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Donald is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Tenderfoot TV. Originally from California, he has spent the last 20 years working in Atlanta’s music industry, with a focus on marketing, management and A&R. In 2016, he partnered with Payne to launch Tenderfoot TV and has since helped to shape the company’s business model and growth strategy.

Meredith is a New Orleans native whose love for storytelling lead her to work on a variety of film projects after graduating from Emory University in Atlanta. She started her journey with Tenderfoot TV as an avid “Up and Vanished” listener, and joined the team to write, co-host and produce on several hit shows like “Atlanta Monster” and “Up and Vanished Season 2.”

Eric is an Atlanta native and Georgia State University graduate. He has spent the last 10 years working in sports and news talk radio, as well as hosting and producing an Atlanta United podcast for the last five years. He serves as a podcast editor and producer and is currently working on unscripted projects “Up and Vanished Season 3,” “Radio Rental,” and other upcoming scripted projcets.

Mason experienced the “Up and Vanished” phenomenon from the beginning, first as Payne’s younger brother assisting in the investigation, then as Tenderfoot’s first employee. He works as an associate producer on all Tenderfoot shows, all while balancing classes for his bachelor’s degree in business.

Jaime has been an “Up and Vanished” fan since day one.  She earned her Bachelor of Sociology from Kennesaw State University in 2013 and completed Forensic Interview training in 2014.  While earning her Master of Social Work from Valdosta State University in 2018, she discovered a love for research and fact finding.  

Payne is a director, and award-winning documentary filmmaker. The Atlanta area native founded Tenderfoot TV in 2016, co-creating and hosting the company’s flagship show “Up and Vanished,” which spawned Tenderfoot’s first television series by the same name.  Payne would also host the critically acclaimed “Atlanta Monster” and the anthology series “Radio Rental.”

Μike is a Full Sail University graduate with a major in Film. The Orlando native has worked as a freelance videographer, camera operator, and production manager for commercials, documentaries and music videos, including producing original content for Spotify. He serves as a podcast editor/producer, and well as a producer for Tenderfoot’s TV/film projects.

Matthew is a Nashville native with a 20 plus year background in music production, working as a composer, writer and sound designer on independent albums, shorts and feature films, including the upcoming Godizilla vs Kong (Legendary). As a producer for Tenderfoot, he oversees sound design and music production.

MAKEUP AND VANITY SET is an American electronic musician who has been creating dark, expansive electronic music for the past two decades. His unique sound provided the score to the critically acclaimed “Atlanta Monster.” MAVS work continued on several Tenderfoot projects as the company’s signature sound, with more original scores and soundtracks to come.

Cooper Skinner is an award winning sound designer and composer. He has had the pleasure of working with companies such as Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Adult Swim, Hulu, Coca-Cola, Samsung, Dropbox, Audible Inc, FX, Trivago, TBS, Mike’s Hard and many more. He graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design with his B.F.A and M.F.A. in sound design.