Jone Bouman

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About Jone Bouman

Jone Bouman is known for being accomplished in successfully creating, strategically planning, and nurturing opportunities which positively engage tens-of-millions. She possesses a combination of outreach skills, celebrity endorsement talent, marketing and public relations aptitude, and entertainment proficiencies, resulting in effective corporate philanthropy, expert networking, innovative thinking, and the wherewithal to implement ideas advantageously. Her extensive professional contacts and connections reach high-level influencers spanning the entertainment industry and nonprofit organizations. As a specialized professional, Jone was elected to speak on panels for the Academy of Motion Pictures, SAG-AFTRA, the Directors Guild, the Assistant Directors Workshop, and chosen to lead a national event with Ellen DeGeneres. In her capacity as an expert in communications and public relations, Jone also created the national PAWSCAR Awards, and played a fundamental role in the development and popularity of The Hero Dog Awards (which airs on The Hallmark Channel), notably in the garnering of extensive celebrity support. Jone’s cultivation of high-profile celebrity and entertainment industry endorsement is exemplified by a successful history of working closely with prominent entertainment figures such as Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Cameron Crowe, Jerry Bruckheimer and many others. Charged with promoting humane animal-action in entertainment, she has worked in a behind-the-scenes capacity and an on-set presence on hundreds of high-profile productions. Her background in entertainment began with Saturday Night Live and progressed to positions with MTV, The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, Late Night With David Letterman, Universal and Disney. Eventually Jone applied her talents in the nonprofit arena and in vital recovery and relief projects during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Southeast Asian Tsunami, Hurricane Sandy, and the Oklahoma Tornado disasters.