Raw Couture Emcee
Brad “Murdoc” Jurgensen
The HomeSlice Group | VP of Business Development/GSM
Murdoc has been in the media business since starting his first web design company at the age of eighteen (which failed spectacularly.) He has over seventeen years experience in web design, digital and broadcast media, content creation and media strategy. He’s also been a well-known radio personality and a magazine publisher. In addition to working as a consultant in the motorcycle industry, Murdoc has also successfully taken on numerous digital consulting ventures. He currently serves as the VP of Business Development/GSM for The HomeSlice Media Group - a South Dakota company which is rooted in the media and entertainment business, where he creates and maintains local, regional and national brands.
Raw Couture Judges
Sean C. Covel
Film Producer
Sean C. Covel is the producer 10 feature films including NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (Fox Searchlight), BENEATH (Paramount Pictures), THE 12 DOGS OF CHRISTMAS (Directed by Academy Award Winner, Kieth Merrill, for Universal Studios), CAFE (starring Jennifer Love Hewitt), BROKEN HILL (starring Academy Award Winner Timothy Hutton), and CONCRETE BLONDES (20th Century Fox). He is also the Co-Producer of the NAPOLEON DYNAMITE animated television series for FOX. He is currently in post production on the feature films CARTER & JUNE and TATER TOT AND PATTON. When he is not filming, Covel serves as and Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts; widely considered to be the finest film school in the world. Covel is frequently on location while filming, but he hangs his nunchucks in Los Angeles, CA and Deadwood, SD.
Kristol McKie
Performing Arts Center of Rapid City | Board of Directors President
Kristol grew up in Rapid City and received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of SD in 1983. After graduating from college she went into business with her mother, Patricia Danielson, as Co-Owner of Headlines Academy of Cosmetology. In 1993, she became a full-time stay at home mom– which has been anything but “stay at home”. Kristol has served on countless Black Hills community Board of Directors, and is an avid volunteer. She has been fundraising coordinator for many youth sports programs and has been a Christian youth educator in the areas of leader, confirmation, music and theatre. She currently serves on the RC Public School Foundation Board as board President.
