Executive Management

Kit Gray is the co-founder and president of PodcastOne and one of the early strategists in developing a monetization standard for the podcast industry. Gray has spent nearly two decades working with talent and developing podcast concepts across all genres, all while creating a top tier team of individuals that are experts in all aspects of podcasting from technology, advertising sales, marketing, talent booking, acquisitions, development, vodcasts, video, social media, emerging concepts and more. Gray has helmed the company to consistent representation in several of the most influential podcast company ranking charts and leads the organization to be one of the most respected and profitable companies within the industry.

Under Gray’s leadership, PodcastOne offers new and exciting concepts in this fast-growing entertainment genre including Pay Per View, slate IP development, live shows, meet and greet experiences, video and more. Gray will be leading PodcastOne in its IPO’s later this month and he and his team are well positioned for success. To date, PodcastOne boasts 3.3billion all time downloads including over 740 million downloads in 2022 alone across more than 300 episodes distributed weekly under Gray’s direction. Born and raised outside of Boston, MA, Gray is a graduate of Rollins College and holds an MBA in Finance from Crummer Graduate School of Business. Prior to co-founding PodcastOne, Gray worked extensively in media sales in some of the biggest demographic areas in the country including New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, and Chicago.

Rob is the founder, CEO, and chairman of LiveOne, Inc., driving the company’s overall strategy and leading both the LiveOne, Slacker, and PodcastOne business units. Rob developed the concept for LiveOne and founded the company in 2015, raising the initial capital and negotiating festival and distribution rights. He led the acquisition of Slacker Radio and took LiveOne public in December 2017. Rob is also the founder and managing director of Trinad Management, a Los Angeles-based hedge fund. A long-time believer – and investor – in transformative digital technology and media, Rob has launched, sold, and taken public dozens of ventures, and overseen investments in gaming companies Majesco and THQ, as well as Jaxx Pacific and many others. Prior to founding LiveOne, Rob was the Chairman of Digital Turbine, where he worked with business partner Peter Guber to successfully take the company public. He also ran, and then sold, Internet media company iWon to Barry Diller’s IAC. Rob began his career in finance, working at Eli Rothschild in institutional sales before moving to Lombard Securities. A New York native, he is a graduate of Pace University.

Eli Dvorkin has over 10 years experience in the podcasting industry. Formerly VP of Talent and Brand Partnerships at PodcastOne, Dvorkin consistently brought winning talent to the network and developed multiple Apple-ranking and award-winning shows. Prior to becoming a founding member at PodcastOne, Dvorkin worked closely with Norm Pattiz at WestwoodOne. In addition, Dvorkin was named as one of the 2022 Top 40 Under 40 in podcasting by Podcast Magazine.

Steve Lehman focuses on helping PodcastOne drive both organic and inorganic growth opportunities, as well as advising PodcastOne’s senior management on its mergers and acquisitions efforts. Mr. Lehman has extensive experience leading publicly traded companies, and contributing to both boards, and advisory boards, with companies including Vymedic Biotech, Valkyrie Bitcoin ETF, CoFoundersLab, DocuSign, Krach Institute for Tech Deplomacy, Ucode and multiple other start-ups to series A companies. Mr. Lehman was the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of the largest radio network in the US, Premiere Networks, which is now the part of iHeartRadio.

An accomplished 20 year Sales Executive, as SVP at CBS Radio under Mel Karmazin, McNamara generated a 200%+ increase in revenue to over $100 million annually. At Interep, she led ad sales for The Howard Stern Show among others and drove revenue from $100 million to $500 million for Infinity Broadcasting. Additionally, McNamara was named one of Radio Ink's "Most Influential Women in Radio" six years in a row and listed among the Top 1% of America's Most Honored Professionals.

Craig Christensen serves as the Interim Chief Financial Officer of LiveOne and its subsidiaries. Mr. Christensen is a seasoned CFO and finance executive with 25 years of experience leading financial strategy and operational excellence. He has held senior roles at global organizations, where he built and led high-performance finance teams, supported 20 M&A transactions–including buy-side deals and exits–supported a $122M public equity offering, and the execution of corporate strategy.

Prior to his appointment as the Company’s and PodcastOne’s Interim CFO, Mr. Christensen was CFO of 180 Health Services, a privately owned leader in regenerative wound care and biologics. Before that, he served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller at Montrose Environmental Group (NYSE: MEG), a fast-growing environmental services company approaching $1B in annual revenues. There, he led the global finance organization of 130 professionals, drove finance transformations, played key roles in 14 acquisitions and integrations, and supported a $122M public equity offering. Craig’s extensive career also includes VP of Finance and Controllership positions in both publicly traded and privately owned companies over the span of 16 years. Earlier in his career, he was a Manager in the Assurance and Advisory Business Services at Ernst & Young.

A Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Craig brings deep expertise across a broad range of financial disciplines, including SEC reporting, GAAP, FP&A, treasury, audit management, system design and implementations, capital markets, M&A, and building high-performance finance organizations. Mr. Christensen holds a Master of Science in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration (MSA/MBA) from Northeastern University, along with a PhD from Claremont Graduate University.