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Board, Advisors & Professional Staff

Board of Directors

Alan Davy
President & Chief Barker
Vice President of Film
Regal Entertainment Group

Mary Nakagawa-Marti
Board Chair
President
Technicolor Cinema Distribution

Michael A. Alvarez, Jr.
President
Deluxe Media Management

Shirley Becker
Retired
Warner Bros. Pictures

Ann-Elizabeth Crotty
SVP Worldwide
Exhibitor Relations
Sony Pictures Releasing

Dale Davison
Senior VP, Operations and Development
Metropolitan Theatres

Sam Englebardt
Vice President
Lambert Entertainment

William D. Esensten
Treasurer
Partner
NSBN LLP

Scott Forman
Sr. VP & Assistant General Sales Manager
Warner Bros. Pictures

Donna Freed
Co-Founder
Phaz2

Allison Fullmer
Executive Director,
Relativity Media

Mary Beth Garber
President
Southern California Broadcasters Association

Patricia Gonzalez
Senior Vice President
In-Theatre Marketing
Paramount Pictures

Dean M. Gordon
Executive Director,
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

David Johnson
VP of Sales & Client Relations
TNS Media/TES

Michelle Maddalena
Worldwide Content Services
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.

Gretchen McCourt
Executive VP Cinema Programming
Pacific Theatres &
Arc Light Cinemas

David McDonald

Branden Miller
Vice President
In-Theatre Marketing/Exhibitor Services
20th Century Fox

Jim Orr
EVP and General Sales Manager
MGM

Dominic Parero
Principal & CEO
Parero Design Group, Inc.

Jerry Pokorski
SVP Western Division Manager
Paramount Pictures

LaMont Shedrick
Branch Manager
Theatrical Film Distribution
20th Century Fox

Adrian Smith
Senior Vice President
Western Division Manager
Sony Pictures Releasing

Kimberly Snyder
President, Entertainment Imaging Kodak

Mickie Sullivan
Sullivan and Sullivan Marketing Services

Eric Tabak
Public Special, Inc.

John Tamborelli
Attorney-At-Law
Stone – Rosenblatt – Cha

Michael Viane
VP – Western Division
Warner Bros. Pictures

Board of Advisors

Cristopher W. Aronson
Senior Vice President
General Sales Manager East
20th Century Fox

Greg Foster
President
Imax Filmed Entertainment

Jeffrey B. Goldstein
Executive VP & General Sales Manager
Warner Bros. Pictures

Sonny Gourley
President
AMC Theatres

Nancy L. Klueter
Vice President,
Exhibitor Relations
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Michael D. McCartney
Executive VP, Film
Cineplex Entertainment, LLP

Clark Woods
Pascack Media

Professional Staff

Elizabeth A. O’Neil
Executive Director

Ryan Cathcart
Program Director

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