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CMPA announces new board


OTTAWA – Tom Cox of SEVEN24Films was re-elected as board chair of the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) as the organization introduced its new board for 2011-2013.

Elected by CMPA members, the incoming board will serve a two-year term that begins this month and concludes in June, 2013.

The new board of directors are as follows:

BRITISH COLUMBIA
Rob Bromley (Force Four Entertainment)
Brian Hamilton (Omni Film Productions)
Alexandra Raffé (Thunderbird Films)
Cal Shumiatcher (Paperny Films)

ALBERTA
Tom Cox (SEVEN24Films)

SASKATCHEWAN
David Cormican (Minds Eye Entertainment)

MANITOBA
Jamie Brown (Frantic Films)
Kim Todd (Original Pictures)

ONTARIO
Douglas Barrett (PS Production Services)
Mark Bishop (marblemedia)
Don Carmody (Don Carmody Productions)
Sandra Cunningham (Strada Films)
Sari Friedland (Factory Films)
Scott Garvie (Shaftesbury Films)
Ira Levy (Breakthrough Entertainment)
Mark Musselman (Serendipity Point Films)
Margaret O’Brien (Entertainment One)

QUEBEC
Ina Fichman (Intuitive Pictures)
Arnie Gelbart (Galafilm)
Janis Lundman (Back Alley Film Productions)

ATLANTIC
Michael Donovan (DHX Media)
David MacLeod (Big Motion Pictures)
Paul Pope (Pope Productions)
Mary Sexton (Rink Rat Productions)

The CMPA represents the interests of almost 400 screen-based media companies engaged in the production and distribution of English-language television programs, feature films, and new media content in all regions of Canada.

www.cmpa.ca