Arts & Entertainment
Jeffrey Warshaw Joins Thrown Stone’s Board of Directors
A lifelong broadcaster, Mr. Warshaw is the Founder and CEO of Connoisseur Media.
RIDGEFIELD, CT – Thrown Stone Theatre Company announced today that Jeffrey Warshaw has joined its Board of Directors.
A lifelong broadcaster, Mr. Warshaw is the Founder and CEO of Connoisseur Media. He built his first station while still a student at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
In 1993 Jeff founded Connoisseur Communications Partners LP, a 39-station group which he later sold to Cumulus Broadcasting in 2000 for $258MM.
In 2004 Jeff formed Connoisseur Media which now owns market-leading radio clusters in regions including Nassau-Suffolk, NY, Metro Fairfield County, CT, New Haven, CT, and Frederick, MD. Highly respected and celebrated industrywide for his outspoken candor, Jeff’s spirit of innovation and long-held principles of integrity, accountability and improvement remain core values of the company and guide its team members.
Jeff serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Broadcasters, Broadcasters Foundation of America, is currently Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for The Radio Advertising Bureau, and is Chairman of the Nielsen Audio Advisory Council. Additionally, Jeff was admitted into the New Jersey Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame, is a recipient of the Ward L Quaal Leadership Award and has been on Radio Ink’s 40 Most Powerful People in Radio list for the past 6 years.
“Thrown Stone has been bringing thought-provoking, innovative productions to our region,” said Warshaw. “I am excited to roll up my sleeves and be a part of this terrific organization.”
Thrown Stone’s mission is “to engage our region with new and reimagined theatre in intimate settings, creating a body of work that moves, connects, and challenges all who join the conversation.”
Thrown Stone’s 2020 season features the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven by Reina Hardy, and the U.S. Premiere of the 2019 Olivier Award-nominated The Phlebotomist by Ella Road, both opening in July.
