Photos courtesy of Terrapin Presents

GO FOR JIM:
James M. Dugan, Co-President
Jim's experience runs deep in a production world that defies job descriptions, and he is known in the industry as the human Swiss Army knife and the real MacGyver. In addition to regularly consulting on special event design and logistics, Jim currently manages the World Peace Sanctuary in Wassaic, NY and its 190 acres and special events. Jim co-ran the "Friends of Phish" 1,000 person compound for their farewell Coventry festival in 2004, and he was an Operations Manager for five Jam Cruises and two of the Langerado music festivals. From 1999 through 2003, Jim was the Operations Director for Terrapin Presents and the Gathering of the Vibes, and helped design eight multi-day music and camping festivals along with several unique concert events. When Phish hosted their 1999 Oswego camping event and Big Cypress New Years millennium festival, Jim built and maintained the "MASH" style town for the hundreds of staff that needed to reside on site. After more than a decade of service to the Sono Arts Celebration with two years serving on the Board of Directors, Jim won an Artie Award for "Hardest Working Man In Show Business" and received their first ever Lifetime Achievement Award. In the early eighties, Jim was maintenance manager of the Ox Ridge Hunt Club where Olympic Equestrian Trials and Intercollegiate Polo Tournaments occurred. A competent carpenter for many years and a decade in the restaurant business including owner of "The Good Earth Cafe" in West Virginia, Jim has a true understanding of site design, construction principles and food management practices.

Jim’s experience also includes such things as:
• U.S. Junior Skeet Team: placed 4th in world competition, Mexico City, 1978
• Logistics Department at The British Design Conference, 1986.
• Two year Windstar Foundation Volunteer.
• Habitat for Humanity projects in two states.
• CT Homebuilders Assoc, Custom Home Theater of the Year Award with Davco, Inc.
• 20+ inventions in the works, call Jim for details.

GO FOR JACKIE:
Jacquelyn Eaton, Co-President
Jackie has more than a dozen years of experience producing music, art, and film festivals. She holds a BA from SUNY in Mass Gathering Health and Safety and is FEMA certified in Special Event Contingency Planning and the National Incident Command System. Jackie served as Chief Operations Officer for the Gathering of the Vibes music festival from 2009-2010, and as Compliance Director for the Vibes' production company, Terrapin Presents, from 1999 through 2003. During that time, Jackie helped Terrapin obtain eight New York State Mass Gathering permits and multiple municipal special event contracts, as well as increase concession revenues ten fold. As Operations Director for the Woodstock Film Festival, Jackie managed five days of festival operations involving the coordination of twenty departments for the screening of over a hundred films across multiple venues, and the production of panels, concerts, and receptions at numerous locations. She has worked in the Locations Department on several films, has been the concessions director responsible for $1 million+ in food, ice, beverages, and alcohol sales, and has worked with a wide variety of North American festival promoters. Before her production career, Jackie was the Manager of Medical Education at the Westchester Medical Center in New York, overseeing thirty medical residency programs. Her hospital experience dealing with local and state health departments, accrediting agencies, risk management, and affiliation agreements paved the way for her transition into festival and concert production. Jackie brings professionalism and a get-it-done attitude to every assignment.

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