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                                                                                                                                                    .               .                            .                          SAM ZELL ORGANIZATION

        G. A. Beller was a senior executive for billionaire investor Sam Zell's organization from 1989 until 2000 when he         formed ECI. Beller served as President of Equity Hotel Properties, Inc., President of Equity Capitol Holdings, LLC           (ECH), and served as Executive Vice President of Equity Office Property Trust (NYSE:EOP), one of the largest real           estate investment trusts in the United States. Beller actively participated in the initial public offering of Equity                   Residential Properties Trust (NYSE: EQR). Additionally, Beller was responsible for many of Mr. Zell's privately held         personal investments. 

                                                                                                                                                                                     ECI INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.

        Beller is Founder and President of ECI Investment Advisors. The firm was formed in 2000 to provide investment,       real estate development, and advisory services to municipalities, financial institutions, and Real Estate Investment           Trusts. ECI was selected as financial advisor and master developer for several notable legacy projects. The City of           Richmond, Virginia, chose ECI for the redevelopment of nine blocks of their Central Business District for which    ECI     established a Community Development Authority to finance the project. ECI added an historic renovation of a former       department store into a hotel and apartment mixed-use complex. Partnering with Mutual of Omaha, ECI created               a master plan to develop fifteen acres creating a Town Center known as Midtown Crossing at Turner Park. The project     included the constructiion of seven mid-rise buildings anchored by Mutual of Omaha's headquarters and a newly               constructed hotel in Omaha, Nebraska. Midtown Crossing at Turner Park has won numerous national and international     awards. ECI reshaped the urban landscape with Turner Park as a major entertainment center for the city.  eciadvisors.com

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From the Very Windy City to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

        G. A. Beller has lived in Chicago for over thirty years and is a self-professed polit-       ical junkie. A specific period in Chicago's legendary history of political corruption and       incompetence inspired Beller to write the novel NOT BLACK AND WHITE. 
        NOT BLACK AND WHITE is a fictional account of many of the events that led to the     meteoric rise of a local charismatic street politician to become America's first African-       American President, and the downfall and imprisonment of two consecutive governors       of the State of Illinois, along with several of their most trusted advisors and associates.       It puts the reader inside the campaign offices and smoke-filled back rooms where               political deals are made.                                                                                                          Fiction is intertwined with fact as Beller introduces the reader to a cast of characters     who may appear familiar to anyone who ever read a headline or watched cable news and     talk shows across the country.   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            G. Anton Companies is the parent company of G. Anton Publishing and G. Anton Productions         and was established in 2013 by G. A. BELLER.  GAC provides financial resources, business                 strategies, and creative collaboration for the development of novels, movies, television, and digital           media content. The company has acquired story rights for future production projects now in various         stages of development. GAC is actively pursuing manuscripts and screenplays from aspiring and               established writers to be funded, published, and produced. G. Anton Companies is located in the               greater Chicago area.

   gantoncompanies.com                                                                           

                                                                                                                                                                                                 PRIOR TO JOINING ZELL'S organization, G. A. Beller was the managing general partner of a private equity           investment firm in Atlanta. The firm provided corporate advisory and capital business investments to startup technology     companies, the food industry, and retail businesses, as well as commercial construction and real estate related services.

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                                                        DEFINING KARMA GRANT PROGRAM®                                                                    G. A. Beller established the Defining Karma® Grant Program to identify and support literary, television, and film         projects created by aspiring and established authors.

                                                                                                                                                                                   The Defining Karma Grant program has committed to the publication of a third story currently in development.
                                   

                                         The 2016 Defining       Karma Grant for           Literature was             awarded to Anthony     R. Licata for his           outstanding                 historical novel           Hannibal's Niece.

                                   

  A second Defining      Karma Grant was        awarded to Tony          Licata for his novel      Caesar Obsessed,        released in summer      2022.

         
         

        G. A. Beller was approached by the Ford Foundation to publish of From Enemies to Partners. In conjunction with the Aspen     Institute, G. Anton Publishing in 2018 released this comprehensive ground-breaking book by Dr. Le Ke Son and Charles R.           Bailey. In additon to its English version, Japanese and Vietnamese translations have been published and the book is distributed       for sale worldwide.

                                                                          G. A. Beller and G. Anton Publishing     developed and maintains The Armchair       Pragmatist web site, providing writing         collaboration, media distribution,               marketing, and publicity services.

                                                                          Through the writing of G. A. Beller,       The Armchair Pragmatist offers perspec-     tives and opinions on current economic,     political, and social events, with the           intent to provide thought-provoking           takeaways

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                                                                                                                                                  G. A. Beller's NOT BLACK AND WHITE is currently in development as a political         drama television series. It's a thinly veiled, raw, inside look at how deals were made and     laws were broken forever changing the course of American history.

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