People: VCG Holding Corp. (VCGH.O)

Micheal Ocello has been a Director, President and Chief Operating Officer of VCG Holding Corporation since April 2002. Mr. Ocello is the owner and President of Unique Entertainment Consultants, Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri, a management company that has specialized in the management of nightclubs since 1995. Mr. Ocello has been affiliated with IEC in a managerial capacity since 1982. He is currently the President of IEC. Over his career, Mr. Ocello has been affiliated with more than 25 adult entertainment nightclubs including all PT’s® Showclubs, Diamond Cabaret®, The Penthouse Club® and Shotgun Willies located in Denver; PT’s® Showclub in Colorado Springs; The Penthouse Club®, The Platinum Club, Roxy’s and PT’s® Showclubs in St. Louis; Schieks Palace Royale in Minneapolis; The Men’s Club in Raleigh; Jaguars in Dallas and Ft. Worth; Imperial Showgirls in Anaheim and the Olympic Garden in Las Vegas. He is President of the Association of Club Executives (ACE National, the national trade association for the adult nightclub industry), President of the Illinois Club Owners Association, past Vice Chairman and current Board member of Missouri’s Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board. He is a past Vice President and Board member of the Free Speech Coalition. Mr. Ocello attended the University of Missouri, Kansas City from 1977 to 1978 and the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1979 to 1981. Mr. Ocello was originally elected to the Mehlville Board of Education in 2006 and was re-elected for an additional three year term in 2009. Mr. Ocello serves as a commissioned Police Officer for the Village of Brooklyn, Illinois since early 2009.