Jeffrey
M. "Mark" Tillery, Esquire, a Florida native, Founder and Senior
Managing Partner of J. M. Tillery & Associates,
P. A. and its predecessor firm J. M. Tillery & Associates, LLC, began his
broadcast career in 1975 at the age of 14 as a radio announcer on 500 watt
WTRS-AM 920 Dunnellon, Florida. A graduate of the University of
Florida, College
of Business Administration, Mark has held various positions within the radio
broadcast industry including morning drive air personality; talk show host;
program director; account executive; sales manager; vice-president/general
manager; and station owner, having successfully "turned-around"
several under performing radio stations during his career. A few of the
positions and Central Florida radio stations included on Mark's resume include
Program Director (1977-1981) and later General Manager (1997-1999) at WTMC-AM
1290
Ocala; Operations Manager (1981-1983) at WGGG-FM
97.7 Gainesville; on-air personality
(1983-1984) and later sales (1984-1986) at WDOQ-FM
101.1 Daytona Beach-Orlando; General Manager (1986-1986) at WYFB-FM
90.5 Gainesville; General Sales Manager (1986-1987) at WAPE-FM 95.1
Jacksonville; programming (1987-1987) at WMMZ-FM 93.7 Ocala-Gainesville;
Vice-President and General Manager (1987-1997) at WFEZ-FM
92.1
Williston-Gainesville; sales executive (1997-1997) at WNDT-FM
92.5 Alachua-Gainesville; General Manager (1998-1999) at WYOC-FM
104.9 High Springs-Gainesville; General Manager (2006-2006) at
WIFL-FM 104.3 Crystal River; and General Manager (2009-2009) at WELE-AM
1380 Ormond Beach-Daytona Beach. Mark is the founder of
Hunter-Arnette Corporation; The Florida Broadcasting News Network,
Incorporated;
Rahall Communications Corporation;
Microdigitech Corporation; AMFM License Holdings, Incorporated; J. M. Tillery
& Associates, LLC; General
Media International, Incorporated; J. M. Tillery Investments, LLC; The J. M.
Tillery Institute International; New
York Capital Group, LLC; and is a director with the venture capital and hedge
funding firm New York Capital Partners, LLC.
In addition to broadcast,
real estate and finance, Mark has held various civic, political and charitable
offices including various local
citizen advisory board memberships in his hometown of Ocala, Florida. Mark is
also a past Chairman and organizer
of a local Political Action Committee; a past member of the Florida State
Executive Committee of a major
political party and has been involved with United Way fund-raising. J. Mark Tillery currently
manages J. M. Tillery & Associates, P. A. main office located in Orlando,
Florida in addition to managing its New
York City office. Mark travels extensively between Orlando, New York and Miami.
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