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Mike Gormley is co-founder of Los Angeles based, Yes Dear Entertainment, an artist management and marketing firm. He started as a musician and journalist in his native town Ottawa, Canada and then as a feature writer and columnist of the Detroit Free Press. He subsequently was director of P.R. at Mercury Records, then joined A&M Records where he was Vice-President of publicity and assistant to the chairman.

Gormley left A&M to start his own management firm, L.A. Personal Development (L.A.P.D.) with Miles Copeland who was then manager of The Police. Over the years, Mike has overseen the careers of several excellent artists, including The Bangles, Oingo Boingo, film composer Danny Elfman, Angelique Kidjo and Concrete Blonde. Yes Dear"s management clients include actor/musician Ronny Cox, Les Stroud ("Survivor Man"), singer-songwriters Quincy Coleman and Simon Lynge. Marketing clients include Groovaloo, The Great American Food & Music Festival, and The New York Dolls. Mike is a past president of Conference of Personal Managers and a past board member of L.A.WoMen in Music. He is presently on the board of Music Managers Forum U.S.and is on the board and is secretary of the Folk Alliance International and its executive committee. Mike is also on the Management/Legal Advisory Committee for AFTRA and a director of Ombience, a center that provides aid to musicians.