Brent Montgomery has built a media empire stemming from his roots as a dedicated and award-winning producer and self-made entrepreneur. One of the television industry’s most successful executives, he serves as Chief Executive Officer of Wheelhouse.

Prior to forming Wheelhouse, Brent served as Chief Executive Officer of ITV America following the 2014 sale of his company Leftfield Entertainment – the first US “super-indie” television production group – to UK-based, multinational media company ITV, which purchased an 80% stake for $360 million, the most lucrative deal ever made in the North American non-fiction television space.

Brent started his first company, Leftfield Pictures, in a heatless basement in New York City, selling his first television series in 2008, and selling the iconic, global hit Pawn Stars to the History channel the following year. Leveraging that success, he raised debt financing with a personal guarantee and created Leftfield Entertainment in 2013, encompassing flagship Leftfield Pictures, Sirens Media, producer of numerous hit series including the long-running The Real Housewives of New Jersey, and launching production companies Loud TV and Outpost Entertainment.

As Chief Executive Officer of ITV America, Brent oversaw ITV’s entire U.S. portfolio, which, in addition to Leftfield, included production companies such as ITV Entertainment, High Noon Entertainment and Thinkfactory Media, the creators behind hit broadcast, cable and OTT platform series, including Fixer Upper, The Four: Battle for Stardom, Hell’s Kitchen, Duck Dynasty, Queer Eye, The First 48, Pawn Stars and The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

In his role at ITV, Brent also spearheaded unprecedented strategic investments in high-profile talent deals with such luminaries as Michael Strahan, John Cena, Bethenny Frankel, La La Anthony, Lara Spencer and, most recently, Kenny Smith.

He has been named multiple times to The Hollywood Reporter’s “Reality Power List,” Variety’s “Reality Impact Report” and “Gotham 50,” and in 2016 was named Realscreen’s “Producer Extraordinaire,” entering its Hall of Fame.

Brent is a founding member of the Non-Fiction Producers Association, now NPACT after merging in 2017 with industry association PactUS, and serves on the board of directors of NPACT, the Lincoln Center Media and Entertainment Council and ITV Global Studios.

Pam Healey is President of Spoke Studios, part of Wheelhouse Entertainment, where she leads all creative efforts and growth strategies for the company.

At Spoke, Healey oversees a robust slate of unscripted and documentary projects as well as partnerships with marquee talent. The company’s current series include Netflix’s Designing Miami, as well as the platform’s upcoming Buying Beverly Hills (featuring The Agency’s Mauricio Umansky) and star-studded King of Collectibles, executive produced by Peyton Manning; Hulu’s Secret Chef, executive produced by David Chang; and History’s More Power, starring Tim Allen and Richard Karn; among many others.

Healey was previously General Manager at Warner Bros’ Shed Media for seven years, and prior to that spent a decade as Executive Vice President at High Noon Entertainment. She’s developed, sold, and executive produced series including NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?, Netflix’s 100 Humans, Bravo’s Real Housewives of New York City, NBC’s First Dates, TLC’s Cake Boss, VH1’s Basketball Wives, E!’s Eric and Jessie, Facebook’s Huda Boss, Lifetime’s Child Genius, Oxygen’s Criminal Confessions, VH1’s Tough Love, truTV’s Fast Foodies, NBC’s Genius Junior, Bravo’s Mexican Dynasties, TLC’s Long Lost Family, Lifetime’s Supernanny, Starz’s The Warriors of Liberty City, among many others.

Healey has received four Emmy® nominations for Outstanding Structured Reality Program in 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019 as part of the producing team for “Who Do You Think You Are?”

Healey received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University. Since 2015 she has served as a member of the board of directors for The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, which is dedicated to the future of music education and provides durable, high-quality musical instruments to deserving, under-funded music programs nationwide. She lives in Santa Monica with her husband and daughter.

Scott Lonker, New York based, serves as President of Kimmelot alongside the late-night host to produce unscripted, scripted and digital content across all platforms.

Formally, a Packaging Agent in Alternative Television at leading entertainment and sports agency, Creative Artists Agency. Lonker represented many of the world’s leading unscripted producers, including Imagine Documentaries, Radical Media, RAW TV, Pulse Films, Condé Nast, Matador, Eastern, 11th Street Productions, New York Magazine, NY Post, NorthSouth, Truly Original, Love Productions, BBCWorldwide, producer Glen Zipper, and filmmakers including Joe Berlinger and RJ Cutler.

Lonker began his career in the mailroom at the William Morris Agency then later joined A&E Television Networks, where he served as Vice President of Unscripted Development.

In 2009, he was featured on The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Generation list, which profiles 35 top entertainment industry executives under 35 years old. In 2016, he was listed on Variety’s New Power of New York List, featuring trailblazers in the entertainment business in Manhattan.

Deanna Markoff serves as Vice President, Creative Development for Wheelhouse. In her role she works across all vertices of Wheelhouse where she develops concepts, produces sizzles, presentations, treatments, and pilots for both scripted and unscripted, as well as digital and marketing. Creating compelling and original content, Deanna has become invaluable in helping to form the format, look and feel of a multitude of shows across an array of genres and networks, including: Netflix, Disney, BRAVO, ABC, CBS, BBC, WGN, Lifetime, History, TLC, Food Network and Discovery.

Prior to Wheelhouse, Deanna was the Executive Producer of The Real Housewives of New Jersey at ITV. She also started out her career as an editor working for Brent Montgomery in his first company Leftfield Pictures, where she rose through the ranks before crossing over to producing.

Will Nothacker is co-president of Spoke Studios, a creative content company that operates under the banner of Wheelhouse Entertainment, the media enterprise forged in 2018 by producer and media entrepreneur Brent Montgomery. Creating engaging, provocative and talent-driven content across a variety of platforms, Spoke Studios explores unique points of view with programming that spotlights extraordinary worlds, dynamic characters and human ingenuity.

Nothacker previously served as Creative Director at ITV Creative, the in-house production division set up to service ITV America’s production group, including Leftfield Pictures, ITV Entertainment, Sirens Media, Loud TV and Outpost Entertainment, among others.

Prior to ITV Creative, Nothacker was vice president of development at Leftfield Pictures, where he developed more than 30 series including American Grit (FOX), Alone (History), Bethenny & Fredrik (Bravo), Buddy’s Family Vacation (Food Network), Tackle My Ride (NFL Network) and Cutting It: in the ATL (WE tv). He also was integral to launching numerous celebrity-branded production deals, developing projects with John Cena, Michael Strahan, La La Anthony, Lara Spencer, Bethenny Frankel and others. Nothacker joined Leftfield Pictures in 2010 working as a showrunner on a variety of pilots and series, including A&E’s Monster In-Laws and Logo’s Setup Squad. (In 2013 Leftfield Pictures became part of Leftfield Entertainment, which was acquired in 2014 by ITV.)

Before joining Leftfield, Nothacker was co-executive producer on hit series Wife Swap (ABC). He began his career in television in news at CNN and went on to produce non-fiction series such as Ice T’s Rap School (VH1), Lizard Lick Towing (TruTV), Intimate Portrait (Lifetime) and the Emmy Award-winning series When I Was a Girl (WE tv).

Wally comes to Wheelhouse with 20+ years of experience managing all aspects of production for scripted, unscripted and live programs across all formats and genres. Previously, he served as executive vice president of production at All3Media America, overseeing production, post, operations, casting and music, shepherding shows that received numerous Emmy nominations and wins. Prior to All3Media, he was executive vice president of production at Studio Lambert and Tijuana Entertainment.

Matt is an experienced creator, executive producer and veteran of the game and television industry.  Over 15+ years, Matt has created, developed and produced a broad range of trailblazing content for partners like ABC, CBS, Fox, All3Media, BBC America, Condé Nast, eOne, WWE, NBCUniversal, Fremantle, IGN, YouTube and Netflix.  As a business development specialist and attorney, Matt has an established track record of strategic partnerships and brand integrations with celebrity talent like Jack Black, Big Show, Morgan Spurlock, Tim Gunn, Naomi Campbell, Craig Robinson, Tabitha Coffey and Ronan Farrow.

Prior to his work as a Media exec, Matt was a securities litigator with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, in both London and New York, handling groundbreaking international IPO’s including Turkey’s first listing on the NYSE along with pro bono work on behalf of Pakistani clients in concert with the U.S. Department of State. Matt has a J.D. from Georgetown Law, was the Associate Editor of the American Criminal Law Review and clerked for Judge Ricardo Urbina on the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C.

Matt got his break in the industry in 2005 when he sold his first show to Bravo … the critically acclaimed “NYC Prep” chronicling the lives of five prep school kids on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Since then, Matt has held executive positions at some of Media & Entertainment’s biggest companies. From Shine America to 51 Minds, Matt has created and launched formats that have sold around the world, including the international hit “The Face” and “Battle Cats” for Channel 4.

Gardner Reed serves as Vice President for Spoke Studios, a creative content company that operates under the banner of Wheelhouse Entertainment, the media enterprise forged in 2018 by producer and media entrepreneur Brent Montgomery. Creating engaging, provocative and talent-driven content across a variety of platforms, Spoke Studios explores unique points of view with programming that spotlights extraordinary worlds, dynamic characters and human ingenuity.

Before joining Spoke Studios, Gardner spent four years working in development at Leftfield Pictures, helping develop such series as The Book of John Gray for OWN and Bethenny & Fredrik for Bravo. He also worked on numerous projects across ITV America’s celebrity-branded productions, including La La Anthony’s LaLaLand, with series currently in development at several networks.

Previously, Gardner worked in field and post production on such series as Who The Bleep Did I Marry? (ID) and The Real Housewives of New Jersey (Bravo), from Sirens Media. He began his television career as an intern on the long-running Lifetime series Army Wives; he also interned for Clear Channel Radio and the DC-based casting company Carlyn Davis Casting.

Connor currently serves as the Development Manager for Spoke Studios, where he helps manage sizzles, concepts, materials, development, pre-production, production and post-production for both unscripted and scripted content across Spoke Studios and Wheelhouse.

Prior to Spoke Studios, Connor worked in television production on such shows as The Undoing (HBO), Evil (CBS), and First Wives Club (BET+). He has also produced and performed in stand-up comedy throughout the Tri-State area and is a published humor writer. He graduated from Hofstra University with a double major in Television Writing/Producing and Global Studies.