Board of Directors
Endowed with impressive experience, education and vision, the Board of Directors at The Berry Company, LLC advises the executive leadership and ensures that the company is managed in the best interests of its ownership group.
James Continenza, Executive Chairman of the Board
James Continenza, Chairman of the Board, has served as a senior executive turning around underperforming businesses in a variety of industries. He is the former President of STI Prepaid, LLC and the former Interim Chief Executive Officer of Anchor Glass Container Corp, Inc. In both positions, Mr. Continenza developed a new strategic focus for each company's core competencies to achieve market and cost synergies. Mr. Continenza has served in senior leadership roles in turn-arounds at a number of other companies, including Teligent, Inc. Mr. Continenza currently serves as chairman of the boards of Hawkeye Renewables, LLC, Portola Packaging, Inc, Neff Rental, LLC and Tembec, Inc., and as a director of Anchor Glass Container Corp, Blaze Recycling, LLC and Rath Gibson, LLC. Additionally, he has served on the boards of directors of Rural Cellular Corp. (sold to Verizon), Maxim Crane Works (sold to Platinum Equity Partners II, L.P.), USA Mobility Inc., Microcell Telecommunications Inc. (sold to Rogers Wireless, Inc), and Arch Wireless Inc. Mr. Continenza holds a BS degree in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin.
Scott Eisenberg, Board Member
Scott Eisenberg is a Vice President with GSO Capital Partners, where he is focused on public and private investments in the technology and media sectors. He previously held positions at JPMorgan Securities, where he had research responsibilities in the technology and data networking sectors, and at Lehman Brothers, where he served in its Private Equity division as a member of the Media and Communications Fund. Mr. Eisenberg graduated Cum Laude from The George Washington University with a BBA, and received an MBA from The Wharton School.
Michael Sileck, Board Member
Michael Sileck has served as a Special Advisor to the board of directors of Media News Group, Inc., the nation's second largest newspaper company, since September 2011. He served as Interim Chief Revenue Officer and a director of Media News Group, Inc. from January 2011 to September 2011. He formerly served as Interim Chief Revenue Officer and a director of Media News Group, Inc., held senior executive positions with World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., and is the former CFO of Monster Worldwide, Inc. Mr. Sileck holds a BS degree from Wayne State University and an MBA from Oklahoma City University.
Geoff Stevens, Board Member
Geoff Stevens is the former Chief Revenue Officer of WebVisible, Inc., a local online marketing products and services company. He previously served as Chief Product Officer of U.S. Search, as Vice President, Product Management — Mobile of Infospace, and as General Manager, Local & Mobile of Yahoo! Mr. Stevens holds a BA with Honors from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.
