Management

Bringing a lifetime of experience at the intersection of public policy, technology and media, Al Gore serves as co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Current.

Gore served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and two in the U.S. Senate, establishing himself as an expert in technology, communications, nuclear disarmament, the environment and other issues.

As Vice President of the United States (1993-2000), Gore led administration policies on telecommunications and actively championed causes such as the environment and the growth of the internet.

Joel Hyatt, co-founder and chief executive officer of Current Media, has guided the network's development since its inception, achieving recognition for the company's innovative approach to producing and programming content by and for young adults. Under Hyatt's leadership, Current has grown to over 58 million subscriber households, expanded internationally, and received an Emmy® Award, the youngest network ever to win such an honor.

In May 2007, Hyatt was elected to the board of directors of Hewlett-Packard. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Brookings Institution. Previous to Current, he co-founded and led Hyatt Legal Services, which provided low-cost services to middle and lower-income families. Hyatt also created, founded and built Hyatt Legal Plans into America's largest provider of employer-sponsored group legal plans, before selling the company to MetLife. Hyatt served on the faculty at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, where his courses on entrepreneurship were among the most popular at the school. He also served as National Finance Chair for the Democratic Party in 2000. Business Week recognized Hyatt as one of the top 50 business leaders in the United States.

As the first executive to join co-founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, and as the President of New Media, Joanna has been the architect and manager of Current's web-based participation platform, which enables television's first truly interactive network. In addition, she leverages her extensive media and technology credentials to forge partnerships with leading, multi-platform distribution partners and oversees development of new media products.

Before joining Current, Joanna was Vice President, Content Strategy for MOXI (now Digeo), driving the development of new video, music and gaming set-to-box based applications with the largest media and entertainment companies. Earlier, Joanna served as Vice President, Media Partnerships and Applications at ReacTV in Silicon Valley, where she partnered with leading media companies to deliver the world's first personalized video news service on the Web.

As management consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton, Joanna spent five years developing strategic planning functions and market strategies for the motion picture, television and theme park divisions of leading entertainment conglomerates. In addition to her work in Hollywood, she developed strategic alliance programs and new media market strategies for three of the largest Silicon Valley companies.

David Neuman is Current's President of Programming, overseeing content on three television networks (US, UK/Ireland, and Italy), as well as the original video featured on current.com. David leads a team of over 200 creative personnel based mainly in San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, and Milan, and supports the efforts of Current's thousands of contributors around the world. In conjunction with colleagues, he created and developed Current's unique format of shortform videos and viewer-created-content (VC2), sequenced with short interstitial music and graphics, all around the theme of peer-to-peer news and information.

David's role at Current is the culmination of a uniquely diverse career in media that includes experience as a senior programming executive in entertainment (Vice President of Comedy Programs, NBC, and President of Walt Disney Television and Touchstone Television, The Walt Disney Company), new media (head of programming, Digital Entertainment Network), news (Chief Programming Officer, CNN, and Executive Producer and President of Programming, Channel One), and independent production (Grantwood Productions at 20th Century Fox, and Blackrock Productions, Inc.). At Channel One, his work as Executive Producer garnered a Peabody Award, broadcasting's highest honor. David also received a special commendation from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for his work with the CNN team covering the events of September 11, 2001.

David graduated summa cum laude from UCLA in Communication Studies, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was a White House Fellow in the Reagan administration, serving under the Assistant to the President for Cabinet Affairs at the White House. David also actively volunteers as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for neglected and abused children in Los Angeles County, through the Los Angeles Superior Court.

Paul Hollerbach joined Current as Chief Financial Officer in October 2007. As CFO, he is responsible for overseeing the company's finance, investor relations and the human relations groups.

Prior to Current, he worked at Yahoo!, a leading global internet company, where he held a broad range of senior financial roles. At Yahoo! Hollerbach most recently served as Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations, and previously served as Vice President, Corporate Controller. Over nearly 10 years with the company, Hollerbach helped develop a world-class finance organization and transformed the investor relations function into an industry-leading group. At Yahoo! he was responsible for the company's worldwide strategic planning efforts, working with operating teams across multiple lines of business and geographic regions, as well as leading all investor communications. Prior to Yahoo! Hollerbach worked at Silicon Graphics Inc., KPMG LLP and Ernst and Young LLP. He is a licensed CPA in California.

Ofer is Chief Technology Officer for Current, overseeing the company's technology initiatives, including online, broadcast, cross-platform product development and technology operations. Ofer joined Current in 2007 as Chief Architect to design, build and launch current.com and grew it to millions of monthly users.

Prior to joining Current TV, Ofer headed up the Social Search business for Yahoo! and started Yahoo! Answers, taking it from concept to a global service used by over 100 million users in 20 countries - one of the largest and fastest growing social systems online.

Ofer joined Yahoo! through the acquisition of FareChase - a company he co-founded and where he served as Chief Technology Officer. The FareChase search engine now powers Yahoo! Travel.

Before starting FareChase, Ofer managed a technology group for Tecnomatix Technologies (now part of Siemens), an innovator developing software for manufacturing planning, using 3D human and robotic simulation. Ofer managed mission critical, international development projects with partners like BMW, PTC and others. Earlier, Ofer led several research and development projects for The Israeli Intelligence Corps., specializing in behavioral engineering and large scale information extraction.

Paul Levine is Current's President of New Media, leading the company's consumer engagement and monetization initiatives for online, mobile, and emerging delivery platforms.

Paul brings over a dozen years of consumer internet and online media experience to Current. Prior to joining Current, Paul led product, marketing, and customer operations for AdBrite, a leading online ad marketplace backed by Sequoia Capital. Previously, Paul was VP/GM of Local Services at Yahoo!, where he was responsible for the company’s Local, Yellow Pages, Maps, Real Estate, and Classifieds businesses. Under his leadership, Yahoo! Local grew to reach over 20 million US unique users and became widely recognized as the industry's leading local search and content destination. Earlier, Paul held a number of management positions during 5 years at E*TRADE, where he was responsible for driving record online account growth for the company.

Paul holds a BA from Amherst College and an MBA from Stanford University.