TORONTO – Shaftesbury’s Scott Garvie has been re-elected chair of the executive committee Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) for the third time, a role that he has held since June 2016.
The CMPA is the national advocacy organization for independent producers, representing hundreds of companies engaged in the development and distribution of English-language content made for television, cinema and digital media channels.
"It’s a great honour to again be chosen to lead the impressive group of diverse producers who make up our board," said Garvie, who is also SVP at Shaftesbury. "There are a number of important issues we must address as an industry, including the federal government’s review of the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Acts, and I am confident we have the right team in place to create a bright future for independently-produced Canadian content."
The members of the 2018-2019 CMPA executive committee are:
- Chair: Scott Garvie (Shaftesbury)
- Treasurer: Anne Loi (DHX Media)
- Co-Vice-Chair & Secretary: Kim Todd (Original Pictures)
- Co-Vice-Chair & Vice-Chair, New Media: Mark Bishop (marblemedia)
- Co-Vice-Chair, Television: Jennifer Dodge (Spin Master Entertainment)
- Co-Vice-Chair, Television: Erin Haskett (LARK Productions)
- Co-Vice-Chair, Feature Film: Paul Pope (Pope Productions)
- Co-Vice-Chair, Feature Film: Christina Piovesan (First Generation Films)
- Vice-Chair, Industrial Relations: Sari Friedland (Factory Films)
- Vice-Chair, Public Affairs: Brian Hamilton (Omnifilm Entertainment)
- Vice-Chair, Governance: Jeremy Spry (DATSIT Sphère Inc.)
- Vice-Chair, Mentorship: Mary Sexton (Rink Rat Productions)
"Scott has been a steady hand at the wheel during a period of tremendous change in our industry”, added CMPA president and CEO Reynolds Mastin. “I look forward to continuing to work with him and our entire board, on behalf of producers across Canada, to ensure great content continues to get made and reaches audiences at home and around the world."
(A prior version of this story said this was a new board of directors for the CMPA, however, it was a release announcing a new executive committee, not a BoD.)
