Lori Anne Wardi: Founder & CEO
As CEO, Lori Anne defines the vision and strategic
direction of Dream Big Media. Inspired, passionate and
committed to success, Lori is always on the lookout for
new opportunities, relationships and partnerships to
explore.
Lori Anne began her career as an attorney at Proskauer LLP, a
top tier national law firm, where she counseled executives on
the full gamut of federal and state employment laws. She also
worked for two years as the Global Manager of Training and
Professional Development for the Technology Division of Goldman,
Sachs & Co.
In 2000, Lori Anne started her first business, Pebble Alley,
LLC, a consulting firm specializing in human capital management,
corporate training and coaching. In 2004, she co-founded Dream
Big Media, LLC and aggressively began building a valuable domain
portfolio.
Most recently, Lori Anne was the Director of Domain Strategy for
WashingtonVC, an early-stage fund and incubator. In that role,
she was responsible for managing all aspects of one of the
world’s most valuable domain portfolios, including sales,
acquisitions, monetization and development.
For a more full bio, please visit
www.LoriAnneWardi.com.
Lisa Steinke: Founder & President
As
President, Lisa defines and implements our technology and
operations strategies. Insightful, resourceful, and always armed
with a practical solution, Lisa is also our chief troubleshooter
and voice of reason.
Prior to starting Dream Big Media, Lisa was the President of
Webdrafting, Inc., an internet marketing and web development
company. Lisa is experienced in helping small businesses and
solopreneurs to build, manage and promote their products and
services on the web.
She also has a strong background in program development for
corporation and foundation funded non-profit programs. She was
part of the grant and development team at well-known College of
Osteopathic Medicine, and is also an experienced family
counselor and practitioner.
Lisa works from her home in Illinois, where she lives with her
husband and three beautiful children.
Dyanne Mercante: Director of Marketing & Promotion
As Director of Marketing and Promotion, Dyanne works on a
variety of strategic promotion, event management, public
relations and creative research and development projects.
Prior to working with Dream Big Media, Dyanne spent many years
working as an actress and print and promotional model. In
addition to starring in several television commercials, feature
films and tv shows, Dyanne has helped many companies to promote
their products and services at trade shows and events. She is
also a trained private investigator, having worked for several
years with the world renowned PI, Vinny Parco.
Immediately prior to working with Dream Big Media, Dyanne was
the Director of Event Marketing and Promotion for Domain Focus,
a UK based Conference Company.
Dyanne has a Bachelors Degree in Communications and Marketing
from Boston University.
