Tony Acone

Tony Acone was born and reared in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After college, Tony attended the University of Detroit School of Dentistry, where he was elected President of his class. Although Tony liked the academic and research side of dentistry, he was less attracted to mechanical aspects of the profession. Discerning prior to graduation that his true vocation lay in business, Tony in 1968 began a 30-year career with cable television pioneer Bill Daniels, often called "The Father of Cable Television."

In 1969, Tony built, launched, and operated for Bill the nation's first cable television, full-color origination studio in Palm Desert, California. He served as Vice President & Director of Programming for that operation until 1972. While working in this capacity, Tony also served as Chairman of the California State Cablecasting and Programming Committee from 1969 until 1972, and was named a Cable Television Pioneer by the California Cable Television Association in 1971.

In 1972, Tony became Vice President & General Manager of Daniels operations in Texas. He moved in 1975 to Nebraska, where he assumed the duties of Vice President & District Manager for Daniels properties that covered Lincoln and thirteen southeast communities in the Cornhusker State. While working in Nebraska, Tony chaired the National Cable Television Association's Cable Services Committee and also established the CableACE Awards.

Tony in 1979 became President of Daniels Cablevision, Inc., which was headquartered in Carlsbad, California. While there, he also oversaw development and construction of the Daniels Communications Center.

In 1982, Tony began development of Prime Ticket Sports Network, bringing together Bill Daniels and Dr. Jerry Buss (former co-owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and the Great Western Forum). Prime Ticket launched in 1985, offering regional sporting events to southern California and the western states.

Tony also started Prime Network, a national network of regional sports events and content, serving as President & CEO of Prime Ticket from 1985 until 1989. He was appointed Assistant to the Chairman in 1989. Prime was subsequently sold and became the Fox Sports Network.

Proceeds from the sale of businesses that Tony started for Bill Daniels eventually constituted almost $800,000,000 of the billion dollars that served as the financial base for the Daniels Fund, a charitable foundation created by Bill Daniels. Tony is a member of the Board of Directors of the Daniels Fund, which is based in Denver, Colorado.

Tony's active career has kept him involved in community affairs. He has been president of two chambers of commerce and a local Better Business Bureau. Tony is also past Chairman of The Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation in Lincoln, as well as his local United Way. Tony and his wife, Sonnie, have been active supporters of the Women's Resource Center in North San Diego County and Miriam House in the Palm Springs and Palm Desert area. Tony and Sonnie actively support a number of charitable agencies, including Teammates, Junior Achievement, St. Monica's, Blue Angel Foundation, Madonna Hospital, Clinic with a Heart, St. Joseph's Home for Children, Lighthouse After School Program and The Julia Greeley Home for Women.

Tony is currently a Senior Advisor to Tiatros, Inc. He is active in the development of (and serves as a consultant to) several companies, including goIDit, located in Lincoln, Nebraska. Tony and Sonnie currently divide their time between homes in Palm Desert, California, and Lincoln, Nebraska.

An avid golfer, Tony is a member of BIGHORN Golf Club in Palm Desert, California, and Hillcrest Country Club in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Richard J. Wall, Jr.

Richard J. Wall, Jr., is a native of St. Louis and an honors graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he received degrees in philosophy and law.
While an undergraduate at Notre Dame, Mr. Wall won the University's O'Hagan and Follet Essay Prizes. At Notre Dame Law School, he was a Cavanaugh Scholar and the Founding Administrator of the Notre Dame Estate Planning Institute.

Mr. Wall is retired from Kansas City-based Cerner Corporation, where he served as its first Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary. In that capacity, he helped grow Cerner from a small, closely held healthcare technology startup, led the company through its IPO, and then participated in its transition to what is now a multi-billion dollar public company.

Before leaving Cerner after a career of almost two decades, Mr. Wall also served in a number of business capacities, including Vice President of Administration (including Human Resources), Vice President of Client Relations, and Vice President of Client Development. He was in many respects a "trouble shooter" who resolved both legal and business problems.

Since then, Mr. Wall has done pro bono legal work in both Wyoming and Nebraska as an Allied Attorney for the Alliance Defending Freedom. He has also worked in partnership with Tony Acone, a retired technology CEO, to deliver business consulting services, primarily to high technology companies in Silicon Valley and the Pacific Northwest.

Mr. Wall is licensed to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court and the Supreme Courts of Kansas, Missouri, Wyoming and Nebraska. His currently active state license is in Nebraska.

Mr. Wall is also a journalist whose newspaper columns or other writings have appeared in The Kansas City Star, Our Sunday Visitor, The Wall Street Journal, The Wyoming Lawyer and other local and national publications.

Mr. Wall is also co-author of a chapter on business ethics in a 2016 textbook for MBA students.  He has in addition edited three books, two of them scholarly publications.

Mr. Wall has given interviews on CNN, CNN International, Fox News, the ABC-TV affiliates in Los Angeles and Chicago as well as the local NPR and CBS-TV affiliates in Wyoming.

Mr. Wall is active in professional, community and religious organizations. He is a member of the Nebraska State Bar Association, the National Lawyers Association and its Commission for the Protection of Constitutional Rights, as well as a member of the Catholic Bar Association.

Mr. Wall is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees for The Lyceum School in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a member of Legatus, a Knight Commander in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, and a Knight of Magistral Grace in the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (commonly known as "The Knights of Malta").

Mr. Wall was also a founding Trustee of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C., until its sale to the Knights of Columbus for use as a shrine.

At the parish and local level, he is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Legion of Mary, and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

Since his marriage to the former Miss Margaret Blewett in 2002, Mr. Wall has lived in both Wyoming and Nebraska. Mr. Wall also took a sabbatical to Italy and lived in Florence during 2005 and 2006 while doing graduate study in philosophy at a Pontifical University in Rome.