Who We Are

About Jill

Jill Jayne, MS, RD, is the country's only Rockstar Nutritionist. She is the leading expert in creating and delivering interactive media about health to kids and families.

As President and Creative Director of Note to Health, Jayne creates interactive programming that fuses health education with music.

Note To Health’s most popular program is Jump with Jill, the rock ‘n roll nutrition show and CD for elementary kids. Jill is the creator and lead performer Jump with Jill, as well as the Executive Producer of the show’s accompanying audio CD, Get Me Goin’. Jill also writes weekly on her blog “On the Beat with the Rockstar Nutritionist” chronicling her whereabouts and nutritional conundrums during her tour travels and provides critical commentary on food issues and new food products that are related to kids and families.

Jill’s experience as an off-Broadway actress, Radio Disney DJ, sketch comedy music writer and performer, and jazz pianist have also contributed to her musical expertise. In addition to being an accomplished musician, Jill is a registered dietitian with a master’s degree in nutrition education from Columbia University and a bachelor’s in nutrition and theater from Penn State University. The resulting combination launched a unique and exciting career in nutrition entertainment. Before becoming a professional Rockstar Nutritionist, Jill was writer, producer and host of the nationally syndicated, nationally-acclaimed children’s nutrition news program What’s in the News for PBS and a New York City public school teacher. 

Jill specializes in professional pizzazz at conferences and events for grown-ups. Part speech, part performance, Jill makes sure her audiences gets the facts about nutrition but in a way that they will surely remember. Jill consults with companies and organizations to re-strategize health-focused products and services. Jill is a short order cook in music production, serving as a top-to-bottom production house for original music and jingles for creative brand delivery.

Jill hails from Pittsburgh and now resides in New York City.

About Note to Health

Note to Health specializes in age-appropriate, interactive multimedia productions designed to teach kids about health. Our creations take shape as touring school assembly programs, concerts, educational music, music videos, and interactive workshops. We also train educators, parents and healthcare providers who are seeking creative ways to motivate kids to eat their vegetables and teens to ditch their morning, afternoon and evening energy drink routine. We do not like PowerPoint presentations. We believe people learn best by doing….and rocking out!

Jill’s Team

Beth A. Richman, Ed.M., Educational Consultant
Beth Richman is an educational consultant specializing in research and content development for children’s media. Beth ensures that Jill’s crazy educational concepts are clear and age-appropriate. Beth intervenes at many stages of the creative process, from listening to scratch tracks of songs Jill concocted in a dream to reading scripts sometimes hours before they will be recorded. Because of Beth, all recordings of burps include an “excuse me.”

Prior to consulting, Beth was Director of Development and Creative Executive for Scholastic Media where she managed the development and production of new television projects, including Maya and Miguel. Beth has also held several positions in the Education and Research Division of Sesame Workshop. She was Director of Content, helping to develop and implement curricula for television programming. Beth was also Assistant Director for International Research, focusing on research and content development for international co-productions of Sesame Street. As a researcher at Sesame Workshop, Beth also worked on the development of new programming, on outreach into communities, and on 3-2-1 Contact, a science and technology series. Beth is a contributing author to the book “G” is for “Growing”: Thirty Years of Research on Children and Sesame Street and has co-authored numerous articles and delivered a variety of presentations on issues related to creating educational television for children.

Beth holds a B.A. in English from Amherst College, and an Ed.M. from Harvard University.

Hamp Hampton, Agent
Hamp Hampton is CEO of Fitz Roy Media. With over 28 years of marketing, sales and top management experience in the advertising, telecommunications, international merchandise licensing and entertainment industries, Hamp represents and negotiates on Jill’s behalf with potential sponsors, clients, and media networks. Because of Hamp, Jill doesn’t do anything stupid.

Hamp is currently working with MGM Studios, HeathClif, and Funny Faces on strategic marketing, licensing, and television distribution. Prior to founding Fitz Roy Media, Hamp has spearheaded numerous national and international sales/marketing efforts for a variety of companies including Turner Broadcasting/CNN and Lee & Young International, a boutique corporate advertising agency with was a subsidiary of revenue through corporate strategic alliances. He has also built an international reputation in studios. In 1999, he created an exclusive representation alliance with the creators of Fido Dido, Pepper Ann and Angela Anaconda.

Hamp attended the University of Tennessee where he earned dual BS degrees in communications and marketing. He currently lives in Montclair, New Jersey with his wife Alejandra, and son, Ignacio.

Alison Barkman, MS, RD, Communications Manager
Alison Barkman is a Registered Dietitian with her master's in nutrition who "jumped!" at the chance to be the Communications Manager for The Rockstar Nutritionist. Alison manages media strategy, development and implementation; assists in overall company branding; and helps secure show bookings through ongoing client relations. Alison is Jill's right hand girl. Because of Alison, Jill does not have nervous breakdowns.

Alison's life prior to nutrition made her the perfect match for Jill's very targeted brand of nutrition entertainment. In addition to her expertise in nutrition, Alison holds her bachelor's in speech communications and worked for over six years in public relations for pharmaceutical and consumer health companies.

Outside of work, Alison is an avid runner, loves the Adirondacks and enjoys spending time with her husband and crazy Labrador, Toby. Alison will be on maternity leave November through February.

Mark Jayne, Associate Communications Manager
Mark Jayne is always Employee of the Year for tolerating his sister for most workdays and holidays. A sensational guitar player and music arranger, Mark recorded and composed for the Jump with Jill CD Get Me Goin’. Mark assists in overall company strategy, crowd control, crisis management, guitar wammying and PR outreach. Because of Mark, Jill has someone to tell what she really thinks.

Mark spent years with and without his sister playing in rock bands that have toured the country wide, including appearances on the Vans Warped Tour and The Next Great American Band on FOX, and has had his music played on ESPN.

Mark is a graduate of Penn State University in Corporate Communications.

Christine Field, Costume Designer/Stylist
Chris Field is a New York based designer and stylist. Chris makes Jill’s vision for a character come to life through their look. Because of Chris, Jill gets to wear many of the things she wears daily (like Converse shoes and studded belts) as part of her professional dress.

Designing in all areas of children’s television she has worked with Nickelodeon designing the hit smash The Naked Brothers Band, commercials for Playful Parent and Nick Jr and Noggin with Laurie Berkner. Chris is currently working on a new weekly television show for Nintendo and Wii TV. She has styled for The Today Show, Good Morning America, Tiger Beat and The Kid’s Choice Awards. Chris also designs for theatre, opera, and dance working regionally and in New York with such companies as The Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Primary Stages, The Philadelphia Theatre Company and The Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis.

Chris received her MFA from North Carolina School of the Arts.

Michael Rosen, Sound Engineer
Michael Rosen is a powerhouse, industry standard for sound engineering. Michael mixed and mastered the Jump with Jill CD. Because of Michael, Jill has independent music that is radio play quality.

Michael has engineered and produced records with Rancid, Less Than Jake, AFI, Tesla, The Donnas, Santana, and Journey.

Loren Israel, A&R
Loren Israel is a music producer in Hollywood, CA who specializes in developing independent artists. Loren worked with Jill and her band beginning in 2007 only to discover that her knack for kid’s music was far superior. Because of Loren, Jill wrote the best music of her life to date for the Jump with Jill album.

As an A&R executive for Capitol, Loren brought Less Than Jake, Jimmy Eat World, and Annie Stella. He independently produced and signed The Hippos to Interscope Records, Automatic 7 to A&M / Vagrant Records and Jason Morphew to Sony Music. He was as an A&R consultant to Jimmy Eat World's self-titled CD for DreamWorks. Outside of Capitol Records, Loren began developing independent artists in 2001. Loren scouted and developed the Plain White T's. He produced and managed the bands first two albums Stop (2001) and All That We Needed (2005). He was directly responsible for the band establishing a marketing presence on MySpace with 200,000+ friends. The popularity of the band garnered them a deal with Hollywood Records in 2006 and released Every Second Counts September, 2006. Loren worked on Sugarcult's 2006 album Lights Out released in September. Loren currently does A&R consulting for Virgin Records, Epic Records, and Warner Bros. Records, and also continues to develop new talent through Band Boot Camp and Music Mentor Program.

Tom Deja, Graphic Design
Tom Deja is head hancho at Bossman Graphics. Seduced long ago by the glamorous, diamond-studded, go-go lifestyle of a graphic designer, Tom Deja now finds himself addicted to the white knuckle thrills that only brand identities, marketing materials and retail signage can deliver. After long emails and discussions, Tom can find the art to represent an entire idea through a single, unique icon. Tom is responsible for the Jump with Jill logo, the Note to Health logo, and the entire presentation of the Jump with Jill CD. Because of Tom, NTH is represented by a broccoli floret guitar.

An award-winning illustrator, Tom is also a veteran of the 90s Garage Punk scene, and has worked for obscure bands as well as huge corporations along the way; creating logos, posters, web sites, record covers, and everything in between. While he was Creative Director for Star Farm Productions in Chicago, their "Edgar & Ellen" books were turned into an animated series for the Nicktoons Network, and used for Target's 2007 Halloween promotion. Most recently, Tom was tapped to help brand the newly relaunched Weekly World News, as well as Dean Valentine's Comedy.com, and to design the upcoming Touch & Go Magazine book, due in 2010.

When he's not drawing or designing, he's collecting music, art, Frankenstein junk, and throwing a tennis ball to his dog, Chimpy.

Steve Tolin, Web Guy
Steve Tolin is CEO of Eveolin.com, which specializes in producing finely crafted custom websites that allows an individual or community to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of users and content.

Steve builds and maintains the infrastructure for NTHs web presence, equipping staff with the know-how to utilize the technology to protect company sanity. Because of Steve, your booking inquiries do not get lost in cyberspace.

When he isn't hunched over a computer staring at code, he can be found exploring the northern woods of Michigan or sitting in a boat on a secluded lake with his fishing line either in the water or in a knot.

Trevor Gast, Producer
Ever since the 10th grade, when Trevor quit the football team to join the school choir, Trevor has been composing music of all varieties, from rock songs to emotional film scores. In order to feed his hunger for music (and football) he graduated from Penn State University with a B.M. in Music Composition in 2004 and continued on for graduate studies in Composition and Theory. Trevor has been actively producing music for rock bands and solo artists in between writing film scores for student films and musicals for youth summer camps. Trevor first produced "Rock on State" for Penn State University with Jill, which was released in 2007. With his production prowess and the sense of humor of a 10 year old, Trevor smoothly transitioned with Jill into kids music with the completion of Get Me Goin’ for Jump with Jill in 2008. Trevor takes Jill’s scratch demos and verbal ideas for a song, and turns them into full, coherent ideas. Because of Trevor, the Jump with Jill CD features the loudest burps known to human kind.

Trevor lives with his wife music teacher wife, Helen, in Harrisburg, PA where they will surely be making musical children.

Howard Leib, Legal
Howard Leib is an intellectual property and entertainment attorney and consultant with his own practice in NYC. Howard registered NTH’s many production titles with the U.S. Trademark Office. Because of Howard, Jill sleeps a lot better at night.

Through the years, Howard has worked with artists such as Whitney Houston, BB King, Kiss, Raffi, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Bob McGrath of Sesame Street. Howard publishes Bra!ncamp news, a weekly newsletter on the kids’ entertainment industry, and hosts an yearly conference for industry professionals. Howard currently teachers “entertainment law for producers” at NYU’s school of continuing and professional studies and is on the advisory board for metropolitan college’s masters in media program.

Howard holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and urban studies from Columbia University and received his Juris Doctor with honors from Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law. He has two children, Abby, age 21 and josh, age 17, who have had a dubious distinction of serving as a test audience for the many projects he is asked to review each month.

Michael Overn, Legal
Michael Overn is an entertainment lawyer based in Mamaronek, NY. Michael’s client roster includes an impressive list of creators and songwriters securing financing and partnership agreements. Michael always answers his phone when Jill calls. Because of Michael, Jill sleeps a lot better at night.

Gaellissa Francis, Production Assistant
Since it is her mission to maintain childlike wonder and fun in the importance of education, being a member of Team Jill helps her to do just that! Gael assists Jill in many aspects NTH behind the scenes, from loading equipment onsite to internet promotion offsite. Gael’s favorite part of NTH is the dress code: bright colors and skinny jeans! Because of Gael, Jill feels like the coolest boss ever.

Gael has worked as a production assistant at Sesame Street and is currently PAing at Dora the Explorer!

Gaellissa Francis is recent University of Florida graduate, having earned her B.S. in Telecommunication Production.

Laura Desantis-Olsson, photography
Laura Desantis-Olsson specializes in photography of musicians, from live concerts to portraiture. Nearly all the photographs you see from NTH are Laura’s work. Because of Laura, I look better in photographs than I do in real life.

Laura has worked in venues large, small, and famous, from Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ, to small, intimate settings like coffee houses and basement studios, to CBGB’s. She gravitates toward the music artist as her subject because of her intense connection with song lyrics that can express what she cannot say. Her work is a drive to capture this emotion through photograph.

Laura graduated from the college of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University in 2004, earning a bachelor’s degree in photography and fine art.

Jonathon Rosenthal, IT Support
Jonathon Rosenthal is the co-owner of JonKeith Communications, an IT consulting firm that specializes in the needs of small business. Jon resurrects Jill’s Blackberry and makes her computer incapable of losing files. Because of Jon, no NTH computer has even been thrown out of a window.