Company Board of Advisors

Daniel P. Johnson, PMP

Mr. Johnson started his career working freelance for the Walt Disney Company at the Film and Tape division in Orlando, Florida. During that time, the vision for EyeLight Media was formed. Since 1997, EyeLight Media has been actively pursuing business oportunities in the film, video and web content arenas.

In addition to film and television, Dan has served the State of Tennessee, the State of Florida and the State of Alabama in the information technology sector and has achieved the coveted Project Managment Professional (PMP) certification. Dan and his wife Lee Anne are raising four children in their Florida home.

Read more about Dan's family history or other topics of interest on Dan's blog...

Rich Christiano

In 1977, twin brothers Dave and Rich Christiano left their hometown of Waterloo, New York and drove out to Hollywood, California with high hopes and big dreams. Rich had written a high school script called The Valedictorian and was hoping this would lead to beginning a career in Hollywood. After negotiations with a few producers and one contract offer, Rich never signed and the movie was never produced. Then something happened that changed the whole direction of the Christiano Brothers’ lives.

In October 2001, Rich wrote and directed Time Changer, his first feature length movie. Rich teamed with Kevin Downes who co-produced the project and Dave served as his story consultant/script editor. The film featured actors D. David Morin and Gavin MacLeod in the lead roles. A novel version was released in January 2002. The movie came in October 2002 and the Christiano Brothers formed a new distribution company, Five & Two Pictures, which released Time Changer.

After a number of film and video productions, Rich has produced his latest film, entitled UNIDENTIFIED, which began its theaterical release in April 2006 and should run all summer with the DVD being release in November.

J.C. "Jim" Rushing III

J.C. "Jim" Rushing was elected to Ecosphere Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors in September 2003 and served as Chairman from January 2004 until March of 2005, when he became Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Rushing founded Corporate Resources Consulting Group, Inc., a consultancy providing experienced financial and operational management leadership services. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Rushing served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Isolyser Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: OREX), a materials technology company with emphasis in the medical, nuclear, and automotive industries, where he co-led a major financial turnaround. From 1997 to 1998, Mr. Rushing served as Chief Financial Officer and Director of New Life Corporation of America, a national non-profit public charity. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Rushing was Vice President - Finance, BBA Nonwovens based in Nashville, Tennessee. As a $500 Million division of a British based company, this operation included 1,600 employees in seven operations in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States. The financial integration of a major acquisition, doubling the size of global operations, was Mr. Rushing's major focus in 1996. The new operations were managed from an initial losing profile to a profitable double-digit return on sales by the second year of operations. Mr. Rushing received a bachelor’s degree in accounting and management from University of Southern Mississippi in 1965.

Kirk Kirkland