Jon is a seasoned producer & manager for television, film, and the streaming services.  He produced the award-winning film Redemption starring Jamie Foxx, the iconic The Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story, and a series for Discovery starring Matt LeBlanc called The 5 Coolest Things (shot at Matt’s ranch near the campus in Santa Maria).  He has also produced independent feature films including Biodome starring Pauley Shore and You’re Killing Me starring Julie Bowen.  He is currently producing a movie for Hallmark tentatively titled “Haute Couture”.

Jon started at NBC, moved Warner Brothers, and then became a TV “intrapreneur” at Regency TV (a joint venture between News Corp. and Regency Enterprises).  Jon has helped develop or worked on shows such as Saved by the Bell, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Friends, ER, Full House, Roswell and Malcolm in the Middle.

Jon ran Columbia College Chicago’s West Coast Campus for many years.  He created Third Screen Film Festival which the L.A. Times called “The Sundance of Mobile.”  And he helped create a world class Film school in Malta.

Jon attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, received his B.A. from U.C. Berkeley, and his MBA from UCLA.