Jeff Castelaz founded Cast Management and co-founded The Pablove Foundation. He also Co-Founded and was CEO of Los Angeles-based

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, and was the president of

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Career beginnings

Castelaz began working in music in his hometown of Milwaukee, WI, writing about music for '' Milwaukee Magazine'', the local

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''Downtown Edition'', and the national music magazine ''

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''. In 1992 he began managing the band Wild Kingdom, which later reformed as Citizen King in 1993. Castelaz went on to help sign the band to

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in 1994, and then to

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where the band released their hit single " Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)" in 1999. By 2000, Castelaz had relocated to

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and began to work with other artists and music producers before co-founding

in 2004.

Pablove foundation

The Pablove foundation is a US pediatric cancer

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organization cofounded by Jeff Castelaz, with his now ex-wife Jo Ann Thrailkill, in 2009.

Elektra Records

Castelaz left Dangerbird in September 2012, to become President of

. He stepped down as head of the label in September 2015 to focus on his work with Cast Management and his charitable work. "Running Elektra Records has been a dream come true," Castelaz told ''Billboard''. "Being part of Atlantic Records Group, I've learned so much from Craig allmanand Julie reenwald and will forever count them as business mentors and friends."

References

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