Board of Directors
Our organization is currently governed by an all-volunteer, 29-member board of directors, which includes entertainment industry executives, labor and trade representatives and local community leaders. The following key illustrates individual members’ stakeholder affiliation:
The board’s active committees include board and non-board members and meet regularly to monitor our operations, finances and community relations efforts and make recommendations to the board and its executive committee.
2020 Board Officers
| Michael Walbrecht, Chair | Warner Bros. Studios |
| Suzanne Holley, Vice Chair | Downtown Center Business Improvement District (BID) |
| Ilyanne Morden Kichaven, Immediate Past Chair |
Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) |
| Jean Prewitt, Treasurer | Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) |
| MaryAnn Hughes, Secretary | The Walt Disney Company |
| Judy Frank, Audit Committee Chair | Asset Strategies |
2020 Members-at-large
| Alex Aguilar Jr. | Studio Utility Employees, Local 724 |
| Bill Allen | Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) |
| Jim Bouvet | Radical Media |
| Kristen Cavanaugh | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Juan Comacho | FOX Corporation |
| Thom Davis |
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Local 80 |
| Ed Duffy |
Teamsters, Local 399 |
| Benjamin Everard | Grey Matter Productions |
| Glenn Gainor | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Melissa Harman | Moss Adams |
| Eileen Ige-Wong | 20th Century Fox Television |
| John Lynch | Amazon Studios |
| Steve Nissen | NBC Universal |
| Mayra Ocampo | Directors Guild of America (DGA) |
| Anthony Pawluc | International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Local 44 |
| David Phelps | Sherman Oaks Chamber of Commerce |
| Richard H. Prince | Unit Production Manager |
| Cathy Repola | Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG), IATSE Local 700 |
| Kim Roberts | Community Representative – Baldwin Hills / Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund |
| Veronique Vowell | Location Manager |
| Colleen Bell, (Ex Officio) | California Film Commission |
Upcoming Board Meetings
Meetings of the FilmLA Board of Directors are held four times each calendar year, with public participation available upon request.
To attend as a guest, you must RSVP ahead of time. Requests should be emailed to: ajohnson@filmla.com
Next FilmLA Board of Directors meeting:
9:00 AM, Friday, September 18th, 2020