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.

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, as well as a producer for Tenderfoot’s TV/film projects.

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 projects.

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.

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.

Devin is an award winning mix engineer with more than 20 years of audio experience working with multi-platinum recording artists like Jeezy, Gucci Mane, Killer Mike, and Drake. Recently Devin worked on several Tenderfoot TV projects including Whistleblower and To Live and Die in LA season 2.

Jon is no stranger to podcasting, having previously led partnerships, operations, and show development at Resonate Recordings for titles like Culpable and Undetermined. As Tenderfoot TV’s Supervising Producer Jon supports the team as they continue development and production on new shows. A Pittsburgh native Jon now resides in sunny South Florida.

Dylan has 10 years experience producing in the film industry, specializing in commercials, social media and music videos for a variety of brands. As a Creative Producer, he’s responsible for our Youtube visuals and has worked on Up and Vanished and High Strange. He even tried to make a homemade UFO… it didn’t fly ????

After falling victim to a financial scheme, Celisia created her own crime podcast, Truer Crime, to dive deeper into the criminal justice system. She is a writer on several upcoming Tenderfoot shows, and when she’s not podcasting, she’s a photographer, high school debate coach, and mother to three cats (Piedmont, Jean Jacques, and Newton).

Jordan is an Atlanta-based producer with a background in documentary filmmaking and non-profit work. She is a graduate of the University of Georgia (Sociology/Film Studies), and also completed post-graduate studies at Fuller and UCLA. A long-time fan of true crime podcasts, she’s now made true crime her job!

Alex is an award winning audio producer for his work on the Tenderfoot podcasts To Live and DIe in LA, and Whistleblower. He’s also worked with Steph Curry’s company Unanimous, Audible, Spotify, Netflix, and more. In addition to working on new Tenderfoot originals, Alex also heads up Tenderfoot’s production services venture, Tenderfoot Labs.

Growing up equally frightened and fascinated by the horror genre, Aprile eventually accepted her calling as a full-fledged consumer and creator of horror content. Since graduating from NYU’s Tisch School, Aprile has worked as an editor on a variety of projects in independent film and reality television. She continues to merge her passion for spooky storytelling and sound design as a host of Rattled & Shook.

Steven is an Atlanta native with over 20 years of experience in the music and film industry, working as a filmmaker, composer, sound designer, and podcast producer. He has worked on several award-winning hit podcasts for iHeartMedia, Aaron Mahnke’s Grim & Mild, and Blumhouse Television and now brings his experience and obsession with storytelling to Tenderfoot TV.

Dayton grew up in Chapel Hill, NC. With over 20 years of experience in the music industry working with Grammy award-winning producers and engineers as a session musician, sound designer, and composer in film and TV, he has brought his expertise to 10 #1 podcasts, and received an Ambie nomination for best original musical score for Culpable Season 2.

Tia is a long-time true crime fan who brings her organizational superpowers to Tenderfoot as Executive Assistant. A Navy Brat turned Army Wife, she has lived around the globe and swears Home is where the Wi-Fi is. Tia keeps the team running smoothly with everything from scheduling to research—fueled by her love of color-coded spreadsheets and giant iced coffees.