THE SISTINE EXPERIENCE PRODUCERS

Penn Parish
Paul Korzilius
Ned Collett
David Jacobs

Pendleton Parrish (Penn) is a veteran entertainment industry developer and financier.  He began his entertainment career with CBS Music working in marketing and production. Penn holds interest in several major companies and sits on several boards.  He manages Global Experiences, parent company of the Sistine Chapel Exhibit.  He has extensive experience in the live experience and exhibit industry having worked on several of the most recent successful exhibits. 

Penn is active with several charities fighting human trafficking. 

Paul Korzilius. is an award-winning, widely respected successful senior entertainment executive and sports executive who has decades of experience producing at the highest levels of the International and Domestic Live Entertainment business and artist management.

In addition to managing Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members, Bon Jovi, for 25 years, Paul also managed many other artists including Queen, Cher, Cheap Trick, Billy Squire and the Scorpions,

Paul is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy.

Ned Collett possesses a diverse event, operations, and live entertainment background. Throughout his career, he has been drawn to corporate operations in the entertainment industry to help build teams, brands, and ultimately successful businesses. Ned has served as Sr VP of Premier Exhibitions (Atlanta, GA), (then publicly traded: PRXI) produced museum exhibitions worldwide whose projects included: Titanic, The Artifact Exhibition, Bodies: The Exhibition, Sports Immortals, and The Star Trek Experience.

David is a senior executive with extensive business development and investment banking and management experience.  His proven track record has propelled the Sistine Chapel Experience teams development. 

His background includes the founding of and CEO to Desportes Media a company partnered with ESPN.  He most recently served as CFO of Imagine Exhibitions spearheading all financial operations developing exhibit such as Harry Potter and Jurassic World.  He helped launch 22 travelling exhibitions growing revenue from 15 too 50 million in less than 2 years.

Francesco Lori
Amanda McKenzie
Brian Edwards
Eric Greitens

Francesco is a Senior Director at Scripta Maneant Editori, a major Italian publisher and Sistine Experience partner.   He has developed various businesses for Scripta Maneant involving many partners worldwide. Mainly focused on publishing projects, Francesco is now developing different digital projects. He was one of the first employees when Scripta Maneant was founded in 2007. At the beginning he was focused on the sales in Italy. Later he developed sales for Scripta Maneant worldwide. After selling books now he is working on different digital immersive projects in Italy and in other countries. EXPERIENCE Exhibitions

Lo Scatto di Giotto (Italy)
The Sistine Chapel – The Legacy (Poland)

Amanda is a creative leader, strategist, and experience designer who has lead diverse teams to produce award-winning exhibitions and branded experiences. Amanda guides a collaborative design process that transforms spaces into experiences that engage, connect, and inspire. Leads projects across disciplines, ensuring that all aspects of a project work together to create a meaningful experience that meets budgets and goals. 

EXPERIENCE 

Exhibitions
Harry Potter: The Exhibition
Jurassic World: The Exhibition
Real Bodies Retail Experiences
Hershey
Bunulu
Citizens Bank
TD Bank

Brian is a long-time entertainment service executive with extensive experience supporting exhibits, film and TV.  He  has a proven track record of building business and providing turnaround management to entertainment industry service providers. Over his 25- year career, Edwards has provided strong technical, operational, managerial and executive advisement to many prominent companies in the entertainment industry. Brian joined Production Resource Group (PRG), in September 2007 as General Manager of the Los Angeles depot, including overseeing PRG’s live television and feature film offerings.

Brian served as Executive Director of Paramount Production Support Inc, a division of Paramount Pictures.

Eric is business advisor to Global Experiences. He is active with management and fund-raising decisions, marketing and tour development. Eric’s vast knowledge of world affairs will be key to the exhibits routing. He will call on key connections garnered over the years to make each city the Sistine Chapel exhibits in a success. Eric developed these skills as a politician who was the 56th Governor of Missouri. Eric. ls a graduated of Duke University iand received a Doctorate from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford as Rhodes Scholar. He served with the US Navy Seals as an Officer and awarded a Bronze Star. Eric founded a nonprofit organization; The Mission Continues to benefit veterans. In 2013 Time Magazine included him in its 100 most influential people in the world.

Gary Luchessi
James Younger
Whitney Gossett
Buck Hollister

Gary is a veteran film producer and studio executive best known for his work with Paramount Pictures and on the film “Million Dollar Baby” He began his professional career as an agent at the famed William Morris Agency. While there he represented actors such as Susan Sarandon, Kevin Costner, Michelle Pfeiffer and John Malkovich. In 1999 he executive produced the film “Runaway Bride” and a year later worked on the feature “Autumn in New York,” both of which starred Richard Gere. In 2003 Lucchesi produced the first film in the “Underworld” franchise, starring Kate Beckinsale, and later returned to produce both sequels in the series. In 2004 he executive produced the Academy Award winning film “Million Dollar Baby,” directed by Clint Eastwood. In 2009 he produced two films starring Gerard Butler, “Gamer” and “The Ugly Truth.

Gary serves as creative advisor and producer of the Sistine Movie.

After earning a doctorate in biophysics and working as a science writer for the Economist and the New York Times, James Younger turned to documentary filmmaking, producing and directing science films for several companies. In 2004 he began working as supervising producer at Termite Art Productions, a leading content provider for the Discovery Channel. Younger has worked on a handful of series, including Unsolved History, in which the latest scientific and forensic techniques are brought to bear on well-known historical mysteries; Anatomy of films that discuss attacks on human by animal predators; and Junkyard Wars, about fantastic vehicles.

The Planets, an award-winning, eight-part series by the British Broadcasting Corporation for which Younger directed three episodes, aired in th USin 1999 on the Arts and Entertainment channel. James is co-producing the Sistine movie for the experience.

Whitney handles sponsorships and fund raising and client relations. She is a Vanderbilt University graduate, began her career in Nashville’s music industry before transitioning into publishing. She joined a top literary and entertainment agency in 2013 and has represented over 200 authors, including 25+ New York Times Best-Sellers. Whitney’s management mindset drives her holistic approach, using books to amplify brand messages. 

An expert in the New Heartland content consumer, she understands how to connect brands and creators with Middle American audiences and manages top talent within this space.

Buck serves as Chief Legal counsel for Global experiences focusing pn transactional, tax, contracts and other areas important to the business. Buck and the business attorneys at Hollister Legal Services, PLLC have a broad spectrum of domestic and international experience. This legal/business skill set has served the team well. Buck is also the company’s CPA and this  business/legal combination enables him to better execute on  transactional matters more efficiently and effectively