Consultants
Michael Schieschke, Advisor (COO, Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik)
Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik is providing advice and support to Airship Ventures in all aspects of the operations of the NT07 airship. They are also sharing their experiences of providing a tourist "flightseeing" service as well as using the airship for scientific research and media purposes.
Beth Pursley - Public Relations
Beth’s 25 years of public relations experience include a rare niche - extensive experience in airship and air show publicity. She was retained by The Family Channel to create an airship program for the network “from the ground up.” The three-year program generated more than $15 million in national media placements, and included tie-in appearances at major air shows, including the EAA Fly-In in Oshkosh, WI. Beth was also retained by The Lightship Group to train their internal PR staff to manage the Anheuser-Busch “Bud One” airship program. She also handled public relations campaigns to drive ticket and sponsorship sales for Air Show Network - - the nation's largest independent air show producer -- coordinating media placements, media buying and on-site promotions for some of the largest air shows in the country, including San Francisco Fleet Week.
Berger Lewis Accountancy Corporation
BERGER/LEWIS is a full service firm of CPAs and business advisors with offices in San Jose and Santa Cruz, California. Our staff, of over fifty professionals, serves Silicon Valley, the greater San Francisco Bay Area and the Monterey Bay Region.
Our clients range from Internet startups to long time family businesses; from successful entrepreneurs to nonprofit organizations; from individual clients with generations of wealth to those with newly acquired assets. We strive to meet each client's needs with uncommon expertise and uncompromising dedication to excellence.
Berger Lewis, through tax partner and principal, Thomas Bondi, provides advice on tax and other financial and business matters to Airship Ventures.
Morrison and Foerster LLP
Great client service requires insight, expertise, responsiveness, proactivity, and integrity. We strive to understand each client's business, industry, and goals. We assemble the optimal team of resources from across the firm to tackle our clients' legal challenges. When we achieve a successful IPO, trial victory, or satisfying resolution of a pro bono matter, we build lasting relationships with clients by delivering results.
Partner in Morrison and Foerster LLP's San Francisco office, Robert S. Townsend, represents Airship Ventures, Inc. in the area of corporate practice.
Pillsbury Law
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has one of the oldest and broadest aviation practices, covering the entire radar screen in the field of aviation law. With decades of experience, they can advise on complex accident investigations and litigation, regulatory and enforcement matters, finance and insurance matters, securities offerings, financial restructuring, bond counsel, international trade and licensing, or tax policies. With lawyers in Washington, DC, Houston, New York, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Tokyo linked by advanced communications technology, they can offer comprehensive services to the international aviation industry.
They regularly represent clients on all continents. Among their clients are many of the world's largest aerospace companies, including aircraft, engine, and component manufacturers; top cities and airports; major air carriers; new entrants; charter operators; cargo carriers; foreign air carriers; large repair stations; international banks; the largest computer reservations systems and internet travel distributor; and leasing companies and brokers. They act as general counsel to established U.S. and international airlines and to newer carriers in Eastern Europe, South America and Asia, and handle specific assignments from spare parts consignment agreements to litigation.
Seigel Inocencio
Seigel Inocencio is a Bay Area based interface design partnership with over a decade's experience working with some of the best startups and established companies out there: Apple, Good, Handspring, Hyundai, IBM, Intuit, PalmSource, Sun and TIBCO to name a few. On a broad range and style of application design projects: "get-it-done-now" and long term future research, consumer apps, corporate apps (desktop & internet), internal apps, assorted PDAs, devices and appliances.
Townsend Public Affairs
Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. (TPA) is an intergovernmental advocacy and consulting firm specializing in transforming legacy projects from dreams into realities. By providing integrated local, state, and federal advocacy for governmental agencies, non-profit organizations, and a select group of private sector clients, TPA lives up to its motto of "doing well by doing good." TPA maintains offices in Sacramento across the street from the State Capitol and covering the Central Valley, in Orange County covering Southern California, in Oakland covering the Bay Area, and maintains on-going partnerships with offices in both Sacramento and Washington, DC. Founded in 1998, TPA has grown to be one of the top 15 advocacy firms in the state.
TPA is working with Airship Ventures to build strong ties to local governments throughout the Bay Area and explore ways that Airship Ventures can develop a successful public-private partnership working with the Bay Area state and federal delegation.