Jennifer Howd Founding Partner/Senior Consultant Jennifer Howd is one of the Founding Partners of Punkmouse, a queer media and entertainment group based in NYC. Alongside her business partner John Baez, she oversees creative project development & new business ventures, while also acting as Senior Consultant for various clients and partnerships. An award-winning writer, Jennifer is the co-creator of queer-inclusive projects including: "The Peggy Blathers Show," an animated 1/2 hour sitcom; "The Question," a feature-length sci-fi epic, and "Murder Number Two," a queer noir short. She is currently co-authoring (with John), The Queer Guide to College Life for The Princeton Review and Random House Publishing. Jennifer has been a much-sought after Post-Production and Motion Graphics Producer and has worked on numerous high-profile projects including Focus Feature's acclaimed Robert Evans documentary "The Kid Stays in the Picture" and VH1's 10-part television series "My Coolest Years." Over the years, Jennifer has also worked for several boutique design firms as a freelance producer with duties ranging from writing pitch presentations to producing graphics packages for television shows and network redesigns. Past clients have included: HBO, TRIO, OLN, AMC, Discovery Health Network, Court TV, GAS and The NFL Network. Jennifer's production sensibility is bolstered by her five years as a Publicist at MGM/United Artists where she worked on marketing campaigns for queer films such as "The Hanging Garden," "Bent," "It's My Party," "The Bird Cage" and "Showgirls," as well as Mike Figgis' Academy Award-winning "Leaving Las Vegas," Pedro Almodovar's "Live Flesh, Barry Sonnenfield's "Get Shorty," and the James Bond installments: "GoldenEye" and "Tomorrow Never Dies." A New York University Tisch School of the Arts alumna, Jennifer graduated with honors and received a B.F.A. in Film and Television Production. She is an avid supporter of philanthropic activity and has been a senior level board member of various not-for profits including the New York City LGBT Community Center's award-winning Off Center lecture series.

John Baez Founding Partner/Senior Consultant A ten-year marketing veteran in the entertainment and marketing arenas, John is one of Punkmouse's Founding Partners. Alongside Jennifer Howd, he oversees day-to-day operations, while also acting as Senior Consultant on a variety of accounts, creative projects & new business ventures. Prior to creating Punkmouse, he served as Executive Director of Marketing Solutions and Business Partnerships at the Clear Channel Advantage creative think-tank. While there, he researched, developed and pitched marketing and branding strategies for Fortune 1000 companies and their agencies. Clients included: Toyota Scion, Xbox, Old Navy and Six Flags. His area of expertise is in music, entertainment and lifestyle marketing with a focus on youth markets and cross-platform and synergy media solutions. From 1998 to 2001, John headed up the East Coast Field Marketing division of both Metro Goldwyn Mayer and United Artists Pictures. During his tenure at MGM/UA, he oversaw both grassroots and regional publicity and promotional efforts in over 27 major U.S. markets for dozens of films including Terry Zwigoff's "Ghostworld," Ridley Scott's "Hannibal" and Michael Apted's James Bond installment "The World is Not Enough." John also spent time as Marketing and Promotions Manager at 92.3 K-Rock, the top alternative music radio outlet in the country and the flagship station of the Howard Stern syndicated program. While there, he spearheaded all advertising-client marketing tie-ins and oversaw station branding and event development. John got his start in entertainment as a Project Management Associate at LifeBEAT, the music industry's leading AIDS education outreach and fundraising organization. Over the years, he has served on several Boards of Directors of not-for-profits, including a senior Marketing Committee position at Friends of High 5 - Tickets to the Arts, New York's leading teen arts education group. In 2001, John founded and served as Chairman of Off Center, a cultural program of the LGBT Community Center. In 2002, Off Center was awarded the prestigious Hearts of the Center Award for its dedication to producing an ongoing series of lectures focusing on topics not often discussed in the LGBT community. Past events include Split Allegiances: Navigating the Culture of the NYPD and FDNY" and "Drawing Closer: Queer Representations and the Comics." A dedicated and passionate advocate of learning and liberal education, John received a Masters degree in Critical Theory in 2003 from the City University of New York. He has taught at Brooklyn College and given lectures all over the world. He focuses on cross-disciplinary approaches to writing about visual culture. Recent courses: Reading Cultures, Business Workshop and Film and Fiction.