Biography

Robert Eatman

Robert graduated from Indiana University with a degree in both Business and Music Performance. He then played French horn professionally throughout Europe and the U.S. Subsequently, Robert earned a law degree from the Kent School of Law in his native Chicago.

After practicing with a law firm in Chicago, Robert represented the business interests of performers as an executive with AFTRA, SAG and AGMA. He also gained experience negotiating the production of television series for networks and syndicators while working for the Fox Broadcasting Company and during his involvement in producing the animated series Peter Pan and the Pirates for the Fox Network. The relationships Bob developed with radio and television personalities as well as broadcast executives formed the core of his business when he founded his own talent agency, Robert Eatman Enterprises.

Today, Robert Eatman Enterprises has grown to represent impressive talent, including the best-known names in entertainment as well as many up-and-coming artists.

Ross Eatman

Ross has many years of experience in representing broadcast talent and in negotiating broadcast employment agreements. After graduating from Dartmouth College and Boston University Law School, Ross served as a judicial law clerk, taught law school and held other academic positions in the law. In 1987, Ross was retained as Executive Director and General Counsel for the Philadelphia local of AFTRA and the SAG, the national unions that represent on-air talent. As AFTRA/SAG.s chief negotiator and counsel in Philadelphia, Ross represented hundreds of on-air television and radio news and programming talent in labor negotiations with the major broadcast networks and other major broadcast owners. He also represented film actors, musicians, and other performing arts talent during his tenure with AFTRA and SAG.

Ross, like his brother Bob, is familiar with performers from a personal perspective, namely, as a performer himself, Ross is an accomplished jazz and classical pianist and composer.

Dawn Scheel

Prior to joining Robert Eatman Enterprises in 2000, Dawn Scheel worked in various talent and modeling agencies in Kansas City and Los Angeles, where she taught classes and helped develop the careers of many young actors and models. Dawn decided to lend her expertise in other areas of the entertainment industry and joined Robert Eatman Enterprises where she immediately felt at home. Dawn manages the day-to-day operations of the agency, focusing on career development.