Green Room International Productions, LLC (GRIP) is an Athens, GA based media company capable of advertising, marketing and public relations. GRIP offers in-house video, audio and web production, which provides clients with full-service, cost-effective solutions. GRIP specializes in video creation and marketing for private transportation companies, as well as the music industry, but is also able to meet all audio, video, web or print needs.

Ryan Kelly, (rkelly@griproductions.com) CEO, has received national acclaim for the impact that his public service has made on the private and public transportation industry. Just recently he received the “Pacesetter Award” from the University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences acknowledging his successful ability to interface public and private sectors.

He takes pride in corroborating with community development advocates and promoters of renewable energy. Kelly is an expert in federal grant research, writing, evaluation, and administration. He has developed successful grant applications for federal agencies, including Environmental Protection Agency, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Transit Administration, United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Department of Education, United States Department of Health and Human Services, USDA Rural Development, and Bureau of Indian Affairs as well as many state and foundation grants.

Ryan Kelly has managed grant projects covering public transportation, community development projects and credit union research, literacy, secondary education, housing, economic development, public infrastructure development, and emergency preparedness planning. Kelly’s concepts have been implemented by the State of Georgia, saving taxpayers millions of dollars while making public sector programs more efficient and cost effective.

Drake Dunaway, (ddunaway@griproductions.com), Creative Projects Lead, specializes in graphic design templates, advertisement, print media, and clever brand imaging. Primarily an illustrator by trade, Drake is a multimedia extraordinaire in pen + ink, pencil, oil, acrylic, and computer-aided drawing though programs such as Adobe CS5 Photoshop and Illustrator. Other tools include Adobe InDesign, Soundbooth, and basic Acrobat. In addition to these tasks, Drake provides Spanish translation and technical copywriting when and where needed. Occasionally, he lends his voice to commercials edited in the GRIP sound studio.

Drake is a graduate of the University of Georgia with dual degrees in Consumer Economics and Spanish Language. He resides near Atlanta.

Benson Greene, (Ext. 2040, bgreene@griproductions.com) Director of Media Productions, is the master of all things media. One of his most recent accomplishments includes winning “Audience Choice” award in the 2010 Flagpole Music Awards for his direction of Athens’s “She Don’t Even Know”. During GradyFest 2008, two of his productions won awards: “Facebook Girl” for “Best of Show” and “Level 84″ for “Best Sound Design”. He won “Best Picture” during The University of Georgia’s Campus Movie Fest for his short film “In the Air Tonight”. He graduated from UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication with an A.B.J. in Telecommunication Arts. He is competent in Final Cut Pro Studio 3.0, After Effects, and Photoshop.

Steve Crawford, (scrawford@terrapinblue.com) Media Project Manager, oversees the logistics of media projects, assists in video editing, the creation of video graphics and well as helping with camera work, and even lighting and audio on video shoots. With an associates in Audio Engineering degree from Full Sail University and 20 years experience in Stage, Theater, and Music Production Steve runs GRIP’s state-of-the-art recording studio.