Jordan H. Rednor

Rednor is an active practitioner, adviser and investor in the marketing services industry. He is a partner in Protagonist, a boutique creative advertising agency where he works directly with Fortune 100 clients on everything from brand strategy to television and web advertising. Rednor is also the President of Rednor Group Ltd, an international management consulting and merchant banking firm he originally founded in 1995. The firm has advised some of the best known names in advertising around the world. Between 1997 and 2003, Rednor led the transformation of DraftWorldwide (IPG - NYSE) into the leading integrated global marketing agency as President and COO.

Rednor is currently the Chairman of Mr. Youth, an award winning social media marketing company that has recently been recognized as agency of the year and one of the most innovative marketing companies by various trade press. In addition, he is a General Partner in The Mentor Fund, a privately held venture fund providing intellectual and financial capital to the marketing services industry. Rednor also is a director of EMAK, parent company of Upshot, one of the top promotion agencies in the U.S. Between 1985 and 1995, Rednor was considered one of the most prominent bankers to the advertising industry, having led departments at HSBC and JPMorgan Chase.

Rednor serves on the board of the College of Information Science & Technology at Pennsylvania State University, where he endowed the first graduate fellowship in 2003. He holds an MBA from Fordham University and a B.S. from Penn State.