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Ryan Walker
Founder & CEO
As the founder and Chief Executive for TSMA, Ryan’s unique perspectives on digital consumer behavior, organic social growth acceleration, and content placement algorithms has informed the marketing decisions of numerous celebrities and Fortune 500 businesses. Ryan is also an avid world traveler, investor, and educator.
Bethany Gayton
VP, Systems
Bethany has many years of unique experience in Instagram development and strategy; prior to her current role, she was leading the growth team for Actor Influencer, a social firm later acquired by TSMA. In her free time, she and her husband run a YouTube channel, and have amassed nearly 200,000 subscribers.
Nicholas Rule
Director, Account Management
Nicholas Rule currently holds the position of Director, Account Management at TSMA and has worked in media relations and writing for years. A graduate of Washington University in St. Louis with a degree focused in film, media, and writing, he uses his skills to help clients co-create an online presence consistent with their unique career and/or business goals. When not interfacing directly with clients, Nicholas guides the account management team and supervises account management activities.
Julie Hardesty
Executive Assistant
After a career as a chef for over 25 year in the Rocky Mountain region, Julie came to Los Angeles where she got involved in the Entertainment Industry. First as a Voice Over Agent Assistant, then as a Talent Manager. Julie has now turned her time and attention to giving behind the scenes support to the dedicated team of TSMA. Through this, she is still able to commit to helping creatives and businesses make their dreams a reality. Naturally drawn to water, Julie enjoys her down time stand-up paddle boarding or just watching the sunset over the ocean.
Ben Whitehair
Senior Advisor
Ben has been a champion for social change through art and business for the last twenty years. Alongside leading the operations of TSMA, he recently served as the Executive Vice President of the performer’s union SAG-AFTRA, is a certified business and mindset coach, working actor, and has built and scaled numerous successful businesses.
Leah Cevoli
Senior Account Manager
Leah Cevoli comes to TSMA with over a decade’s worth of experience in social media and online marketing. She also has an extensive background in producing, brand promotions and crowdfunding. As a storyteller and public speaker, Leah works in television and film as an actress, host and voiceover artist. She is also a published poet.
Reylan Gayas
Lead Graphic Designer
Reylan has been in the graphic design industry for more than 15 years, having worked with medical, retail, entertainment, education, fashion, journalism, and tourism companies. Reylan has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and is currently exploring animation.
Whitney Claire Kaufman
Administrative Assistant
A veteran of the live entertainment industry—both onstage as a world-traveled performer and offstage as choreographer and director—Whitney brings her enthusiasm for creative collaboration and problem solving to everything she does at TSMA. A graduate of Chapman University in Theatre Performance and English, Whitney is passionate about authentic human connection, clear and kind communication, and creating amazing things together with our clients.
Pegah Rashti
Account Manager
Pegah has over 14 years of experience in social media marketing, having started with VH1/MTV/Nickelodeon, and continuing across a multitude of diverse industries. She is also a Persian-American actress, writer and creator. In her free time Pegah loves to dance at concerts, travel, make TikToks and work with various nonprofits in LA.
Jey Mindes
Account Manager
Jey has worked in social media management for over half a decade. Before TSMA, she worked as an independent media manager and advisor, and specializes in media advisement, brand development, and artistic promotion.
As an actress, Jey became interested in social media as a platform to share entertaining videos, but later realized she was more intrigued by curating the online presence of others than her own.
In her free time, she runs a weekly sauna therapy experience at a wellness center in Pasadena.
Steven Busby
Lead Content Creator
Recognized as one of the leading photographers in Los Angeles, Steven has done more than 1,000 shoots for TSMA clients over the past five years. As an artist, Steven has experience both in front of and behind the lens. When he isn’t creating, he enjoys travel, good food, and being with fiancée and two cats.
Teresina Kamau
Customer Care Specialist
Teresina is an experienced customer care specialist with a passion for customer satisfaction. At TSMA, Teresina is part of the driven and enthusiastic Customer Care team. She has over three years of experience in customer success in the services industry, and is adept at customer relationship management, consumer research and customer support.
Lashawn Williams
Content Creator
With years of experience in the TV and film worlds, Lashawn Williams has taken his skills over to the TSMA team, where he aids in content creation. Crafting and filming client brands and unique niches makes him a one-of-a-kind triple threat as a videographer and photographer. He also very much enjoys going home to his two dogs and cat.
Alyson Snyder
Administrative Assistant
Alyson has over a decade of global, live-entertainment experience, and a huge passion for social media. She is an actress, singer, dancer, and musician based in New York City. Holding a BFA in Musical Theatre, Alyson knows high-energy performance like the back of her hand and loves nothing more than clear direction, hitting the mark, and finding your light.
Jun Balbuena
Video Editor
Jun specializes in creating captivating videos for Instagram, YouTube, and various social media platforms. Alongside video editing, he brings a plethora of skills in graphic design, illustration, and basic animation, with hands-on experience managing Instagram and YouTube content. Currently, he’s learning the basics of 3D and digital illustration. In his free time, he enjoys drawing, reading manga, watching anime, and playing games.
Jy Prishkulnik
Account Manager
Jy Prishkulnik is an actor and a writer. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from UCLA with her BA in English, Concentration in Creative Writing, and a Double Minor in Theater and Film, Television & Digital Media. While at UCLA, she won the Thompson Prize for her Senior Honors Thesis titled “Animating the Disney Princess: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Cinderella (1950), and the Evolving Princess Code.” Outside of TSMA, she is known for her TV, voiceover, and film, roles such as Disney Plus’s JUST BEYOND Bethesda’s STARFIELD, and Nickelodeon’s MONSTER HIGH: THE MOVIE. But the role she is most proud of, is that of a dog mum to her two rescue mutts, Mowgli and Myrtle.
Abi Oliver
Account Manager
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