Richard M. Schaps, Chairman and CEO

As principal owner and CEO of Van Wagner Communications since 1970, Mr. Schaps led the development of traditional billboards in New York and Los Angeles and approximately 2,500 bus shelters in the Los Angeles area. Under his direction, Van Wagner Communications, LLC now operates out-of-home advertising in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Miami, Chicago, Boston and Toronto, Canada as well as a sports and aerial advertising business in prestigious venues nationwide. Mr. Schaps is the former President of the New York Outdoor Group, a member of the Executive Committee of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America and serves on the Board of Directors of the Traffic Audit Bureau.