Jon Pepper
Mr. Pepper has served as an independent director since April 2006. Mr. Pepper founded Pepcom, Inc., which became an industry leader in producing press-only technology showcase events in the United States and internationally, in 1980. He sold his stake in the Company and retired as a partner at the end of 2018. Earlier in his career, Mr. Pepper founded DigitalFocus, a pioneering newsletter on digital imaging distributed to leading technology influencers worldwide, and worked as a journalist and columnist covering the emerging personal computer industry. His work on technology and innovation has appeared in The New York Times, Fortune, PC Magazine, Men’s Journal, Working Woman, PC Week, Popular Science, and other publications.
Mr. Pepper was educated at Union College in Schenectady, New York, and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. He remains active in nonprofit and private-company board work and in 2017 founded Mulberry Tree Films, a nonprofit organization that supports high-quality independent documentary films and other creative projects focused on human potential and innovation. Mulberry Tree Films produced the acclaimed documentary The Gates of Shinto and continues to develop additional projects.