Roe Bressan, president of Stairway 9, has relinquished her COO title and added chief marketing officer responsibilities for the company’s strategic alliance of six brands–BlueRock, Spontaneous, Scarlett, BLAST, Ballistic and MOTIVE 3.0.
The move comes after a period of successful integration of new managing directors across Stairway 9, who are helping to reshape and push the company forward. Spontaneous continues to grow under the leadership of Cara Cutrone, Jennifer Lederman is leading the way at BlueRock, and Wendy Brovetto has taken charge at Scarlett. Bressan has passed day-to-day duties over to each head, and will now concentrate on seeking out new opportunities to grow Stairway 9’s offerings. engaging with new developments in the media and postproduction arenas, and translating this into new opportunities and ways of working for current and future clients.
President/CMO Bressan started her career in television production before advancing into the features world and then commercials. She moved into postproduction after joining Red Car New York and helped grow the edit house into the industry’s first national editorial brand. From there she launched The Whitehouse’s New York outpost, before starting her own management consultancy company Navigating. In 2008, Stairway 9 owner/CEO Ethel Rubinstein and owner/chairman John Palestrini acquired Navigating and appointed Roe as president/COO.
Stairway 9 serves the advertising and entertainment industries as an independent/interdependent company model. The combined skill sets of BlueRock, Spontaneous, Ballistic, BLAST, Scarlett and MOTIVE 3.0 complement each other while each individual Stairway 9 Company retains its autonomy.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More