Craig A. Parsons has more than 30 years of communications and investor relations experience, encompassing various corporate, media, financial, public affairs, marketing and advertising responsibilities. He has represented companies in a wide span of industries—entertainment, consumer and manufacturing, health care and technology, among other areas. Mr. Parsons previously was a principal/partner for 18 years with Pondel Parsons & Wilkinson, which grew into one of the foremost corporate communications and investor relations firms in the country. Most recently he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations for the global entertainment company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California, and was President of the Annenberg Associates, the professional alumni group for the USC/Annenberg School for Communication. Parsons also served as President and a member of the board of directors of a Los Angeles unit of the American Cancer Society, among other civic and professional affiliations.