John Nolen Henneberger

John is the President and CEO of Educational Media Creations Company, LLC. . He holds degrees in Business and Economics and managed two national media companies prior to taking the helm at EMCC. He began his career in the media and entertainment business at the age of 4 when he wrote his first musical piece. Although it may have not been a Top 40 hit, it did set the stage for what has been and continues to be an amazing career in the media and entertainment industry. John’s music has been featured on NBC and MTV, and has appeared in countless movies, television and radio shows throughout the U.S. and Europe. He has shared the stage and recorded with the some of the world’s top talent including Sugar Ray, Switch Foot, Cyndi Lauper, Vanessa Carlton and Joe Chiccarelli. John lives in Richmond Virginia with his wife, two children and two dogs.

Jennifer Dalton (Marketing VP)

Jen has over 10 years experience in marketing strategy and business management. She is an active member in the entrepreneur and non-profit community in the Washington, D.C. metro area. She is also a mom, and with two boys, having great kids media is very important.
Jen attended Georgetown University where she double-majored in Human Resource Management and International Management. She recently completed her Executive MBA at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business in the spring of 2012.

Justin Laughter

Justin M. Laughter is an attorney at Gavin Law Offices, PLC located in Richmond, Virginia. He specializes in business, intellectual property and entertainment law. His experience representing clients is wide-ranging, including business formation and maintenance, general business and commercial law, intellectual property protection, licensing and enforcement, music publishing, artist and filmmaker representation. Justin practiced in the Business Section of Hirschler Fleischer, PC prior to joining the firm. In 2011, Virginia Business Magazine named Justin part of Virginia's Legal Elite. For more information on Gavin Law Offices, PLC, please visit www.gavinlawoffices.com.

Justin is also a co-founder and VP: Legal & Risk Management of Educational Media Creations Company, LLC ("EMCC"), an educational media company established in 2005 to help children feel, confident, successful and happy while learning the foundational components of elementary education. As an entertainer in EMCC's performance group, "Silly Bus," Justin performs throughout the year for thousands of children and parents. Silly Bus has released four full length albums and one EP. Our songs are broadcast on XMKids Radio and have been featured on NBC's "Today Show." For more information on Silly Bus, please visit www.sillybus.net.

Justin is a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, famous for its Grammy Awards. He also is a Crafter Guitars sponsored artist. When not creating music, Justin volunteers on several Richmond area nonprofit boards, including VBA YLD Lawyers for the Arts, Gallery5 (art gallery), C3: The Creative Change Center, AMP! Metro Richmond, bravo! (Young Professionals for CenterStage) and YRichmond.

Sam Bennett (VP of Product Development)

Sam Bennett is co-founder and VP, Product Development of EMCC, owner of LBL Recording Services, and a partner in The Company Store Productions. He lives in Midlothian, Virginia with his wife, son, and two dogs. He has a BS, Accounting from Virginia Commonwealth University and is currently completing his MS, Information Systems, also from Virginia Commonwealth University. Sam's expertise includes managing company leading financial sales teams, as well as designing and implementing commission incentive programs including sales associates through executive managers. Sam's work in audio/visual includes studio/location recording, stereo and surround mixing, and mastering of audio. He has assisted in video capture and provided location audio recording for sync to picture.

His audio credits include Robbin Thompson - Live at The National (engineered, mixed, mastered for DVD), Carbon Leaf - Live, Acoustic... And In Cinemascope (assistant engineer, mixer), Silly Bus - Classic Children's Songs (engineered, mixed, mastered for CD), Upper East Side Big Band - Live at Dogwood Dell (engineered, mixed, and mastered), and Denali - Live at The National (mixed, mastered). As a musician, he studied jazz saxophone and also plays piano, keyboards, and guitar. He has shared stages with Shawn Mullins, Huey Lewis and The News, Sugar Ray, Switchfoot, Cindy Lauper, Vanessa Carlton, and Carbon Leaf.

Robert Smith

Robert has been writing and performing music for over 20 years. He lives in Roanoke VA but travels the east coast for performing engagements and musical commitments. Robert received his B.A. from the VCU School of Music in Richmond VA. He enjoyed touring for four years with the United States Marine Band, and also working as a full time musician and bandleader at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg.

Lee Brooks

Drums, drums, and more drums. Lee has been banging away on the drums for 30 years. His passion for drums started when he heard recordings of the big sounding drum solos from the 1970's rock bands. As Lee's musical talent matured, he learned multiple playing styles including rock, jazz, Latin, and others. He has had the honor of sharing his drumming with listeners through various recordings and a multitude of live shows. For many years, he played alongside current Silly Bus member John, and like John, Lee shared the stage and recorded with the some of the world’s top talent including Sugar Ray, Switch Foot, Cyndi Lauper, Vanessa Carlton and Joe Chiccarelli.

Lee lives in Richmond Virginia with his wife and three children. In addition to his musical talents, he holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and is completing a Masters degree in Business.