EXCLUSIVE: Gersh has promoted veteran brokers Debra Goldfarb and Mark Turner to Co-Heads of Different.
The pair take the highest job from Alec Shankman, who transitioned into administration firstly of the yr. Others newly promoted at Gersh embrace Annie Gaspar (Expertise), Sydney Rosenzweig (Digital), Marisa Yocca (Digital) and Brett Bennett (Different) to Agent.
A Accomplice at Gersh with greater than three a long time of expertise in different and unscripted tv, Goldfarb joined the company in 2017 and can proceed to rep main expertise and manufacturing firms whereas increasing the company’s unscripted slate, together with alternatives on the intersection of leisure and sports activities. She started her profession at William Morris, rising by way of the ranks to symbolize on-camera expertise, producers, and manufacturing firms, earlier than becoming a member of CAA, the place she helped co-launch the Different Actuality division, and changing into a Accomplice and Co-Proprietor of Insurgent Leisure Companions.
With three a long time of expertise throughout unscripted tv and digital media, Turner started his profession at Abrams Artists Company, the place he launched the Host/Broadcast Division and helped construct it into a number one power in unscripted programming. Over the course of his profession, he has represented high-profile hosts, personalities, and specialists, later increasing into digital media to symbolize creators and manufacturing firms shaping the brand new media panorama. He joined Gersh as Senior Vice President of Different Programming in January 2024.
“Debra and Mark every deliver deep expertise and a robust monitor report, and each have performed a significant position in constructing and advancing Gersh’s Different enterprise,” the company’s President Leslie Siebert mentioned. “Their management and long-standing relationships have helped form the division into what it’s at the moment, and we’re assured they are going to proceed to drive its development and success. We’re additionally proud to acknowledge this broader group of promotions throughout the company, which mirror the depth of our groups and our dedication to growing expertise internally.”
New promotee Bennett started his profession at ICM Companions and A3 earlier than becoming a member of Gersh as a part of the acquisition of A3’s Digital and Different divisions in 2024. His work spans the Different division in addition to the company’s model retainer shoppers.
Gaspar began her profession at 3 Arts Leisure earlier than transferring to New York and dealing for the Tribeca Pageant. She joined Gersh as an assistant in Expertise earlier than being promoted to coordinator in 2024.
Rosenzweig started her profession as a digital assistant at A3 earlier than becoming a member of Gersh by way of the company’s acquisition. She was promoted to coordinator within the Digital division later that yr.
Yocca joined Gersh by way of the acquisition of A3, the place she had labored as an assistant within the Digital division. She was beforehand promoted to coordinator in 2024.
Gersh has additionally not too long ago made quite a few promotions to Coordinator. These elevating to that submit embrace Sam Epstein (Expertise), Tommy Harnage (Expertise), Blake Maley (Expertise), Annabelle Cook dinner (Digital), Chinazam Nnorom (Digital), Alicia Chen (Under the Line), Kamiran Waddle (Under the Line), Hope Lawson (TV Lit), and Donovan Wang (TV Lit).
The promotions come throughout a interval of great development at Gersh, together with the current appointments of Jessica Lacy as Head of Movie Finance and Distribution and April Tombs as Head of Branding & Endorsements, the company’s growth into 17 nations, and the launch of recent divisions in digital, voice, and sports activities illustration.
