Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> August 18, 2003
ERIC H. HALVORSON joined Media Arts Group, Inc., as President in June
2003 with full operational and financial responsibility for the company.
Mr. Halvorson has been a member of the company's Board of Directors
since November 2001. From January 1996 to August 2000, Mr. Halvorson was
the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Salem
Communications Corporation, and from 1991 to 1995, he was Salem's
Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Salem Communications
Corporation is the largest US radio broadcasting company that targets
audiences interested in religious and family issues. More recently, Mr.
Halvorson has been a Visiting Professor of Business Law and Accounting
at Pepperdine University in California, where he taught Legal and
Regulatory Environment of Business, Financial Accounting and Corporate
Finance. Prior to his broadcasting experience, Mr. Halvorson was a
practicing Corporate Attorney in Wisconsin, and he also was a Certified
Public Accountant with Arthur Andersen & Company in Atlanta. Mr.
Halvorson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Bob
Jones University and a Juris Doctor degree from Duke University School
of Law. Mr. Halvorson is currently a Director of Salem Communications
Corporation and Intuitive Surgical Inc. Profile
ANTHONY D. THOMOPOULOS has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors
of Media Arts Group, Inc., since June 2001 and has been a member of the
Board of Directors since July 2000. From July 1999 to April 2001, Mr.
Thomopoulos was the Vice Chairman of the Board of OnVANTAGE, Inc.,
formerly Familyroom.com. From March 1995 to December 1997, Mr.
Thomopoulos was the Chief Executive Officer of MTM Entertainment and
President of The Family Channel, both subsidiaries of International
Family Entertainment, Inc. From April 1991 to February 1995 he was
President of Amblin Television, a division of Amblin Entertainment. In
1989 he founded Thomopoulos Productions, an independent motion picture
and television production company. In 1986 he was named Chairman of the
Board of Directors of United Artist Pictures. Prior to that, he spent 12
years at ABC in positions including Vice President of Prime Time
Programs and President of ABC Broadcast Group. Profile
Mr. Halvorson (President): Media Arts has a full palette of activity '
designing, manufacturing, marketing and selling
