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Jerrick Announces Completion of Recent Financing, Release of Vocal Sentiment Feature and Board Decision to Appoint Mark Standish as Future Chairman of the Board
Jerrick Announces Completion of Recent Financing, Release of Vocal Sentiment Feature and Board Decision to Appoint Mark Standish as Future Chairman of the Board.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nJerrick Announces Completion of Recent Financing, Release of Vocal Sentiment Feature and Board Decision to Appoint Mark Standish as Future Chairman of the Board\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJerrick Announces Completion of Recent Financing, Release of Vocal Sentiment Feature and Board Decision to Appoint Mark Standish as Future Chairman of the Board\nPR Newswire\nFORT LEE, N.J., Oct. 30, 2019\n\n\n\nFORT LEE, N.J., Oct. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Jerrick Media Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: JMDA) (the \"Company\" or \"Jerrick\") has announced the decision of its board of directors to appoint Mark Standish, former co-CEO of RBC Capital Markets and a Jerrick investor, as its new Chairman. Mr. Standish's induction as Chairman will come in conjunction with a number of other planned additions to the board.\n\n \n \n\n \nIn preparation for these upcoming appointments, former board member Andrew Taffin has formally stepped down from his position. Remarked Jerrick CEO Jeremy Frommer, \"We're grateful to Andy for his years of service to Jerrick during the earlier part of its corporate history and he is someone whose counsel has come to mean a great deal to me personally.\"\nFuture chairman of the board Mr. Standish has enjoyed a long career in finance since 1977. He joined the Royal Bank of Canada in 1995 and served as co-CEO of RBC Capital Markets from 2008 to 2014. During his tenure, Mr. Frommer twice served under Mr. Standish, first as Head of RBC's Merger Arbitrage Trading Group and again as Head of RBC's Global Prime Services Group (GPS) subsequent to the acquisition of Frommer's Carlin Financial Group.\nSince 2017, Standish has served as a Senior Partner for HHM Capital.\n\"In addition to being a mentor and friend, Mark brings deep expertise in financial services, strategic growth, and organizational development acquired over the course of an impressive career,\" said Jerrick CEO Jeremy Frommer. \"With Standish at the helm of our Board, and with the valuable contributions of the other board members, including current Chairman Leonard Schiller, I have co...