February 18, 2011--The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) today announced the results of the 2011 board of directors election. Eleven new directors will begin serving their two-year terms at the upcoming GSCA Film Expo being held in Los Angeles, CA, on March 8-9. The new directors representing the five GSCA membership categories are:

 

Institutional Theaters

• Charlotte Brohi, Houston Museum of Nature and Science, Houston, Texas

• Michele Canto, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

• Jackie Mollet, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri

• Glenn Shaver, Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

Commercial Theaters

• Mark Bretherton, IMAX Theatre Sydney, Australia

• Berend Reijnhoudt, Omniversum, The Hague, The Netherlands

 

Manufacturers/Suppliers/Other Related Businesses

• Glenn Newland, Technicolor, North Hollywood, California

• Mary Nucci, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

 

Distributors

• John Wickstrom, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois

 

Producers

• Daniel Ferguson, Cosmic Picture, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Andy Wood, Giant Screen Films, Evanston, Illinois

 

The newly elected directors join the following directors, whose terms expire in 2012:

 

Distributors

• Mark Katz, National Geographic Cinema Ventures, Washington, DC

• Don Kempf, Giant Screen Films, Evanston, Illinois

 

Producers

• Greg MacGillivray, MacGillivray Freeman Films, Laguna Beach, California

 

Commercial Theaters

• Gil Perez, Destination Cinema, San Antonio, Texas

 

Institutional Theaters

• Laurent Dondey, La Geode, Paris, France

• Jeffrey Kirsch, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego, California

• Toby Mensforth, Smithsonian

• Gordon Stalans, Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee

 

Manufacturers/Suppliers/Other Related Businesses

• Rick Gordon, RPG Productions, Burbank, California

• Patricia Keighley, DKP 70MM Inc., Santa Monica, California

 

Euromax Representative

• Dick Vaughan, National Media Museum, Bradford, U.K.

 

The new board of directors will elect a chair and vice chair during the board meeting in Los Angeles on Monday, March 7. Gordon Stalans, treasurer, and Patricia Keighley, secretary, will continue their responsibilities as officers for the remaining year of their terms. The executive committee, governance committee, and committee chairs and co-chairs will be determined at the March 7 meeting as well.