THE BRAND BUILDERS
Richard Kirshenbaum
Richard Kirshenbaum
Advertising Executive/Author
Richard Kirshenbaum is responsible for some of our favorite ads, including campaigns for Target and BMW. The CEO of NGS/SWAT, a high-profile boutique branding agency, has been inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame. He’s also a playwright and the author of three No. 1 Amazon bestsellers.
Kelly Brady and Tara Ciccone
Kelly Brady and Tara Ciccone
Public Relations Professionals
Kelly Brady (far left) is the founder and CEO of Brandsway Creative, an award-winning boutique PR agency. As a Hamptons resident for more than 16 years, Brady and her partner, Tara Ciccone, have made a name for themselves Out East.
Jason Weinberg
Jason Weinberg
Talent Manager/Producer
Jason Weinberg is the co-founder of Untitled Entertainment, a company that works across film, TV, music, and literature representing clients including Laura Dern, Penelope Cruz, and Chris Rock, among others. Weinberg has expanded into producing theater, including the Tony Award–winning Kimberly Akimbo.
Mark Mullet
Mark Mullet
President at Dear Media
Mark Mullet serves as president of global entertainment and business development at Dear Media, the largest female-focused podcast network. He works to expand talent, lead partnerships, and broaden the strategy for the multiplatform digital media company.
THE TREND SETTERS
Sofia Karvela
Sofia Karvela
Stylist
Sofia Karvela is a multihyphenate within the fashion industry, working as a stylist, creative director, influencer with viral content, and co-founder of the Wknd Nation loungewear brand. She began her career assisting Patricia Field on Sex and the City and was the fashion director of Love Cat magazine.
Ava Dash
Ava Dash
Model/Influencer
Ava Dash stars in Bravo’s Next Gen NYC reality show, as well as being a model and a social media influencer. She is the daughter of music mogul Damon Dash and fashion designer Rachel Roy.
THE ARTISTS
Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte
Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte
Architect/Curator
Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte is a globally known architect who expanded the Hamptons cultural art scene with his NOMAD design fair at the Watermill Center. His context-driven designs make his work unique and culturally driven.
Lucy de Kooning Villeneuve
Lucy de Kooning Villeneuve
Painter
Lucy de Kooning Villeneuve comes from a long line of artists, including her grandfather the Abstract Expressionist artist Willem de Kooning. She creates paintings out of her childhood home in East Hampton.
THE STORYTELLERS
Talia Parkinson Jones
Talia Parkinson Jones
Producer/Show Runner
This three-time Emmy Award–winning producer has more than 25 years of experience in the TV business. Parkinson Jones is currently at Today With Jenna and Sheinelle and co-hosts a SiriusXM show, The Happy Hour, which covers pop culture and entertainment.
Savannah Sellers
Savannah Sellers
Journalist
Savannah Sellers is an Emmy Award–winning journalist and prominent anchor at NBC News. Her reports are featured regularly across the network’s flagship shows, including the Today show, NBC Nightly News, and NBC News Now.
Carson Griffith
Carson Griffith
Writer
Carson Griffith covers travel, fashion, and all things within the current social scene. This award-winning journalist can be found in the Hamptons, Palm Beach, and NYC. Look for her popular Substack newsletter, Rich People Shit, which features essays, interviews, and more.
Jenny Mollen
Jenny Mollen
Actress/Author
Jenny Mollen is an actress who has appeared on Angel, Crash, and Girls. She is also a New York Times best-selling author, who has authored two collections of essays, I Like You Just the Way I Am and Live Fast Die Hot. Her work has also appeared in Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Elle.
The East End has long been a haven for artists, designers, architects, photographers, and makers who shape culture far beyond its shores. Today, a new generation of talent is redefining what it means to create here—building brands, launching ideas, and transforming the area into a year-round center of innovation. In this portfolio, Spotlight celebrates the creative guard to know now. These are the individuals whose talent, perspective, and influence are shaping the next chapter of the cultural landscape here.
THE MUSIC MAKERS
Sophie Elgort
Sophie Elgort
Photographer
Sophie Elgort is known for her fashion and portrait photography. She has shot Brooke Shields, Elizabeth Olsen, Rose Byrne, and many others. Her photographs have been featured in Vogue, The New York Times, and Elle, among other publications. Elgort also hosts the PBS series Portrait Mode, which goes behind the lens to explore the process of creating a photo shoot.
Maximilian Eicke
Maximilian Eicke
Architect
Maximilian Eicke is carving his own path in design, blending architecture with unique glassware, furniture, and lighting. He has designed his own homes in the Hamptons and Bali.
Oli Benz
Oli Benz
DJ/Producer
Australia native Oli Benz found his passion in the music industry as a DJ and producer. Now based in Montauk with his wife, Sasha, and their three children, he spins a blend of electro, pop, disco, and funk at hot spots in the Hamptons, New York, Los Angeles, and Oz.
Tinx
Tinx
DJ
Known to millions as a content creator, radio host, and author, Tinx, aka Christina Najjar, has also made a name for herself in the DJ booth, spinning alongside music partner Lucas Thomashow at The Surf Lodge and Common Ground East.
Max Honerkamp
Max Honerkamp
Stephen Talkhouse General Manager Max Honerkamp grew up behind the bar of the legendary Amagansett venue. Today, he oversees bookings and day-to-day operations.
