Dan Kenny Executive Producer, IVTV & Chicago Productions

Producer/Owner of Chicago Productions and IVTV, Dan Kenny, has been in sales and marketing for most of his career. Moving to the tropical paradise, West Palm Beach, Florida in the early 90's, Dan began his career in the financial services industry with a major credit card processing bank, First American. Learning processes of sales, marketing and management in corporate America would later prove to be invaluable. Dan always had an interest in video production. With passion and determination, he continued to study all phases of the industry and trained with the industry standard tools, soon to realize the dream of producing regional, national and international broadcast TV shows and other productions.

The move back to the Illinois Valley after getting married was an unexpected one, but proved to be the move of a lifetime... Chicago Productions was born. Now, in an attempt to bring his experience and creativity to our community, local broadcasts are the focus of the company with the new Network, IVTV. From the Illinois Valley to Wisconsin, Iowa to Indiana, You will be sure to see a show produced by CP in every area soon.

Kathy Casstevens Producer, IVTV

Hello! I'm Kathy Casstevens. I'm a native of the Illinois Valley and proud of it. Many of you may remember me as Kathy Spitzmiller from my days as News Director/Anchor of TV51 (the first low-power TV station in IL). I had so much fun with that job, where I wrote/produced over 10,000 newsstories. I am a graduate of IVCC and Purdue University (BA'82) where I double-majored in Public Relations/Marketing & Photography. I am looking forward to all the good things IVTV can do for this community. I am the mother of two great teenagers -- both are 4th generation students at LP High School. I am busy with my full-time job as Director of Marketing for Starved Rock Lodge, but I have a passion for TV, so let's get started with some great productions.

Kelli Whightsil Producer, IVTV

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Ryan Matthew Ziegler Associate Producer, IVTV

Ryan Matthew Ziegler was born and raised in Princeton, IL. After graduating high school, he moved to the Quad Cities and found himself in the position of overnight DJ at WHTS All Hit 98.9. That soon led to a producer/sidekick position on KCQQ Q106.5's top rated Dwyer & Michaels morning show. Though exciting and rewarding, by 21 he was ready to pursue his real passion: filmmaking and acting. Returning to the Illinois Valley, he enrolled at IVCC and began appearing in many college productions, as well as co-founding the IVCC Improv Troupe and The Goodtime Slims, a sketch and musical comedy team. In 2005, he appeared on the IFC show Ultimate Film Fanatic, along with Henry Rollins, Tatum O'Neil, and Keith David. Ryan has spent the last two years in Chicago, where he attends Columbia College and is a film major with a concentration in Directing and Screenwriting. His latest 16mm short, The Return of Joe Victory, was voted best film of the semester in his course and is currently awaiting festival acceptance. He recently finished his first feature length screenplay, the end-of-the-world horror/comedy Nigh. In Chicago, Ryan also studied improvisation at the famed Improv Olympic (iO). Actively working as an actor in the Chicagoland area and keeping his eye towards his final semester in Los Angeles, Ryan is excited to help launch IVTV and The Review!

OUR OTHER PRODUCER"S PHOTOS & BIO ARE COMING SOON!