Brent Hatley (Member, Advisory Board)

Brent Hatley has worked side-by-side with controversial radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge® since 2000.  During this time, Brent has managed all aspects of the show: booking and coaching talent, overseeing content and commercial production, supervising staff, and performing as an on-air talent alongside Bubba.

Since January 2006, he has been Executive Producer and Co-Host of the Bubba the Love Sponge® Show on Sirius Satellite Radio channel Howard 101 (3 pm to 7 pm ET Mon-Thurs and 10 am to 2 pm ET Friday).  Since January 2008, Brent has also produced the show for the Bubba Radio Network’s syndicated terrestrial radio stations, and the show has been the #1 rated morning show in the Tampa-Clearwater-St. Petersburg market.

Prior to their work on Sirius, Brent was Executive Producer and on-air member of Bubba the Love Sponge® Show on various stations owned by Clear Channel Communications and Jacor Communications, including WXTB/Tampa. During this time they received Radio and Records’ “Morning Show of the Year” award, among others.  Prior to that, Brent worked on the WTBT/Tampa morning show, from 1997 to 2000.  Brent’s radio background includes such positions as sports director and marketing director, in addition to positions in promotions, news and production.

Brent was also campaign manager and chief of staff for the much-publicized 2004 Bubba for Sheriff® of Pinellas County, Florida campaign, for which Bubba captured 30% of the vote.

As a member of the US Marine Corps, Brent served in Operation Desert Storm as an Aviation/Flight Operations Specialist/Gunner-Observer, the latter in CH-53E helicopters. He also received a Navy Achievement Medal for his efforts.

Brent is known for being well-read and continually educates himself about a wide array of topics.  A loyal University of Florida fan, Brent can talk sports with the best of them, both on the college and the professional level, and currently trains in Muy Thai and Jiu Jitsu (mixed martial arts). Brent is also a major history and politics buff.  He and his wife, Amanda, reside in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area.

D.B Sweeney (Member, Advisory Board)

D.B. Sweeney's films include Gardens of Stone, Memphis Belle, Fire in the Sky, The Cutting Edge, No Man's Land, Spawn, Yellow, Roommates and Eight Men Out (as Shoeless Joe Jackson).

On Television he played Dish Boggett in the landmark Lonesome Dove miniseries.  Other credits include Jericho, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Strange Luck, C-16: FBI, Harsh Realm, Life as We Know It and the Emmy Award winning Miss Rose White.

D.B. makes his debut as screenwriter, director and producer with Two Tickets to Paradise.  He was named Best Director at the Boston International Film Festival and was cited for "Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking" at Method Fest.  Other awards for the film include Best Narrative Feature at the Savannah Film Festival, the Audience Choice Award at The Vail Film Fest, Best Comic Feature at the Staten Island Fest and The Golden Appy at the Appalachian Film Festival.  D.B.'s multiple efforts on the film have also been recognized with the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival's "Renaissance Award" and by the Santa Fe Film Festival's "Best of the Independent Spirit Award" among many other awards.

An avid supporter of the Troops and their various missions, D.B.'s visited over a hundred military installations in the US, Europe and the Middle East.