Biography

Shelly Saltman

For over fifty years Sheldon "Shelly" Saltman has been involved in major Corporate, Entertainment and Sports events around the world. He has represented a galaxy of world class figures and counts many as his friends including the late Russian President, Boris Yeltsin. He has received many accolades for his work including being nominated for numerous national EMMYs, as well as winning a local Emmy. He has been awarded three University Honorary Degrees for his International Entrepreneurship and guest lectures at major universities on both East and West Coasts. He has had legislation enacted on his behalf by the U. S. Congress and has worked in 52 countries as an event producer, promoter, publicist and government advisor.

Saltman brought cellular telephones to the former Eastern Bloc and made the first-ever video motion picture deal that started the Home Video Industry. He was a founding principal and board member of some of the U S A’s most successful cable systems including Prism and Houston Sports and Entertainment. The former President of 20th Century FOX Sports and a published author with three books to his credit Saltman created the CBS hit TV Series “Challenge of the Sexes.” His philosophy for SR Media is, "serve the client and achieve success." A graduate of UMASS, he did his Master's work at Boston University and attended Boston College Law School.

Stuart Rowlands

Stuart Rowlands has more than 25 years of public relations, publicity, event coordination, promotion and crisis pr experience in 18 countries. He started his career in London, England as a music publicist for such acts as Tom Jones and Rod Stewart before branching out into diplomatic public relations for the Ghana and Nigerian governments before immigrating to the United States.

Based in Los Angeles he accepted a position as Director of Publicity for TWI – the world’s largest independent producer of sports for television before being promoted to Director of International Publicity for TWI’s parent company IMG (the world’s largest sports management/event company). At IMG his focus was on Wimbledon, professional skiing, PGA Golf Tour events and corporate client event co-ordination.

He opened SRPR in Los Angeles handling corporate and/or event pr for Anheuser Busch, American Honda, Chevrolet, Colgate Palmolive, Disney Imagineering, IMG, 20th Century Fox and US Suzuki. In 2001 he returned to IMG as Vice President of Global Public Relations responsible for international publicity and crisis pr for the Nobel Peace Institute, Peace Concert and Peace Symposium. Following 9/11 he returned to Los Angeles and opened SRMedia International with partner Shelly Saltman.