After more than 25 successful years in the radio industry, Lee Zapis joined forces with other family members

and formed Zapis Capital Group in 2003. Since that time, the privately held company has made a number of investments including Symphony Publishing, Lucidyx and Groundscape.

While in the broadcast field, Mr. Zapis was president of Zapis Communications, a closely held corporation that owned and operated radio stations in Cleveland, Akron and Youngstown, Ohio, as well as Atlanta and Boston.



Under his leadership, many of these stations received national broadcast awards, including Billboard

Magazine's Black Radio Station of the Year; Program Director of the Year; Music Director of the Year and Air Personality of the Year.



Zapis Communications stations were also repeatedly nominated for the Marconi award, the highest honor of

the National Association of Broadcasters. Mr. Zapis also served on the Arbitron Advisory Council for a number

of years. Zapis Communications sold its last radio holdings in 1999.

Mr. Zapis is also managing director of Z2 Ventures, an LLC that invests in early-stage technology companies.

Z2's investments include: Everstream (www.everstream.com); AdSpace Networks (www.coolsign.com);

Advanced Imaging Systems; Simbionix (www.simbionix.com) and Media One Group which owns radio stations

in Jamestown, New York.

He is vice chairman of the Orthodox Christian Network, a national radio ministry (www.receive.org) and was

recently named to the advisory board of the Nashville Songwriters Foundation. The Nashville Songwriters Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit foundation, dedicated to honoring and preserving the songwriting legacy of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.(www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com).

A graduate of Cleveland State University, Mr. Zapis earned a B.A. in Communications