Meet the Team

Degy Entertainment was started as a management firm in 1996. After several years of successful label signings, publishing signings, and licensings, Degy choose to enter the booking world. In September of 2001, Degy Booking International, Inc. launched as the booking arm of Degy Entertainment, and quickly grew to a client base of nearly 100 music acts. Over time, the company developed specialties in the college and military booking fields, and became one of the most prominent agencies in the world for such niche bookings. The company now books over 2000 events each year while working with some of the biggest names in the entertainment business.

Ari Nisman

President/CEO

Ari is the President & CEO at Degy. He started in music with modest internships at record labels, and signed his first band to a management deal at age 20. That was the starting point of Degy where he built the business in his bedroom in a rental house at The University of Michigan. Degy was first formed with his business partner as a management firm and later refocused its business into a full-service booking agency in 2001. Outside of business, Ari likes to play tennis, golf, play cards, travel (which he does a little too much of), and most importantly, spend time with his wife and twins.

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EMAIL: ARI@DEGY.com

Jeff Hyman

Vice President

Degy Booking International Vice President, Jeff Hyman has been in the Entertainment Industry for over 20 years. Starting off working in the college division of Swank Motion Pictures, Inc. as an account representative, and then at Auburn Moon Agency as Vice President and Director of the College Division.

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EMAIL: JEFF@DEGY.com

Nick DiRoma

Senior Agent

The son of Capitol recording artist, Ron DiRoma, Nick’s original career path was surprisingly not in the entertainment industry but the hospitality field. He graduated from Florida Culinary Institute in 1996 and was a rising star in the culinary world, cooking in renowned restaurants such as Cucina Del Arte in Palm Beach, FL & The Trillium at The Sagamore Hotel in Lake George, NY…

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EMAIL: NICK@DEGY.com

Evan Schaefer

Chief Operations Officer (COO)

Evan’s personal and professional career path is nothing short of incredible. After the tragic loss of his mother in 2000 and father in 2005, he knew that he had two options for his life path. He could either allow the tragedy get the best of him or use the adverse experience as a foundational pillar that shapes the rest of his life. As his parents would have wanted, Evan chose the latter.

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EMAIL: EVAN@DEGY.com

Tim Fraser

Canadian Operations / Booking Agent

A graduate of the Music Industry Arts program at Fanshawe College, Tim spent several years at Canada’s Oldest Independent Folk Label, True North Records as the Digital Marketing Manager. He then returned to his alma mater as the Events and Activities Programmer for the Fanshawe Student Union, where he booked hundreds of events ranging from pub trivia, and comedy nights, to major concerts…

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EMAIL: TIM@DEGY.com

Tiara Constantino

CFO / Agent

College: Bachelor of Science in Speech Language Pathology from Stockton University

First job (paid or unpaid) in music: First unpaid job in music – singing in the shower. First paid job in music – Degy Entertainment

First concert: Tom Jones with my mom!

If I wasn’t working in music I would be… in the…

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EMAIL: TIARA@DEGY.com

Natalie Sitter

Major Events Operations Manager

Natalie found her passion for live events while a student at Arizona State University (ASU). After her time at ASU, she was a Program Adviser for the University Program Board at St. Cloud State University while obtaining her Master’s in Higher Education Administration. Natalie has experience in a variety of capacities from spending time at an arena and fairgrounds in Montana, to producing special events for the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle, WA, and as well as being a Production Manager for AEG’s Pacific Northwest Region. Natalie is excited to be bridging her passion and experience for events with her background in higher education with this role as Major Events Operations Manager at Degy Entertainment.

EMAIL: NATALIE@DEGY.com

Jess Claar

Major Event Operations Manager

Jess got her start in the live events industry at the age of 18 in the Atlanta music scene working with local booking and productions agencies and venues. She carried this experience into her undergraduate involvement running the student programming board at Shorter College the entirety of her 4 years there. After obtained her Masters in Higher Education Administration from the University of South Carolina, Jess moved to the Philadelphia area and began her career working in colleges and universities, advising programming boards and producing student events.

Marie Monroe

Agent

Marie will be Nick DiRoma’s new agent assistant. Marie was actually a fierce and strong competitor of ours as she ran a successful agency of her own in the college space. Prior to that she worked for other college agencies such as Metropolis. With her already proven past as strong agent, we’re excited to have experience aboard.

EMAIL: MARIE@DEGY.com

Kristen Mathe

Agent

Kristen will be Jeff Hyman’s new agent assistant. She was formally the concert chair for 3 years at the U of Tampa, where I worked with her closely. She then went onto other roles in the business including her recent stint at the Ritz Carlton working on their events team.

EMAIL: KRISTEN@DEGY.com

Jessica Hamorsky

Executive Assistant

Jessica is a recent graduate of the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. She was with a professional Opera company in Miami while in school studying Classical Voice. After taking classes like “Music Business Agreements” and “Copyright Law” she discovered her love for the business aspect of the music industry and added Music Business and Entertainment Industries as a double major…