR, raising funds, keeping the lights on, and booking shows for the likes of Spoon, Stephen Malkmus, Of Montreal, Panthers, and many others. After school he moved out Los Angeles, and after a brief engagement at a comedy traffic school, he began working at the unfuckwithable art-punk label, Gold Standard Laboratories; running the office, crunching the numbers, mailing out sweet vinyl, and doing the in-house publicity and new media for the label's releases. Terrorbird is very excited to have him on board to head up the PR department which launched fall of 2007, and in reciprocation, he's very excited to be on board as well. Currently, he lives in Los Angeles with his cat, Corndogg. Tim hates people who scratch off their lottery tickets at the cash register, people who bust out acoustic guitars at dance parties, slow drivers, and hip-hop/electronic producers turned singer-songwriters. Yet, he loves Phil Collins. Go figure.
	JAY DRYBURGH Publicity Assistant / Social Media Marketing jay@terrorbird.com, Location: Los Angeles, CA Jay Dryburgh joins the Terrorbird team after a four year stint at the University of Miami where he managed the mighty WVUM 90.5fm. It was also in Miami where friend-of-a-friend Leeor Brown offered Jay an internship with Terrorbird. Jay all-too-readily agreed, made a July '08 move to Los Angeles sight-unseen, and patched together rent by prospectin’ for gold before joining as an employee in March '09. His musical tastes include Philly soul, funk, too much disco, Hall & Oates, The Beach Boys and the DFA. Recent Terrorbird faves include: Birds & Batteries, Man/Miracle, The Splinters, Warpaint, Mantler, Nocando & Epstein.
	MATTHEW GAWRYCH Radio Promotion matthew@terrorbird.com, (347) 689 4826, Location: Brooklyn, NY Matthew Gawrych started out as a janitor at a local college. Sometimes when the school was empty, he would see a complex math problem on the blackboard and simply solve it… Long story short, his talented arithmetic skills didn’t get him a radio promotion job at Terrorbird but eight solid months of interning at places like AAM and Domino Records did. Matthew graduated from Kutztown University in 2008 and currently resides in Brooklyn by way of Philadelphia by way of the ‘burbs in southern New Jersey. His favorite artists include a steady mix of Joy Division, Wild Beasts, Bob Dylan, Tallest Man On Earth, M83, & Daft Punk. You will most likely find Matthew messing with Jessica’s dog, Harpo, wincing at the sight of cheese, or playing DJ Hero.
	JESSICA KIZER Radio Promotion kizer@terrorbird.com, (347) 294 0462,Location: Brooklyn, NY Kizer fell in love with college radio when she first heard Madvillian on 89.1 WIDR FM in Kalamazoo, MI. The same day she went to the station and asked how she could help. After 3 months as an assistant, Kizer snagged the position of Music Director and hustled records for three years. While working as an MD, Kizer also wrote a weekly music column for The Kalamazoo Gazette, schooling kats on a variety of albums and genres, while also hating the picture that ran with it. Kizer dabbeled in booking, bringing Black Moth Super Rainbow and School of Seven Bells to perform at the WIDR’s annual Barking Tuna Fest and she also represented the little guy on the 2008 CMJ panel, Small Stations-Big Obstacles. Although she never DJ-ed on the air (hearing her own voice weirded her out) Kizer has Dj-ed live at events ranging from freshman orientations to drag shows. Some of Kizer’s favorite artists include The Gossip, King Khan and BBQ, Gary Wilson, T.Rex and Wu Tang Clan. Kizer is known for her love of obscene humor and shoes. If you want to get on her good side , she’s a size 6 ½.
	NATE GUEVARA Tour Radio Promotion nate@terrorbird.com, (510) 922 9705, Location: Oakland, CA Nate began his journey through the realm of radio during his senior year of high school at tiny KSFH in Mountain View, CA. While attending San Jose State, he joined its infamous "Ground Zero Radio" KSJS and started spinning metal and industrial records at 2 AM. While serving as the station's music director, he began interning at Terrorbird Media in Fall '07 and worked his way into a position with tour promotions - helping connect radio stations, blogs and other music lovers to their favorite artists on the road. His journey has also included stints at Fat Wreck Chords and Live Nation in San Francisco. Nate's (eclectic and admittedly random) taste in music includes artists like Testament, Amorphis, Hot Chip, Rush, Lightning Bolt, Birthday Massacre and Metallica.
	LAUREN ROSS Sync Licensing lauren@terrorbird.com, (646) 415-0813, Location: Brooklyn, NY Lauren Ross abandoned her classical education from Berklee College of Music in favor of working with noise bands in the drizzly hippie/punk town of Olympia, WA. She spent several years at Kill Rock Stars, assisting the influential Slim Moon, and working with many of her favorite artists like Deerhoof, The Gossip, and Hella. Assisting Slim at KRS also led to assisting him at Shotclock Management, where she got to work closely with Laura Veirs and Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, all while pursuing her own management stint for St. Vincent, from the early college days through the release of her debut full-length album, Marry Me. Never one to say no to a challenge, in '06 Lauren started an in-house film/tv/ad licensing department at KRS, and it turned out to be a blast! She then brought KRS licensing to NYC, and in April of '09 expanded her roster to include a variety of other amazing artists and labels she holds dear, by launching Terrorbird's licensing department! For more info on the licensing roster and Lauren's placement successes, go here!
	JEN PEARCE Sync Licensing Assistant jen@terrorbird.com, Location: Brooklyn, NY Jen Pearce hails from the bayou country of Louisiana where she grew up playing classical piano and listening to copious amounts of Neil Young. After DJing and then becoming Station Manager of LSU’s radio station, 91.1 KLSU-FM, she interned at one of her favorite labels of all time, Kill Rock Stars, where as it turns out she met Lauren and Jess for the first time! After graduating she moved to Brooklyn to intern at AAM, which lead to other opportunities at The FADER/ Cornerstone Promotions, Impose, Vice Records, and finally Terrorbird! In her spare time, Jen can be found launching rockets on Brooklyn rooftops, and eating lots of cheese.